Posted on 01/07/2021 6:18:42 AM PST by Kaslin
Democrats and much of the Republican-hating media call the Republicans' election challenge dead on arrival and say the effort hurt Republicans in Georgia. If so, why the outrage protestations from the left?
Many of the election fraud allegations made by team Trump have been ignored or downplayed by media sources from which much of America gets their "news." So many Americans know nothing about the legal challenges that raise questions about voter irregularities, mathematical improbabilities, questionable extensions of ballot deadlines and unsolicited ballots apparently illegally sent in Michigan, among other factual and legal issues raised.
Yes, the President Donald Trump-hating cable TV hosts, pundits, column writers, newspaper editorials and legal scholars prattle on about how these GOP congresspersons "undermine the integrity of our republic." But many of these same critics said little about the integrity of our republic when, for the entirety of Trump's presidency, critics made baseless charges, including but not limited to: that Trump's relationship with Vladimir Putin turned the president into a Russia asset fraudulently elected to do Moscow's bidding; that under the 25th Amendment, Trump's mental state required him to step down; that Trump's violations of the emoluments clause make him a "grifter"; and that our democratically elected president is a "fascist," a "Nazi" and, of course, a "racist."
Democrats and the media realize that much of the country knows nothing about the concerns raised by attorney Alan Dershowitz, who campaigned for Barack Obama, and George Washington Law School's professor Jonathan Turley, who says he does not support Trump and he voted for Bill Clinton and Obama, and former independent counsel Ken Starr. All raised questions about the election, especially regarding Pennsylvania and how its deadlines were extended.
Critics hammer Trump for embracing election "conspiracy theories." But many who now call Trump "delusional" for questioning the election have embraced some of the most outrageous conspiracy theories, without the believers being held up to public ridicule. These conspiracies include:
Seventy-eight percent of Democrats, according to an August 2018 Gallup poll, believed not only that the Russians interfered in the 2016 election but also that this interference put Trump in office. Our intelligence community reached no such conclusion.
Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., falsely blames President Ronald Reagan's CIA for playing a major role in the urban crack-cocaine epidemic. Waters even wrote a foreword for a book called "Dark Alliance," that made this sensational claim. The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post, despite their contempt for Reagan, all disputed Waters' assertion. The San Jose Mercury News, the newspaper that published the CIA-crack cocaine allegation, issued a retraction of the most serious claims. The reporter resigned, and later, at age 49, committed suicide.
Prominent Black entertainers accused the American government scientists of inventing HIV/AIDS. Comedian/activist Dick Gregory said the virus "was not passed from chimpanzees to mankind, but was probably knowingly developed by doctors and scientists working for the U.S. government." Bill Cosby said AIDS "was started by human beings to get after certain people they don't like." Will Smith claimed, "AIDS was created as a result of biological-warfare testing." Director Spike Lee said, "I'm convinced AIDS is a government-engineered disease."
Lee also speculated that the U.S. government, under President George W. Bush, blew up levees during Hurricane Katrina to force Blacks out of New Orleans. "It's not far-fetched," Lee said, "and also I would like to say it's not necessarily blow it up. But, the residents of that ward, they believe it, there was a Hurricane Betsy in '65, the same that happened where a choice had to be made, one neighborhood got to save another neighborhood and flood another 'hood, flood another neighborhood."
So, spare us the concern about irresponsible "conspiracy theories" given the left's embrace of several, including the damnable lie that the police engage in "systemic" racism against Blacks. For four years, Democrats like former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Rep. John Lewis called Trump "illegitimate." Democrats and the media do not want a Biden presidency similarly handicapped.
Larry’s the man.
I like a good spirited discussion with facts and examples. Problem is that we are being ignored, censored, dismissed, ridiculed, attacked and killed.
All conspiracy theories, and their adherents, are insane.
“All conspiracy theories, and their adherents, are insane.”
Unless the demonrats and the “news media” are pushing them.
Until the conspiracy theories become conspiracy facts. Then their adherents are the sanest among us.
Non of those conspiracy theories fit the socialist liberal playbook so they are set aside. However, the biggest challenge to them is one DJT so anything about him is on the table. BTW does Trump beat his dog too?
We’re looking at forces acting against each other. Facts are just part of the fog.
I’m going to wait a month or two for better analysis of what happened and also to let the Biden administration get going, and Trump to show us where’s going as an outsider.
Also, contrary to popular belief the moon landing hoax conspiracy started yrs before Alex Jones was even thought of. I first heard of it in 1970. CPUSA head Gus Hall, who fmr CIA dir John Brennan bragged about voting for Pres said the “fake” moon landing was meant to divert attention from the atrocities committed in Vietnam. There was one version claiming Hall had proof NASAA paid off then MLB commissioner Bowie Kuhn $5million to rig the 1969 baseball season so that the hapless hopeless last place Mets would rally just as Apollo 11 was set to take off and win the World Series so Another one, 1981 Goofy Gus had posters put up all over NYC claiming John Lennon to distract the public’s attention from the hoax. was murdered by the CIA. Amazing how many schmucks still believe that one.
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