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Re:Trump administration backs Oracle in Google fight by akhilcacharya on Thursday February 20, 2020 @12:27PM (#22376727)
One of the most jarring things about the impeachment saga was Trump supporters defending him by saying "all presidents do it". Fundamentally the issue is norms are easy to break if a bunch of people don't know what they are and don't care enough to find out.
Re:Trump administration backs Oracle in Google fight by eldude on Thursday February 20, 2020 @03:32PM (#22378313)
You may be missing the point. When you look past the double standard, the criminality (collusion, corruption, embezzlement, lies, favorable pardons and lack of prosecution) is disproportionately on one side.

And of course there’s the tiny detail that Trump had to conquer the corruption of the Republican Party first to even broach the Democrats. See all the #nevertrump senators that prioritized #resisting Trump in spite of their constituents and his support amongst the party.

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Re:Trump administration backs Oracle in Google fight by eldude on Thursday February 20, 2020 @09:37PM (#22380520)
Lol. Mitt Romney, John McCain, Paul Ryan, Bill Kristol, both president Bushes and Jeb, Colin Powell, Condeleeza Rice, James Comey, Robert Gates, Schwarzenegger, and literally dozens of Republican Congressmen all prove you wrong.

When exactly did you realize you were living in a Fake News echo chamber where obvious facts don’t matter to you?

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Re:Trump administration backs Oracle in Google fight by eldude on Thursday February 20, 2020 @10:03PM (#22380627)
If you read the parent, its emphasis is on no conquering occurring. Obviously I made clear in the OP that I feel the corruption of the GOP was included in that. The justification that the McCains, Bushes and Romneys are more corrupt is available for anyone with a memory that extends beyond 2016, and there’s no need for you to emphasize your point that Trump is more corrupt. Your position is clear.
Re:Trump administration backs Oracle in Google fight by dragonwriter on Thursday February 20, 2020 @09:43PM (#22380541)
> > Trump had to conquer the corruption of the Republican Party

> You mean "increase," not "conquer."

“Conquer”, as in “forcibly assume control of”, seems quite accurate. Insofar as there was corruption in the Party before Trump, that corruption is now firmly in service to Trump.