The American Dream

Originally posted by Suzianne
Trump is the only national candidate who is actually up for indictment on any charges.

Specifically, for fraud.

Of course he is: those who are part of the political process otherwise barely get security inquiries, let alone a whiff of actual charges.
Slick Willy bargained himself out of charges brought against him for perjury simply to avoid the conviction and jail time.
You think those folks don't know how to play the game?
And if you think it's unique for any deep-pocketed business to be a constant target of lawsuits and assorted charges, you're naive to how business works.

Originally posted by JS357
There are two competing American Dreams. They are based on competing concepts of the family, which is the arch-typical government. They are not exclusive to American culture.

The concepts are "The Nurturant Parent family (progressive) and the Strict Father family (conservative)."

This is explained at least in terms of Trump, at

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/george-lakoff/understanding-trump_b_11144938.html

This is a really interesting article. More people should read it, but unfortunately, it'll get totally lost on the tl;dr crowd. Thanks for posting the link.

Originally posted by FreakyKBH
Of course he is: those who are part of the political process otherwise barely get security inquiries, let alone a whiff of actual charges.
Slick Willy bargained himself out of charges brought against him for perjury simply to avoid the conviction and jail time.
You think those folks don't know how to play the game?
And if you think it's unique for any d ...[text shortened]... e a constant target of lawsuits and assorted charges, you're naive to how business works.

Conspiracy theory is yet another fear tactic. It's all the Republicans have, but they keep working it, I see.

Originally posted by Suzianne
Conspiracy theory is yet another fear tactic. It's all the Republicans have, but they keep working it, I see.

There are no questions or mysteries as to the participants and the activities thereof related to Clinton's email debacle and her bald face lying regarding the particulars.

There are no questions of mysteries as to the participants and the activities thereof related to Clinton's voluntary collaboration in plans to defraud the entire voting base of Democrats and her bald face lying regarding the particulars.

In order for there to be a conspiracy theory, certain elements are either unknown or unproven.
In just these two examples, we find neither of these conditions.
Any Democrat, Republican, Independent of unaffiliated could have stumbled upon these facts.

Originally posted by FreakyKBH
There are no questions or mysteries as to the participants and the activities thereof related to Clinton's email debacle and her bald face lying regarding the particulars.

There are no questions of mysteries as to the participants and the activities thereof related to Clinton's voluntary collaboration in plans to defraud the entire voting base of Democr ...[text shortened]... ns.
Any Democrat, Republican, Independent of unaffiliated could have stumbled upon these facts.

These "facts" are not facts. They are Republican fantasy. It is indeed "conspiracy theory" at its worst.

The "bald-faced lying" is not coming from Hillary, it's the entire "standard operating procedure" of the Republican Party.

You say all that you say in your post with the same straight face you use when you say that "the Earth is flat", or "9/11 was an inside job", or "global warming doesn't exist", or yes, even "Hillary lied".

None of these are facts.