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America's new president gave an address to a joint session of Congress. The Los Angeles Times posted a full transcript of the speech (along with remarks from its staff that may require Javascript to view); Bloomberg uploaded a video of the event.
The New York Times called it "the most presidential speech Mr. Trump has ever given — delivered at precisely the moment he needed to project sobriety, seriousness of purpose and self-discipline."
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday March 01 2017, @11:34PM (7 children)
If impeachment for lying were a thing...
Tell that to Bill Clinton.
In other words, you got nothing.
The constitutional requirement that sitting presidents not receive money and gifts from foreign governments is, in fact, a thing.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday March 02 2017, @12:19AM (6 children)
Tell that to Bill Clinton.
As I note twice already in this thread, Clinton did more than just lie, he lied in court under oath. That's perjury which is a real world felony.
The constitutional requirement that sitting presidents not receive money and gifts from foreign governments is, in fact, a thing.
It's a thing that Trump has to do first in order for it to be a crime.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 02 2017, @02:18AM (5 children)
As I note twice already in this thread, Clinton did more than just lie, he lied in court under oath. That's perjury which is a real world felony.
He lied in response to a question that he should never have been asked.
That was prosecutorial misconduct.
Only an autistic idiot would think it appropriate to impeach someone for lying about consensual sex.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday March 02 2017, @04:24AM (4 children)
Only an autistic idiot would think it appropriate to impeach someone for lying about consensual sex.
Lying about consensual sex while under oath in a courtroom. That's what makes it perjury and a felony. There probably have been a few presidents who have lied about such things (particularly, John F. Kennedy) outside of a courtroom and as a result who haven't committed perjury.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 02 2017, @04:58AM (3 children)
Well, that's looks like a straight up confirmation that you are indeed on the spectrum, as many of us have suspected for quite a while now.
Also an admission that you are indeed an idiot.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday March 02 2017, @10:38AM (2 children)
Well, that's looks like a straight up confirmation that you are indeed on the spectrum
If you want to self-identify as an immature brat, you keep using that insult.
Also an admission that you are indeed an idiot.
And yet, you apparently still don't get that lying under oath in a courtroom is a crime. So just maybe your opinion on my intelligence is equally worthless, eh?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 02 2017, @06:28PM (1 child)
You choose to see it as an insult.
Says more about you than anyone else.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday March 03 2017, @04:49AM
You choose to see it as an insult.
And now you're trying to insult my intelligence too. You're not a relevant medical professional making an informed judgment based on a study of my behavior. You're an AC name calling on the internet. Don't you have something productive to do. Handpaint shit on walls maybe?