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| Why Are the Democrats and the Spooks Suddenly so Ferociously Anti-Putin? |
| 2018-07-23 |
| h/t Instapundit ...The anti-Trump-and-Russia crusade represents a fundamental change in Democratic Party foreign policy. Roger Simon has aptly termed it a political sex change transformation, since the Democrats have long called for closer cooperation with Moscow. Indeed, during the Reagan years, Senator Ted Kennedy, the de facto head of the Democratic establishment, secretly approached Soviet dictator Yuri Andropov to take an active role in American politics. Why are the Democrats and the spooks suddenly so ferociously anti-Putin? What can account for such an enormous sea change? It’s a hard question to answer, because we do not know if it is based on new intelligence, or if it is primarily motivated by politics. So far as we know, there is considerable information tying Democrats to the Russians, and relatively less showing Russian links to Republicans, including the Trump crowd. We can document substantial Russian and Russia-linked involvement with the Clinton Foundation, some of it directly linked to U.S. policy decisions such as the one giving Russia effective control over the U.S. company Uranium One. We know that Bill Clinton received a huge payday for a speech in Moscow, orders of magnitude greater than what General Flynn was paid. Yet there is virtually unanimous Democratic condemnation of Trump’s failure to denounce Russian "meddling" in our politics, claiming it was in support for Trump. It seems to me that the Democrats are accusing Trump of doing what they actually did. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #15 I really don't believe any Dumbs Dems would have buddied up to the Russians. They couldn't even translate "re-start" correctly. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2018-07-23 19:00 |
| #14 I wonder is it China via Iran? The spooks were really busy drug and people trafficking so it's game over if that comes out. They are fighting to prevent being bubbas cell mate. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2018-07-23 16:40 |
| #13 Putin colluded with (((Emmanuel Goldstein)))! |
| Posted by: (Thing From Snowy Mountain) 2018-07-23 15:19 |
| #12 ...nah, they're just taking a page from their operating manual - We've always been at war with Eastasia. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-07-23 15:11 |
| #11 Because, as one pundit mentioned somewhere yesterday, they are afraid of the stuff that Putin has on them? |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-07-23 14:58 |
| #10 The Norks were used by China. I wonder who else was using the Norks? I'm curious to see how Trump's efforts with China and North Korea will work out--hopefully good for all. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-07-23 13:46 |
| #9 Because what they did with CHINA and SELLING OUT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA makes what they did with RUSSIA look like buying 3 joints for 5 bucks on a street corner! |
| Posted by: Jack Chaiter7913 2018-07-23 13:33 |
| #8 The Democrats and spooks need to catch up. It's Iran; not Russia. Trump may be trying to get our money back from the Mullahs. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-07-23 13:24 |
| #7 The 'Hard Left' is furious at the Apostates that abandoned the Great Socialist Experimentâ„¢ that was the USSR. Death to those Traitors! |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-07-23 13:14 |
| #6 It's always projection with the left. A child will accuse you of stealing from them when you catch their hand in the cookie jar. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2018-07-23 12:47 |
| #5 Democrats rail against their buddy Putin, does he care? His grand goal is to undercut trust in the electoral system in the US and the Democrats are doing the work for him. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2018-07-23 10:29 |
| #4 Struggling to find a theme lasting long enough to get them to the election. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-07-23 10:03 |
| #3 As the "march through the institutions" goes, lefties have forgotten that catching scorpions, vipers and black widows is tricky business... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-07-23 03:18 |
| #2 Becoming your own worst enemy is part of the final downward spiral. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-07-23 03:16 |
| #1 It’sa hard question to answer, because we do not know if it is based on new intelligence, or if it is primarily motivated by politics. A "hard question to answer" for some possibly. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-07-23 02:17 |