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EarlG

(21,960 posts)
Thu Apr 25, 2019, 12:06 PM Apr 2019

Pic Of The Moment: If You Can't Beat 'Em, Cheat 'Em



Trump campaign won't commit to staying away from hacked material


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Pic Of The Moment: If You Can't Beat 'Em, Cheat 'Em (Original Post) EarlG Apr 2019 OP
K&R Gothmog Apr 2019 #1
No honor among thieves! n/t Fritz Walter Apr 2019 #2
Exactly. calimary Apr 2019 #3
By no means is this a "new" slogan for Trump. Nitram Apr 2019 #4
Quite frankly I don't care if they DO use hacked emails The Mouth Apr 2019 #5
OMG did they actually pledge not to use hacked material? LiberalLovinLug Apr 2019 #7
Bibi and Putin are already on the case - including flipping votes outright. sandensea Apr 2019 #6
I can already see it happening duforsure Apr 2019 #8

The Mouth

(3,161 posts)
5. Quite frankly I don't care if they DO use hacked emails
Thu Apr 25, 2019, 09:18 PM
Apr 2019

to win the general in 2020.


Do unto others what others would do unto you. But do it first.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,175 posts)
7. OMG did they actually pledge not to use hacked material?
Fri Apr 26, 2019, 02:52 AM
Apr 2019

Why?
This holier than thou MO has to stop. No one is impressed. Would it be a wonderful accomplishment, of course. Like Obama first pledged not to use superpack money.

No one should go out of their way to deliberately employ hackers, but for the love of God don't make a gd public pledge, knowing the other side will use any and all illicit material they can find.

Because it puts you in a box. And then if ever it is found out you did use stolen info, you compound it, and then Republicans can use that against you and then that story of reneging on your promise becomes a bigger distraction than the actual dirt found.

Sometimes it seems like Democrats don't grasp what's at stake. We have to win using any and all means. You don't have to make a big announcement one way or the other.

So let me get this straight, if some Democratic loyalist hacktivist comes to a candidate and offers dirt they dug up on some scum bag R opponent, they'd immediately turn their nose up and sent them on their way?

sandensea

(21,648 posts)
6. Bibi and Putin are already on the case - including flipping votes outright.
Fri Apr 26, 2019, 01:21 AM
Apr 2019

That's probably in fact how Cheeto conveniently "won" those four key states last time.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
8. I can already see it happening
Fri Apr 26, 2019, 08:57 AM
Apr 2019

And trump will abuse his powers using them as a weapon trying to claim falsely Biden is a criminal , and do like he and probably putin did to hurt Hillary's credibility , and use to threaten him prosecution with his puppet William Barr . Both he and Barr i predict will end up being charged for their crimes, and especially conspiracy. I would also bet he's had his moles digging in the FBI and other places trying to get anything he can spin as a crime against him. Just like Putin does it in Russia too.

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