Posted by bad_luck on 3/23/2017 12:46:00 PM (view original):
Posted by toddcommish on 3/23/2017 12:42:00 PM (view original):
Posted by bad_luck on 3/23/2017 12:32:00 PM (view original):
Posted by toddcommish on 3/23/2017 12:20:00 PM (view original):
Can I ask a naive question? Are we supposed to hate Russia again?
I mean, some of the liberals sound positively McCarthyistic in their "Red Menace" rhetoric. I honestly see ISIS as a greater threat to the US than Russia. I would rather have the media grill the president (and Congress) about how we're gonna deal with TERRORISM rather than Putin's personal habits.
p.s. Korea is 2nd, China is 3rd on my "threat to US" meter.
If the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to win an election, that's a huge problem. Agree?
If Trump said, "I want you to hack Hillary's servers and release her emails so I can win", yes, that's a huge problem.
If Russia said "Hey, Trump, we hacked DNC/Hillary's servers and found some bad **** that she's done." and Trump says, "I'll give you a release plan, so it will coincide with some speeches I have planned", yes, it's a huge problem.
If Russia said "We hacked DNC/Hillary's servers and found some bad **** that she's done. We hate Hillary, so we'll release it so it she won't be President, and it helps that rich ******* on american TV.", yes, it's a problem, but it isn't Trump's fault.
If Russia said "Hey, Trump, we hacked DNC/Hillary's servers and found some bad **** that she's done." and Trump says "GTFO my office, and stop calling my people", and the Russians release it anyway, yes, it's a problem, but isn't Trump's fault.
Remember, all of these start with DNC/Hillary doing some bad ****. It just so happens that the Russians found it, and released it during the election cycle. Everything after that is guesswork.
What? The DNC didn't do anything wrong.
I asked about colluding. Only your first scenario is actual collusion, so I'll take your answer to be yes.
"IF" being the key word. You're acting like it's been metaphysically proven, which it hasn't. Realistically, the 3rd "IF" is the most likely scenario in my book, while you and media are acting like the 1st one (your example) is the absolute truth.
Recognize your own confirmation bias.