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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDershowitz is drunk on the kool-aid!
He just argued that if a president believes their re-election is in the national intetest, then coercion using public funds is perfectly fine if the goal is to further the election prospects.
These people have corruption tattooed across their foreheads!
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)Dersh would NOT apply the same standard to a Democrat, and we all know that.
2naSalit
(86,646 posts)grumpyduck
(6,240 posts)???????
rocktivity
(44,576 posts)with the national interest of the nation...
rocktivity
dchill
(38,505 posts)2naSalit
(86,646 posts)Epstein he doesn't want exposed because he knows he'll rat everyone out and then there will be some serious trouble.
dchill
(38,505 posts)it's such a funny argument to make, I mean, mormon women keep their magic underwear on* during conception and childbirth so I don't know who he's trying to convince there.
*Seriously, this is taught in medical ethics courses, they are to keep the garment wrapped around one ankle during medical procedures.
dchill
(38,505 posts)usaf-vet
(6,189 posts)colorado_ufo
(5,734 posts)usaf-vet
(6,189 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)I have no clue....
dchill
(38,505 posts)A couple can share a bed as long as they each keep one foot in the floor.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)TheRealNorth
(9,481 posts)You could justify cancelling the elections or ignoring the results as being in the "nation's" interest.
dchill
(38,505 posts)rocktivity
(44,576 posts)That argument would get laughed out of a freshman pre-law class!
rocktivity
bitterross
(4,066 posts)They have bribery material on Dershowitz. I'm betting he didn't really keep his underwear on at all.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)It was covering his head, which explains the look on his face as though he has a dirty smell right under his nose. That "old" (she had to be at least 21) Russian girl could tell everyone that.
tblue37
(65,403 posts)hanging over his head, just like most of the other Republicans who are so ardently defending an obviously guilty president.
2naSalit
(86,646 posts)progressoid
(49,991 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,005 posts)Goodheart
(5,327 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,005 posts)lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)And that's why some people vote for them.
blakstoneranger
(333 posts)He's in this for himself. He's trying desperately to carve a place in history for himself.
skypilot
(8,854 posts)*
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)world wide wally
(21,744 posts)Jarqui
(10,126 posts)Volaris
(10,272 posts)To plan and execute the NEXT bank robbery, robbing banks is obviously just FINE.
and not to nitpick, but what president EVER said 'my getting re elected would just clearly NOT be in the nation's best interest.'...
Washington, MAYBE??
Sugarcoated
(7,724 posts)because he's in Epstein's black book
LudwigPastorius
(9,155 posts)These sycophantic fuckers defending Trump can't deny that he actually committed a corrupt and criminal act, so they're just throwing all kinds of shit to the wall hoping it will stick.
UTUSN
(70,708 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)Ya beat me to it..
NCLefty
(3,678 posts)too. I think it's nothing more than that. He placed a bet on the obvious corruption we can all see and he'll profit handsomely from it.
Greywing
(1,124 posts)for twisting his words and thoughts
Skittles
(153,169 posts)I have ZERO doubt.