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Came across this article with the following title:
ABC News Stuns America & Announces That Trump Might DROP OUT Of 2016 Race
I was, undoubtedly, curious.
I tried to follow the sources back to the original ABC News article, but I was only lead around to many different, almost identical, news articles and then to the front page of a random news website. After a quick internet search I found the article here with the following title:
Senior GOP Officials Exploring Options if Trump Drops Out
Just going off the title, it didn't sound anything like what previous articles such as this one and this one were going on about. After reading the short article it turns out all ABC News was talking about was that there were senior GOP officials that were so frustrated with Trump's behavior that they were thinking about what they would do if Donald Trump did actually drop out of the race. They DID NOT insinuate that Trump was planning on or "might" drop out of the race. No source, spokesperson, homeless guy, or news agency was eluding to a Trump drop out, it was just an article about GOP officials considering what would happen if he did.
This kind of idiotic reporting really bothers me. Stop trying to manufacture drama where there is none.
TL;DR: The original ABC article here was talking about GOP officials considering what would happen if Trump actually dropped out because they were frustrated by his erratic behavior. The article was NOT saying that Trump was considering or "might" drop out of the race.
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[–] OhBlindOne [S] ago
That is an interesting note; however, you make the claim that it's only the republicans that are angry at Hillary for breaking these laws. The fact of the matter is that even democrats are mad at her for breaking these laws.
I definitely agree that, if one is a hardcore republican, they cannot really get mad at her since they want those laws repealed in the first place. But, this only applies to those that want those laws repealed. Anyone who doesn't want those laws removed has every right to be angry with Hillary for the crimes she commits.
[–] flyawayhigh ago
Not at all what I intended. Rather, some Republicans will hammer these things into our brains at the exclusion of other information for partisan purposes in total hypocrisy so that they can get Republican candidates in who will repeal what's left of the campaign laws. These are the types of Republicans that proliferate Voat.
Most people approve of these laws and want much stricter rules on campaign funding and electioneering -- including Republicans strangely enough.
Do you really think Republican sites like Free Beacon, Breitbart, and RealClearPolitics actually care that Hillary might be "coordinating"? I'm sure that it is only for the purpose of discrediting her illegitimately -- with perhaps a touch of jealousy!
While the post in question is the excellent work of a Goat -- when the partisan Republican spin machine puts out stories like this, they know exactly what they are doing -- that's called LYING too.
I know how Voat handles these things from history. Try posting a Koch brothers story and watch the downvotes and the comments. One comment is always "SOROS!" And of course, it's upvoated. Then, try posting a Soros story and see how it rockets to the top with no criticism or analysis whatsoever...
Unless the "analysis" points to a Republican partisan site that distorts the reality and fakes that Soros spends more that Kochs. I can assure you that -- no, Soros does not spend more.
So then, I can go on to explain that Koch brothers spend far more money and started decades earlier -- and it all falls on deaf ears.
Can you imagine ... Hillary Clinton gets indicted for electioneering crimes and the next person repeals all those laws? What a crazy world of propaganda we live in. :D
[–] OhBlindOne [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Well with Obama's administration repealing the Smith Mundt Act, it's no surprise that the propaganda has sped up in the U.S.
To be fair, though, Hillary Clinton is a criminal. She has committed multiple felonies and has definitely had her hand in election fraud. Yes, both sides are guilty of doing such things in the past, but currently, Hillary is taking the cake. The Clinton's are evil, and that's not a matter of opinion. I don't like when people assert that it's only the democrats that are doing illegal stuff, because both sides do it, it's just the democrats that are doing it more this time around (it's been the republicans more for some elections).
I just hate all the lies and propaganda from both sides. I wish people would stop just blindly supporting whichever side suits them.
The whole reason I created this subverse was to point out all the lies, regardless of which side the come from. Sadly, I don't have enough time to read through every article I come across and correct it.