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Robot_Man said:

You can't seriously believe this. You're really telling me the same political media that had a freakout over Obama's coffee cup salute are only giving this story attention because it's Trump?

https://www.cnn.com/2014/09/23/politics/obama-coffee-cup-salute/index.html

Really not the point, we've already addressed that he was invited by some of the family members. Do you agree that the Trump people used the invitation as an opportunity to produce campaign fodder? At the very least, don't you think it seems pretty immoral to do something like that?

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So we’ve gone from a Federal offense to now it’s immoral.

You made claims above that were false, like it being a scheduled campaign event and now you’re changing your argument. Neither of us knows all the facts or who pushed who or if Trump was even present when this all happened.

This was worthy of its own thread? What about the senile guy with his finger on the nuclear codes?

Robot_Man said:

You can't seriously believe this. You're really telling me the same political media that had a freakout over Obama's coffee cup salute are only giving this story attention because it's Trump?

https://www.cnn.com/2014/09/23/politics/obama-coffee-cup-salute/index.html

Really not the point, we've already addressed that he was invited by some of the family members. Do you agree that the Trump people used the invitation as an opportunity to produce campaign fodder? At the very least, don't you think it seems pretty immoral to do something like that?

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great let’s get into an immoral debate. We can be here til the end of time showing the lack of morals on both sides here.

HALL85 said:

The whole thing is only getting attention because it’s Trump.

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You can't seriously believe this. You're really telling me the same political media that had a freakout over Obama's coffee cup salute are only giving this story attention because it's Trump?

HALL85 said:

He was invited by gold star families…it wasn’t a scheduled campaign event.

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Really not the point, we've already addressed that he was invited by some of the family members. Do you agree that the Trump people used the invitation as an opportunity to produce campaign fodder? At the very least, don't you think it seems pretty immoral to do something like that?

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Merge said:

I don't see it as a huge deal legally. Would likely only be a fine if anything.
This would normally just be the kind of thing where people would just agree that he's an ass and filming a political ad at Arlington is pretty distasteful, he shouldn't have done it and then and move on.

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agreed. The rest of the country might be moving on but here on piratecrew, we’re not.

Well we finally know who is actually on the team.

shu09 said:

Breaking the debate tradition of three in Sept/Oct. and holding one in June was the tell-tale sign. Then you had Harris appear on CNN right after it to perform clean up. Complete set up to remove Biden.

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Sadly exactly what happen, media going way too far with no end in sight. This is the definition of threat to our democracy. Totally unacceptable but no way to stop it.

Robot_Man said:

For the record, I agree that Biden's decline should get more attention and scrutiny, but perhaps there are valid reasons why federal law prohibits the use of military cemeteries for campaign events?

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The whole thing is only getting attention because it’s Trump. He was invited by gold star families…it wasn’t a scheduled campaign event.

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all trump has to do is coherently talk about his past successes and plans for the next four years. an impossible task.

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PiratePride said:

Harris handlers are playing this election very shrewdly...... obviously avoiding any one on ones with both press and Trump. I would do the same.... but would probably have a hard time sleeping at night for the duplicity and the lies that emanate from the campaign... especially KH and her sidekick living in a van down by the river.

Please don't tell me that tonight's taped "interview" really counts as a serious interaction with the press.

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She should have gone to Yale.

Merge said:

Agreed.
I think this was planned to lock in Harris vs Trump as Trump is the only one Harris would have a shot at beating and Harris would not have been able to get through a primary. She's just horrific off script.
I honestly don't care who wins either. I just hope it is decisive whichever way it goes so there's less of a chance of riots.

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Where have you been? Did you take a vacation from politics for a summer reading list. Welcome back.

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So funny, Biden dis mantles everything Trump did, but in Afghanistan he just follows Trumps lead.

HALL85 said:

We have a President with dementia running the country but someone taking pictures at Arlington is the most important issue. Got it.

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Stop Hall85, if the dem ticket did something close to this conservative and right wing media would cause extreme followers to potentially do horrible things

It's a start
LOL

HALL85 said:

We have a President with dementia running the country but someone taking pictures at Arlington is the most important issue. Got it.

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For the record, I agree that Biden's decline should get more attention and scrutiny, but perhaps there are valid reasons why federal law prohibits the use of military cemeteries for campaign events?

SOpirate said:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...rump-arlington-cemetery-veterans/74980080007/

“Relatives of some of the service members who died in the bombing invited Trump to the wreath-laying ceremony Monday. They released a statement thanking and defending the former president Tuesday.”

I’m sure there will be no answer from the MSNBC crowd, but this should put it to bed once and for all. The gold star families wanted Trump there. They want him to be Commander in Chief. Harris lacking the courage to face these families is exactly the reason she doesn’t deserve to lead our armed forces.

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I don't think this article put anything to bed. It actually paints Trump in a bad light overall. They invited him to the ceremony - okay, then. Shouldn't he have just gone to pay his respects and not tried to turn it into a campaign event?

Some family members said they gave permission for Trump's photographer and videographer to be there, but it wasn't really their decision to make, was it?

As far as I can tell, the Trump people were trying to portray this as an official ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of the deaths of the soldiers from the Taliban attack, that Trump attended and Biden/Harris deliberately snubbed. But it wasn't an official ceremony, and Biden and Harris weren't even invited! So Trump accepts their invitation, his media people film and photograph it as if he's fulfilling an official duty to pay his respects, and then they distribute attack ads from their campaign arm, using footage from Arlington and claiming Trump's opponent refused to attend a non-existent event that she wasn't invited to. This is cynical, callous, mendacious, and, given the setting and the circumstances, extremely gross.

The offices of Biden and Harris both released statements to mark the anniversary, which is a completely normal and respectful thing to do. What isn't normal is to use the invitation from the families to stage a mock memorial ceremony, illegally record the whole thing, and then cynically claim that it's Biden and Harris who are disrespecting the troops. This is just the latest example of Trump's shamelessness and callous opportunism.

It's also gross that they attacked the woman from Arlington who tried to stop them as having a "mental health episode," but I've come to expect this kind of stuff from Trump and his people.

We have a President with dementia running the country but someone taking pictures at Arlington is the most important issue. Got it.

Halldan1 said:

BTW, on a similar subject...former Pirate great Glenn Mosley will soon be inducted into the Newark HOF. He is already in the school's HOF.

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Dan ...any further information of when where for Glenn's induction..

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