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Old 02-04-2017, 10:51 AM   #1711
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None, there was a Bowling Green case, but no massacre, and it was covered by the news.
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Old 02-04-2017, 12:05 PM   #1712
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What massacre do you think she was really referencing?
I don't have the faintest idea, but her comments certainly gave her 24 hours of fame on the Internet where people posted about their own "memories" of Bowling Green and fleshed out the story with many alternative facts of their own. She retracted her statement late yesterday, I believe. If nothing else the current administration is going to give us all a chance to indulge in quite a bit of black humor. More HERE and about 100,000 other places on the Net.

BTW, nice one xoxo Bruce!
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Old 02-04-2017, 01:39 PM   #1713
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"I bet it's brand new information to people that President Obama had a six-month ban on the Iraqi refugee program after two Iraqis came here to this country, were radicalized and they were the masterminds behind the Bowling Green Massacre," she said. "Most people don't know that because it didn't get covered."

As New York Daily News points out, it's possible Conway was referring to a case in which two Iraqi nationals were charged and sentenced to jail "for taking part in attacks against U.S. troops in their home country," and who happened to be living in Bowling Green, Kentucky at the time they were indicted. But as the source points out, no incident actually took place on U.S. soil, and there's no evidence of a "massacre" ever having occurred in Bowling Green. Their indictment did lead the Obama administration to review vetting procedures for Iraqi nationalists — but contrary to what Conway suggests, it was in no way a "ban."
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What massacre do you think she was really referencing?
She wasn't accidentally referring to some other, real, massacre. She meant Bowling Green, she was just extremely poorly briefed on what she was supposed to be talking about.

CNN has begun refusing to take her as a guest worth interviewing. They're holding out for someone else from the administration, like Pence.
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Old 02-04-2017, 03:22 PM   #1714
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She retracted her statement late yesterday, I believe.
Is saying she misspoke a retraction? Kind of like saying, 'Never mind, you know what I meant'. I don't think she "retracted" her statement the media didn't cover the "massacre", that 90 newspapers covered. Am I nitpicking? Maybe, but I'm tired of these politicians and company, acting like the work for the Onion.

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She wasn't accidentally referring to some other, real, massacre. She meant Bowling Green, she was just extremely poorly briefed on what she was supposed to be talking about.
There was no massacre in Bowling Green either, just two arrested for plotting to ship money and guns to Iraq six years ago.
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Old 02-05-2017, 09:05 AM   #1715
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Old 02-05-2017, 09:11 AM   #1716
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I could not get on Nixon's enemies list. But now I am participating in a felony without trying. Some presidents just don't figure.
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Old 02-05-2017, 09:48 AM   #1717
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It would appear that I joined just in time. I love being an illegal!

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Old 02-05-2017, 01:23 PM   #1718
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Old 02-06-2017, 04:29 PM   #1719
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My fav video for today - Liberal Red Neck Muslim Ban

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Old 02-06-2017, 04:33 PM   #1720
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I notice the post above this one is by Gravdigr who apparently lives in central Kentucky? I am so sorry for what your state went through during the Bowling Green Massacre.
Yep. 20 miles from Bowling Green.

It was horrible.

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Old 02-06-2017, 04:36 PM   #1721
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This guy's gonna be more fun than George W. Bush.

The late night hosts must be thanking God for this guy.
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Old 02-06-2017, 05:05 PM   #1722
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The late night hosts must be thanking God for this guy.
I dunno. How do you satirize him? They're almost limited to just listing the things he's actually said, since he's already done the Onion version.

What's the parody of "Any negative polls are fake news"? Or bringing up The Apprentice ratings during a national prayer breakfast?
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Old 02-06-2017, 07:15 PM   #1723
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Makes me want to watch the apprentice for the first time, tho ......if it wasn't just me, wonder if Trump would attribute the increased ratings to his prayers?
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Old 02-07-2017, 10:05 AM   #1724
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I heard an interview with Rory Bremner, a British comedian, and he said the same thing about the British politicians, these guys are so out there it's hard to satirize them.
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Old 02-07-2017, 03:31 PM   #1725
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Makes me want to watch the apprentice for the first time, tho ......if it wasn't just me, wonder if Trump would attribute the increased ratings to his prayers?
You must be kidding, why the fuck would he attribute to divine intervention when he could take the credit for himself, but I repeat myself.

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