The this is just another example of "Anti- Trump" bias card won't work this rip. He never apologized for being wrong either. That is probably the biggest takeaway from it all. It speaks directly to the lack of integrity as a person.

The same thing happened with the handicapped reporter. Rather than just admit that he made a mistake he tries to spin it to describe something else. Even if he referred to Cruz himself or anyone else as retarded previously it still doesn't excuse him from mocking this person on this occasion.

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Why does everyone have to focus on words?

Yeah, that was great. I'd like to ask Kelly Conway which is worse: being a divisive scumbag or acting like one to get elected president.

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Words, facts, ethics, all casualties of Cheetolini and his trusty paid sidekick Edgar Winter with fake eyelashes

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Did conservatives tell Ronald Reagan to shut up when he began espousing his political views?

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Only thing that may seem outrageous is pedophilia. If you believe he ran in the same circles as Bill Clinton then that changes.

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Yes, but he kept forgetting.

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Of course not. Most of them think its cute when Ted Nugent spouts his deep thoughts.

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In general, when I hear people complain about who said what and why, my thought is that I don't care who said it. I only care if it is a good or thought-provoking point. I mean, there are things that Bill Belicek says about football strategy that I disagree with and things that Sarah Palin says about, well, anything, that I do agree with. I don't think the messenger should be automatically ignored or believed simply because of who they are. It's the message that counts.

The only exception might be on a topic so complex that I am so unfamiliar with that I have to take someone at their word, and at that point, it becomes about credentials and knowledge. If Ben Carson tells me about the most dangerous point in a surgery to separate conjoined twins, I'm going to listen because he's a world-renowned surgeon and I have no freaking clue what he's talking about.

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That's a good point.

I do think all of you guys are incapable of looking past your biases. And it's evidenced by the way you dismiss an offensive remark by the guy you like while promoting a lie about Trump.

Kovaleski isn't mentally handicapped. He is a reporter for the New York Times so I can understand why you have that impression. You're so sure Trump did what you think he did, you have zero interest in looking objectively at the facts. And you take it one step further to say the guy is mentally handicapped.

Look, if you want to say that Trump mocking people is rude, fine. But he clearly did not make fun of Kovaleski's physical issues.

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I know it's your chew toy, but the reporter is just one minor example. Nobody's thoughts in this thread would change if he was taken out of the equation.

Again, making the point. No matter what Trump does your opinion on him is set in stone.

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Let me ask you this, how could it be that Trump was never considered any of these terrible things before he ran for president?

https://youtu.be/_K1-nzxzzug

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We knew who he was in some instances but we learned more when he decided to run cor president. Besides we judge entertainers differently than politicians. It's not that difficult to understand. I love Kobe as a basketball player but I wouldn't vote for him to be a dog catcher because he is a rapist.

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My issue has nothing to do with bias. I'm still bewildered as to how you can defend a guy who promoted the idea that innocent people should be put to death. I also wonder how you can ignore the fact that he defended his position even after they were exonerated. That is indefensible and it supersedes politics to be honest.

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I'm not making any point at all. You are taking one example, beating it into the ground (incorrectly) and ignoring the mountain of other things. I really hope this is just a bit.

That last is a fair point, but I think the idea that the established powers-that-be were so opposed to a Trump presidency (or a Sanders presidency, for that matter) that they drove these narratives.

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No one is more objective than JORR, believe him. Your objectivity led you to call President Obama a terrorist and anyone who disagrees with Israel an antisemite. You were pretty absolute in your opinion.

There are few people who are more stubborn than you when you dig your heels in. You're dug in on Trump now and you would probably chop off your hand before you budge. Trump is the same way.

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They're both charlatans. Trump is just better at it. MANY of the under 40 crowd here would love an outsider candidate like Trump minus the dog whistling and bigoted statements.

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That absolutely never happened. Can any of you support your arguments without personally attacking me?

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The Anti-Semite charge is legit. You, along with a few others (CH you listening) suggested that I was an Anti-Semite for suggesting that Jewish people didn't have a right to take the land that was previously inhabited by Palestinians. You falsely presented the point that I was making and declared me to be essentially an Anti-Semite. I took it in stride as I do most things on here and simply kept it moving.

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Is that really your basis for stating I called Obama a terrorist? I don't think there's any question where his sympathies lie when it comes to Palestine.

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I've simply asked the question what could be begind the obsession over a "Palestinian"state as opposed to a Kurdish state, for example, or one for any of the other stateless people? And why has the Western style democracy Israel been sanctioned more than Syria, Iran, Sudan, etc. combined?

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Right. This is the only response necessary to that.

And @ leash thinking the reporter was mentally handicapped.

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Again, I agree if you're saying it's rude and un-Presidential. But when it's used to paint him as a guy who made fun of the disabled, I have to qustion the motives. In fact, the motives are clear.

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Probably with the country he guaranteed $40B in aid to? I don't know you're the only objective one here.

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It's beyond rude. It sort of reminds me of when Dog the Bounty Hunter had that tape leaked of him saying n*****. To defend himself, he said he used the word all the time in private conversation.

That's pretty much the equivalent of that Fox News article you posted defending this indefensible action.

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