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Obama spied on Trump’s campaign. Where’s the outrage?
The Washington Times ^ | Friday, May 18, 2018 | Larry O'Connor

Posted on 05/20/2018 6:51:30 AM PDT by Texas Fossil

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

It’s been nearly 24 hours since it has been revealed to the world that President Barack Obama’s Justice Department conducted a counterintelligence investigation on the Trump campaign. The investigation began 100 days before the presidential election and was executed with all the traditional tools of spy trade-craft including  informants (spies) and electronic surveillance (wire tapping.) 

These stunning revelations were memorialized in the bible of the Mainstream Media: It was written in the Gospel According to the New York Times

After two years of every sentence of Trump’s rhetoric being shot through the lens of “Hitler” or “1930’s style fascist” or “Banana Republic dictator” it’s fair to ask where is the universal condemnation of the Obama/Lynch/Brennan/Clapper/Comey cabal’s Stalinesque escapade on behalf of their chosen candidate, Hillary Clinton? 

In short, and with apologies to Bob Dole: Where’s the outrage?How has the brain-trust that powers the endless, navel-gazing round table discussions on Morning Joe, Hardball and every single program on CNN not found a way to muster the slightest inquisitive segment on what is clearly a historic story comparable to Watergate, Iran/Contra-gate or any other “hyphen gate” they’ve thrown at us n the past several decades?

Frankly, the absence of coverage of the Times’ game-changing expose reveals the political bias in America’s electronic newsrooms more than the “Trump called all immigrants ‘animals’” lie they pushed on us this week. What television news chooses to ignore is the best evidence of their bias than the fake news they choose to broadcast. 

Let’s just reflect for a moment (with help of Mollie Hemingway at The Federalist) on damning revelations in this 4,000-plus article which paint a picture of an Obama White House meddling in a presidential election at a level that would make Vladimir Putin green with envy:

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bhodoj; campaign; carterpage; coup; crossfirehurricane; doj; election; georgepapadopoulos; obama; samclovis; spied; stefanhalper; trump; trump2016
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BOOOM!

It is exposed.

1 posted on 05/20/2018 6:51:30 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
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To: Texas Fossil

The media will continue repeating “Russia investigation” over and over again. They will not acknowledge the truth. They have been deliberately hiding the truth for years, and will not stop anytime soon.


2 posted on 05/20/2018 6:53:40 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The media is acting full-on as the Democratic Party's press agency now: Robert Spencer)
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To: Texas Fossil

The LEFT MEDIA CARTEL, co-conspirator with the DEEP STATE, is in CYA mode.


3 posted on 05/20/2018 6:56:30 AM PDT by joshua c (To disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives)
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To: Texas Fossil

Everything that prince precious did was cool in the Mandingo-Luv
universe of the media / left hive.


4 posted on 05/20/2018 6:56:48 AM PDT by MikePipper
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To: Texas Fossil

The Mollie Hemingway piece that O’Connor links to is excellent too -

http://thefederalist.com/2018/05/17/10-key-takeaways-from-new-york-times-error-ridden-defense-of-fbi-spying-on-trump-campaign/


5 posted on 05/20/2018 6:57:51 AM PDT by ReaganGeneration2
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To: Texas Fossil

Because the Democrat media is fine with getting rid of President Trump, “by any means necessary,” they will search through the pile of manure of this scandal trying to find a pony. The NYT shows the way, laughably attempting to make the truly gullible believe that Obama/Clinton’s paying for a mole in the Trump campaign and promoting a fictional Russian dossier to accuse him of non-existing collusion was actually a good thing!


6 posted on 05/20/2018 6:58:26 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: Texas Fossil
"Hey look! A Russian squirrel"!!!!!!

Now what was that noise? Never mind.

Did you hear Trump called Mexican little girls with birth defects, "animals"? It makes me sick./s

7 posted on 05/20/2018 6:58:38 AM PDT by blackdog
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To: Texas Fossil
How has the brain-trust that powers the endless, navel-gazing round table discussions on Morning Joe, Hardball and every single program on CNN not found a way to muster the slightest inquisitive segment on what is clearly a historic story comparable to Watergate, Iran/Contra-gate or any other “hyphen gate” they’ve thrown at us n the past several decades?

