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Vivax
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
22166 Posts
Last Edited: 2026-02-03 19:51:06
5 hours ago
#109701
On February 04 2026 03:32 WombaT wrote:
Clinton being a pretty good President otherwise also gives him some leeway


Charismatic yes, but does anyone know enough to assume he also wasn‘t up in something ?
The surveillance capacities weren‘t as developed as nowadays during his time.

Which isn‘t supposed to exonerate anything happening when they are…
It‘s honestly surprising that anything has been released at all.

One can speculate whether electing Hillary would have led to Epsteins death as well or nothing happening at all, at least not publicly.
GreenHorizons
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States23621 Posts
4 hours ago
#109702
On February 04 2026 02:24 pmh wrote:
It’s time to defund the oligarchy and invest in the American people.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/02/defund-american-oligarchy-trump-congress

Its either this and be serious about the concerns of ordinary people. Or continue trolling social media with bs and force people to eventually go a 3rd route. The republicans have disqualified themselves already so its really between the democrats and an unpredictable 3rd route. The classic choice between democrats vs republicans is no longer that relevant. The democrats get one last chance to do it right and if they dont take this chance then the 2 party system is done.

It's so much easier to feel like you're winning and dunk on Sartres that want to debate rape.

Democrats getting another chance is predicated on the pretty obvious attempts to rig any future elections failing despite Democrat intransigence and incompetence.

“The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over, we should take over the voting, the voting in at least many, 15 places,’” Trump told Bongino. “The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.”


https://time.com/7366147/trump-nationalize-voting-federalize-elections-fraud-republicans/

On February 04 2026 03:28 WombaT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 04 2026 03:26 misirlou wrote:
talking to a brick wall would be more effective. to argue that clinton was defended by democratic voters the way trump is defended by republicans is beyond tribalism, it's schizophrenic.

It’s not worth entertaining whatsoever, it’s ridiculous.

And yet...

Welcome back!
"People like to look at history and think 'If that was me back then, I would have...' We're living through history, and the truth is, whatever you are doing now is probably what you would have done then" "Scratch a Liberal..."
Jankisa
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Croatia1119 Posts
4 hours ago
#109703
Introvert has never found a problem of today that he couldn't blame on past sins of Democrats.

Wait, is he a sock puppet of GH to satiate his hunger to shit on Dems from the right side as well? Just my half baked theory.
So, are you a pessimist? - On my better days. Are you a nihilist? - Not as much as I should be.
GreenHorizons
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States23621 Posts
4 hours ago
#109704
On February 04 2026 05:13 Jankisa wrote:
Introvert has never found a problem of today that he couldn't blame on past sins of Democrats.

Wait, is he a sock puppet of GH to satiate his hunger to shit on Dems from the right side as well? Just my half baked theory.

Well, I have heard that the left boot is tastier and the leg is weaker, so who wouldn't want to lay down to get the best angle they could?
"People like to look at history and think 'If that was me back then, I would have...' We're living through history, and the truth is, whatever you are doing now is probably what you would have done then" "Scratch a Liberal..."
Billyboy
Profile Joined September 2024
1431 Posts
3 hours ago
#109705
On February 04 2026 04:12 Introvert wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 04 2026 03:30 Biff The Understudy wrote:
On February 04 2026 02:34 Introvert wrote:
On February 04 2026 01:11 WombaT wrote:
On February 04 2026 00:53 Introvert wrote:
On February 04 2026 00:23 Biff The Understudy wrote:
Remember when we were talking about empeaching a President for having had a blowjob performed on him by a consenting adult (and lying about it). You know because we couldn’t have an adulterer ready to lie to the face of the nation in the White House and all of that.

Those were the days.


Clinton was impeached for lying to a grand jury, but your characterization is exactly the one given in his defense. For the more self-reflective it's Clinton and the shameless defenses of him and his behavior that have led to a steep decline in moral expectations for presidents. Not that thete haven't been awful people in office, but so much of the way Clinton was defended reappears now with Trump. People made excuses for him all day long, pointed to the things they liked that he did, and closed ranks without giving a single inch. Clinton was a moderate dem policy wise and could be forced to work with Congress, but he was disastrous in other respects.

I mean does it? Does it really?

It’s worth also bearing in mind that this was in a less enlightened era as regards understanding and acceptance around the leveraging of power etc in the sexual domain and how that could be coercive and unethical.

