#33...didn't know tail was a cattle rancher...
gummy jones wrote:just confused what any of this has to do with trump - because lets be honest, we only care (at least mostly) when it seemed damning to trump. i know everyone (maybe not you, i havent paid attention) has now conveniently changed their outrage to russia but it was all directed towards the potus and his staff up until very recently. i will be waiting for the hour long apology segment on cnn and the front page retraction and public apology to trump in the nyt, etc but wont hold my breath
not true...for most of us (except those who are fed only by FOX), it was always about Russia's secret interference in our election...we need to get to the bottom of what they did, make them pay (more than just Obama's sanctions, which Trump seems to want to reverse) and then fix the barn door. Obama didn't do anything like what the US intel people have said, so far, that the Russians have done to influence free elections, and are continuing to do, all around the world. Not sure if Trump did anything personally to help the Russkies, but it sure looks like at least three of his campaign people, Flynn, Manafort and Paige have suspicious ties to Russian intelligence...Trump was really vocal during the campaign about getting help from wiki-leaks, who got their info from the Russians, and that's a concern...
Do not interpret this to mean that Trump's victory over Hillary Clinton and his Presidency is illegitimate. He won...he's our President...we can't change that...but if there is proof that key people in his campaign helped a foreign enemy tamper with our electoral process, they must be held accountable. It should be that way, even if Hillary had won and some of her people conspired with a foreign govt. to try to tilt the result.
That explains why the GOP controlled Congress...GOP controlled...initiated investigations about Russian meddling in our elections through their Intelligence Committees. They did that very near the beginning of Trumps's presidency, when the US intelligence agencies presented their findings. There are still some clear thinkers on both sides of the spectrum