Who cares!? I'm sick of Fox News, Sean Hannity and The Washington Times pissing and moaning that the "media" is not covering this. Yo!, Sean!, Fox News!, Washington Times!, news flash!, YOU are part of the media! Screw CNN, MSNBC, PBS, etc. You want outrage? Get outraged.

Criminy.

8 posted on 05/20/2018 6:58:46 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: I want the USA back

But their propaganda is not as successful as they would like. A growing number of Americans, of all races and political affiliations, are seeing right through the deception. An objective observer living outside the US could look at the current state of affairs in this country, and could rightfully say its government and media institutions are as corrupt as any third world rathole!


9 posted on 05/20/2018 7:00:35 AM PDT by dowcaet
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To: Texas Fossil

No no no no no no. They didn’t SPY, they INVESTIGATED. We should be HAPPY.


10 posted on 05/20/2018 7:00:58 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Texas Fossil

The author of this piece acts like the media are somehow distinct from the Democrat Party. They’re not. Media outrage over the Obama administration spying on the Trump campaign would be like a baseball manager getting ejected from a game for arguing over a bad call against the other team.


11 posted on 05/20/2018 7:01:40 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's.")
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Rage???
Why THAT wouldn’t be ... PC!

PC IS universal...we all have our personl level of it, don’t we!!
;)@PlanetWTF?
TRUMP.45 IF? We Can Keep Him???
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++


12 posted on 05/20/2018 7:01:47 AM PDT by gunnyg ("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
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Now that it’s known I find the universal effort to protect Obongo’s gang by MSM depressing. Bias is one thing but this is on a different plane. I naively thought that ok once it was known they weaponized the intelligence services on a presidential candidate and elect, surly then that would be the point when they had to show SOME integrity. Boy, was I wrong. Mr. President we are at war.


13 posted on 05/20/2018 7:05:52 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: Texas Fossil

I hope this tells everyone how deeply embedded the deep state is into the press.


14 posted on 05/20/2018 7:07:28 AM PDT by excalibur21
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To: Texas Eagle
Fox News and other mainstream conservative media icons are just one leg of a triangle, all to give the illusion of changes in angle.

Triangulated sheep, seeing a wolf, a shepherd, and a little handout to fatten us up. Three views we can't shake.

Every American sees any one leg, and maybe two. But we never see all three connect.

15 posted on 05/20/2018 7:08:04 AM PDT by blackdog
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To: Texas Fossil

The Democrat party is making Nixon look like a piker.


16 posted on 05/20/2018 7:09:50 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: Alberta's Child
The author of this piece acts like the media are somehow distinct from the Democrat Party.

Somebody needs to confront Adam Schiff about his role in covering up the greatest domestic spying scandal in the nation.

He needs to be asked:

1. Did he know the extent of Obama administration spying when he was stalling the House Intelligence Committee?

2. Was he purposely trying to deflect the investigation when he released the Democrat version of the redacted report?

3. Knowing what he knows now, will he work with the majority to get to the bottom of this, no matter where it leads?

4. Should he be brought up on ethics charges for his role in covering up domestic spying, the way he filed charges against Devin Nunes?

-PJ

17 posted on 05/20/2018 7:09:51 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: Texas Fossil

Unfortunately there will be no outrage. Only if Trump does something about it will there be outrage.


18 posted on 05/20/2018 7:10:22 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: Texas Fossil

I think the answer is there was bi-partisan (i.e. uni-party) support for taking Donald Trump out of the presidential race. I think they are still intent on removing him from office by any means necessary.


19 posted on 05/20/2018 7:12:36 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Texas Fossil

Imagine if the Ministry of Propaganda had defended the Constitution as zealously as they attacked those who dared to defend it.

They made up a new word for their Alinski attacks, “birther”, for anyone who dared to stand for the Constitution.


20 posted on 05/20/2018 7:13:02 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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