Danny Bateman Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Mitch McConnell explicitly threatened to make it a partisan issue if Obama announced the Russians' efforts. According to several officials, McConnell raised doubts about the underlying intelligence and made clear to the administration that he would consider any effort by the White House to challenge the Russians publicly an act of partisan politics. Some of the Republicans in the briefing also seemed opposed to the idea of going public with such explosive allegations in the final stages of an election, a move that they argued would only rattle public confidence and play into Moscow’s hands. Link to comment
NebraskaHarry Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Here's an idea. How bout both parties come together and condemn the actions of Russias interference with our elections. You know, stand together as Americans and not parties at that moment. The same way the democrats should if the roles were reversed. BUT no. It was gonna be partisan regardless. 4 Link to comment
NM11046 Posted June 26, 2017 Author Share Posted June 26, 2017 Pot meet kettle ... And yeah .... so ... 1 Link to comment
Danny Bateman Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 1. It's hilarious he keeps referring to himself and his underlings as "T". 2. Is it really a good idea to accuse Obama of doing nothing when his administration refuses to even admit this is a problem and works to water down sanctions? Link to comment
NM11046 Posted June 26, 2017 Author Share Posted June 26, 2017 That's what a couple of the pundits are responding with - ok, so Obama made the decision he made. Now why has T decided not to do anything? It's been on his watch since January. He must of slept crappy last night, this rant this morning was out of place (or not - it is crunch time for the healthcare vote) Link to comment
Kiyoat Husker Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Message aside, it would be great if Trump could simply tone down the divisive rhetoric. "Crooked Hillary" "Dems are obstructionists" "Crazy Bernie" "Fake News" Every tweet sounds like it is from an interview in a trailer park during election season. I'm not sure what he thinks he is accomplishing with a constant stream of insults. Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 1. It's hilarious he keeps referring to himself and his underlings as "T". 2. Is it really a good idea to accuse Obama of doing nothing when his administration refuses to even admit this is a problem and works to water down sanctions? This is the part of anything Trump does that he just doesn't get. a) He denies the Russians meddled in the election. b) He claims it is nothing more than a made up excuse for the Dems losing the election. c) After every single intelligence agency says it happened and Congress overwhelmingly votes in sanctions to Russia due to meddling in the election, Trump works behind the scenes to get them to reduce the sanctions. d) OBAMA DIDN'T DO ENOUGH TO STOP RUSSIA!!!! OBAMA IS THE BAD GUY!!!! 3 Link to comment
Danny Bateman Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 1. It's hilarious he keeps referring to himself and his underlings as "T". 2. Is it really a good idea to accuse Obama of doing nothing when his administration refuses to even admit this is a problem and works to water down sanctions? This is the part of anything Trump does that he just doesn't get. a) He denies the Russians meddled in the election. b) He claims it is nothing more than a made up excuse for the Dems losing the election. c) After every single intelligence agency says it happened and Congress overwhelmingly votes in sanctions to Russia due to meddling in the election, Trump works behind the scenes to get them to reduce the sanctions. d) OBAMA DIDN'T DO ENOUGH TO STOP RUSSIA!!!! OBAMA IS THE BAD GUY!!!! The heart of the problem is how acerbically partisan the worst of the far right media/pols (and anyone else who lives in an uber-partisan bubble) have become: It doesn't matter how logically sound or even coherent your argument is. The most important thing is that you bash liberals for everything imaginable. The rest is just details. 1 Link to comment
zoogs Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Message aside, it would be great if Trump could simply tone down the divisive rhetoric. "Crooked Hillary" "Dems are obstructionists" "Crazy Bernie" "Fake News" Every tweet sounds like it is from an interview in a trailer park during election season. I'm not sure what he thinks he is accomplishing with a constant stream of insults. A lot, unfortunately. Link to comment
NM11046 Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 I find it just amazing that the guy who has not had a day yet in office where he didn't flagrantly lie out loud, in documented, taped communications about something that is proven. Link to comment
Landlord Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 The NYTimes needs to source that sh#t. Lazy journalism not providing sources for claiming that they're lies. 1 Link to comment
RedDenver Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 The NYTimes needs to source that sh#t. Lazy journalism not providing sources for claiming that they're lies. Yes. And it's super easy to source stuff with hyperlinks these days. Link to comment
NM11046 Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 You were being sarcastic right Landlord? I mean, the source is right out of the mouth of our leader ... Link to comment
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