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Presidential Front-Runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Face Off
wsj.com ^ | Byron Tau

Posted on 12/22/2015 3:30:40 AM PST by RoosterRedux

Mrs. Clinton has been dogged by media coverage and Republican-led congressional inquiries focused on her handling of the 2012 Benghazi, Libya, terror attack and her use of personal email for official business at the State Department.

In a Wall Street Journal/NBC News October poll, Mrs. Clinton was rated poorly for being "honest and straightforward," with 50% of registered voters giving her low marks, including 40% who gave her the lowest possible rating.

Experts who study terrorism say the evidence is thin that Mr. Trump, who urged a ban on Muslims entering the U.S. and mosque surveillance after the Paris and California attacks, has been a specific focus in terrorism recruitment and propaganda to date.

"The claim that ISIS has featured Trump in its videos is untrue, to the best of my knowledge," said J.M. Berger, a terrorism researcher and fellow at the Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World at the Brookings Institution in Washington. "They do talk about him and his comments on social media, as a vindication of their views on how the West treats Muslims, but so far, not in an organized or overwhelming way."

Civilian casualties from Western airstrikes are more often used to promote a sense of victimhood and the narrative that Islam is at war with the West, a study by the counter-extremism think tank Quilliam Foundation found. Many of those strikes are carried out by the U.S. military, an anti-Islamic State tactic endorsed by most presidential candidates.

"Collateral damage is the Islamic State propagandist's friend; dead babies and maimed children are instrumentalised, routinely integrated into a catalogue of crimes that have been perpetrated by the 'enemy,' " the report's author concluded about the damage inflicted by bombing and airstrikes.

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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

THAT was a great find!


21 posted on 12/22/2015 9:13:31 AM PST by Old Sarge
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To: spokeshave

“Spar-TANS! What is your profession?”

“Aaa-OOO! Aaa-OOO! Aaa-OOO!!”


22 posted on 12/22/2015 9:14:41 AM PST by Old Sarge
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To: RoosterRedux

When is the first Presidential debate scheduled, I want to start getting my party invites out?


23 posted on 12/22/2015 9:18:33 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: 1Old Pro

Bernie Sanders will not be the Democrats nominee—He’s not even a Democrat—hes a Socialist. Its all smoke and mirrors to give Hillary the Crown so as to be Obama’s 3rd Term. If she wins she will be a nightmare for all—including Obama! Her victory will destroy the Progressive/Socialist branch of the Democrat Party. Her incompetence will make Obama look good.


24 posted on 12/22/2015 10:49:18 AM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

I agree. Bernie Sanders is not a serious candidate, something he demonstrated when he excused Hillary’s lies and deceit regarding her mails.


25 posted on 12/22/2015 11:13:13 AM PST by apocalypto
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To: Old Sarge

Even most gutter whores are morally superior to Hillary.

Literally!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HILLARY CLINTON IS MORALLY INFERIOR TO MOST GUTTER WHORES!

Sure, Trump reportedly got a little crude yesterday, but Hillary is NO LADY — she KNEW that little children were going to see that defiled Christmas tree. It just made her laugh:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/812710/posts


26 posted on 12/23/2015 2:48:54 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (The DNC 2012 Convention actually booed God three times)
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