Gus DiZerega
Jul 22, 2017 · 2 min read

When I encounter people who fling abuse, I fling it back because they are uninterested in making an actual argument. On the rare occasion when a right winger tries to engage in a factual discussion, I am happy to do so as well. You are attempting to actually engage with facts by bringing in an outside example, using the kind of logic that says if Stalin had dirty hands, it is irrelevant whether Hitler did as well. You apparently don’t care about the dirt so long as all are filthy.

I care about the dirt, but I can also distinguish between the dirty and the filthy.

I am no admirer of either of the Clintons. I voted for them in both cases because of the quality of the Republican alternative, which made them look good by comparison. I still would, for the same reasons. But there are many Democrats I would have been far happier to vote for. Bernie for example, or Warren.

You say the Clinton’s are “soiled” before getting into more vulgar terminology. Yes, they are. But to take Hillary Clinton as an example, millions in taxpayer funds were spent by Republicans trying to find a crime she committed. None were found deemed worthy of prosecution. Even today, with total Republican control of government, she has not been charged.

Compare that to Trump’s settling lawsuits over the fraudulent ‘Trump university’ that victimized those who were not rich and hoped to better themselves. In my mind that is contemptible parasitism. You apparently think it’s OK. Or his bragging he could grab women by the pussy and get away with it. You find that no issue at all. Trump has a long record of serial adultery whereas the Clintons have been married to only one spouse- one another. But I am sure you can find a bad reason they stayed married while dismissing Trump’s record of lying to intimates and breaking vows. Apparently for you Trump’s long association with organized crime is just fine. Not only is the circumstantial evidence of his involvement with Russian criminals very suggestive, there are photographs of hm with the American variety. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/05/donald-trump-2016-mob-organized-crime-213910

I am no great fan of the Clinton Foundation, but they gave money to the needy, very much unlike the Trump Foundation, which gave money to Trump. If you want to find dirt, both have it, but the proportions are quite different. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2016/sep/23/politifact-sheet-comparing-clinton-and-trump-found/

But then, you live on the basis of a double standard, as you have just proven to any reasonable person.

    Gus DiZerega

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