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    From Ron L.@1:120/616 to Aaron Thomas on Fri Jan 17 07:36:00 2025
    Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

    Pete Hegseth said "I've been investigated and cleared of all charges,"
    and then Tim Kaine the Democrat said "Oh yea? You think you've been cleared when you had sexual relations out of wedlock?"

    My quote might be a little off, but it was something along those lines. (Hilariously ignorant.)

    You could have replaced "Tim Kaine the Democrat said" with "The monkey screeched" and not changed the meaning of the sentance. :)

    I just love how the Elitists project and demand higher standards for the other side than they hold themselves to.


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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to AARON THOMAS on Fri Jan 17 09:26:00 2025
    We're getting tiny fragments of what the nominees are about. I agree that the senators should ask better questions.

    We are also getting some fragments about what the senators are about, too, which could also be helpful to some.

    And Mazzie Horono's statement "I didn't meet with you because I wanted my questions to be on record" is ridiculous. She acts like she's a judge and the nominee is facing life imprisonment. In reality, nobody but the media would even care about "what's on record."

    This sort of goes back to wanting the people to see what the nominee is
    about. Discussions "off the record" are not seen by our eyes and could
    include some back room shenanigans. I doubt that is what she meant by "on record," but I don't really see it as a bad thing.


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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/202 to Ron L. on Fri Jan 17 17:53:24 2025
    My quote might be a little off, but it was something along those line (Hilariously ignorant.)

    You could have replaced "Tim Kaine the Democrat said" with "The monkey screeched" and not changed the meaning of the sentance. :)

    I just love how the Elitists project and demand higher standards for the other side than they hold themselves to.

    If they had any dirt on Pete Hegseth pertaining to illegal activity, then it would have been *useful* to ask about it. But, "useful" just isn't their thing.

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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to Aaron Thomas on Sat Jan 18 09:00:24 2025
    Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

    If they had any dirt on Pete Hegseth pertaining to illegal activity,
    then it would have been *useful* to ask about it. But, "useful" just
    isn't their thing.

    No. They are all for show.

    For me, anyone who virtue signals is immediately put on my internal "DEI hire" list. So I know not to ask them to do anything important.

    All the Elitists can do is put on a show. They are completely useless people who probably got fired from their first job.


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