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President Trump: The NEW one and only politics thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, Nov 12, 2016.

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  1. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Investigate him too.

    He can be called to the committee after Trump, Trump's kids, Bannon, Manafort, Page, Stone, Lauria and Sater.
     
  2. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Really? Give me some examples of this evidence.
     
  3. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    Michael Flynn resigned just because he felt like it.
     
  4. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

    So how many can I put you down for for adoption? Two? You got it. I'll get you a tracking number for your shipment.
     
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  5. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    A. All of Trump’s Ties to Russia, in 7 Charts

    2. No matter what is presented, you will LOL it and label it a nothing burger.

    III. I doubt if Trump's ties to Russia are anything more than receiving funding from mobsters once his bankruptcies resulted in legitimate banks shutting off his lines of credit.
     
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  6. QYFW

    QYFW Well-Known Member

    If you guys are so concerned about Russian ties, you should do something about it.
     
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  7. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    LOL. OK. Seriously, what is the accusation of wrongdoing here, let alone the evidence?

    The whole thing is funny. To the extent that the "Russians 'hacked' our election", to what degree would they have needed to "collude" with the Trump campaign to pull it off?

    They didn't need the Trump campaign's assistance to hack the DNC or John Podesta's emails. They didn't need their assistance to generate "fake news" stories.

    There's also as much evidence that they attempted to hack RNC servers.

    Then there's the whole idea that Trump was the horse they would hitch their wagon to. No one thought Trump would win. I didn't think Trump would win. At 9:00PM on election night, I still didn't think Trump would win.

    But, the Russians knew, and spent this much effort on his behalf? It's ludicrous.

    It's much more likely that they were working to undermine confidence in our election in general, and in Hillary Clinton's presidency, and they needed to coordination with the Trump campaign to do that.
     
  8. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    "Ties" are not evidence of wrongdoing.

    It's funny -- again. Trump folks meet with the Russian ambassador. Trump points out that Dems met with him too.

    Folks say, "yeah, but there's no evidence the Dems who met with him were working with him to undermine the election."

    Guess what? There's no evidence anyone connected to Trump was working with anyone in Russia to undermine the election.

    That's the thing. There is no evidence to back up that claim. Without it, the "ties" are as meaningless as any "ties" Democrats might have.
     
  9. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    LOL. This is as good an argument as the one that folks who are for allowing in refugees should have to invite them to live with them.

    Oh? You're for criminal justice reform? You think we over incarcerate folks, and want sentences cut? OK. Sure. We'll go along with your plan as long as you agree to house two non-violent drug offenders.
     
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  10. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    The purpose of investigation is to find evidence of wrongdoing if such exists. Since we already have the National Security Adviser forced to resign because he lied to the Vice-President about contacts with Russia, and the Attorney General giving false testimony to Congress on his ties, investigation sure seems warranted. Maybe there's no evidence. An investigation could find that, too, just like all the Benghazi investigations. If so, Trump would be happy to be cleared by an independent body, wouldn't he?
     
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  11. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Never said they were.

    But it is odd Trump issues such forceful denies about his Russian connections, when they are as plain as the nose on his face.
     
  12. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    The FBI has been investigating. They have transcripts of the call(s) between Flynn and the Russian ambassador.

    There's been no evidence of wrongdoing found.

    And, there have been tons of leaks. Not a single leak has shown any evidence of wrongdoing.
     
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