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    OK, so I'm not posting this based on her comments about people applauding...no news there, the left thinks anybody to the right of Trotsky is evil.

    I posted it only to remark on the utter cluelessness of her closing remark.

    So, Trump is a bad guy for bashing the government media organs, and she quotes Lincoln as being a better man than Trump, to rebut him.

    But can an ex-US Senator actually be this ignorant of history?

    Lincoln suspended habeus corpus and routinely jailed opposition members of the press.



    Boxer: What Are the People Applauding ‘Horrifying’ Trump Thinking?

    https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018...rump-thinking/

    19 Oct 2018

    Friday on MSNBC’s “All In,” former Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) questioned what the Montana rally audience was thinking by applauding President Donald Trump’s compliment of Rep. Greg Gianforte (R-MT) for assaulting a reporter last May.

    Boxer said, “It’s another horrifying moment. But, you know, I don’t—I can’t blame the president for everything. These are people there that are applauding this. What are they thinking? What is the message to our children? I’m a grandmother. I wonder what’s going, sinking into those minds. I have an 11-year-old and a couple of 9-year-olds now, and an adult one at 23. I wonder what’s sinking into their minds.”

    She continued, “He’s gone after the press in ways, again, that belie the very basis of our nation, which is freedom of speech, freedom of the press. The press makes every elected official crazy. I can tell you that right now. But that’s their job since Watergate. You’ve got to be expecting that that’s going to happen.”

    She added, “Another point I’d make is the president often talks about Abraham Lincoln, one of the few presidents he thinks is better than he, maybe. But President Lincoln said he wanted to appeal to the better angels of our nature. And what this man does is he goes out and brings out the worst in people. Yes, the people go along with it, which is—that’s a whole other topic. But the fact is, he’s supposed to lead us, lead us in a way that makes us proud, and he does the opposite.”
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    Quote Originally Posted by Anti Federalist View Post
    OK, so I'm not posting this based on her comments about people applauding...no news there, the left thinks anybody to the right of Trotsky is evil.

    I posted it only to remark on the utter cluelessness of her closing remark.

    So, Trump is a bad guy for bashing the government media organs, and she quotes Lincoln as being a better man than Trump, to rebut him.

    But can an ex-US Senator actually be this ignorant of history?

    Lincoln suspended habeus corpus and routinely jailed opposition members of the press.



    Boxer: What Are the People Applauding ‘Horrifying’ Trump Thinking?

    https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018...rump-thinking/

    19 Oct 2018

    Friday on MSNBC’s “All In,” former Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) questioned what the Montana rally audience was thinking by applauding President Donald Trump’s compliment of Rep. Greg Gianforte (R-MT) for assaulting a reporter last May.

    Boxer said, “It’s another horrifying moment. But, you know, I don’t—I can’t blame the president for everything. These are people there that are applauding this. What are they thinking? What is the message to our children? I’m a grandmother. I wonder what’s going, sinking into those minds. I have an 11-year-old and a couple of 9-year-olds now, and an adult one at 23. I wonder what’s sinking into their minds.”

    She continued, “He’s gone after the press in ways, again, that belie the very basis of our nation, which is freedom of speech, freedom of the press. The press makes every elected official crazy. I can tell you that right now. But that’s their job since Watergate. You’ve got to be expecting that that’s going to happen.”

    She added, “Another point I’d make is the president often talks about Abraham Lincoln, one of the few presidents he thinks is better than he, maybe. But President Lincoln said he wanted to appeal to the better angels of our nature. And what this man does is he goes out and brings out the worst in people. Yes, the people go along with it, which is—that’s a whole other topic. But the fact is, he’s supposed to lead us, lead us in a way that makes us proud, and he does the opposite.”
    But Lincoln jailed the "right" journalists, if Khashoggi had been a Faux News contributor instead of a Washington Compost columnist MBS would be the toast of the town.
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    These are people there that are applauding this. What are they thinking?
    I doubt she truly wants to know but I would tell her, they are thinking that America really dodged a bullet when the voters rejected Hillary Clinton. They are thinking that lower unemployment is a good thing. They are thinking that the current Chief Executive is a better negotiator than the last 4 combined. They are thinking that paying less in taxes and getting bonuses helps them pay their bills. They are thinking that the corrupt national media is being confronted and called out for what they are. They are thinking that America First is better than Globalist Agenda First. They are thinking that adhering to the Constitution is better than pretending it is some living document that changes its meaning according to the latest trend in Marxist Monthly.

    I seriously doubt she really wants to know what anything other than a Democrat is thinking.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cleaner44 View Post
    I doubt she truly wants to know but I would tell her, they are thinking that America really dodged a bullet when the voters rejected Hillary Clinton. They are thinking that lower unemployment is a good thing. They are thinking that the current Chief Executive is a better negotiator than the last 4 combined. They are thinking that paying less in taxes and getting bonuses helps them pay their bills. They are thinking that the corrupt national media is being confronted and called out for what they are. They are thinking that America First is better than Globalist Agenda First. They are thinking that adhering to the Constitution is better than pretending it is some living document that changes its meaning according to the latest trend in Marxist Monthly.

    I seriously doubt she really wants to know what anything other than a Democrat is thinking.
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