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Old 9th May 2017, 05:24 PM   #121
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It is very possible that folks in the Trump campaign colluded with Wikileaks or folks suppling them with info about the Clinton Campaign, so as to hurt Hillary and help Trump.

It is also very possible that Trump has compromising links to businesses and politicians in Russia and the former USSR. Links that could be used to blackmail Trump or pressure him to enact or push for certain policies.

These all deserve to be investigated. Trump's actions in regards to Flynn, the firing of Comey, his selection of Page as an advisor, his selection of Manafort as a campaign manager, his refusal to release his tax returns, only fuel the need to investigate.
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Old 9th May 2017, 05:25 PM   #122
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@ Carpel DodgerNot for his people either...

It all boils down to this: innocent people do not dismiss charges like this. They do not attempt to block investigation into charges like this. They do not attempt to destroy evidence that might pertain to charges like this.

The Usurper has done all three.
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Old 9th May 2017, 05:27 PM   #123
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If you ask me, this wild speculation regarding Russia and trump belongs in the Conspiracy Theory forum.

/hee hee hee!
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Old 9th May 2017, 05:28 PM   #124
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Originally Posted by The Big Dog View Post
Lets take a look at what NBC was saying this morning about Comey?
lolz
Firing Comey when Comey is investigating his campaign for crimes, was a VERY bad move by Trump.
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Old 9th May 2017, 05:29 PM   #125
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What's L. Patrick Gray doing, anyhow? Still twisting in the wind pushing up the daisies? That'll work fine for Trump, and the Senate will confirm him in a heartbeat.

ETA: Trump really doesn't give a rodent's posterior how things look any more, does he. Oh, wait -- he never did.
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Old 9th May 2017, 05:40 PM   #126
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Originally Posted by Trebuchet View Post
ETA: Trump really doesn't give a rodent's posterior how things look any more, does he. Oh, wait -- he never did.

I'm sure he does. It's just that his perception is so horrifically warped that he actually thinks this looks good in some way.
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Old 9th May 2017, 05:43 PM   #127
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Oh how hilarious, MSNBC has half the screen showing Comey's motorcade in LA as it goes down the freeway.
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Kellyanne is twisting in the wind on CNN, and Fox is tracking Comey's motercade like it's a low-speed chase.

Time to break out the pita and garlic dip.
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Old 9th May 2017, 05:44 PM   #129
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Anderson Cooper has Trump apologist Conway on. Guess she's back in favor, alt-facts comments are water under the bridge. She got the list of Democrats who criticized Comey there for something to talk about.
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Old 9th May 2017, 05:45 PM   #130
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Originally Posted by Hercules56 View Post
Firing Comey when Comey is investigating his campaign for crimes, was a VERY bad move by Trump.
Was Comey investigating Trump?

This is just another brilliant move by Trump. It was clearly done to make the left explode. BOOM!

When is your side going to realize you'll never beat him, you'll never get him. this all looks very easy to him.
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Old 9th May 2017, 05:46 PM   #131
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Comey's wife is really going to be happy. With him around the house there are lots of little things he can do to help. Here and there. A lightbulb replaced, a cabinet hinge tightened and a squirt of WD-40 in various squeaky places.

He will enjoy getting outside and can spend hours and hours looking at butterflies and frogs. If he is feeling gay he will have time to find a man and explore his body to see if he can find what he is looking for, be it love or companionship or just a humper. Personally I'm not into sex with men.

Trump is the big loser in this deal. He doesn't even have dog poop.
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Old 9th May 2017, 05:46 PM   #132
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White House immediately hands out talking points memo quoting all the criticisms Schumer had about Comey earlier.

These guys were prepared for this coverup. But I don't think they read their Watergate history, or at least didn't see how it applied to them. Trump never thinks it applies to him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Massacre

I think I'm gonna tweet that link to Pres. Trump and suggest he read it.
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Kellyanne is twisting in the wind on CNN, and Fox is tracking Comey's motercade like it's a low-speed chase.

