How Team Hillary played the press for fools on Russia

NY Post ^ | October 26, 2017 | Paul Sperry

[Oshkalaboomboom]

If nobody goes to jail over this it will drag down trust in government even further because it reinforces the belief that there are 2 sets of laws in this country, one for us and one for connected politicians and their sycophants. If somebody goes to jail over this it will be because the evil Trump conducted a Stalinesque purge of his enemies whose only crime was opposing Trump's plan to turn America into a Dystopia. When the coverage is 1000 to 1 against you it's tough to make headway even when you are in the right.

[realcleanguy]

I think the powers that be in DC have been shaken, and many will fall as a result of this

[Chgogal]

Rabid Liberals are so delusional. It's endangering our national security.

[SpaceBar]

Fools, or willing accomplices?

[Enterprise]

I go with willing accomplices.

[seastay]

perhaps planned , much of the public now is sick of hearing about Russia, so now when real evidence and crimes are reported people will just ignore it. Like the little boy who cried wolf, the press has been crying wolf and now when one is found, people wont think much about these serious allegations.

[Stayfree]

Unfortunately, you are right about the influence of the lame stream press and also unfortunately the rinos that we sent to Congress to clean the swamp...the establishment is so entrenched that both the dems and the rinos looked to the fake Russia dossier as a weapon to keep the outsider Trump from cleaning the swamp...

[Stayfree]

Unfortunately, you are right about the influence of the lame stream press and also unfortunately the rinos that we sent to Congress to clean the swamp...the establishment is so entrenched that both the dems and the rinos looked to the fake Russia dossier as a weapon to keep the outsider Trump from cleaning the swamp...

[stormhill]

Hope you're wrong. The real criminality is found in the wrong camp.
While the focus has been on Trump, it turns out it's his accusers who are waist-deep in axle grease so the story has taken a fresh turn that should capture the attention of the voting public. Shocking how the left continues to underestimate Trump even when he's on the verge of pulling the drain plug!

The one mystery that remains is, what does Hillary eat that exempts her from normal standards of decency and gives her immunity against prosecution from all her felonies? Throw her in prison already!

[SunkenCiv]

Gosh, could it have anything to do with the naked fact that Partisan Media Shills run what alleges to be journalism in this country? Thanks Oshkalaboomboom.

• Amusement and Bemusement: Russia Collusion Suddenly Doesn't Matter To Your Progressive Friends Anymore
• The Russian Collusion Delusion
• New York Times reporters cry foul over 'Trump dossier' pushback
• Journos Downplay Trump Dossier Revelations [VIDEO]
• How the Worm Turns: There Was Never Any Evidence Trump Colluded with Russia --
• NBC Used Buzzfeed as a Front to Peddle Dossier BS
• Bias: 1,000 Minutes for Trump/Russia 'Collusion' vs. 20 Seconds for Hillary/Russia Scandal
• Clinton did not know about Trump dossier until publication: report
• Clinton's collusion: Who will investigate the new Russia scandal?
• Media Skip Inconvenient Russia Truths
• Hillary Clinton unaware of dossier before it was published
• Clinton's collusion: Who will investigate the new Russia scandal?
• The Partisan Media Shills at SNOPES says it's FALSE: Hillary Gave 20% of USA Uranium to Russia in Exchange for Donations
• Hillary: Of Course I Had No Idea We Paid For The Russia Dossier or That It Existed
• Don't Be Distracted by the Trump Dossier Fuss [Nothing to see here alert!]
• Drive-Bys and Democrats Furiously Spin the Dossier Story
• Hillary Clinton Claims She Didn't Know She Was Paying For Dossier
• Hey CNN, You Should Probably Pull This Post About The Trump Dossier
• Hillary Clinton and Democrats lose the high ground on Russia

  ...and the Elephant Man had a little puffiness around the eyes...

[ImNotLying]

trying to kneecap Trump, even after he licked her,

Gag, visions of this will never leave my mind.

[NY.SS-Bar9]

I think the powers that be in DC have been shaken, and many will fall as a result of this

I think the PTB and the press will ignore this "debunked" story.

[McGruff]

It’s never been so obvious. Willing accomplices. But most of those who get their news from the MSM are the fools. The MSM counts on that.

[just me]

We went from a nation of laws, to people of power. And the media has most of it. Without the media Clintons and Obamas would be nothing..

[xp38]

The media colluded with the dims or more accurately as other Freepers have said they are the propaganda arm of the DNC.

[A strike]

“How Team Hillary played the press for fools on Russia”

Utter nonsense.
We all know the press knew/knows full well the facts, and were/still are so damned partisan Left as to cover for their candidate.

[Alberta's Child]

The author misses a very important point here.

The "Russian collusion" narrative wasn't established to undermine Trump and come up with just one more in a litany of excuses Clinton would have for losing the election. In fact, suggesting that this was hatched in the Clinton campaign headquarters may be a deliberate attempt to hide the real reason why the story was fabricated:

1. The Obama administration was using law enforcement and national intelligence assets to conduct surveillance on senior members of the Trump campaign team throughout 2016 (if not earlier).

2. They assumed Clinton was going to win, so they thought they were going to get away with it.

3. When Clinton ended up losing, they all knew that the incoming Trump administration would find out about what had been done. So they had to concoct a story about "Russian collusion" in order to retroactively justify what they had been doing.

[mazda77]

The obvious counter to your post is we are no longer in allegations land. That is what the Dems are desperate to push now as everything else has turned into the Alpha sub torpedo, Hunt For Red October reference. Their problem is the torpedo is just like in the movie. Arrogantly launched with no safeties.

[Jacquerie]

You are right. Considering that taxpayers will bear the burden of the high crimes and felonies committed by IRS officials from Koskinen and Lois Lerner on down, the tea-leaves do not suggest Obama, Hillary, and the heads of the FBI, CIA, NSA will be held accountable.

If they all get off without punishment, the next rat President will pick up where Obama/Hillary left off. It will be the end of the remains of the republic.

[datricker]

So true