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The Decade’s Top 10 Most Spectacular Falls From Grace
The Federalist ^ | 01/01/2020 | Paulina Enck

Posted on 01/01/2020 8:02:51 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: A_perfect_lady
Never will I understand why men do this.

It's been going on a long time.

Rude Man - Cerne Abbas Giant

It's a guy thing, we don't understand it either...

21 posted on 01/01/2020 8:49:41 AM PST by null and void (The government wants to disarm us after 243 yrs 'cuz they plan to do things we would shoot them for!)
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To: Responsibility2nd
A true fall from grace? The Boy Scouts of America.

Chick-fil-A?

22 posted on 01/01/2020 8:51:02 AM PST by null and void (The government wants to disarm us after 243 yrs 'cuz they plan to do things we would shoot them for!)
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To: outpostinmass2

“”Lerner lives in a million dollar home on Martha”s Vineyard. She never paid any price.””

On a pension of “maybe” $52,000 per year. Where did the rest of her fortune come from? I think all taxpayers should get a trip to DC paid for by congress critters to the place that doles out the big bucks to politicians and I don’t mean the US Treasury for salaries. There has to be a secret place somewhere there for kickbacks...they all seem to enter politics like “normal” folks and leave millionaires!


23 posted on 01/01/2020 8:54:09 AM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: SeekAndFind

Lois Lerner is the least punished person in history. She got to retire with her six figure bonus and a sweet pension. Plus, she never paid taxes on the millions she was paid under the table.


24 posted on 01/01/2020 8:55:19 AM PST by dead (Trump puts crazy glue on their grenades and they never know it until after they pull the pin.)
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To: dfwgator
Paterno went from hero to zero fast. Others .....

John Edwards “silk pony” and father of the year.”

Mark Driscoll former mega-pastor

Bill Cosby

Matt Lauer

Al Franken

25 posted on 01/01/2020 9:07:01 AM PST by HonkyTonkMan
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To: Thank You Rush
On a pension of “maybe” $52,000 per year. Where did the rest of her fortune come from? I think all taxpayers should get a trip to DC paid for by congress critters to the place that doles out the big bucks to politicians and I don’t mean the US Treasury for salaries. There has to be a secret place somewhere there for kickbacks...they all seem to enter politics like “normal” folks and leave millionaires!

The Democrats have understood this for decades. Look how rich Pelosi, Biden, Kerry and Feinstein have become while in congress.

26 posted on 01/01/2020 9:10:13 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Lincoln: "The Founders did not make America racist or slaver. They inherited it, that way!")
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To: SeekAndFind

Weiner will likely make the list of the top 10 for the century....

His behavior is cringe-worthy, but the cascade of unintended consequences of his behavior may have changed the course of history given that it was the last thing the Clinton campaign needed at the worst possible time.


27 posted on 01/01/2020 9:14:31 AM PST by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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To: Grampa Dave

Pelosi, Kerry and Feinstein married rich.

Pelosi exempted her husband’s company in which
he had a lot of stock, from minimum wages so they had an advantage imprinting fruit.

Feinstein Sloughed contracts to her husband.

Can you add to the list?


28 posted on 01/01/2020 9:15:52 AM PST by olesigh
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To: CodeToad
Gotta agree that Denis being fired as CEO of Boeing was entirely unexpected. He spent his entire 35 year career at Boeing politicking for the job.

Sure, with 500 or so recent notches on his belt you'd think they would have made him King For Life..

29 posted on 01/01/2020 9:17:36 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: Fightin Whitey

Dennis was also the Chairman and the 4th largest private shareholder. Usually that’s enough to weather any storm.


30 posted on 01/01/2020 9:19:45 AM PST by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: CodeToad
Look, maybe I misunderstand the whole thing.

But didn't three planes go down under his watch, quite clearly linked to a problem he knew about?

I don't have any personal animus, or competing stock or anything (I don't even fly), but I can't fathom why he isn't behind bars.

And it's after the fact, but last week we had the Starliner dud, also a part of his legacy, I would think.

What a mess.

31 posted on 01/01/2020 9:36:39 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: SeekAndFind

Prince Andrew should be on that list somewhere.


32 posted on 01/01/2020 9:39:46 AM PST by Scott from the Left Coast (It's the corruption, stupid)
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To: SeekAndFind

Where’s Huma
Where’s Hunter


33 posted on 01/01/2020 9:43:44 AM PST by Steven Tyler
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To: olesigh

Yes, they married rich and became richer due to their politics and being elite Democrat liberals.


34 posted on 01/01/2020 9:48:33 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Lincoln: "The Founders did not make America racist or slaver. They inherited it, that way!")
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To: Grampa Dave

Gramp I was asking for specific examples. I gave the ones I know.


35 posted on 01/01/2020 9:50:10 AM PST by olesigh
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To: CodeToad
Re: Gotta agree that Denis being fired as CEO of Boeing was entirely unexpected.

Boeing stock went from $150 to $450 during Muilenburg’s first four years - an amazing performance.

I still don't understand the FAA’s sudden hysteria about the 737 MAX.

The MAX flew for two years in North America, Europe, and the wealthy Asian and Middle East countries.

Not one crash. Not one close call. Not one official incident report involving the software or hardware in the allegedly defective MCAS.

And the plane is shut down for entire year?

100% political and legal BS.

36 posted on 01/01/2020 10:15:01 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

FAA certification in March 2017

Lion Air Flight 610 on October 29, 2018


37 posted on 01/01/2020 10:27:46 AM PST by UB355 (Slow Traffic keep right)
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To: SeekAndFind

Pope Francis has to be in here somewhere.


38 posted on 01/01/2020 11:12:26 AM PST by deweyfrank (Nobody's Perfect)
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To: Fightin Whitey

My point wasn’t that he didn’t deserve to go. I have no idea where you got that from.


39 posted on 01/01/2020 11:14:46 AM PST by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: zeestephen

Actually, Boeing crewed the pooch with the Max. What they certified as the MCAS specifications isn’t what they built. What was certified could never crash a plane. What they built easily could, and did twice.


40 posted on 01/01/2020 11:16:13 AM PST by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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