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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is it ok for Trump to be oppurtunistic, but not ok for the congresswoman?[/quote]

Why is it NOT okay with you for Trump to be opportunistic, but okay for the Congresswoman?[/quote]

I'm not lambasting either person for being oppurtunistic, just questioning an inconsistency.[/quote]

Seriously. you don't see a difference between a president who is obligated to make these calls (and keeps them private) and a congresswoman who betrays the sanctity of a call that she's overheard by publicizing its content for her political gain?  I'm no Dotard fan but I don't see how this guy is getting bashed and that crazy lady is getting a free ride.[/quote]
Not only is she getting a free ride, but she's demanding an apology![/quote]

I have no doubt that the grieving widow feels betrayed, but I think that is because as soon as the call was over Wilson started dishing it out about how bad the call was. I certainly agree that it was Trump who first politicized this issue, but so did Congresswoman Wilson. Suppose Trump had not said that he knew what he signed up for?  Suppose Trump had used La David's name Suppose Trump had said "hero?"  Suppose, instead, he had said A, B, andC?  Then Congresswoman Wilson would have said that A, B, andC was the most insensitive thing anyone could possibly have said and would have convinced the grieving widow of that.

General Kelly gave Trump good advice in telling him not to call at all since he had made such calls as a general, and such calls rarely go well. But Trump was determined to do so. So Kelly told him to say that he died doing what he wanted to do. That's what Trump was trying to do. Had Congresswoman Wilson not politicized this issue, and what Trump said was somewhere in the middle of the paper because it would not be a front page story, no one would have given it a second thought.

Trump is an embarrassment. His withdrawal from TPP is terrible. His decertification of the Iranian deal is awful. His attempt to scrap NAFTA is ridiculous. But here, Trump should have taken Kelly's advice and not called because there was absolutely nothing he could have said which would not have been called the most insensitive thing possible. [/quote]

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