We are (well, I am) referring specifically to the Goldwater Rule. Weighing in on a public figure like that is considered unethical by the APA. The letter writers know this and have expressly said why they think they need to break the rule anyway. I understand their reasoning but I disagree with it.
The word 'rambling' quickly spread around the Democratic controlled corporate mainstream media. The latter, fully commenting on the letter, never actually revealed its full content.
So everyone who doesn't go public with something automatically agrees with it?
Is there a single person arguing this?
That's not true. Most articles had a link to the letter. Just about every one I can think of. TV wouldn't of course, but most places aren't going to read a 6-page letter on air. (I doubt even Fox did that.)
The sad quality of mainstream news is a huge problem in the US. Look how hard they lean over to normalize Trump. Look at how they kneecapped the fuck out of Clinton. Add in that you have Sinclair and Fox as explicit propaganda networks (rather than just "play it safe to the powers that be and don't rock the boat" impulses which cause so much of the mainstream news to fuck up) and it is a huge problem for the country.
No. It doesn't. People prefer entertainment to news. They always have. You can get good ratings for news when something is going on, but normally it won't compete. Making news channels have to be profit centers in their own right was a disaster, since it meant they had to go for "entertaining" more than "informative". It's been downhill ever since.
No they aren't. I asked you to provide evidence for this before and you admitted you were pulling it out of your ass. He *does* have tighter numbers in election predictions, as one would expect as the actual election year starts. But overall his numbers are exactly where they have been since early in his term - about 10 points underwater.
Interesting. The APA can set their standards, howver I do not believe that they are a licensing body of any kind. As such they could possibly sanction him within their particular organization (he may not even be a member), but since they are not a regulatory body, this particular breach would not affect his ability to practice, unless his own regional regulatory body has adopted the same policy. If this breach means no effect on his practice, it is reasonable to say that this is a very minor breach. A breach of privacy legislation, for example, would definitely come with some kind of sanctions/punishment. So some infraction that carries no punitive consequences could, for all intents and purposes, be considered a "nothing burger".
When it involves torture and war crimes? Breaking the Geneva Convention?
Read this actual fact that explains why you are a partisan right winger who just hates the Democrats. Pelosi was the MINORITY leader. The President was Bus and the majority leader was a Republican. Fox News tries it's best in a very biased and partisan manner to blame Pelosi, when 99.9999% of the blame should have been pointed at Bush and the Republicans:
As a sitting member of Congress and on the committee she could have said something. Later when she was Majority leader she could have said and done something.
Not making excuses for Bush and his Republicans who set up this torture. As that article specified that Pelosi had to keep it confidential at a time of bitter conflict. See how partisan you are by not squarely blaming Bush and his Republicans. It is clear that you are the one making the excuses by deflecting the blame on Pelosi. Still have to hear you condemn Trump for his role in the genocide of the ally called the Kurds. You have lost all credibility!!
Let's be clear. Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld, along with the heads of the CIA should be before the Hague for war crimes.
How about Trump, should he not even take any blame for the genocide of the Kurds??
How can they call themselves the good guys when they torture people?
LOL!! Now, you can understand how Tulsi is feeling, these days. Like her, you're not sufficiently anti Trump. There's no recovery from that and all your opinions will forever be tainted by being a reactionary. It's like being back behind the Iron Curtain in the 60s all over again. But, be of good cheer. They can't fire you from your job. YET.
Blame the people at the top, like Bush.
I can blame everyone who was in a position to stop it. Pelosi was. She didn't.
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Those are questions that you should have posed to the Republicans as they are the ones who sanctioned it. I am not saying that torture is justified. So stop putting words in my mouth. Once again you just are not condemning Trump for his actions in the attack by the Turks against the Kurds. Maybe you think that it is fine in the manner in which he pulled out this troops without a truce for their safety!!
If you are saying it's wrong, then Pelosi is wrong.
The Republicans led by Bush were the ones that sanctioned the torture. You seem to give them a pass just like you do to Trump. Why do you not admit that they are the main culprits in this respect, just like Trump with his actions against the Kurds!!
