(04-26-2020 05:43 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(04-26-2020 05:24 PM)mrbig Wrote:  I didn’t know you had 2nd hand (or is it 3rd-hand?) information on the Harris/Brown situation.

Not speaking for Tanq, but I will answer for myself, since you probably have similar thoughts about me.

I think what happened in the Harris/Brown situation is pretty much uncontroverted. If you have reason to believe otherwise, please so state.

Quote:As for big easy shuffle ... I think a lot of the stuff you defend Trump about you would have criticized Obama for doing.

I'm not aware of situations where I have defended Trump for doing the same thing that I attacked Obama for doing. I have even expressed the fact that I prefer Obama's handling of certain situations to Trump's--Cuba, for example. In particular, since this is a sports board, I am on record as saying that the Trump administration's cancellation of the MLB agreement with the Cuban baseball organization struck me as particularly stupid.

I actually feel that I have been pretty even-handed. I certainly have not defended every move Trump has made, nor did I attack every move that Obama made. And I'm certainly not aware of any situation where I have defended Trump for doing the same thing that I attacked Obama for doing. I'm not even aware of many situations where Trump and Obama did the same thing. Maybe golf--and my point was always that I'd rather Obama have spent 24/7/365 on the golf course. And as for the birther thing, I made it clear from my first post on the issue that IMO, Obama could have been born on the moon and he would still be a natural-born citizen because of his mother's citizenship, so the whole issue was stupid to me.

If you have knowledge of any situations where I did defend Trump for the same thing that I attacked Obama for doing, please advise and let's discuss.

Regarding Harris/Brown, I think where we differ are the motivations for the parties involved in the relationship (which I believe are not publicly known) and whether that Relationship justifies calling Senator Harris a slut or prostitute (which I absolutely believe it does not). The facts of the relationship and her appointment to a few state commissions/boards is beyond dispute.

I question whether you would have given Obama a B+ in handling the coronavirus if everything had unfolded the same way. I question if you would be so forgiving of Obama making repeated substantive misstatements and lies on the issue. But you are correct that on many things you have noted agreements with Obama or disagreements with Trump, so I honestly and earnestly tip my hat to you on those.