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> HRC's guilt or innocence in the emailgate matter. Guilt or innocence likely doesn't matter; like Sanders said, I'm sick of hearing about the emails. The fact

> HRC's guilt or innocence in the emailgate matter. Guilt or innocence likely doesn't matter; like Sanders said, I'm sick of hearing about the emails. The fact of the matter is that, well, they don't matter. DOJ will not prosecute, and a ton of people voting for Clinton will choose her anyway, even if she did something illegal, because Trump is basically an American Duterte. Nothing short of full-blown, violent-crime-felony-type scandal will derail the Clinton train at this point, and even then it would end up with a lengthy impeachment process vs. destroying her chances in the election.

jessaustin 10y ago
Trump is basically an American Duterte. Haha that will be funny, when Trump gets 60% more votes than the second-place candidate, and then three months after election has a 90% approval rating. We heard it here first! [EDIT:] I ain't voting for him, but I seem to have touched a nerve... are you guys afraid of something?
- micaksica 10y ago
  You know as well as I that even though your sarcasm is warranted due to my inaccuracy, I was trying to speak more to Duterte's authoritarian leanings than his performance in the election.
  - jessaustin 10y ago
    We have different understandings of the political situation. Sure, on those occasions when Trump isn't simply incoherent he is often engaged in frankly racist fear-mongering. It's reminiscent of someone's use of the term "super-predators". If they can keep his somewhat scarce attention, a Trump election would be great news for manufacturers of forever-stamping boots. If Trump deserves any comparison to Duterte, it's only because he's somewhat frank in his glowing admiration for terrorism as a police tactic. Duterte has always been more than "somewhat frank"; for decades he has spelled out in detail how little value he places on human rights. And although she is generally more circumspect... ditto for Clinton. Somehow people who do care about human rights find enough blank spaces in her that they can color in a candidate for whom they can stomach voting. In reality, she won't even make the halfhearted gestures at pardons for victimless crimes that Obama has made recently. Clinton will be every bit as eager as he is to murder around-the-world around-the-clock with terrordeathdrones. She'll continue her innovations in hiding from FOIA while throwing the citizenry to the dogs of the Surveillance State. She'll be talked into more travesties like Libya. She'll probably rein in those states who have rolled back drug prohibition. Trump will do this crap because he doesn't know any better. Clinton will because the real evil bastards have plenty of proof of all of her "violent-crime-felony-type scandals". Remember kids, don't waste your vote!

jessaustin 10y ago

Trump is basically an American Duterte. Haha that will be funny, when Trump gets 60% more votes than the second-place candidate, and then three months after election has a 90% approval rating. We heard it here first! [EDIT:] I ain't voting for him, but I seem to have touched a nerve... are you guys afraid of something?

micaksica 10y ago
You know as well as I that even though your sarcasm is warranted due to my inaccuracy, I was trying to speak more to Duterte's authoritarian leanings than his performance in the election.
- jessaustin 10y ago
  We have different understandings of the political situation. Sure, on those occasions when Trump isn't simply incoherent he is often engaged in frankly racist fear-mongering. It's reminiscent of someone's use of the term "super-predators". If they can keep his somewhat scarce attention, a Trump election would be great news for manufacturers of forever-stamping boots. If Trump deserves any comparison to Duterte, it's only because he's somewhat frank in his glowing admiration for terrorism as a police tactic. Duterte has always been more than "somewhat frank"; for decades he has spelled out in detail how little value he places on human rights. And although she is generally more circumspect... ditto for Clinton. Somehow people who do care about human rights find enough blank spaces in her that they can color in a candidate for whom they can stomach voting. In reality, she won't even make the halfhearted gestures at pardons for victimless crimes that Obama has made recently. Clinton will be every bit as eager as he is to murder around-the-world around-the-clock with terrordeathdrones. She'll continue her innovations in hiding from FOIA while throwing the citizenry to the dogs of the Surveillance State. She'll be talked into more travesties like Libya. She'll probably rein in those states who have rolled back drug prohibition. Trump will do this crap because he doesn't know any better. Clinton will because the real evil bastards have plenty of proof of all of her "violent-crime-felony-type scandals". Remember kids, don't waste your vote!