no, my point is this slippery slope has been in place since -- shoot before WWII.
Peter the Great
Kind of understood in the geo political world to never ever trust anything Russian.
Hawk and I had a discussion when the possibility of Russian interference came to light or maybe before that when Trump first publicly praised Putin.
I am all for making nice with Russia -- it is Putin --- it is Putin.
you guys go on and on about Seth ... (forget his name) or Vince Foster etc.
But there are in real time Russian journalists, in the open, being killed for what they write.
Read that twice
Do I think they hacked the election -- .
of course they did.
Do I think they have blackmailable information on everyone from Paul Ryan to Mike Pence to Rand Paul
Of course they do
Have they made that info available to Trump
Of course they have
Did Putin personally order the wiretaps
Of course he did - in the Nixonian sense
Does Trump want Putin ish authority
Of course he does.
Where did Russia get the voter roll data necessary to target propaganda ?
What is in Trumps tax returns he doesn't want anyone to see
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I'd think one would have to have lived under a rock to not see any of those things