It's PUTIN'S FAULT!

[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally Posted by PaulS

You're trying to view the election as something that only occurs over the 12 hour period polls are open instead of from when the 2 major candidates started running for the Pres.

The election IS the something that occurs over 12 hours on ELECTION Day.

The time prior to that the candidates start running for office is called the Campaign.

It's still not to late to ask Santa for a dictionary for Christmas

Originally Posted by PaulS

So if someone sabotaged all the polling booths the night before the election, wouldn't that be considered trying to sabotage the election even though it doesn't fit into your timeframe?

If the polls were sabotaged the night before an election and the polls couldn't be opened on time because of it.....that is interfering with the election.

If the polls were sabotaged the night before an election and the polls opened on time in spite of it.....that is attempting to interfere with the election.....but failing.

[PaulS]

Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman

The election IS the something that occurs over 12 hours on ELECTION Day.

The time prior to that the candidates start running for office is called the Campaign.

It's still not to late to ask Santa for a dictionary for Christmas I think now that I see your logic I won't be asking for a dictionary



If the polls were sabotaged the night before an election and the polls couldn't be opened on time because of it.....that is interfering with the election.

If the polls were sabotaged the night before an election and the polls opened on time in spite of it.....that is attempting to interfere with the election.....but failing.

So saying the Russians attempted to interfere with the campaign is true but that they didn't attempt to interfere with the election?

I think when most people state that the Russians tried to interfere in the election they know it was not on election day but if you want to use that when you defend the Russians have at it.

Edit - It seems Jim even agrees that election shouldn't be considered only a 12 hour event.

[PaulS]

The selling of the Trump WH has begun!

Maybe we can attack TMZ and say they aren't journalists.





One of the biggest questions about the coming presidency of Donald Trump has been how he will address the tension between his public role of the nation’s chief executive and the private interests of the Trump Organization and his family members. And two reports out this week show just how real those tensions are.

The Center for Public Integrity on Monday night published a story demonstrating that a Texas-based non-profit recently formed by Trump’s two adult sons and two associates in Texas is already selling the opportunity to meet with President Trump -- on the day after his inauguration -- for as much as $1 million.

Also on Monday night, the liberal organization ThinkProgress published a report claiming that the Kuwaiti ambassador to the United States had been pressured by officials with the Trump Organization to cancel a contract to hold the annual National Day celebration at the Four Seasons Hotel in Georgetown and to move it to the newly opened Trump International Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House.

The stories come just days after Eric Trump canceled a controversial online auction in which he was offering the opportunity to have coffee with his sister, Ivanka, to donors willing to make a donation to a charity he sponsors. Ivanka Trump, a close adviser to her father, is expected to play a major behind-the-scenes role in the Trump White House and, like her brothers, is already serving on the presidential transition team that is in charge of filling jobs in the coming administration.

The non-profit formed by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, called the Opening Day Foundation, is sponsoring an event the day after the inauguration next month in Washington. First reported by the website TMZ, the organization is offering sponsorship packages that include the “Bald Eagle” level. For $1 million, sponsors are entitled to a private reception and photo opportunity with the just-inaugurated president, a multi-day hunting or fishing trips with Donald Jr. and Eric Trump, and nearly 100 tickets to the event itself, and other benefits.

A $500,000 “Grizzly Bear” package also comes with a private reception with the president, and an excursion with his sons, and other amenities. Lower tier packages substitute a reception with the president for one with his children.


While the donations to the Opening Day Foundation are said to be going to unspecified conservation-related charities, the money being paid to the Trump International Hotel by the Kuwaiti Embassy for its National Day celebration will be going into the coffers of the Trump Organization, which will remain under Trump family ownership even after Donald Trump takes office as president.

According to ThinkProgress writers Judd Legum and Kira Lerner, “The Kuwaiti embassy, which has regularly held the event at the Four Seasons in Georgetown, abruptly canceled its reservation after members of the Trump Organization pressured the ambassador to hold the event at the hotel owned by the president-elect.” The source spoke to ThinkProgress on condition of anonymity, but according to the report, “ThinkProgress was also able to review documentary evidence confirming the source’s account.”

If confirmed, the story raises not just concerns about the use of political power to drive private gain, but also about whether or not Trump will be in violation of the Constitution once he takes office. The “emoluments clause” in the nation’s founding document bars the president from accepting payment from foreign governments.

[scottw]

what's next....the Lincoln Bedroom????? oh the horror

[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally Posted by PaulS

So saying the Russians attempted to interfere with the campaign is true but that they didn't attempt to interfere with the election?.

Safe to say the Russians attempted to interfere with the Democrat's campaign.

Originally Posted by PaulS

I think when most people state that the Russians tried to interfere in the election they know it was not on election day but if you want to use that when you defend the Russians have at it..

I'm not defending the Russians...I'm defending the English language. How about we actually state what happened properly and then discuss it.

This is how Fake news happens, twisting words to fit the narrative. You know what fake news is....its on the list of reasons why Hillary Lost.

Originally Posted by PaulS

Edit - It seems Jim even agrees that election shouldn't be considered only a 12 hour event.

Jim can think whatever Jim wants to think....doesn't change what I think.

[PaulS]

Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman

This is how Fake news happensno it isn't. You're the one trying to limit a many month long event to a 12 hour window to fit your narrative., twisting words to fit the narrative. You know what fake news is....its on the list of reasons why Hillary Lost.That is exactly what you have been doing. No one else uses the word election in this context to refer to a 12 hour period. The Government doesn't, the press doesn't, only you are doing to fit your narrative. When the govern. refers to the election they never use such a narrow definition unless they are refering to the 12 hour period on election day.

So keep trying to twist the common usuage by taking a narrow definition.

[scottw]

Originally Posted by PaulS

So keep trying to twist the common usuage by taking a narrow definition.

like this?

“It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is. If the–if he–if ‘is’ means is and never has been, that is not–that is one thing. If it means there is none, that was a completely true statement…

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman

Safe to say the Russians attempted to interfere with the Democrat's campaign.



I'm not defending the Russians...I'm defending the English language. How about we actually state what happened properly and then discuss it.

This is how Fake news happens, twisting words to fit the narrative. You know what fake news is....its on the list of reasons why Hillary Lost.



Jim can think whatever Jim wants to think....doesn't change what I think.

"Safe to say the Russians attempted to interfere with the Democrat's campaign."

We're all saying the same thing. The Russians likely tried to help tilt things in Trump's favor.

"How about we actually state what happened properly and then discuss it." Now that sounds like a good idea. I have heard many reporters on ABC, NBC, and MSNBC say that the Russians hacked the election, or played a serious role in Trump's win. Zero evidence of that. But even if the polls changed 40 points after the email leaks, the bigger issue isn't how the truth was revealed, but rather the behavior that was revealed. I would say the same thing if it was the Republicans who were being unethical.

"Jim can think whatever Jim wants to think"

I think, that I think, the same thing that you think.

I also think that you were right about Cub Scouts. My first grader loves it more than anything we have ever asked him to try, and he could not look cuter in his uniform. He doesn't believe me about how big the battleships are that we are going to sleep on in the spring. Hoping to take his den ice-fishing this winter.

[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

I also think that you were right about Cub Scouts. My first grader loves it more than anything we have ever asked him to try, and he could not look cuter in his uniform. He doesn't believe me about how big the battleships are that we are going to sleep on in the spring. Hoping to take his den ice-fishing this winter.

Glad he likes it....always had a lot of fun and you guys will build a lot of great memories from it. You get to be a kid again as well...