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Chasstev365

(5,191 posts) Thu Dec 22, 2016, 11:34 PM Dec 2016

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Why did President Obama Cave to Mitch McConnell in September?

I don't get it. The old Turtle blocked coming out about Russian hacking by threatening to rage about the president playing partisan politics.

Question: WHO FUCKING CARES? Why wouldn't the president tell the public the truth anyway?

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Why did President Obama Cave to Mitch McConnell in September? (Original Post) Chasstev365 Dec 2016 OP

That is a profound question SHRED Dec 2016 #1

Pisses me off too world wide wally Dec 2016 #2

he still wants to be their friend Skittles Dec 2016 #3

That damn legacy of his is a priority methinks.. monmouth4 Dec 2016 #4

He would've cemented it with outting the Ruskies, keep it quiet on the other hand, not good. brush Dec 2016 #5

SHRED

(28,136 posts)

1. That is a profound question

Reply to Chasstev365 (Original post)

Thu Dec 22, 2016, 11:35 PM

Dec 2016

On edit...this probably belongs on the "postmortem" page.

world wide wally

(21,742 posts)

2. Pisses me off too

Reply to Chasstev365 (Original post)

Thu Dec 22, 2016, 11:36 PM

Dec 2016

Skittles

(153,160 posts)

3. he still wants to be their friend

Reply to Chasstev365 (Original post)

Thu Dec 22, 2016, 11:41 PM

Dec 2016

after all these years

monmouth4

(9,694 posts)

4. That damn legacy of his is a priority methinks..

Reply to Chasstev365 (Original post)

Thu Dec 22, 2016, 11:52 PM

Dec 2016

brush

(53,776 posts)

5. He would've cemented it with outting the Ruskies, keep it quiet on the other hand, not good.

Reply to monmouth4 (Reply #4)

Thu Dec 22, 2016, 11:57 PM

Dec 2016

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