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In response to "Ah, I see Trump is going with the “why didn’t he expose me sooner?” argument today. -- nm*" by znufrii finally got a haircut

Yeah, I seem to be in a minority position suggesting blaming Woodward is at best rather beside the point and at most distracting from the real culprit -- nm

Posted by Qale (aka Qale) Sep 10 '20, 07:00

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It's peripheral at best, but I can criticize both. -- nm - Reagen Sep 10, 07:50 2
- You can and should. -- nm - Qale Sep 10, 08:12
- Agreed. I also have to wonder how many people think Trump/Administration *didn't* know already. - JaxSean Sep 10, 07:56
At the end of the day, Woodward didn't swear an oath to protect Americans. -- nm - loosilu Sep 10, 07:43 6
- Sure, but there is still the question of ethics -- nm - ty97 Sep 10, 07:45 1
  - Yes, but there's no reason to think it would have changed policy or the response you're seeing. He put it to the voters to decide. I've been on the - pmb Sep 10, 07:52
- I would disagree. If the book came out a year ago, it would be forgotten and accomplish nothing. This close to the election it might move the bar. -- nm - Wakanda Forever Sep 10, 07:44 3
  - Yes, this is possible, especially as some (small amounts of) voting have actually started - ty97 Sep 10, 07:47 2
    - You can throw out the last one, as nothing would do that. So the first two, he did it at the right time. -- nm - Wakanda Forever Sep 10, 07:54
    - Regardless what someone thinks they answer is, this will serve as a good moral/ethic discussion topic for countless philosophy classes -- nm - ty97 Sep 10, 07:48
yep. we had evidence through actions/inactions...this is just validation. there was no urgency to releasing it. - colin Sep 10, 07:24 1
- In February Woodward certainly didn't know, he couldn't even know if Trump was telling the truth. However - ty97 Sep 10, 07:29
There are valid questions about Woodward, but yeah it's also liberals shooting themselves in the foot again -- nm - ty97 Sep 10, 07:05 1
- And fortunately(?) the reason why that happens is because liberalism is not a monolith. -- nm - Qale Sep 10, 07:08

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