So yeah people defended Clinton for getting a blowiob from the young intern, no big deal, here’s a high five but that was almost 30 years ago

You can’t moan about any decline of moral standards in the office and defend Donald Trump, ever. It’s preposterous. Fucking hell

Utter lunacy


I don’t recall defending Trump's character. But you do know that time runs one way right? And there were people back then who knew it was wrong, they just got sidelined. That’s part of my point. If you are going to make that argument then im going to point out that Trump and Clinton are similar ages and thus might be expected to have similar views of these things, so...his defenders sounded just like the most ardent Trumpist on these matters, but 30 years before. And Trump didn't even so that stuff while in office, but before!

On February 04 2026 01:55 Biff The Understudy wrote:
On February 04 2026 00:53 Introvert wrote:
On February 04 2026 00:23 Biff The Understudy wrote:
Remember when we were talking about empeaching a President for having had a blowjob performed on him by a consenting adult (and lying about it). You know because we couldn’t have an adulterer ready to lie to the face of the nation in the White House and all of that.

Those were the days.


Clinton was impeached for lying to a grand jury, but your characterization is exactly the one given in his defense. For the more self-reflective it's Clinton and the shameless defenses of him and his behavior that have led to a steep decline in moral expectations for presidents. Not that thete haven't been awful people in office, but so much of the way Clinton was defended reappears now with Trump. People made excuses for him all day long, pointed to the things they liked that he did, and closed ranks without giving a single inch. Clinton was a moderate dem policy wise and could be forced to work with Congress, but he was disastrous in other respects.

No, man, it’s not Clinton, it’s you. Obama was morally as good as it gets as a us president, and Biden was just fine by historical standards.

You vote and support a man that is the most garbage human being ever to enter American politics, it just speaks volumes about you. There is no moral decline other than you own.


There's a fascinating omission from your list, but I think we both know why.

I didn't vote him. Try again.

Who says this all happened at once? Part of Bush's appeal was that he seemed a better man than Clinton. The chickens don't all fly back to the roost at once. Nobody here realizes or wants to acknowledge that with a few word tweaks you could transplant so, so many defenses of Clinton onto defenses of Trump.


Clinton was morally compromised and imo, that made him unfit to be a good president. That the point republicans forcefully made by then. And honestly, i think they did have a point. In Scandinavia, he certainly would have been removed from office.

Trump is literally 15 orders of magnitude worse than him, to the point he makes Clinton look like a saint. Anyone supporting a man that is such an absolute cunt is beyond morally bankrupt. That’s not a decline of American moral values. That’s on the republicans and on maga. Those people have no values, and no morals, period. If that’s the standard you set and expect for the leader of the nation, you are a terrible person.


The point is that no one cares anymore. Clinton's approval among Democrats didn't budge. Dems were loath to throw out the first dem to win re-election in decades. Make whatever *relative* judgement you want, the pattern is obvious and the slope was in fact slippery. His critics were more right than they knew, but yes, many of them eneded up adopting the arguments they laughed at.

Show nested quote +
On February 04 2026 03:32 WombaT wrote:
Clinton being a pretty good President otherwise also gives him some leeway


Mirror image of what a MAGA person would say. It is literally the exact same argument.

Al Franken is an example of them Dems dealing severely (likely too severe) with an any impropriety.

Whereas Trump is an all timer and many of his staff or associates are similar. Even his advisors like Stone and Epsteins second best friend Bannon are ultra creeps in his orbit.

It’s like part of what made America great according to MAGA people is the ability for powerful men to abuse the power to sexual assault women and teens.
Biff The Understudy
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
France7966 Posts
Last Edited: 2026-02-03 21:46:31
2 hours ago
#109706
On February 04 2026 04:12 Introvert wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 04 2026 03:30 Biff The Understudy wrote:
On February 04 2026 02:34 Introvert wrote:
On February 04 2026 01:11 WombaT wrote:
On February 04 2026 00:53 Introvert wrote:
On February 04 2026 00:23 Biff The Understudy wrote:
Remember when we were talking about empeaching a President for having had a blowjob performed on him by a consenting adult (and lying about it). You know because we couldn’t have an adulterer ready to lie to the face of the nation in the White House and all of that.

Those were the days.


Clinton was impeached for lying to a grand jury, but your characterization is exactly the one given in his defense. For the more self-reflective it's Clinton and the shameless defenses of him and his behavior that have led to a steep decline in moral expectations for presidents. Not that thete haven't been awful people in office, but so much of the way Clinton was defended reappears now with Trump. People made excuses for him all day long, pointed to the things they liked that he did, and closed ranks without giving a single inch. Clinton was a moderate dem policy wise and could be forced to work with Congress, but he was disastrous in other respects.