Time to break out the pita and garlic dip.
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Anderson Cooper has Trump apologist Conway on. Guess she's back in favor, alt-facts comments are water under the bridge. She got the list of Democrats who criticized Comey there for something to talk about.
By the way, there's nothing to the Russian connection, you were wrong same as all the other leftists. Official after official has said, THERE IS NOTHING!
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Originally Posted by C_Felix View Post
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Massacre

I think I'm gonna tweet that link to Pres. Trump and suggest he read it.

A talking head on Anderson Cooper mentioned this already. Cooper asked really? It's really in the same league as that? And the guy was like hell yes. And that guy was "only" the special prosecutor. This guy was the head of the entire FBI.

I'm not ready to go anywhere near that far, but we shall see.
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Oh, its all just a big coincidence.

Two of those names certainly committed firing offenses and one was fired along with everyone else at that position.

Yeah, seems pretty much like a coincidence.
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BREAKING:

John McCain is calling for an independent committee to investigate President Trump’s ties to Russia, saying the firing of FBI Director James Comey "only confirms the need and the urgency of such a committee."
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Two of those names certainly committed firing offenses and one was fired along with everyone else at that position.

Yeah, seems pretty much like a coincidence.
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If Hilary had been imprisoned then none of this stupid crap would have happened.
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CNN split screen with Comey's plane taxiing for takeoff. What a freaking slap in the face to him, regardless of anything else.
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this was nothing less than a political, Stalinist purge.
If Comey ends up dead, I'll agree with you. Otherwise, this is just silly hyperbole.
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If Comey ends up dead, I'll agree with you. Otherwise, this is just silly hyperbole.
Especially in the context that people in the executive serve at the pleasure of the president.
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Old 9th May 2017, 06:22 PM   #143
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This is just another brilliant move by Trump. It was clearly done to make the left explode. BOOM!
Your wrong.

Face it, you have no argument. Comey's gone but the scandal continues to grow, and the left is loving it.

BOOM headshot!


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If Comey ends up dead, I'll agree with you. Otherwise, this is just silly hyperbole.
Up until last November I would have agreed with you, but then Trump happened. Hyperbole is fact now...
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If the government were a reality TV show, the ratings would be through the roof. YUGE!
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Up until last November I would have agreed with you, but then Trump happened. Hyperbole is fact now...
Except, you know, the complete lack of evidence of any wrongdoing.
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Your wrong.

Face it, you have no argument. Comey's gone but the scandal continues to grow, and the left is loving it.

BOOM headshot!


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Lol
Interesting growth with everyone investigating it saying there's nothing there.
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Up until last November I would have agreed with you, but then Trump happened. Hyperbole is fact now...
What, Comey died?

Oh, nevermind. This is just more hyperbole.
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If the government were a reality TV show..
It's not?
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If you ask me, this wild speculation regarding Russia and trump belongs in the Conspiracy Theory forum.

/hee hee hee!
Sorry, when 16 domestic and at least 1 foreign law enforcement/intelligence agency agree there is evidence and investigation is warranted, "conspiracy theory" doesn't apply.
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Sorry, when 16 domestic and at least 1 foreign law enforcement/intelligence agency agree there is evidence and investigation is warranted, "conspiracy theory" doesn't apply.
Those are 16 groups that may be making claims, but they have presented zero evidence. Claims without evidence belong over there.
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Oh how hilarious, MSNBC has half the screen showing Comey's motorcade in LA as it goes down the freeway.
I wonder what odds the boys in Vegas would give me for a "sudden heart attack" or "accident".

Or that his computer access has already been revoked and his paper files are already being removed? They made sure he was out of town when they pulled this.
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I disagree about the Russia investigation.

In the right wing media, and in some parts of the left wing media, the Russia investigation is about whether the Russians participated in illegally or improperly rigging an election, and therefore showing that Donald Trump is not the legitimate President. In that sense, your description fits.

However, in the halls of Congress, and for the rest of the voters, the Russia investigation is all about what ties the President of the United States has with Vladmir Putin, or other Russian contacts. Russian influence on the election is a small part of that, but no one who can be taken seriously is suggesting that the Russians somehow stole the election. On the other hand, they did seem to want Donald Trump to be President, and a bunch of people close to Trump seem to have a lot of contact with Russians. That is something that makes people very curious.

