Posted on Jun 22, 2016
AP FACT CHECK: Clinton takes liberties in Trump takedown
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"takes Liberties"?????? How about flat out lying??
AP FACT CHECK: Clinton takes liberties in Trump takedown
Posted from msn.com
Hillary Clinton
Election 2016
Politics
Donald Trump
Posted >1 y ago
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I can take liberties in truth... like I was born in 1979... but I fought vallaintly in Vietnam saving a billion million people on horse back with a sword from the raging chinese menace.... where's my next beer!!!!!! and that is surprisingly more truthful than clinton's "liberties"
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Sgt Tom Cunnally
CLINTON: "The Trump campaign said that, if worst came to worst, we could just sell off America's assets. Really? Even if we sold all our aircraft carriers and the Statue of Liberty — even if we let some billionaire turn Yosemite into a private country club — we still wouldn't even get close. That's how much debt he'd run up."
THE FACTS: First, Trump and his team weren't talking about paying off debt that "he'd run up." They were talking about eliminating the $19 trillion in debt on the books from previous years. Trump himself talked about doing this through robust economic and job growth, not stripping the U.S. of what the government calls "heritage treasures" like parks and monuments.
To be sure, economists of various stripes say it's impossible to eliminate an enormous debt built up over generations simply with strong growth. Trump's fiscal numbers don't add up. But he has never suggested a fire sale on Lady Liberty.
Clinton's claim is rooted in a statement by a Trump campaign adviser, Barry Bennett, who said Trump could "do all kinds of things to extract value from the assets we hold," like selling unused government buildings and leasing more federal land. She's right that unloading excess inventory would fall far short of erasing the country's debt.
THE FACTS: First, Trump and his team weren't talking about paying off debt that "he'd run up." They were talking about eliminating the $19 trillion in debt on the books from previous years. Trump himself talked about doing this through robust economic and job growth, not stripping the U.S. of what the government calls "heritage treasures" like parks and monuments.
To be sure, economists of various stripes say it's impossible to eliminate an enormous debt built up over generations simply with strong growth. Trump's fiscal numbers don't add up. But he has never suggested a fire sale on Lady Liberty.
Clinton's claim is rooted in a statement by a Trump campaign adviser, Barry Bennett, who said Trump could "do all kinds of things to extract value from the assets we hold," like selling unused government buildings and leasing more federal land. She's right that unloading excess inventory would fall far short of erasing the country's debt.
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Capt Jeff S.
9 TRILLION Dollars Missing from Federal Reserve!
Federal Inspector General, Elizabeth Coleman Won't Explain where the 9 Trillion Dollars is! Representative Alan Grayson asks Her where the missing 9 Trillion...
The Federal Reserve should be FULLY audited. They can not account for $9 Trillion, almost 1/2 our National Debt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYNVNhB-m0o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYNVNhB-m0o
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Capt Jeff S.
"Bernanke Threatens The Congress" We will cause an Economic Collapse if you audit the Fed!
I have also included this link, how Banking works: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFDe5kUUyT0 Rep. Duncan questioned Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke on...
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Cpl Benjamin Long
Actually in the event of another market crash... there are secondary currencies that can be used unrelated to the USD... Like LTC and BTC, Those economic systems are relatively immune to a fiat system crash
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Sgt Tom Cunnally I watched her speeches yesterday and today and found them to be typical political pandering and complete BS. The problem is that there are enough idiots in this country who believe the BS and could very easily put her into office.
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Sgt Tom Cunnally
Yes Sir I did also and you know that people believe her including my own family I was given strict orders to not bad mouth Hillary anymore at home so I just vent my frustrations here on RP
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Sgt Tom Cunnally Sadly, I have to say if you want to surprise me, show me a candidate who tells the truth, and runs on their own record. That alone would be better than what dumb and dumber are doing.
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Sgt Tom Cunnally
I think we are seeing why Hillary is viewed as being so dishonest or playing with the facts so much lately...
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PO3 Steven Sherrill
Sgt Tom Cunnally - I agree. Think about this. The Benghazi massacre. If she would have come out and stated. "We were unprepared for the voracity of the attack that would be launched against our diplomatic mission. As Secretary of State it is my job to not let that happen. I failed. To the American People I apologize. To the families of those men whose lives were lost you have my condolences, as no apology will ever right what happened to your loved ones."
Had she made that statement, what would have been investigated? Nothing. There wouldn't have been anything to investigate. Who would be complaining about a cover up? Nobody, because the Secretary of State had admitted that it was her responsibility not be caught like this. Furthermore with mistakes being a part of the human condition, people would be able to forgive. It makes one look petty to hold a grudge against someone who has admitted that they made a mistake, acknowledged the gravity of the mistake, and admitted that no apology will make up for the end result of the mistake. No story, no investigation, it goes away. Instead it has been one government Clusterfuck after the next trying to sort the thing out.
Another example the E-Mail server. "When my E-Mail server was acquired and set up, there was no mandate that a state department E-Mail was required. In retrospect I should have used the State Department E-Mail at the time. During my use none of the materials sent had been classified. I have now turned the server over to the State Department for archiving and destruction."
Now where does the case go? Nowhere. An admission that it was not the best decision, a turnover of custody to the department that she represented while serving, and the device and everything on it being out of her control. Instead she tried to downplay it, and make it a "Republican Witch Hunt."
So if she made better choices as to how she deals with people and situations, she might find herself viewed as a more favorable candidate as opposed to the whiny bitch that is being persecuted. She is being persecuted by those to whom she provided the ammunition. Give me ammunition, I will go to the range and shoot it. Give politicians ammunition, and they will use it to destroy each other.
Had she made that statement, what would have been investigated? Nothing. There wouldn't have been anything to investigate. Who would be complaining about a cover up? Nobody, because the Secretary of State had admitted that it was her responsibility not be caught like this. Furthermore with mistakes being a part of the human condition, people would be able to forgive. It makes one look petty to hold a grudge against someone who has admitted that they made a mistake, acknowledged the gravity of the mistake, and admitted that no apology will make up for the end result of the mistake. No story, no investigation, it goes away. Instead it has been one government Clusterfuck after the next trying to sort the thing out.
Another example the E-Mail server. "When my E-Mail server was acquired and set up, there was no mandate that a state department E-Mail was required. In retrospect I should have used the State Department E-Mail at the time. During my use none of the materials sent had been classified. I have now turned the server over to the State Department for archiving and destruction."
Now where does the case go? Nowhere. An admission that it was not the best decision, a turnover of custody to the department that she represented while serving, and the device and everything on it being out of her control. Instead she tried to downplay it, and make it a "Republican Witch Hunt."
So if she made better choices as to how she deals with people and situations, she might find herself viewed as a more favorable candidate as opposed to the whiny bitch that is being persecuted. She is being persecuted by those to whom she provided the ammunition. Give me ammunition, I will go to the range and shoot it. Give politicians ammunition, and they will use it to destroy each other.
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LTC David Brown
We had one, his name is Mitt Romney. He served as Gov of Massachusetts giving his salary to his staff. Romney turned around the Salt Lake Olympics. An excellent record demonstrating superior administrative skills.
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