There's a reason it's called the Russia investigation.

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  1. garyd

    garyd Well-Known Member

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    Yep..
     
  2. garyd

    garyd Well-Known Member

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    It ws nothing of the sort if was naked speculation based on little more than a distaste for Trump that borders on monomania.
     
  3. JakeStarkey

    JakeStarkey Well-Known Member

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    Of course. Like most of America, outside of the far right, I can critically think, evaluate evidence, and want the best for America.
     
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    PeppermintTwist Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    There can never be enough . The idea of having an asset to a foreign adversary in The White House is horrendous and what nightmares are made of. No patriotic American is not freaked out by this tragic circumstance.
     
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  5. Lee Atwater

    Lee Atwater Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I can see you are frustrated by your inability to factually refute anything in the article or anything I've written. Better luck next time.
     
  6. garyd

    garyd Well-Known Member

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    In order for me to refute facts you'd actually have to present some.
     
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    Jestsayin Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Good. We will refer back to this in six years when Mueller is done. Now Call Adam Schiff and convince him to do the same instead of tying up the government for the next two years.
     
  8. Lee Atwater

    Lee Atwater Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    As many times as you folks employ this strategy..........
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    ...........I would have thought by now you'd realize it is ineffective and does not advance the discussion. Better luck next time.
     
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  9. garyd

    garyd Well-Known Member

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    Thus far there is damn little publically available evidence to evaluate and what little there is happens to be largely exculpatory.

    We all want what's best for the country. To put it mildly there is no fundamental agreement as to what that is.
     
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  10. garyd

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    Interesting self portrait.
     
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  11. JakeStarkey

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    The trump right

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    They don't persist by accident. They are constantly repeated by and to the right wing talk radio audience. These myths are openly promoted on Fox and by Sinclair and an entire network of blogs. Repetition is validation. And this is a totally tribal echo chamber.

    You can watch the trajectory as the memes make their way through the blogs, onto Rush, and out of Hannity's mouth all in the same day.

    And it is fairly obvious that much of it is orchestrated.
     
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  13. garyd

    garyd Well-Known Member

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    Another Self portrait by an avowed TDS poster.
     
  14. Lee Atwater

    Lee Atwater Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Exactly right. Though I know you know that. There has been some work done on the self-fulfilling feedback loop. The rule of thumb is no lie is too big to repeat as long as it doesn't get too much media attention.

    https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/01/05/trump-media-feedback-loop-216248
     
  15. JakeStarkey

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    Another self portrait by an avowed ODS poster.

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  16. Andrew Jackson

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    True.

    And, inevitably, all of those Lame RW, BS, Fever Swamp Memes are SPAMMED Endlessly at PF.

    If Trump really has nothing to hide (in regards to Russia) he should welcome Mueller's thorough investigation so it will exonerate Trump.
     
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  17. AmericanNationalist

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    "To open an investigation, the FBI doesn't need proof of a crime". That in a nutshell highlights the investigation. And given the political factors, it's something I wish the FBI either didn't touch or didn't publicize. It chose to do, both of those things.
     
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    Tell you what, if Cohen really was 'threatened' by Trump(which he should've reported to special counsel Mueller, not merely to the House) then that's a red line that should begin impeachment proceedings.
     
  19. JakeStarkey

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    You have, in fact only your opinion, and in no way have written anything that would place this investigation in a bad light.

    Does anyone think that Cohen has not reported his suspicions of threat from the President and his jokers to the FBI?
     
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  20. AmericanNationalist

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    I would hope that he has. And I'd hope action is taken upon it. My whole point is that this investigation needed to be secret for national security purposes. We should've heard nothing of it, until a decision was made. The same mentality that Comey wanted to take with the Clinton case.
     
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    If Cohen is being threatened by the WH or its allies, the public needs to know now.
     
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    Frankie Five Angels.
     
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    Trump acts like a penny-ante mobster.
     
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    Like I said: Nothing of substance.
     
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    There is definitely a reason for the Russia investigation .. but that reason has nothing to do with collusion or Trump.

    The the Mueller heading up a witch hunt is a simple fact - regardless of whether or not collusion charge has any merit.

    The BS in relation to this investigation is piled up so think that only someone with no sense of smell can not detect at least this much.

    What's your excuse ?
     

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