I don't know if the (former) FBI director had anything to do with that in any meaningful way, such that his departure would be significant to the investigation. However, I know that the real thrust of any Russian connection has nothing to do with rigging an election, but rather on finding out why they were interested in the first place.
Count me in here, in this sense:

In a super-close election, there are many factors that tip an outcome. Bush v Gore in Florida was so close, it's possible that if Gore had not taken a lunch break on election eve, that could have changed the outcome.

Trump v Clinton was determined by a small margin in three states. Many factors tipped the election. Clinton's baggage (fair and unfair) tipped it. The overall weakness of her candidacy tipped it. Comey's handling of her email tipped it. Anti-establishment mood of the electorate tipped it. Ignorant voters / suckers tipped it. Lefties who couldn't bring themselves to vote for Clinton tipped it. Misogynists tipped it. And I have little doubt that the drip-drip-drip from wikileaks tipped it.
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By the way, there's nothing to the Russian connection, you were wrong same as all the other leftists. Official after official has said, THERE IS NOTHING!
No, official after official has said the opposite. at least 16 US and 1 foreign intelligence/LE official at that.
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Those are 16 groups that may be making claims, but they have presented zero evidence. Claims without evidence belong over there.
There is enough evidence that many are now calling for a Special Prosecutor and a Grand Jury has issued subpoenas in Flynn's case.

Rather than dieing down, the Russiagate investigation is heating up.

Your denials remind me of Reagan saying "I still don't believe we sold arms to Iran".

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There is enough evidence that many are now calling for a Special Prosecutor and a Grand Jury has issued subpoenas in Flynn's case.

Rather than dieing down, the Russiagate investigation is heating up.

Your denials remind me of Reagan saying "I still don't believe we sold arms to Iran".

Until we are presented evidence, these are claims without evidence.
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Count me in here, in this sense:

In a super-close election, there are many factors that tip an outcome. Bush v Gore in Florida was so close, it's possible that if Gore had not taken a lunch break on election eve, that could have changed the outcome.

Trump v Clinton was determined by a small margin in three states. Many factors tipped the election. Clinton's baggage (fair and unfair) tipped it. The overall weakness of her candidacy tipped it. Comey's handling of her email tipped it. Anti-establishment mood of the electorate tipped it. Ignorant voters / suckers tipped it. Lefties who couldn't bring themselves to vote for Clinton tipped it. Misogynists tipped it. And I have little doubt that the drip-drip-drip from wikileaks tipped it.
And the hacking of voter registration databases? The fake/doctored emails? The fact our voting machines are not secure and demonstrably have not been since the mid 2000s? The statistical analyses that show anomalies in pro-Clinton precincts and counties?

There is more than enough evidence to invalidate this so-called election, if not outright declare Clinton the rightful winner.
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Except, you know, the complete lack of evidence of any wrongdoing.
Manafort will be forced to register an an agent of a Foreign Regime.

Flynn violated the Logan Act.

Trump violated The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

And this was all BEFORE Trump became President.

There's nothing there?

Tell that to Nixon.
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Until we are presented evidence, these are claims without evidence.
So we can only have an investigation "if there is evidence", but we need the investigation to gather and disclose the evidence in the first place? Circular argument.

The FBI, etc have the evidence already and disclosed it to the government, which is refusing to act on it.
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And the hacking of voter registration databases? The fake/doctored emails? The fact our voting machines are not secure and demonstrably have not been since the mid 2000s? The statistical analyses that show anomalies in pro-Clinton precincts and counties?

There is more than enough evidence to invalidate this so-called election, if not outright declare Clinton the rightful winner.
I have issues with three of those but I just want to focus on one?

Where does it say you can't have a fair election because a private entity presents doctored documents?
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So we can only have an investigation "if there is evidence", but we need the investigation to gather and disclose the evidence in the first place? Circular argument.

The FBI, etc have the evidence already and disclosed it to the government, which is refusing to act on it.
The FBI is free to do what it wants. We simply should not accept their opinions without them presenting evidence.
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