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demmiblue

(36,851 posts) Mon May 13, 2019, 05:31 PM May 2019

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Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told graduating law students that they'll "face...

Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told graduating law students that they'll "face pressure to compromise on things that matter most" in a commencement address that hinted at his rocky tenure at the Justice Department https://cnn.it/2Hrr1rM

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Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told graduating law students that they'll "face... (Original Post) demmiblue May 2019 OP

was his advice to then sell out? rurallib May 2019 #1

.. Blue_true May 2019 #12

Selling out your for political power isn't "compromise". John Fante May 2019 #2

He ought to know, and he buckled under. Hoyt May 2019 #3

I don't have great hopes, but I don't think Rod's story is over. empedocles May 2019 #4

They should have booed his ass off the stage! ETStevens May 2019 #5

"You'll do the most shameful, degrading things you never thought you'd do, just for money" gratuitous May 2019 #6

It was all about getting his FBI retirement pension. poli-junkie May 2019 #7

Compromise? No, you sold out, Rod. n/t cynatnite May 2019 #8

Zero inegrity. CentralMass May 2019 #9

The tell-tale heart. nt Honeycombe8 May 2019 #10

Did he end his speech with "America First"? dem4decades May 2019 #11

rurallib

(62,415 posts)

1. was his advice to then sell out?

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2019, 05:33 PM

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Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

12. ..

Reply to rurallib (Reply #1)

Mon May 13, 2019, 07:01 PM

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John Fante

(3,479 posts)

2. Selling out your for political power isn't "compromise".

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2019, 05:37 PM

May 2019

It's traitorous.

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

3. He ought to know, and he buckled under.

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Mon May 13, 2019, 05:37 PM

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empedocles

(15,751 posts)

4. I don't have great hopes, but I don't think Rod's story is over.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2019, 05:52 PM

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ETStevens

(77 posts)

5. They should have booed his ass off the stage!

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Mon May 13, 2019, 05:53 PM

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gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

6. "You'll do the most shameful, degrading things you never thought you'd do, just for money"

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2019, 05:55 PM

May 2019

Or so I've heard.

poli-junkie

(1,002 posts)

7. It was all about getting his FBI retirement pension.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2019, 06:10 PM

May 2019

He didn't want it yanked like McCabe's.

cynatnite

(31,011 posts)

8. Compromise? No, you sold out, Rod. n/t

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Mon May 13, 2019, 06:14 PM

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CentralMass

(15,265 posts)

9. Zero inegrity.

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Mon May 13, 2019, 06:21 PM

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Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)

10. The tell-tale heart. nt

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Mon May 13, 2019, 06:23 PM

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dem4decades

(11,293 posts)

11. Did he end his speech with "America First"?

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2019, 06:42 PM

May 2019

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