Trump Scandal #3745

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Re: Trump Scandal #3745

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It is positively astounding how completely unfazed subby remains by all the still rapidly accumulating evidence Trump's corruption, dishonesty and stupidity, no matter how deep the pile gets! And I thought flat earthers were stupid!

And I am also astounded by the incredible hypocrisy of Orrin Hatch in continuing to defend Trump, despite having previously so strongly excoriated Clinton and other Democrats for lesser misdeeds than Trump has been accused of. It's like he throws out all the vaunted Mormon ideals of honesty and virtue he espouses out the window when it comes to supporting Trump and the Republican party! He flat out admitted near the beginning of the interview that he just doesn't care what Trump has done. He will support him anyway, and then shamelessly lies about how much our country has improved since Trump's election.
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Re: Trump Scandal #3745

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If you read subbie's comments, he keeps hinting that in his view the Democrats are balls deep in Russian scandals as well but they aren't being reported on, so the focus on Trump is politically motivated rather than genuinely concerning. He didn't come to that position on his own.
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Re: Trump Scandal #3745

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canpakes wrote:Ah, I see that your insights into modern foreign policy are informed by Rocky sequels.

Well, a poster has to know his audience, and with you guys it was either Dolph or Rosa Klebb.

But you touch an interesting point...given that you obviously consider Russian presence on such News fountainheads like "Facebook", one has to wonder why you haven't touched on the Cold War's influence on the Civil Rights movement (hint hint, nudge nudge)...or why the countless printed media ads/editorials from decades prior did not cause you you similar alarm and condemnation - comment?
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Re: Trump Scandal #3745

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subgenius wrote:But you touch an interesting point...given that you obviously consider Russian presence on such News fountainheads like "Facebook", one has to wonder why you haven't touched on the Cold War's influence on the Civil Rights movement (hint hint, nudge nudge)...or why the countless printed media ads/editorials from decades prior did not cause you you similar alarm and condemnation - comment?

Feel free to ask why folks on a message board today supposedly weren’t concerned about the threat of communism during events 60 or more years ago, but I don’t suspect that you’ll find too many folks of that period still around to answer you. Not that this saves whatever argument that you think you’re making. ; )
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Re: Trump Scandal #3745

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subgenius wrote:
canpakes wrote:Ah, I see that your insights into modern foreign policy are informed by Rocky sequels.

Well, a poster has to know his audience, and with you guys it was either Dolph or Rosa Klebb.

But you touch an interesting point...given that you obviously consider Russian presence on such News fountainheads like "Facebook", one has to wonder why you haven't touched on the Cold War's influence on the Civil Rights movement (hint hint, nudge nudge)...or why the countless printed media ads/editorials from decades prior did not cause you you similar alarm and condemnation - comment?

subbie, give us your strongest example where you think Democrats are missing how Russia secretly influenced their behavior, politicians, or otherwise pulled the levers of American government to their advantage through Democrat politicians. Be specific.
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