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Elizabeth Warren Has Latched Onto the Issue That's Beneath All the Others (corruption)
Esquire ^
| 2/01/20
| CHARLES P. PIERCE
Posted on 02/02/2020 8:56:27 AM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather
What exactly is this mass corruption that Trump is allegedly guilty of?
To: Libloather
Aren’t all ambassadors to “desirable” embassies like London, Paris, Berlin etc (ie. non-shithole countries) always given to contributors/supporters of the President? One I can think of off of the top of my head is Caroline Kennedy ambassador to Japan during the last administration.
A quick google search reveals: “Matthew Winthrop Barzun (born October 23, 1970) is a former United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. He is a business executive who is known for his work with CNET Networks and for his volunteer work on Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Sweden from 2009 to 2011.
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posted on
02/02/2020 9:42:06 AM PST
by
hanamizu
To: RonnG
"He bought a public office. That is the height of corruption."
One of Bloomberg's most potent arguments is that he's funding his own campaign, and is therefore beholden to no special interests. That was also a big part of Trump's message, who campaigned with his own money and that of small donors.
The alternative is to be funded by special interests, and that is also considered corrupt. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
Warren's message: Whatever I do is ok, whatever my opponents do is corrupt.
To: 1_Rain_Drop
But don’t major donors or supporters get rewarded with plum jobs like that...ambassador to the Bahamas, etc...
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posted on
02/02/2020 9:51:40 AM PST
by
abigkahuna
(How can you be at two places at once when you are nowhere at all?)
To: 1_Rain_Drop
Many hires have been real head scratchers. It’s my only complaint about Trump’s administration.
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posted on
02/02/2020 9:57:28 AM PST
by
JerseyDvl
("If you're going through hell, keep going.")
To: JerseyDvl
Many hires have been real head scratchers. It’s my only complaint about Trump’s administration. You can only hire people who want the job.
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posted on
02/02/2020 10:02:50 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Libloather
Corruption, started long before Donald Trump became president.
Yep around 1829 when the democrat party was founded.
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posted on
02/02/2020 10:04:05 AM PST
by
Vaduz
(women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
To: Libloather
Go Lizzie go. Here chug a beer.
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posted on
02/02/2020 10:07:17 AM PST
by
Kudsman
(Im trying to love the tolerant left. They make it very hard to do.)
To: certrtwngnut
If they really went after corruption both houses of congress would be wiped out except for a few.
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Truth
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posted on
02/02/2020 10:25:23 AM PST
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
To: Libloather
Get free pajamas with your Esquire subscription.
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posted on
02/02/2020 10:35:12 AM PST
by
willk
(A bias news media is not a free press.)
To: Libloather
"“The good news is that I have the biggest anti-corruption plan since Watergate,"
The last lady who promised to clean House.
To: Steve_Seattle
Trump was out spent2-1 by HRC in 2016. He is use $58M of his own money but nowhere near the $2B Bloomberg has promised to spend
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posted on
02/02/2020 8:14:54 PM PST
by
RonnG
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