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Re: Doesn’t Matter Who Wins the K Race; We’re All the Same
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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Hell no. He's got a list of sins quite long. But in DC, a town run amuck in quasi-criminal lobbyists, influence peddlers, arm twisters, domestic and foreign oligarchs and corporate types buying politicians, and all of their bagmen, Trump is hardly unique in terms of his missing ethics. Where he is unique is being dumb enough not to have exploited the Russian help and avoided Comey's investigation in a smart manner which would have allowed him to get away with it.
You can't seriously think he's some unique low in terms of morality or lack thereof. You know quite well how ludicrous that sounds. DC is a cesspool, and the institutional immorality built into our govt, normalized even, is 100X more pernicious than this buffoon's thuggery. No, Trump is only unique in DC in being so dumb and arrogant he couldn't even bother to learn the town's rules -- the ones that allow some of its worst criminals to walk freely, profit, and even have medals given to them and buildings and awards named for them.
If you think Trump is the pinnacle of bad behavior in govt, you're batshit crazy. He sits in the midst of a city built on crooked quid pro quos, the center of a govt sold long ago to special interests. They have a whole street of firms specializing in the purchasing of politicians. And you're going moralize about Donald Trump deserving "justice"? Please. If there were justice, half that city would be in jail.
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I didn't ask you about DC, I asked you about Trump, but you are congenitally unable to avoid defending or excusing him.
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