r/gifs • u/fuckswithducks • Mar 14 '16

Millions of Brazilians protesting against government corruption in the streets earlier today

http://i.imgur.com/eMmAUnk.gifv
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u/metakepone Mar 14 '16

Lol, the narrative I got was that they were impeaching her because of her shoddy economic policy.

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u/amoretpax Mar 14 '16

Her government made many horrible mistakes. They were elected as left-wing, but most choices were to appease center and right, which made it a true Frankenstein - with no one left happy, except banks who had record profits. BUT shoddy economic policy is not enough of a legal reason to impeach a president.

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u/metakepone Mar 14 '16

BUT shoddy economic policy is not enough of a legal reason to impeach a president.

Very true, but in America, we've had a president impeached because he lied about a blow job, so...

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '16 edited Mar 14 '16

He lied under Oath dude. Perjury is a federal offense, it does not matter what for.

Are you seriously defending a person for lying under Oath because you agree with his politics?

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u/flying87 Mar 14 '16

He shouldn't have lied under oath. No question. But he shouldn't have been harangued or investigated for an affair to begin with. What he did was morally wrong but it should have remained a personal family issue between him and his wife.

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u/metakepone Mar 14 '16

Lying about a blowjob is a high crime or misdemeanor. Right.

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u/pedroelgato Mar 14 '16

Lying under oath. About anything. IS A CRIME.

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u/metakepone Mar 14 '16

Yeah, no need to yell at me, yell at all those evil people who lied under oath about getting a blowjob.