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    I'm not going to get on my high horse and suggest Lewis is off limits for criticism, but the specific criticism Trump landed on is laughable and insulting to Lewis' career. Further, for a person trying to convince America he's going to be the President of all Americans and earn the trust of those who think he's a bad choice for minorities, he needs to have better ****ing sense than to attack a civil rights hero during a holiday weekend dedicated to the civil rights movement. I agree that he wasn't actively trying to offend anyone (beyond Lewis) or come across as racially insensitive, but at some level he still should be accountable for the stupid **** he spews out on Twitter.

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    Lewis attacked Trump. He questioned the legitimacy of the vote. Not only is that tact one of pure and unbridled ignorance, but it's also one that makes him fair game for a critical response.

    It's absurd to suggest that Lewis be exempt because he's a 'civil rights icon'. He's a senile old coot and the definition of a shill. See: The Benghazi Hearings

    What's the schoolyard adage? Don't dish it if you can't take it.

    I'm glad my President defended himself and the vote that put him fairly and freely in office.

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    I think Trump is certainly entitled to defend himself...particularly as touches the legitimacy of his election.

    That he did so in such a boorish and predictable way is what is, to coin a phrase, SAD!

    How are those Clinton indictments looking, Hawk? I was too depressed after the election to come up with an avatar for you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawk View Post
    Lewis attacked Trump. He questioned the legitimacy of the vote. Not only is that tact one of pure and unbridled ignorance, but it's also one that makes him fair game for a critical response.

    It's absurd to suggest that Lewis be exempt because he's a 'civil rights icon'. He's a senile old coot and the definition of a shill. See: The Benghazi Hearings

    What's the schoolyard adage? Don't dish it if you can't take it.

    I'm glad my President defended himself and the vote that put him fairly and freely in office.
    Except that he didn't defend himself so much as make a childish attack that had nothing to do with the initial claim.

    "You cheated," said the Congressman
    "You're a weak black man," answered the Prez elect.

    Soon Trump will be spewing his schoolyard banter around the world and it will have long-lasted consequences.

    The fact that this election is tainted is indisputable. Both Russia and a rogue FBI helped sway the vote.

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    On Japanese TV news programs the phrase "Post Truth" accompanies all stories about Trump, which are many. So it isn't just liberals in America that think Trump is somehow 'illegitimate'.

    Lies, Lies, Lies
    The truth about political dishonesty


    Post-truth politics
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


    Post Truth is Oxford Dictionary's Word of the Year
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawk View Post
    Lewis attacked Trump. He questioned the legitimacy of the vote. Not only is that tact one of pure and unbridled ignorance, but it's also one that makes him fair game for a critical response.

    It's absurd to suggest that Lewis be exempt because he's a 'civil rights icon'. He's a senile old coot and the definition of a shill. See: The Benghazi Hearings

    What's the schoolyard adage? Don't dish it if you can't take it.

    I'm glad my President defended himself and the vote that put him fairly and freely in office.
    Obama was given **** for 8 years from all manners of the right. And he never stooped in 8 years to the level that Trump has before even taking the oath.

    Trump is a sad pathetic man. WHat is he going to do when Kim Jung Un calls him a fatty bum bum? Or whatever childish bully fight those 2 would have with each other.

    I'd much rather have a president who leads by example, and Trump's example is to talk **** about people on twitter, which is not something I can get behind.
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    "It's telling I'm afraid, that Donald Trump treats Vladimir Putin with more respect than he does John Lewis." - Conservative Bill Kristol


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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawk View Post
    Lewis attacked Trump. He questioned the legitimacy of the vote. Not only is that tact one of pure and unbridled ignorance, but it's also one that makes him fair game for a critical response.

    It's absurd to suggest that Lewis be exempt because he's a 'civil rights icon'. He's a senile old coot and the definition of a shill. See: The Benghazi Hearings

    What's the schoolyard adage? Don't dish it if you can't take it.

    I'm glad my President defended himself and the vote that put him fairly and freely in office.
    Incidentally, what did John Lewis have to do with the Benghazi hearings?

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    Congressman John Lewis should finally focus on the burning and crime infested inner-cities of the U.S. I can use all the help I can get!
    The best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is to make sure he doesn’t get a gun.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 57Brave View Post
    Surprised no one of (R) persuation mentioned Ben Sasse response.

    In fact been wondering where Sasse has been during transition.

    Will be interesting to watch in coming weeks

    His response was great.

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    Nothing drives home the anachronism of Trump’s critique like his reference to “burning … inner cities.” That may have been a problem in the 1970s, when the Bronx burned, but it’s not today. Since 1981, calls for fires in the United States are down by 50 percent. Big city fire departments today are more likely to worry about a dearth of major fires leaving younger firefighters short on experience than having too many fires to fight. And urban fires aren’t a good measure of social dysfunction, anyway. A recent study found that rates of residential fires in major cities are correlated with the age of the housing stock and its vacancy rate, and not with the socioeconomic status of their residents.


    https://www.theatlantic.com/liveblog.../511619/13649/
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    Quote Originally Posted by BedellBrave View Post
    His response was great.
    Curious to watch how he positions himself in the next year.
    And who he sides with.

    I don't know who he aligns himself with
    Do you ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by 57Brave View Post
    Curious to watch how he positions himself in the next year.
    And who he sides with.

    I don't know who he aligns himself with
    Do you ?

    Theologically - me. ;-) And politically - me with him.

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    no no, I meant colleagues in the Congress
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    Quote Originally Posted by 57Brave View Post
    no no, I meant colleagues in the Congress

    He's been his own guy to this point, refreshingly so. It will be interesting to watch.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BedellBrave View Post
    He's been his own guy to this point, refreshingly so. It will be interesting to watch.
    57 literally cannot comprehend what this means

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    I could comprehend but at the basis of legislating is formulating coalitions

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    Quote Originally Posted by 57Brave View Post
    I could comprehend but at the basis of legislating is formulating coalitions
    Just say " I am an idiot and don't know schit" and we are square.

    Thanks in advance.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Julio3000 View Post
    I think Trump is certainly entitled to defend himself...particularly as touches the legitimacy of his election.

    That he did so in such a boorish and predictable way is what is, to coin a phrase, SAD!

    How are those Clinton indictments looking, Hawk? I was too depressed after the election to come up with an avatar for you.
    Well, it's Trump. The bar is well-established and I'm not sure why anybody might have expected a magical 'change' in his demeanor after the election. That's not what we paid for.

    Boorish is certainly a fair characterization, but sadly enough Trump's statements about Lewis and his 5th Congressional District are far more accurate than Lewis' original comments which stirred the cauldron.

    ...

    As for the Clinton indictments: I'll take my punishment, sir. It's probably exactly what I deserve for placing any semblance of value on what Bret ****ing Baier says.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Runnin View Post
    Except that he didn't defend himself so much as make a childish attack that had nothing to do with the initial claim.

    "You cheated," said the Congressman
    "You're a weak black man," answered the Prez elect.

    Soon Trump will be spewing his schoolyard banter around the world and it will have long-lasted consequences.

    The fact that this election is tainted is indisputable. Both Russia and a rogue FBI helped sway the vote.
    There is so much exaggeration in this post that Eisenhower is spinning in his grave.

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