The Michael Wolff book on the White House: "Fire and Fury"

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  1. Margot2

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    This is a must read. Trump didn't want to be president. He wanted to be the most famous man in the world and a martyr to Hillary Clinton. He borrowed the money for his campaign so as not to waste his own. Steven Bannon called it the "broke dick campaign.

    The Michael Wolff book on the White House: "Fire and Fury" - Axios

    https://www.axios.com/michael-wolff-book-white-house-2509337838.html
    The result is a juicy, explosive book, "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House," to be published Jan. 9 by Henry Holt. What we're ... Wolff's best quote: "Perhaps not since the Tudors has palace intrigue been so corrosive and lethal, nor the king so volatile and so in need of instant gratification." Stephen Rubin, Holt's ...
     
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    Yawn.

    Bill and Hillary Clinton received bribes from foreign governments and committed treason in their quest to become rich:

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    Wolff has no more credibility than Sweizer...
     
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    You have been duped. The Clinton Foundation is a public, operational charity which has be audited and transparent.. And, while it did help the Clinton with their tax burden, the money went to the charity NOT to the Clintons.
     
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    Yet you believe Sweizer?
     
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    It's disheartening to see so many Drumpf supporters repeat debunked lies over and over no matter how many times they are proven to be false. As troubling as the Russian disinformation campaign was/is the worst of it comes from domestic sources like Faux.

    https://www.politico.com/story/2015...er-corrects-7-or-8-inaccurate-passages-117946
     
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    Its a reflection of apathy and laziness among Americans and a rejection of critical thinking skills which they consider "librul".
     
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    It's called confirmation bias and it's why Russian Fake News works so well.

    People are told what they want to hear or what they are susceptible to...so they fall for it...every time
     
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    Their perspective stands as an indictment against ALL charities, since ALL charity watchdogs gave the Clinton Foundation top ratings, but conservatives claim them to be unreliable critics. . . . So, a web of suspicion has been spun. . . . Are they implying that NO charity can be trusted???

    But they say that government "entitlement" programs should be discontinued and administered instead by charities.
     
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    Not according to the book. And if you believe anything written by a fraud like Wolff you would certainly believe the 'facts' in the book by Schwizer.

    Right?

    Or, perhaps, you might take a skeptics view of these tabloid authors? But liberals/progressives/socialists tend to not do this when information allows them to wallow in their echo chamber. How about you?
     
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    You keep making the same mistake. We know the claims about the Clinton Foundation are false, not because Schweizer made them, but because the Foundation's records are public record.

    You keep confusing debunking a claim by looking at the available facts with a lame ad-hominem fallacy
     
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    Yeah he wanted to lose which is why he spent so much effort trying to get elected.

    I'm sure a lot of gullible liberals will add this to their favorites list along with "50 Shades" and "What the **** Just Happened".
     
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    How much money has the Clinton Foundation brought in since Nov 8, 2016 again?
     
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    Right. Proves how important accountants were to the Clinton Foundation.

    Of course, Doug Band, a long-time aide to Bill Clinton had much to say on the subject.

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...tons-wealth-tied-clinton-foundation/92842822/

    “Independent of our fundraising and decision-making activities on behalf of the Foundation, we have dedicated ourselves to helping the President secure and engage in for-profit activities — including speeches, books, and advisory service engagements," Band wrote. "In that context, we have in effect served as agents, lawyers, managers and implementers to secure speaking, business and advisory service deals. In support of the President’s for-profit activity, we also have solicited and obtained, as appropriate, in-kind services for the President and his family — for personal travel, hospitality, vacation and the like.”
    I know, nothing to see here, old news, they aren't President's, blah, blah, blah, ...........
     
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    Not all claims; like all good tabloid journalism, there are some truths muddled in with falsehoods.

    But you are aware of who Michael Wolff is? I realize many leftists are not very well read and don't have much of a worldview outside their echo chamber, but surely you are familiar with his prior work?

    And if so, why give him credence? Besides his "reporting" conforming to your worldview?
     
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    You may want to consult my article. It gives an in-depth look into this story.

    http://politicalforum.com/index.php...-tower-was-treasonous-and-unpatriotic.522768/
     
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    What he WANTED...was to start Trump TV

    Maybe he didn't know how serious Putin was...
     
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    What else are you picking up via ESP/Wiccan spells?
     
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    Yet despite that....Hillary Clinton still lost. How did she manage to pull that off?
     
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    Putin,Comey, Trey Gowdy, people like you
     
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    Looks to me like you’d have to be a complete Moron not to reconize he’s and Idiot. All the people working with tRump knows it and have openly said it’s a fact.

    :nana:
     
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    I didn't even vote in the presidential election
     
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    The story is about the voting public not Hillary.
     
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    If you need to know that, it shouldn't be too difficult. All their Tax returns are public. As are the tax returns of all the Clintons. Which I think is a great way to show they have nothing to hide.
     
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    He has the biggest reality tv show and appeals to the same audience as honey boo boo
     
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