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kentuck

(111,110 posts) Sun Aug 21, 2016, 01:31 PM Aug 2016

"Yes, the FBI said she was truthful in her testimony to the FBI but..."

"...that doesn't mean she didn't lie in her public comments."

This is what I hear from Republicans on the talk shows this morning.

Is this puzzling to anyone else?

The FBI questioned her on the matters that were in dispute and they said she was "truthful" in her comments to them. That is what Director Comer said. What else were they supposed to question her about??

"But she lied in her public comments!", the Republicans scream.

These people are dangerously insane.

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"Yes, the FBI said she was truthful in her testimony to the FBI but..." (Original Post) kentuck Aug 2016 OP

GOPers are disruptive, worthless assholes that have caused untold damage to the country. Rex Aug 2016 #1

Indeed ! kentuck Aug 2016 #3

They are divisive by nature, it is so obvious to anyone that pays attention. Rex Aug 2016 #4

and "Trump’s statement of ‘regret’ is just one more lie" Republicans will try to conceal Jeffersons Ghost Aug 2016 #11

If you're not under oath, lying isn't a crime. stopbush Aug 2016 #2

Especially Donald J. Trump... kentuck Aug 2016 #5

If you watched the Comey hearing to Congress jcgoldie Aug 2016 #6

I agree. kentuck Aug 2016 #12

I cannot figure out how Comey has not been fired for politicizing the FBI world wide wally Aug 2016 #15

Me either! ananda Aug 2016 #20

And the more desperate they become the more the insanity grows. Arkansas Granny Aug 2016 #7

Heard a brief report on NPR yesterday gratuitous Aug 2016 #8

The same Bullcrap statements were used by Wellstone ruled Aug 2016 #10

A non-sworn public comment does not equate perjury anyway. RandySF Aug 2016 #9

"With any luck, we could get paid for another eight years of do-nothing obstructionism!" struggle4progress Aug 2016 #13

If there was any justice in this world... kentuck Aug 2016 #14

Cowards that they are, Republicans don't dare kick things that might kick back DFW Aug 2016 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author MichiganVote Aug 2016 #17

GOP dishonest just like the ones who troll here. Kingofalldems Aug 2016 #18

The Republicans are trying to get her for lying to Congress, which is a crime. Vattel Aug 2016 #19

This may be the beginning of four years of investigations Agnosticsherbet Aug 2016 #21

The FBI over Breitbart? malaise Aug 2016 #22

Rex

(65,616 posts)

1. GOPers are disruptive, worthless assholes that have caused untold damage to the country.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 01:33 PM

Aug 2016

They want to drag us all down into their mud pit.

kentuck

(111,110 posts)

3. Indeed !

Reply to Rex (Reply #1)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 01:34 PM

Aug 2016

I agree that they have done great damage to our country. They are divisive by nature.

Rex

(65,616 posts)

4. They are divisive by nature, it is so obvious to anyone that pays attention.

Reply to kentuck (Reply #3)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 01:36 PM

Aug 2016

I hate republicans. Hate.

Jeffersons Ghost

(15,235 posts)

11. and "Trump’s statement of ‘regret’ is just one more lie" Republicans will try to conceal

Reply to kentuck (Reply #3)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 02:20 PM

Aug 2016

Trump’s statement of ‘regret’ is just one more lie

“I don’t regret anything.”

The first statement was Donald Trump’s unscripted response this month when asked whether he regretted attacking the parents of a slain soldier.

Trump’s has been a life-long pattern of deliberate statements, particularly with regard to women. (There are lists of these going back more than 20 years.)

Trump, by the way, is doubling down on his most famous lie: His promise to release his tax returns. Let’s get real, folks. Virtually everything that comes out of Trump’s mouth, every aspect of his agenda, is a lie. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2016/08/19/trumps-statement-of-regret-is-just-one-more-lie/?utm_term=.a41b9674b0b8

stopbush

(24,396 posts)

2. If you're not under oath, lying isn't a crime.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 01:34 PM

Aug 2016

Not that Hillary lied in public.

If lying in public is the new indictable offense, every politician in the world better resign right now.

kentuck

(111,110 posts)

5. Especially Donald J. Trump...

Reply to stopbush (Reply #2)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 01:36 PM

Aug 2016

He lies every time he opens his pie hole.

jcgoldie

(11,645 posts)

6. If you watched the Comey hearing to Congress

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 01:39 PM

Aug 2016

He totally left the door open for this shit and you could see that's where they were going next. He was very artful in defending completely her innocence while at the same time opening the door to smear her politically.

kentuck

(111,110 posts)

12. I agree.

Reply to jcgoldie (Reply #6)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 02:22 PM

Aug 2016

world wide wally

(21,754 posts)

15. I cannot figure out how Comey has not been fired for politicizing the FBI

Reply to jcgoldie (Reply #6)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 02:59 PM

Aug 2016

ananda

(28,876 posts)

20. Me either!

Reply to world wide wally (Reply #15)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 05:06 PM

Aug 2016

He should have been fired long ago!

Arkansas Granny

(31,528 posts)

7. And the more desperate they become the more the insanity grows.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 01:42 PM

Aug 2016

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

8. Heard a brief report on NPR yesterday

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 01:44 PM

Aug 2016

The announcer conceded that while Hillary Clinton hadn't broken any laws and the Clinton Foundation hadn't done anything wrong, it was nevertheless bad for her to be so relentlessly portrayed as having lied under oath and for the Foundation to have to answer the same questions over and over again. It was like stepping off a merry-go-round: If she didn't break the law, and the Foundation has been above board and legitimate, who keeps posing all these damaging questions? Apparently, the questions just spontaneously form out of the ether, and nobody can say where they come from or why they keep coming up. The upshot is that the Clintons have to keep answer the questions until an answer satisfactory to the unknown and unseen questioner is tendered.

Very disappointed in NPR, acknowledging on one hand that the Clintons haven't done anything wrong, yet persisting in asking the questions over and over again.

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

10. The same Bullcrap statements were used by

Reply to gratuitous (Reply #8)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 02:05 PM

Aug 2016

Joe McCarthy,Roy Cohn and Richard Nixon in the 1950's. What we are seeing is Journalism at it's worst. Using guilt via association,false equivalency, and straw man phrasing. This carp will continue until the Clinton Campaign hits back with a sledge hammer on these individuals. Do remember Edward R.Morrow and his calling out of these Demagogues. That put a end to this type of Media coverage until 1987 with the demise of the Fairness Doctrine.

RandySF

(59,217 posts)

9. A non-sworn public comment does not equate perjury anyway.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 01:56 PM

Aug 2016

So what's the point of this circus?

struggle4progress

(118,334 posts)

13. "With any luck, we could get paid for another eight years of do-nothing obstructionism!"

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 02:29 PM

Aug 2016

kentuck

(111,110 posts)

14. If there was any justice in this world...

Reply to struggle4progress (Reply #13)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 02:32 PM

Aug 2016

every damn one of them would be kicked out of office for malfeasance.

DFW

(54,436 posts)

16. Cowards that they are, Republicans don't dare kick things that might kick back

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 03:09 PM

Aug 2016

That is why they prefer kicking dead horses to live hornets' nests.

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Kingofalldems

(38,475 posts)

18. GOP dishonest just like the ones who troll here.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 04:34 PM

Aug 2016

Vattel

(9,289 posts)

19. The Republicans are trying to get her for lying to Congress, which is a crime.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Aug 21, 2016, 05:05 PM

Aug 2016

It's complete bullshit because even though some of her statements to Congress were false, she didn't knowingly say anything false and so did not commit a criminal act.