Russia Collusion Scandal (aka A Leftist fantasy)

Only in a world where people think the orange one is a good option

Can I listen to someone who supports citizens united and that money is speech

Try to claim fellow Americans wanting to support someone are the same as Russian interfering in our elections
 
I remember when the left wasn't in bed with big business and the right was vilified for it.
 
https://newrepublic.com/article/144...-policy-rooted-epic-myth-betrayal-redemption?

Understanding Russia’s War Stories

Russia-blaming is an easy sell, in part, because the American narrative about Russia (or rather, about the Soviet Union) is so well-rehearsed. The rhetoric of the Cold War is still fresh in the memory of an aging political class, and a new generation of pundits has proved eager to revive it. Post-Soviet, oligarchic-capitalist Russia is frequently referred to as “Soviet” or “communist.” Last fall, during the campaign, MSNBC host Joy-Ann Reid tweeted, “For most Americans it’s shocking to see an American presidential candidate openly touting authoritarian, communist Russia.” Others even claim to have identified an essential Russianness. In May, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told NBC that Russians “are typically, almost genetically driven to co-opt, penetrate, gain favor, whatever.”

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This, of course, is far from how Russians see themselves. Two new books—Gregory Carleton’s Russia: The Story of War and Gerard Toal’s Near Abroad: Putin, the West and the Contest Over Ukraine and the Caucasus—examine Russia’s self-image in detail, providing the kind of context and nuance that is badly needed in the current climate of hysteria and conspiracy theories. Looking back eight centuries, Carleton traces an epic tale of war and redemption, of a Russia that finds itself constantly at risk of barbarian invasion and annihilation and yet manages, time and again, to save both itself and its neighbors. Toal, meanwhile, shows how Russia’s national narrative resembles America’s own: In their aggressions, both countries see themselves as the uniquely appointed savior of Western civilization.

[...]

Over the past 20 years, Russia’s and America’s narratives have clashed repeatedly. A political geographer, Toal seeks to bring the discussion of Russia’s treatment of its neighbors back to their physical location. As the United States has encroached on Russia’s “near abroad”—the surrounding countries that comprise Russia’s traditional sphere of influence—it has activated deep-seated Russian anxieties about invasion. Together, Russia: The Story of War and Near Abroad make clear why Russia has been so infuriated by U.S. policy toward Ukraine and Georgia. The reasons long predate the rise of Vladimir Putin.


[...]

A comparison of Russia’s and America’s narratives about war shows how easily countries can become lost in their national myths. We condemn the hypocrisy of Russia’s self-image as a humanitarian warrior even as we pretend that we attacked Iraq, Libya, or Syria in order to promote democracy and human rights. We deride Russia’s paranoia over foreign aggression even as we whip up panic over charges that Russia rigged the U.S. presidential election. We wring our hands over the size of Russia’s military, forgetting that our own is an order of magnitude larger. Understanding Russia’s self-image is not only a way of better understanding Russian behavior. It can also help expose America’s most cherished illusions about itself.

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i still don't overall have a problem with Assange really and what wikileaks does overall

i do have a problem with someone who says he wants to unmask everything picking sides and getting help from a foreign power to help sway an election

but i guess you know, that might be hard for someone who thinks the world is white and black and doesn't live in a real world
 
I'd rather live in a world where people could write coherant sentences, understand how math works, and don't use words like "brah" in failed attempts at humor
 
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/white-house-rips-senate-intel-panel-for-producing-zero-evidence-of-collusion-after-9-month-probe/article/2636665

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders urged members of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday to "focus on other things," a day after the panel said its probe into possible collusion between Trump associates and Russian officials remains open.

"The Senate Intel Committee told us yesterday that after nearly nine months of investigating – that's included more than 100 interviews over 250 hours; 4,000 pages of transcripts; 100,000 pages of documents; interviewing officials in the intelligence community, who wrote the report on Russian election meddling; interviewing relevant Obama administration officials, and talking to every Trump campaign official they've requested – it's literally found zero evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia," Sanders told reporters.
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Committee members also admitted Wednesday they have struggled to verify the contents of a dossier on Trump that was supposedly compiled by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele during the election.

"We have on several occasions made attempts to contact Mr. Steele, to meet with Mr. Steele," Burr said, adding that "the committee cannot really decide the credibility of the dossier without understanding things like who paid for it, who are your sources and sub-sources."
 
actually no, they didn't struggle nor is there a struggle. Burr said they have not met with Steele because they have had a hard time scheduling with him or that he was unwilling to meet.
The story changes --

Neither is true, Steel has offered to meet in either Washington or London.

He has met with Mueller over the summer -- he is more than willing to get his story out.

They know who paid for it -- FusionGPS .
(R) Senate seems hell bent on discrediting Steele and the dossier.
At every turn

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/...or-open-to-senate-intel-meeting-1063936579548
 
glad your dumbass agrees it doesn't put me in a "dicey situation" then

but cool brah
 
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