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Mixed message? Bush foundation chief who organized unity letter previously leaked Steele dossier
Just the News ^ | 9/9/23 | Natalia Mittelstadt

Posted on 09/11/2023 7:26:56 AM PDT by CFW

The executive director of the George W. Bush Institute, who organized a letter from presidential libraries calling for national unity, previously leaked the now-debunked Steele dossier to reporters during height of the Trump-Russia collusion investigation.

David Kramer, who worked in the State Department under President George W. Bush and was an associate of the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), pushed for the foundations and centers of former presidents to sign a letter about unifying the country.

However, in 2016 Kramer provided the Steele dossier to BuzzFeed, which published it without corroborating its allegations that then-President-elect Donald Trump was a puppet of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

On Thursday, a letter was released by the George W. Bush Institute about unifying around democracy, saying that: "Debate and disagreement are central features in a healthy democracy. Civility and respect in political discourse, whether in an election year or otherwise, are essential."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush; bushcrimefamily; bushies; davidkramer; elitist; gope; mccain; rinosedition; steeledocuments; traitor
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The GOP "establishment" members are nothing but snakes in the grass. I don't know if they were looking for ego strokes from the media and leftists, or if it was just a scheme to get them more power in the GOP party. However, the GOP's betrayal of Trump and the voters was worse than what the left were doing. We expected the hits from the left but were not expecting the same to come from those who pretended to support conservative values.
1 posted on 09/11/2023 7:26:56 AM PDT by CFW
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was an associate of the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.),”

We had heard that McTraitor was behind getting the dossier out there. Now we have a name.


2 posted on 09/11/2023 7:40:43 AM PDT by iamgalt
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David Kramer, using "democracy" and "freedom" to fight for a transnational order.

3 posted on 09/11/2023 7:50:16 AM PDT by aspasia
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They wish to unify around eliminating and opposition to the Uniparty and their nefarious objectives for the USA.

I choose to refuse this self-serving appeal to bend the kneed to them.

4 posted on 09/11/2023 7:52:40 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie ("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F. B. I. is tending in that direction." - Harry S Truman)
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This is all about keeping the archives in the Presidential Libraries from getting out into the public. They want to keep their treachery secret.


5 posted on 09/11/2023 7:53:43 AM PDT by MMusson
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The enemy isn’t just the ideological left, it’s the people who claim to have your opinions and causes only to get your support.

“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

RHINOS are far more dangerous that the left wing nuts.


6 posted on 09/11/2023 7:57:20 AM PDT by Pete Dovgan
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7 posted on 09/11/2023 8:00:50 AM PDT by JayGalt (A proud slave must be broken before the contagion spreads. Ever was it thus.)
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8 posted on 09/11/2023 8:01:22 AM PDT by JayGalt (A proud slave must be broken before the contagion spreads. Ever was it thus.)
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Certainly looks like the type of guy I’d keep away from my grandchildren, particularly my grandsons.

Is it really THAT DIFFICULT to find normal people to work in the bowels of the GOP?


9 posted on 09/11/2023 8:01:43 AM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone)
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10 posted on 09/11/2023 8:06:09 AM PDT by sauropod (I will stand for truth even if I stand alone.)
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To: GOPJ; poconopundit; Jane Long; Diana in Wisconsin; Grampa Dave; Godzilla; Vaduz; null and void; ...

David Kramer, at the State Department under George W. Bush and an associate of John McCain (R-Ariz.), pushed for the Bush foundations and centers to sign a letter about “unifying the country.”

However, in 2016 Kramer provided the lascivious “Steele dossier” financed by Hillary, to BuzzFeed, which published it without corroborating damaging allegations that then-President-elect Trump was a puppet of Vladimir Putin.


11 posted on 09/11/2023 8:07:39 AM PDT by Liz ( Trump was proven right: the Biden family is not just corrupt, but, in particular, Joe Biden as hea)
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Not surprising...coming from the notorious Deep State cabal.


12 posted on 09/11/2023 8:09:42 AM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a conspiracy theory in ‘20 is now fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
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He looks exactly like the people I saw at my one and only Young Republicans meeting, just 30 years older.


13 posted on 09/11/2023 8:13:51 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman)
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David J. Kramer serves as the Executive Director of the George W. Bush Institute and is a leading expert on Russia and Ukraine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_J._Kramer

Most of these scum bags are still in high positions and have a great deal of influence within the Republican party. They are some of the ones still orchestrating the Ukraine debacle. Biden and company wouldn’t be able to get away with what they do without their help.


14 posted on 09/11/2023 8:17:17 AM PDT by fireman15 (Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
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Anyone who was an associate of McCain...


15 posted on 09/11/2023 8:18:15 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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More shoes dropping.


16 posted on 09/11/2023 8:21:50 AM PDT by GOPJ (Our side must NOT work with democrats. Or we'll Bud Light them...)
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Speaking of shoes.

Too bad he missed.

17 posted on 09/11/2023 8:23:08 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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On Thursday, a letter was released by the George W. Bush Institute about unifying around democracy, saying that: "Debate and disagreement are central features in a healthy democracy. Civility and respect in political discourse, whether in an election year or otherwise, are essential."

The statement signed by the foundations declared the U.S. is a diverse nation where “democracy holds us together" and that "Americans have a strong interest in supporting democratic movements” but that the “interest is undermined” around the world “when others see our own house in disarray.”

The statement also says that everyone in the U.S. has a role and responsibilities to address the country’s problems, and that “Our elected officials must lead by example and govern effectively in ways that deliver for the American people,” which “will help to restore trust in public service."

Kramer spearheaded the effort for the letter, saying that Bush “did see and signed off on this statement,” according to The Guardian.

Establishment Republicans love their platitudes. Do these platitudes apply to using the criminal justice system to interfere in elections? Do the platitudes apply to criminalizing speech? Do they apply to keeping people in jail for months without bail who did nothing more than trespassing, while people who burned down buildings don't get charged with anything? The lunatic Dubya is good at uttering platitudes. What's his view of those things? I think he's in favor of them.

18 posted on 09/11/2023 8:35:16 AM PDT by lasereye
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That I knew of, this guy Kramer. But anyone associate with McCain could only be described (to me, at least) as those who “pretended to support conservative values”.


19 posted on 09/11/2023 8:38:43 AM PDT by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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Reagan’s biggest mistake strikes again.


20 posted on 09/11/2023 8:41:45 AM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Will whoever keeps asking if this country can get any more insane please stop?)
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