Thank you, RC one!
Posted on 02/28/2017 1:23:30 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The recent controversy surrounding President Trump and his supposed ties to Moscow has always been a non-starter for me. We are supposed to believe the word of unnamed intelligence officials ensconced in the Beltway suburbs without a drop of firsthand experience, busy leaking to reporters because they are upset about the result of the last election? Already there's a motivation problem right there.
But I have my own experience that makes me think the whole thing is nonsense except as a partisan setup.
The latest news is that House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) has stated that there is no evidence that Trump's camp had any significant contact or coordination with the Russians during the election campaign or shortly after, and he warned against a "witch hunt" over it.
He's right, and I believe him.
Know why? Because as a longtime journalist, I've talked to Nunes and his staff, usually in the context of California's mismanaged water situation and how it affects California's farmers, the hardest hit of whom are Nunes's constituents. But I've also talked to his staff not just on water, but on Russia. What did I find? The most hard-nosed, give-no-quarter, highly knowledgeable people this side of Russia itself. People with advanced degrees in Russian area studies. It's not been widely reported, but I can say with certainty that Nunes's staff are extremely sharp on Russia and well aware of every questionable act from that country. Nothing gets past them, and they have no naïveté. If anything, they seem too harsh, but it is likely they have access to intelligence I do not.
If people known to be this hard-nosed are going to say they have no intelligence on Russian shenanigans with the Trump camp, you can bet there's nothing going on.
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Because Hillary made it up and the Trump-hating, America-hating leftist idiots are trying to make it stick.
Thank you. Glad to see this perspective about those crazy accusations against Russia.
Thank you, RC one!
There is no evidence of Trump ever coordinating anything with Russia.
>There is no evidence of Trump ever coordinating anything with Russia.
Don’t discount the idea that the CIA will manufacturer it when the time is right.
Even if there were in contact with Russia, which I would expect they would, what is the crime?
Obama’s team wasn’t in contact with other gernments before taking office?
Bush 41?
Clinton?
Papa Bush?
Reagan?
Carter?
Nixon?
Kennedy?
Ike?
Etc?
It does not matter if there is evidence. The press and the democrats are going to keep pushing it. They don’t have anything to lose. If the republicans give in (and I don’t think they will) the democrats get a special prosecutor to drive Trump nuts for the next several years. And if he doesn’t give in it will appear to democrats anyway, that he is hiding something. But the other reason to ask the question is to keep Trumps agenda out of the news. Why write about health care and beefed up military and jobs when you can keep added to the Russian story.
Exactly....Something big to finger russia with...someting that brings all the morons together.....
I contend that if we can be friends” with russia...the bricks are disabled...china wont aggress...without russia....we could have 20 yrs of peace.
I dont think that works for the rotschilds
The most fascinating thing I heard came out of Pres Trumpxs mouth this morning in the Fox and Friends interview. He said he doesn’t intend to replace appointees in the bureaucracy. To me that means he intends to rewire the place after the appointees all have resigned.
Fact...So Russia is a problem with all the #NeverTrumpers it seems..’we must know, we need an investigation, blah blah blah”..Why has NO ONE said it does not matter about the leaked Clinton emails because they are supposed to be PUBLIC RECORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You can not leak and get in trouble for something that is public...............the problem is Hillary and team worked to HIDE THE EMAILS because they knew what was in them to being with...
This is like the George Bush flight in an SR 41 to meet with the Iranians in Reagan’s Term Fake News is part of the Democrat Party—Didn’t they once say Lincoln was half black? in 1860? It will go no place because its fake!
They are already doing enough damage in the hands of the RATs.
I still say its very important to find out who leaked the emails from John Podesta. Without this knowledge we don’t know where to send the Pulitzer Prize.
AFAIK, the only proof of the Trump-Russia Connection is as follows:
1. One or two people, possibly Russian or with Russian connections attempted to hack the DNC. There may have been others. There may not have been. They may have succeeded. They may have failed. If they succeeded it may be that they were the source of the Podesta emails.
2. If these possibly Russian or with Russian connections did get their hands on the Podesta emails they may have given them to the Russian government. Or they may have given them to WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks says no but I guess they don’t count.
3. Assuming the 1 in 1000 chance that the MSM has correctly fingered the Podesta email thieves then it is assumed that the Russians did it to help Trump defeat the dreaded Hillary. And furthermore, it is assumed (once again, by the MSM) that the Russians coordinated all of this with the Trump campaign.
To the MSM: An Open and Shut Case.
To anyone with half a brain: TOTAL NONSENSE.
The left is simply attempting to create doubt about Trump in order to gain votes in upcoming congressional elections, and pave the road for a corrupt Hillary to claim a presidency she thinks she deserves.
The sooner the socialists and corrupt shadow government can return to the controls, the more secure they will feel. In order to accomplish those goals, they need time to corrupt the voters.
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