I mean does it? Does it really?

It’s worth also bearing in mind that this was in a less enlightened era as regards understanding and acceptance around the leveraging of power etc in the sexual domain and how that could be coercive and unethical.

So yeah people defended Clinton for getting a blowiob from the young intern, no big deal, here’s a high five but that was almost 30 years ago

You can’t moan about any decline of moral standards in the office and defend Donald Trump, ever. It’s preposterous. Fucking hell

Utter lunacy


I don’t recall defending Trump's character. But you do know that time runs one way right? And there were people back then who knew it was wrong, they just got sidelined. That’s part of my point. If you are going to make that argument then im going to point out that Trump and Clinton are similar ages and thus might be expected to have similar views of these things, so...his defenders sounded just like the most ardent Trumpist on these matters, but 30 years before. And Trump didn't even so that stuff while in office, but before!

On February 04 2026 01:55 Biff The Understudy wrote:
On February 04 2026 00:53 Introvert wrote:
On February 04 2026 00:23 Biff The Understudy wrote:
Remember when we were talking about empeaching a President for having had a blowjob performed on him by a consenting adult (and lying about it). You know because we couldn’t have an adulterer ready to lie to the face of the nation in the White House and all of that.

Those were the days.


Clinton was impeached for lying to a grand jury, but your characterization is exactly the one given in his defense. For the more self-reflective it's Clinton and the shameless defenses of him and his behavior that have led to a steep decline in moral expectations for presidents. Not that thete haven't been awful people in office, but so much of the way Clinton was defended reappears now with Trump. People made excuses for him all day long, pointed to the things they liked that he did, and closed ranks without giving a single inch. Clinton was a moderate dem policy wise and could be forced to work with Congress, but he was disastrous in other respects.

No, man, it’s not Clinton, it’s you. Obama was morally as good as it gets as a us president, and Biden was just fine by historical standards.

You vote and support a man that is the most garbage human being ever to enter American politics, it just speaks volumes about you. There is no moral decline other than you own.


There's a fascinating omission from your list, but I think we both know why.

I didn't vote him. Try again.

Who says this all happened at once? Part of Bush's appeal was that he seemed a better man than Clinton. The chickens don't all fly back to the roost at once. Nobody here realizes or wants to acknowledge that with a few word tweaks you could transplant so, so many defenses of Clinton onto defenses of Trump.


Clinton was morally compromised and imo, that made him unfit to be a good president. That the point republicans forcefully made by then. And honestly, i think they did have a point. In Scandinavia, he certainly would have been removed from office.

Trump is literally 15 orders of magnitude worse than him, to the point he makes Clinton look like a saint. Anyone supporting a man that is such an absolute cunt is beyond morally bankrupt. That’s not a decline of American moral values. That’s on the republicans and on maga. Those people have no values, and no morals, period. If that’s the standard you set and expect for the leader of the nation, you are a terrible person.


The point is that no one cares anymore. Clinton's approval among Democrats didn't budge. Dems were loath to throw out the first dem to win re-election in decades. Make whatever *relative* judgement you want, the pattern is obvious and the slope was in fact slippery. His critics were more right than they knew, but yes, many of them eneded up adopting the arguments they laughed at.

Show nested quote +
On February 04 2026 03:32 WombaT wrote:
Clinton being a pretty good President otherwise also gives him some leeway


Mirror image of what a MAGA person would say. It is literally the exact same argument.

What you seem to miss is that Clinton had sex with a consenting adult and lied about it. Trump is accused of rape by several women and almost certainly including trafficked underage girls. And that’s just one of many things that you can hold against him.

We don’t even talk about the time Trump cheated his pregnant, thirty years younger, third wife with a pornstar, and used campaign money as hush money and lied all the way about it, because that’s so far down the list of what he has done and is doing and how much of an asshole he is that it’s kind of irrelevant.

