Rand Paul suggests using lie detector tests to find op-ed writer

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#1  Edited By frogo0
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https://www.newsweek.com/rand-paul-trump-lie-detector-tests-trump-1110033

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#2 judaspete
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I kinda hope they do this. What a glorious shit show it would be.

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#3 HoolaHoopMan
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Soooo....you're saying there is a 'witch hunt' within the administration now? A bitter sweet turn of events for Trump.

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#4 mrbojangles25
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Trump should absolutely do this; after all, it's only appropriate that the man who constantly thinks he is the victim of a "witch hunt" eventually conducts one himself.

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Using government resources to track down a whistleblower, classic libertarian move!

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He wouldn’t be the first president to do it.

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White House aides narrow search for anonymous op-ed writer to a few people, source says

SourcE: https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/07/politics/white-house-oped-writer-search/index.html

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Better not use a lie detector on Trump, the thing would blow up the White House haha.

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#9  Edited By deactivated-5f9e3c6a83e51
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Not a fan of Trump whatsoever. Think he should resign. But that being said, if you look at this in a theoretical way, it's not good that a member of an administration is taking it upon themself to act unilaterally in this manner. They are substituting their judgement for an elected officials because they think they know better. Granted, with Trumpster fire, they probably do, but it's a terrible precedent. Would we really have been ok with someone in Obama adminstration hiding stuff from him because they believed it was in best interest of country?

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#10  Edited By Jacanuk
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Nice mis use of the word "witch hunt"

A witchhunt is not finding a "traitor" and someone who admits to not understanding democracy. So good on Paul to suggest a lie detector test.

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#11 frogo0
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@Jacanuk:

Trump is a clown who deserves criticism.

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@sonicare said:

Not a fan of Trump whatsoever. Think he should resign. But that being said, if you look at this in a theoretical way, it's not good that a member of an administration is taking it upon themself to act unilaterally in this manner. They are substituting their judgement for an elected officials because they think they know better. Granted, with Trumpster fire, they probably do, but it's a terrible precedent. Would we really have been ok with someone in Obama adminstration hiding stuff from him because they believed it was in best interest of country?

Yep, this entire thing is terrifying. I hold no reassurances at all based on the, "you should see what he REALLY wants to do," declarations and the fact that he needs to be babysat so we can avoid the effects of his worst impulses.

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#13  Edited By TryIt
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Too funny

I dont know why anyone really cares who the person is, or even if its true.

Its not like what was said in the article is not something everyone already knows.

and how out of touch with ones own administration does one have to be to not be able to figure out who it is?

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#14  Edited By LJS9502_basic
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Why do freaking republicans ALWAYS waste taxpayers money?

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#15 LJS9502_basic
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@sonicare said:

Not a fan of Trump whatsoever. Think he should resign. But that being said, if you look at this in a theoretical way, it's not good that a member of an administration is taking it upon themself to act unilaterally in this manner. They are substituting their judgement for an elected officials because they think they know better. Granted, with Trumpster fire, they probably do, but it's a terrible precedent. Would we really have been ok with someone in Obama adminstration hiding stuff from him because they believed it was in best interest of country?

Actually if you read the op ed there is more than one..........

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@frogo0 said:

@Jacanuk:

Trump is a clown who deserves criticism.

Sure, but that does not mean that a coward should be allowed to stay a coward.

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@LJS9502_basic said:

Why do freaking republicans ALWAYS waste taxpayers money?

isnt that every politician?

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#18 Treflis
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If the book is completely false as they say then surely there is no reason to go to such measures to figure out who's told an author about it.

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#19 Jacanuk
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@Treflis said:

If the book is completely false as they say then surely there is no reason to go to such measures to figure out who's told an author about it.

The hunt is not for whoever has said something in the book, those are all named which is why someone like Nikki Haley was out and refute some of the statements

They are looking for the anonymous source for the NYT op-ed

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#20 Treflis
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@Jacanuk said:
@Treflis said:

If the book is completely false as they say then surely there is no reason to go to such measures to figure out who's told an author about it.

The hunt is not for whoever has said something in the book, those are all named which is why someone like Nikki Haley was out and refute some of the statements

They are looking for the anonymous source for the NYT op-ed

Oh, The resistance group within the White House that are carrying out the elaborate operations of removing pages from documents and letters from tables.
Sounds like utter nonsense if you ask me.

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#21  Edited By LJS9502_basic
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@sonicare said:
@LJS9502_basic said:

Why do freaking republicans ALWAYS waste taxpayers money?

isnt that every politician?

Not with these types of investigations.....see Clinton and add up the waste of money there and all they finally got was a lie about sex.