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Clinton Campaign Chair: 'The American People Can Handle The Truth' On UFOs (usatoday.com)
An anonymous reader writes: In what seems like an April Fools' Day prank story but is surprisingly real, Hillary Clinton's campaign chair, John Podesta, says that he has convinced Hillary Clinton to declassify as many documents as possible related to Area 51 and UFOs. On the matter of alien visitation, Clinton has previously stated that "I think we may have been [visited already]. We don't know for sure." Meanwhile, Democratic rival Bernie Sanders has been dismissive of UFO talk. And on the other side of the isle, everyone surely already knows how likely Republican nominee Donald Trump feels about illegal aliens.
"The U.S. government could do a much better job in answering the quite legitimate questions that people have about what's going on with unidentified aerial phenomena," said John Podesta, who was also a chief of staff to President Bill Clinton.
ANY truth out of that campaign would be a breath of fresh air, so it might as well be about the lack of aliens. Which of course nobody who thinks there's hidden information will believe, so they might as well lie about that, too.
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She is just trying to get votes. 50% of Americans believe we have been visited by extraterrestrials, that is a large voter base worth going after. It takes very little effort for her to make a campaign promise like this that she does not even need to keep. And, garners her potential votes that could tip the scale when it comes time for the election. Welcome to politics 101.
Face it, any fool can ask questions. Asking questions is not difficult. Answering it is difficult, and it is impossible to wake up someone pretending to be asleep.
sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
Instead of bothering with UFO's, why not deal with things like:
* What was being discussed between Clinton and Goldman Sachs?
* What role did her husband have with supporting a known rapist on a certain Caribbean island?
* What is the truth in the matters of oddly convenient "suicides" like Vince Foster?
* What is the truth in the matters of Benghazi, given that they wanted the Ambassador dead?
Twitter supports and protects racists - by smearing their critics with the "Hate Speech" label.
I personally go with the last option.
John Podesta, who was also a chief of staff to President Bill Clinton and CEO of an organization implicated by the Panama Papers.
UFO's are just a distraction compared to recent events.
Twitter supports and protects racists - by smearing their critics with the "Hate Speech" label.
We can't handle the truth. Our society is getting DUMBER, not smarter. We can't handle the thought of beings from beyond arriving. There would be cults worshipping them, cults demonizing them (this ALREADY happens in certain major religions, claiming UFO's are the work of Satan.) And suicides and suicide cults and people wanting to marry them within an hour of meeting them.
I had a sucky sig.
MOST LIKELY, he noticed just like I did, that googling his name puts UFO ranked higher. So he is trying to influence his google ranking to have recent UFO related results attached to his name rather than Panama.
I remember Bill Clinton's Chief of staff over a decade ago talking about how he looked into UFOs early into Bill's years in office and Bill told him to see if he could find anything. In the interview I remember him saying he found nothing but also felt like he was getting the run around by the system. This is either still a thing for him or it is a tactic being employed again.
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Instead of bothering with UFO's, why not deal with things like:
* What was being discussed between Clinton and Goldman Sachs?
* What role did her husband have with supporting a known rapist on a certain Caribbean island?
* What is the truth in the matters of oddly convenient "suicides" like Vince Foster?
* What is the truth in the matters of Benghazi, given that they wanted the Ambassador dead?
Adding to your list, I have a question: how is this not a conflict of interest?
The campaign chair of someone running for president convinces the secretary of state to declassify documents in order to boost the campaign?
How is this not a conflict of interest?
Should the Secretary of State make declassification decisions based on the state of her campaign?
Beyond conflict of interest, how is this not outright illegal?
If the Republicans can't accept a black man in the White House
Really? Are you one of those people who still plays the race card in order to avoid dealing with the fact that half the country doesn't agree with the other half about some pretty serious philosophical matters, mostly when it comes to the nature of the relationship between the people and the government that works for them? Obama said he would, and has set out to change that relationship, and a lot of people don't like the way that was going to (and did) manifest itself (see the "Affordable" Care Act, etc). But no, you'd rather call them all racists. I don't give a damn what color he or anyone else is. Only what they say and do (or don't say, and don't do).
Yes, Trump does present the risk of the house and/or senate changing hands - not a good thing at all.
Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.