One is a morally flawed person. The other one is a fucking monster. You supported Clinton when he lied about that blowjob, well you shouldn’t have. You support Trump with all he has done and is doing, you have no morals, no ethics, and no values. The fact it comes from the “family values” and “christian values” side makes me want to puke.
The fellow who is out to burn things up is the counterpart of the fool who thinks he can save the world. The world needs neither to be burned up nor to be saved. The world is, we are. Transients, if we buck it; here to stay if we accept it. ~H.Miller
dyhb
Profile Joined August 2021
United States103 Posts
Last Edited: 2026-02-03 22:39:05
2 hours ago
#109707
On February 04 2026 06:41 Biff The Understudy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 04 2026 04:12 Introvert wrote:
On February 04 2026 03:30 Biff The Understudy wrote:
On February 04 2026 02:34 Introvert wrote:
On February 04 2026 01:11 WombaT wrote:
On February 04 2026 00:53 Introvert wrote:
On February 04 2026 00:23 Biff The Understudy wrote:
Remember when we were talking about empeaching a President for having had a blowjob performed on him by a consenting adult (and lying about it). You know because we couldn’t have an adulterer ready to lie to the face of the nation in the White House and all of that.

Those were the days.


Clinton was impeached for lying to a grand jury, but your characterization is exactly the one given in his defense. For the more self-reflective it's Clinton and the shameless defenses of him and his behavior that have led to a steep decline in moral expectations for presidents. Not that thete haven't been awful people in office, but so much of the way Clinton was defended reappears now with Trump. People made excuses for him all day long, pointed to the things they liked that he did, and closed ranks without giving a single inch. Clinton was a moderate dem policy wise and could be forced to work with Congress, but he was disastrous in other respects.

I mean does it? Does it really?

It’s worth also bearing in mind that this was in a less enlightened era as regards understanding and acceptance around the leveraging of power etc in the sexual domain and how that could be coercive and unethical.

So yeah people defended Clinton for getting a blowiob from the young intern, no big deal, here’s a high five but that was almost 30 years ago

You can’t moan about any decline of moral standards in the office and defend Donald Trump, ever. It’s preposterous. Fucking hell

Utter lunacy


I don’t recall defending Trump's character. But you do know that time runs one way right? And there were people back then who knew it was wrong, they just got sidelined. That’s part of my point. If you are going to make that argument then im going to point out that Trump and Clinton are similar ages and thus might be expected to have similar views of these things, so...his defenders sounded just like the most ardent Trumpist on these matters, but 30 years before. And Trump didn't even so that stuff while in office, but before!

On February 04 2026 01:55 Biff The Understudy wrote:
On February 04 2026 00:53 Introvert wrote:
On February 04 2026 00:23 Biff The Understudy wrote:
Remember when we were talking about empeaching a President for having had a blowjob performed on him by a consenting adult (and lying about it). You know because we couldn’t have an adulterer ready to lie to the face of the nation in the White House and all of that.

Those were the days.


Clinton was impeached for lying to a grand jury, but your characterization is exactly the one given in his defense. For the more self-reflective it's Clinton and the shameless defenses of him and his behavior that have led to a steep decline in moral expectations for presidents. Not that thete haven't been awful people in office, but so much of the way Clinton was defended reappears now with Trump. People made excuses for him all day long, pointed to the things they liked that he did, and closed ranks without giving a single inch. Clinton was a moderate dem policy wise and could be forced to work with Congress, but he was disastrous in other respects.

No, man, it’s not Clinton, it’s you. Obama was morally as good as it gets as a us president, and Biden was just fine by historical standards.

You vote and support a man that is the most garbage human being ever to enter American politics, it just speaks volumes about you. There is no moral decline other than you own.


There's a fascinating omission from your list, but I think we both know why.

I didn't vote him. Try again.

Who says this all happened at once? Part of Bush's appeal was that he seemed a better man than Clinton. The chickens don't all fly back to the roost at once. Nobody here realizes or wants to acknowledge that with a few word tweaks you could transplant so, so many defenses of Clinton onto defenses of Trump.


Clinton was morally compromised and imo, that made him unfit to be a good president. That the point republicans forcefully made by then. And honestly, i think they did have a point. In Scandinavia, he certainly would have been removed from office.

Trump is literally 15 orders of magnitude worse than him, to the point he makes Clinton look like a saint. Anyone supporting a man that is such an absolute cunt is beyond morally bankrupt. That’s not a decline of American moral values. That’s on the republicans and on maga. Those people have no values, and no morals, period. If that’s the standard you set and expect for the leader of the nation, you are a terrible person.


The point is that no one cares anymore. Clinton's approval among Democrats didn't budge. Dems were loath to throw out the first dem to win re-election in decades. Make whatever *relative* judgement you want, the pattern is obvious and the slope was in fact slippery. His critics were more right than they knew, but yes, many of them eneded up adopting the arguments they laughed at.

