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Republicans keep ignoring the Russian Connection

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I guess winning matters more to the Right than treason and security of our country. Thanks, goobs. We owe you one.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...2b15787add0_story.html?utm_term=.65973ee8cc27

In assessing Donald Trump’s presidential victory, Americans continue to look away from this election’s most alarming story: the successful effort by a hostile foreign power to manipulate public opinion before the vote.

U.S. intelligence agencies determined that the Russian government actively interfered in our elections. Russian state propaganda gave little doubt that this was done to support Republican nominee Trump, who repeatedly praised Vladimir Putin and excused the Russian president’s foreign aggression and domestic repression. Most significantly, U.S. intelligence agencies have affirmed that the Russian government directed the illegal hacking of private email accounts of the Democratic National Committee and prominent individuals.

...Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Sergei A. Ryabkov, boasted that government representatives maintained multiple “contacts” during the campaign with Trump’s “immediate entourage.” (Campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks issued a denial.) This is on top of reported U.S. government suspicions that a Trump adviser met with the intelligence operative directing the hacking. Where are the committee chairmen in Congress demanding an investigation? How is it that Republican Party leaders accept the intervention of a foreign power in the election of their party’s presidential candidate?
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calamity said:
I guess winning matters more to the Right than treason and security of our country. Thanks, goobs. We owe you one.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...2b15787add0_story.html?utm_term=.65973ee8cc27
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The MSM keeps mentioning 'hundreds of fake news stories' that supposedly made the rounds and contributed to their candidate's failure. Yet they never give 1 specific example of a 'fake news story' that the Russians were supposedly behind .

Why is that? If there's 'hundreds' of them, it shouldn't be too hard for our pro-HRC MSM to find one damn story to give us as an example!

Right now, its the American media that's appearing 'faked'.
 
The only connection with the Russians was Globalist Granny's uranium deal.
 
Didn't we hit the reset button with Russia and we're all good now?
 
X Factor said:
Didn't we hit the reset button with Russia and we're all good now?
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That depends on what all-good means. If it means we team up with the Ruskies to dominate the globe, then maybe it isn't half bad. I can think of worse partners in crime, like Saudi Arabia.
 
calamity said:
I guess winning matters more to the Right than treason and security of our country. Thanks, goobs. We owe you one.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...2b15787add0_story.html?utm_term=.65973ee8cc27
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Unless you can prove that Trump was some kind of Manchurian Candidate (only in this case via Moscow), then this issue is really just a rabbit-hole leading to neverland.

Even if we accept that there is a distinct possibility Russian hackers were a source of the information made public by WikiLeaks; does that make the information itself invalid?

As I've asked elsewhere, what matter the source if the information is true?

Meanwhile it was Hillary who lost this election, and there were a lot of reasons other than "Russia did it!" Trying to blame it on them is just being a poor loser.

BTW, as a point of information... you do realize that our government is constantly interfering in other countries all the time? It is happening even as we speak here now.

So it's a bit hypocritical to point fingers, especially when you realize that there are always three fingers pointing back at you when you do. :coffeepap:
 
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Captain Adverse said:
Unless you can prove that Trump was some kind of Manchurian Candidate (only in this case via Moscow), then this issue is really just a rabbit-hole leading to neverland.

Even if we accept that there is a distinct possibility Russian hackers were a source of the information made public by WikiLeaks; does that make the information itself invalid?

As I've asked elsewhere, what matter the source if the information is true?

Meanwhile it was Hillary who lost this election, and there were a lot of reasons other than "Russia did it!" Trying to blame it on them is just being a poor loser.

BTW, as a point of information... you do realize that our government is constantly interfering in other countries all the time? It is happening even as we speak here now.

So it's a bit hypocritical to point fingers, especially when you realize that there are always three fingers pointing back at you when you do. :coffeepap:
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I'd say that the Right ignoring the intervention of a foreign power in our election process is a major story.
 
calamity said:
I guess winning matters more to the Right than treason and security of our country. Thanks, goobs. We owe you one.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...2b15787add0_story.html?utm_term=.65973ee8cc27
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I certainly hope that the NSA and FBI are working on that along with the other agencies responsible for such things. What is also important is that the citizens learn the extent of the investigations and the results of the inquiries. This will require that we keep pressure on the government and our representatives.
 
