Greg Gianforte (MT GOP candidate)

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The over reaction and outrage in this thread is hilarious. Yes the guy is an a-hole with anger management problems.

Is it a slippery slope to politicians "attacking reporters with impunity"? Of course not. Is it the death of the press? Of course not. Is the Montana electorate pathetic for voting for this guy? Of course not.

I posted the D Congressman that assaulted a student reporter who simply asked "do you support the Obama agenda" on the street. There was no in your face hectoring by this student. He asked one damn question and got attacked for it. Was that attacking the press with impunity or a one-off by an a-hole Congressional member having a bad day.

I'm sure there are dozens of examples of people doing worse and still getting votes (all sorts of people who cheated on their taxes or are under investigation for serious white collar crimes get re-elected).

This is a one-off example of bad behavior that is not a harbinger of the new normal or a result of the Trump culture.

Sorry to interrupt the righteous indignation - carry on :hi:
 
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lawgator1 said:
I would have denied that.

Trump has not, and in fact if i recall correctly actually affirmed the initial report on Comey.

But hey, that is what the investigation is for. Maybe you will be proven right and it will turn out none of that ever happened. I'm willing to accept that possibility, and if so let the whole thing go and I will join the bandwagon calling for heads at the NYT and WAPO for reporting it.

What if it did happen? What if it is corroborated by multiple sources? Will you likewise admit I'm right and call for Donny to be shown the door?
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That still means nothing. If you show me tangible proof, not conjecture, sure he should get what is coming to him. Then again, what are we exactly expecting to find from these investigations? What is the collusion and in what tangible way did it influence how people voted? Did Russians hack voting machines? No. Or was the influence the same as how politicians run attack ands and run smear campaigns against the foes to influence them?

This still all boils down to Trump haters trying to scapegoat their loss. Its apparent that accepting defeat is not in the cards and that someone must be to blame. Someone MUST have the finger pointed at them. Obviously Hillary wasn't to blame. It wasn't her awful campaign she ran or the fact that 75% of her television ads were attack ads against Trump which basically had people hearing more about what Trump was going to do while HRC neglected to lay out any real plan of her own. No..couldn't have been that. It must have been the Russians because an international business man and his acquaintances had contacts with Russians! I know this is a strange idea considering the last few democratic presidents were nobody's with zero business experience let alone any international business experience that spanned decades..their collusion was limited to local meth heads and cocaine addled transvestites.

But sure, if you can show the Russians got together with the Trump team and managed to force millions of people to vote for their Manchurian candidate with the sole intent on harming America through misleading information that goes beyond normal political muckraking....ok President Pence come on down.

In the end though occum's razor is your friend. Hillary Clinton ran a terrible campaign, ignored LARGE portions of voters she thought were libtardlocks, and lost.

I hear rumors that in upstate New York if you are in the woods when the temperature hovers around 70 degrees, and you listen carefully, you can hear Hillary's swoon rustle the leaves as she aimlessly wanders/faints in the woods seeking victims solace.
 
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DancingOutlaw said:
So you think conspiracy theories from nutjobs on their own websites about Obama is equivalent to the steady drumbeat of Russian collusion we've been subjected to on the nightly news for the last six months?
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Well, as I mentioned, some of the links were to conspiracy theorist personal webpages. A huge portion of them are not. My point is, if you're on one side or the other, you feel as if though it's been unfair the past 8 years or unfair the past 6 months. You seem to be of the 6 month variety. I'm simply the person in the middle looking around wondering how in the sam hell we got here.
 
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volinbham said:
The over reaction and outrage in this thread is hilarious. Yes the guy is an a-hole with anger management problems.

Is it a slippery slope to politicians "attacking reporters with impunity"? Of course not. Is it the death of the press? Of course not. Is the Montana electorate pathetic for voting for this guy? Of course not.

I posted the D Congressman that assaulted a student reporter who simply asked "do you support the Obama agenda" on the street. There was no in your face hectoring by this student. He asked one damn question and got attacked for it. Was that attacking the press with impunity or a one-off by an a-hole Congressional member having a bad day.

I'm sure there are dozens of examples of people doing worse and still getting votes (all sorts of people who cheated on their taxes or are under investigation for serious white collar crimes get re-elected).

This is a one-off example of bad behavior that is not a harbinger of the new normal or a result of the Trump culture.

Sorry to interrupt the righteous indignation - carry on :hi:
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I think what made this news worthy is the Republican body slammed the guy..whereas the democrat had a slap fest with the student.

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Septic said:
Oh, look at you with the always fashionable "snow flake" reference, very clever.

Call me when he gets sentenced to jail, I'll be the first to tell you I was wrong.

He'll get off, bet money on it.
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Misdemeanor assault rarely results in jail time.
 
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Septic said:
Oh, look at you with the always fashionable "snow flake" reference, very clever.

Call me when he gets sentenced to jail, I'll be the first to tell you I was wrong.

He'll get off, bet money on it.
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You're already wrong. Learn what words like "impunity" mean before attempting to use them.

Get off? You want jail time for a body slam? Yes, that is very SF.
 
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golfballs said:
There's no way he goes to jail. Even aggravated assaults don't go to jail. Especially first time offenders.
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Well that and he's a millionaire congressman who smacked around a liberal reporter in a red state.
 
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allvol123 said:
You're already wrong. Learn what words like "impunity" mean before attempting to use them.

Get off? You want jail time for a body slam? Yes, that is very SF.
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The biggest inconvenience this guy will see is having to call his lawyer to tell him to make this go away.

Yes, impunity. Politicians receive that as a perk. Just ask Hillary.

Good job with the snowflake reference again, not bothering to even type it out makes you look super hip and a bit edgy. :thumbsup:
 
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Septic said:
Well that and he's a millionaire congressman who smacked around a liberal reporter in a red state.
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Montana is kind of an unusual State. Kinda like West Virginia. They usually are a Red State, yet they have Tester as a Senator.
 
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[twitter]https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/867860369947189248[/twitter]

[twitter]https://twitter.com/mchooyah/status/867905500989575168[/twitter]

:popcorn:
 
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golfballs said:
[twitter]https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/867860369947189248[/twitter]

[twitter]https://twitter.com/mchooyah/status/867905500989575168[/twitter]

:popcorn:
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Is that last bit some sort of broke back code? gcb, can I get a ruling on this?
 
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Septic said:
The biggest inconvenience this guy will see is having to call his lawyer to tell him to make this go away.

Yes, impunity. Politicians receive that as a perk. Just ask Hillary.

Good job with the snowflake reference again, not bothering to even type it out makes you look super hip and a bit edgy. :thumbsup:
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Not my issue that you don't know meanings of words, your issue. Continue on with your ignorance.

I guess he deserves the electric chair for a very minor scuffle. Hell, it did not even reach scuffle level, lol.
 
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Septic said:
Well there you have it folks, nothing to see here.
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Not at all - it's a bad incident.

However when you extrapolate one incident into some ominous trend and suggest now politicians can attack journalists with impunity you've definitely jumped ye ole sharknado
 
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