On February 04 2026 03:32 WombaT wrote:
Clinton being a pretty good President otherwise also gives him some leeway


Mirror image of what a MAGA person would say. It is literally the exact same argument.

What you seem to miss is that Clinton had sex with a consenting adult and lied about it. Trump is accused of rape by several women and almost certainly including trafficked underage girls. And that’s just one of many things that you can hold against him.

We don’t even talk about the time Trump cheated his pregnant, thirty years younger, third wife with a pornstar, and used campaign money as hush money and lied all the way about it, because that’s so far down the list of what he has done and is doing and how much of an asshole he is that it’s kind of irrelevant.

One is a morally flawed person. The other one is a fucking monster. You supported Clinton when he lied about that blowjob, well you shouldn’t have. You support Trump with all he has done and is doing, you have no morals, no ethics, and no values. The fact it comes from the “family values” and “christian values” side makes me want to puke.
I assume you bring up the alleged rape and cheating on his wife because you’ve never heard about Gennifer Flowers, Juanita Broaddrick, Paula Jones, and Kathleen Willey.

Don’t worry, these were called bimbo eruptions, and Hillary said “we have to destroy her story” in reference to one.

Clinton is currently refusing to honor a congressional subpoena related to Epstein.

Sorry, you’re going to have to go with both are fucking monsters if you have any sense. You lay yourself way open to the charge that you’re more tolerant of rape and cheating and sexual harassment and coverup and attacking the accusers when it’s a Democrat doing it.

Granted, this is the 90s, and Clinton was a much more suave politician than Trump. He still shouldn’t get a pass from Democrats that wish to criticize Trump just because the scandals regarding Clinton are old and Clinton did a much better job at comms. Let me leave you with a quote from Clinton’s campaign strategist, about an accuser: “Drag a $100 bill through a trailer park and there's no telling what you will find.”
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26235 Posts
1 hour ago
#109708
On February 04 2026 04:35 Vivax wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 04 2026 03:32 WombaT wrote:
Clinton being a pretty good President otherwise also gives him some leeway


Charismatic yes, but does anyone know enough to assume he also wasn‘t up in something ?
The surveillance capacities weren‘t as developed as nowadays during his time.

Which isn‘t supposed to exonerate anything happening when they are…
It‘s honestly surprising that anything has been released at all.

One can speculate whether electing Hillary would have led to Epsteins death as well or nothing happening at all, at least not publicly.

I’m somewhat biased given the Clinton administration brokered the Good Friday Agreement, actually met Hillary Clinton during that process: Clinton is pretty well regarded over here.

Even if he was slinging his dick around to all comers, willing or otherwise I mean the level of competent governance isn’t remotely comparable to this current lot
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
LightSpectra
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States2073 Posts
1 hour ago
#109709
Julie Le, an attorney working on behalf of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, appeared in court to explain why ICE has repeatedly failed to comply with court orders during the ongoing immigration operation in Minnesota. "I wish you would just hold me in contempt of court so I can get 24 hours of sleep," Le said. "The system sucks, this job sucks, I am trying with every breath I have to get you what I need."

Not The Onion, this actually happened: https://www.fox9.com/news/federal-attorney-ice-cases-the-system-sucks
2006 Shinhan Bank OSL Season 3 was the greatest tournament of all time
Introvert
Profile Joined April 2011
United States4891 Posts
Last Edited: 2026-02-03 23:37:38
1 hour ago
#109710
On February 04 2026 05:46 Billyboy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 04 2026 04:12 Introvert wrote:
On February 04 2026 03:30 Biff The Understudy wrote:
On February 04 2026 02:34 Introvert wrote:
On February 04 2026 01:11 WombaT wrote:
On February 04 2026 00:53 Introvert wrote:
On February 04 2026 00:23 Biff The Understudy wrote:
Remember when we were talking about empeaching a President for having had a blowjob performed on him by a consenting adult (and lying about it). You know because we couldn’t have an adulterer ready to lie to the face of the nation in the White House and all of that.

Those were the days.


Clinton was impeached for lying to a grand jury, but your characterization is exactly the one given in his defense. For the more self-reflective it's Clinton and the shameless defenses of him and his behavior that have led to a steep decline in moral expectations for presidents. Not that thete haven't been awful people in office, but so much of the way Clinton was defended reappears now with Trump. People made excuses for him all day long, pointed to the things they liked that he did, and closed ranks without giving a single inch. Clinton was a moderate dem policy wise and could be forced to work with Congress, but he was disastrous in other respects.

I mean does it? Does it really?

