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First, I'm a Cruz guy, but have heretofore felt very comfortable with Trump if that is the way it turns out. Joe Scarborough's interview with Trump today is seriously troubling to me, considering Trump may very well end up our President. In case you have not heard, after Trump seemed to praise Putin for "running his country", Scarborough twice challenged Trump over the fact that Putin kills journalists and opponents.

It was Trump's response that really shocked me. After the second time Scarborough challenged Trump with this fact, Trump's response was, "we kill a lot of people too". Geez, is he asserting moral equivalence between Putin's killing his own citizens and the US killing terrorists? This type of response must be explored and challenged in the most urgent manner. We cannot have a President with, apparently, a view that such use of force against citizens by an executive should not even raise an eyebrow. Very scary.

1 posted on 12/18/2015 3:44:24 PM PST by mtrott
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Getting popcorn.


2 posted on 12/18/2015 3:45:39 PM PST by don-o (I am Kenneth Carlisle - Waco 5/17/15)
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After the second time Scarborough challenged Trump with this fact, Trump's response was, "we kill a lot of people too".

Its called the truth. I find it refreshing. Nothing changes until it is acknowledged as existing. Trump is an acknowledgement monster.

3 posted on 12/18/2015 3:47:06 PM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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The current (June, 2015) US Law of War lists journalists as bellicose. They may be shot on sight.


4 posted on 12/18/2015 3:47:30 PM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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Putin does what he thinks is right for his country and wants it strong.
fairy boy cares more about making this country weak, getting rid of it’s history, and making white Christians a minority.,


5 posted on 12/18/2015 3:48:13 PM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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I think restricting information flow in a war zone so that no enemy propaganda gets airtime should be an essential part of our strategic policy; if that means killing journalists (covertly) who try to sneak in the zone or give aid to the enemy by spouting their propaganda, so be it.


6 posted on 12/18/2015 3:48:30 PM PST by LambSlave
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Liberals only hate Putin because he won;t let homosexuals run a mock in his country and making those who move there to become Russian.

A liberals worst nightmare for sure.


8 posted on 12/18/2015 3:49:21 PM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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There are enough ugly anti-Trump smears all over the internet. We do not need them here also.


10 posted on 12/18/2015 3:51:02 PM PST by Menthops (If you are reading this..... the GOPe hates you!)
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“Journalists” don’t exist anymore. They’re propagandists and UC Berkeley made that official this year by offering this class:

https://www.edx.org/course/journalism-social-change-uc-berkeleyx-j4sc101x-0


11 posted on 12/18/2015 3:51:02 PM PST by MeganC (The Republic of The United States of America: 7/4/1776 to 6/26/2015 R.I.P.)
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Refreshing to once again here Trump tell what should be obvious but an MSM veil of secrecy makes it politically incorrect to question a regime....like the zer0 regime or the 1990s Clinton regime. What happened to that journalist who drove into those trees in California?


12 posted on 12/18/2015 3:51:14 PM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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Trump folks are like Obama folks. It’s a cult thing. Nothing they do, don’t do or say matters one lick. They are on the train no matter what. But Trump will walk this one back.


13 posted on 12/18/2015 3:51:14 PM PST by jwalsh07
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Surely someone will arrive to explain that this is all part of Trump’s brilliant OODA loop strategy or some such thing.


15 posted on 12/18/2015 3:54:05 PM PST by AHerald ("Do not fear, only believe." - Mark 5:36)
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I can think off a few “journalists” I would like posted to Russia post haste then. Treasonous POS that they are. Go Trump
17 posted on 12/18/2015 3:54:57 PM PST by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! ,)
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Obama still meets with Putin. Using this logic he should refuse to meet with him because he supposedly had journalists killed.
18 posted on 12/18/2015 3:55:43 PM PST by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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Putin 2016
Merry Christmas


20 posted on 12/18/2015 3:56:05 PM PST by bray (Trump/Cruz 2016)
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Putin works for Russia

Trump is saying he will work for America.

0bama and the rinos work for the Satanic elites against Americans.

Let’s get over the cognitive dissonance. The federal government has a lot of skeletons in the closet. Take the Clinton administration for starters. The U.S. lost its moral high ground a long time ago.


21 posted on 12/18/2015 3:58:40 PM PST by grumpygresh (We don't have Democrats and Republicans, we have the Faustian uni-party)
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“This guy’s just not well versed in what Putin is all about and so there’s this sort of reflexive admiration for a leader but he hasn’t really thought about the implications of that and I think you see a lot of that in Donald Trump interviews,’ ...

I’ll bet Trump knows a lot more about Putin than she does.


22 posted on 12/18/2015 3:59:26 PM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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Trump's response was, "we kill a lot of people too"

Perhaps he's referring to events like the Doctors Without Borders hospital we apparently bombed with absolutely no one taking responsibility for?

23 posted on 12/18/2015 3:59:33 PM PST by The Iceman Cometh (Proud Teabagging Barbarian Terrorist Hobbit Crazy Cracker Son-of-a-Bitch!)
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911 Operator, how may I help you?
911 operator

Well, I'm shocked. I just heard an interview and I don't know if I'll make it. I'm shocked I tell you.
Citizen FReepMeNot

Well sir, was it MSNBC?
911 operator

Well, yes..., yes it was. How did you know?
Citizen FReepMeNot

Well, sir, we get about 35 of these calls a day. They ask a lot of gotcha questions and sometimes guests are taken off guard. We notice things level out in a day or so.
911 operator

But, I'm scared. It was terrible.
Citizen FReepMeNot

I know sir, but please try to calm down. Take deep breaths. We find that warm baths help. You may want to take a nap.
911 operator

I'm sorry, I need to go now. We have important calls too...
911 operator

24 posted on 12/18/2015 4:00:21 PM PST by DoughtyOne ((It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.))
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Killing journalists?

Is that wrong? Should I not have done that? I tell you, I gotta plead ignorance on this thing, because if anyone had said anything to me at all when I first started here that that sort of thing is frowned upon... you know, cause I tell you, people do that all the time.

26 posted on 12/18/2015 4:02:29 PM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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"I think that I would probably get along with him [Putin] very well."


--Donald Trump, CBS' Face The Nation, Oct 2015

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TRUMP: Vladimir Putin's praise is 'a great honor'


Business Insider ^ | December 17, 2015 | By Maxwell Tani

Republican US presidential front-runner Donald Trump is apparently "honored" that Russian President Vladimir Putin considers the real-estate magnate a "flamboyant" and "very talented" man.

"It is always a great honor to be so nicely complimented by a man so highly respected within his own country and beyond," Trump said in a statement, according to Politico.

He continued: "I have always felt that Russia and the United States should be able to work well with each other towards defeating terrorism and restoring world peace, not to mention trade and all of the other benefits derived from mutual respect."

(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...

27 posted on 12/18/2015 4:02:41 PM PST by ETL (Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better, safer America)
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