TheGoverness said:
I don't know. Maybe Trump will normalize relations w/ Russia. We'll see.
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He can try to "normalize" relations with Russia, I guess. What do you mean by "normalize"?
 
Didn't Lindsey Graham mention something about wanting to look into it? I doubt the guy really has any power, but there is at least one republican. Personally, I would love for them to have an investigation into this Russian stuff to see if any of it is legitimate. I'm really confused as to why people don't think it could be a big deal.
 
TheGoverness said:
Getting along.
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That was attempted by three Presidents and supported by most of the foreign policy professionals in the US as well as by most European governments and the EU. It proved futile.

Now, I can build a scenario that could result in a positive outcome. But it would not hinge and Putin changing his stripes.
 
MrPeanut said:
Didn't Lindsey Graham mention something about wanting to look into it? I doubt the guy really has any power, but there is at least one republican. Personally, I would love for them to have an investigation into this Russian stuff to see if any of it is legitimate. I'm really confused as to why people don't think it could be a big deal.
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At the same time the FBI ought to look into how much Globalist Granny's Crime Foundation was paid by the Russians for American natural resources, namely the uranium deal.
 
DamnYankee said:
At the same time the FBI ought to look into how much Globalist Granny's Crime Foundation was paid by the Russians for American natural resources, namely the uranium deal.
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Sure, go ahead. All of this Russian stuff needs to be taken seriously. I mean we had years on Benghazi, but nobody gives a crap about foreign influence.
 
calamity said:
I guess winning matters more to the Right than treason and security of our country. Thanks, goobs. We owe you one.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...2b15787add0_story.html?utm_term=.65973ee8cc27
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I'm not sure an opinion piece from a George Soros flunky offers much for people to go on.

I haven't read anywhere that it's been proven Russia was behind the emails that proved how corrupt Hillary, her campaign, and her MSM partners were.

As such, just about the whole opinion piece is laughably irrelevant and nonsensical.
 
DamnYankee said:
The only connection with the Russians was Globalist Granny's uranium deal.
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The choke queen is yesterday news, you righties will need to find a new boogie man
 
ocean515 said:
I'm not sure an opinion piece from a George Soros flunky offers much for people to go on.

I haven't read anywhere that it's been proven Russia was behind the emails that proved how corrupt Hillary, her campaign, and her MSM partners were.

As such, just about the whole opinion piece is laughably irrelevant and nonsensical.
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The WikiLeaks emails are not from a Russian source.

Democrats Say WikiLeaks Is a Russian Front, U.S. Intelligence Isn’t So Sure
UPDATE
I left Julian after midnight. He is fit, well, sharp and in good spirits. WikiLeaks never reveals or comments upon its sources, but as I published before a fortnight ago, I can tell you with 100% certainty that it is not any Russian state actor or proxy that gave the Democratic National Committee and Podesta material to WikiLeaks. The claim is nonsense. Journalists are also publishing that these were obtained by “hacking” with no evidence that this was the method used to obtain them.
https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/arch...eally-upset-foreign-office-security-services/
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Craig Murray is a personal friend of Julian.

This is counter to the Democrat's / liberals' / progressive's preferred reality, so they pointedly ignore it so as to avoid a fatal case of cognitive dissonance.
 
jamesrage said:
What I find alarming was the mainstream media trying to manipulate voters into supporting Clinton.Not bogus allegations of Russia supplying Wikileaks with Clinton emails.
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What's wrong with the MSM totally understanding that Trump is a bad option for US president?
 
eohrnberger said:
The WikiLeaks emails are not from a Russian source.

Democrats Say WikiLeaks Is a Russian Front, U.S. Intelligence Isn’t So Sure

Craig Murray is a personal friend of Julian.

This is counter to the Democrat's / liberals' / progressive's preferred reality, so they pointedly ignore it so as to avoid a fatal case of cognitive dissonance.
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When clutching at straws, narrative is more important than verifiable fact. Hard to change a mindset that formed the entire Hillary campaign.
 
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