It’s worth also bearing in mind that this was in a less enlightened era as regards understanding and acceptance around the leveraging of power etc in the sexual domain and how that could be coercive and unethical.

So yeah people defended Clinton for getting a blowiob from the young intern, no big deal, here’s a high five but that was almost 30 years ago

You can’t moan about any decline of moral standards in the office and defend Donald Trump, ever. It’s preposterous. Fucking hell

Utter lunacy


I don’t recall defending Trump's character. But you do know that time runs one way right? And there were people back then who knew it was wrong, they just got sidelined. That’s part of my point. If you are going to make that argument then im going to point out that Trump and Clinton are similar ages and thus might be expected to have similar views of these things, so...his defenders sounded just like the most ardent Trumpist on these matters, but 30 years before. And Trump didn't even so that stuff while in office, but before!

On February 04 2026 01:55 Biff The Understudy wrote:
On February 04 2026 00:53 Introvert wrote:
On February 04 2026 00:23 Biff The Understudy wrote:
Remember when we were talking about empeaching a President for having had a blowjob performed on him by a consenting adult (and lying about it). You know because we couldn’t have an adulterer ready to lie to the face of the nation in the White House and all of that.

Those were the days.


Clinton was impeached for lying to a grand jury, but your characterization is exactly the one given in his defense. For the more self-reflective it's Clinton and the shameless defenses of him and his behavior that have led to a steep decline in moral expectations for presidents. Not that thete haven't been awful people in office, but so much of the way Clinton was defended reappears now with Trump. People made excuses for him all day long, pointed to the things they liked that he did, and closed ranks without giving a single inch. Clinton was a moderate dem policy wise and could be forced to work with Congress, but he was disastrous in other respects.

No, man, it’s not Clinton, it’s you. Obama was morally as good as it gets as a us president, and Biden was just fine by historical standards.

You vote and support a man that is the most garbage human being ever to enter American politics, it just speaks volumes about you. There is no moral decline other than you own.


There's a fascinating omission from your list, but I think we both know why.

I didn't vote him. Try again.

Who says this all happened at once? Part of Bush's appeal was that he seemed a better man than Clinton. The chickens don't all fly back to the roost at once. Nobody here realizes or wants to acknowledge that with a few word tweaks you could transplant so, so many defenses of Clinton onto defenses of Trump.


Clinton was morally compromised and imo, that made him unfit to be a good president. That the point republicans forcefully made by then. And honestly, i think they did have a point. In Scandinavia, he certainly would have been removed from office.

Trump is literally 15 orders of magnitude worse than him, to the point he makes Clinton look like a saint. Anyone supporting a man that is such an absolute cunt is beyond morally bankrupt. That’s not a decline of American moral values. That’s on the republicans and on maga. Those people have no values, and no morals, period. If that’s the standard you set and expect for the leader of the nation, you are a terrible person.


The point is that no one cares anymore. Clinton's approval among Democrats didn't budge. Dems were loath to throw out the first dem to win re-election in decades. Make whatever *relative* judgement you want, the pattern is obvious and the slope was in fact slippery. His critics were more right than they knew, but yes, many of them eneded up adopting the arguments they laughed at.

On February 04 2026 03:32 WombaT wrote:
Clinton being a pretty good President otherwise also gives him some leeway


Mirror image of what a MAGA person would say. It is literally the exact same argument.

Al Franken is an example of them Dems dealing severely (likely too severe) with an any impropriety.

Whereas Trump is an all timer and many of his staff or associates are similar. Even his advisors like Stone and Epsteins second best friend Bannon are ultra creeps in his orbit.

It’s like part of what made America great according to MAGA people is the ability for powerful men to abuse the power to sexual assault women and teens.


If you are actually JimmiC then I know we have talked about this before: Roy Moore, Ted Stevens, Al Franken, and Ted Kennedy (JFK too, but sticking with the Senate).

Partisans are only willing to throw people overboard when they are of no use or easily replaced. Hillary was ruthless to Bill's accusers but she was nominated for president beforw they were chucked overboard. That's why presidents get the treatment they do. But to circle back to the point i made to start all this, it is so, so easy to see the parallels and the evolution of the arguments. They are the same. Arguing about degree excluding the rest of the problem. I already know what you all think. I personally find adultery as Trump is guilty of abhorrent. But because accusations of hypocrisy is now the thing most traded with in politics, we get what we havw today. It is apparently impossible to to look at Clinton and see a line from there to here. We'll throw him away! But not because it actually, you know, meant anything.
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