Raven117
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This. Putin got a perfect storm of idiocracy from America and his interference with American elections could not have come at a more perfect time for him.
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WaPo: Obamas secret struggle to punish Russia for Putins election assault
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This. Putin got a perfect storm of idiocracy from America and his interference with American elections could not have come at a more perfect time for him.
Heh, the fact that Schindler is CCing Claude Taylor should say everything you need to know about the accuracy of that comment.
Neuromancer
Member
I thought pretty much everyone had decided this guy was kind of a loon.
nrvalleytime
Member
Kinda, yes. But that Taylor CC is a wide-sweeping one. Does he normally retweet her?
Graphics Horse
Member
Please don't be tick tick ticking, it's bad enough when that guy does it but at least he knows a real story is being written.
nrvalleytime
Member
It's subtle, but my tick tick tick was a summary of his tick tick tick tick tick tick tick.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
^^^ Did not read the article.
Smiles and Cries
Member
my brain hurts
Shadow Puppetry
Member
my brain hurts
Putin loathes Hillary but helped her last year???? I'm not following his tantrum.
Dude is on the roll today.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/879323238425395200
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/879324620159160322
She asked him to call it matter instead of investigation. Meaningless rebrand that no one fell for.
This set of tweets and yesterday's confirms it for me. He or someone in the White House, is trying to legitimize an angle that the dems colluded for the election. Same shit they did with the unmasking.
The reason for this angle is that concrete or solid enough proof is coming that has the Trump campaign colluding with someone, probably Russia, to win the election.
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my brain hurts
This is like the Comey tape thing. Trump will always seek to preemptively accuse his opponents of what he thinks he will be accused of. He thought Comey had tapes, so he said HE had tapes to make the claim first.
Neuromancer
Member
Smiles and Cries
Member
Trump is just finding out that Obama was the puppet all along, this is the new reality
He was denying it until around January and then never commented on it til recently.
Benjamin Wittes at it again:
https://twitter.com/benjaminwittes/status/879335791083782146
https://twitter.com/benjaminwittes/status/879341731493400580
Point 3's implication that the Whitehouse is pre-empting some news about collusion is interesting and may point to the contents of the coming article. Wittes has been the only reliable Twitter predictor of bombshell stories, but there were a few stories whose revelations, while meaningful, were somewhat overhyped with his "tick tick tick" tweets. I have a feeling it will be an interesting week.
Benjamin Wittes said:
https://twitter.com/benjaminwittes/status/879335791083782146
Benjamin Wittes said:
https://twitter.com/benjaminwittes/status/879341731493400580
Point 3's implication that the Whitehouse is pre-empting some news about collusion is interesting and may point to the contents of the coming article. Wittes has been the only reliable Twitter predictor of bombshell stories, but there were a few stories whose revelations, while meaningful, were somewhat overhyped with his "tick tick tick" tweets. I have a feeling it will be an interesting week.
it can't possibly be worse than our current situation
The Albatross
Member
It's easy when you're an autocrat who abolishes term limits and disbands your own congress. Meanwhile, Russian quality of life has dropped to the lowest of the BRIC nations, and behind countries like Mexico, Turkey, and Serbia, while the quality of life of similar countries rockets past.
A preview of what happens in the US if Republicans can get away with it.
Whatever Witte has knowledge of seems to be hitting buttons because people like Hannity went on the offensive this morning etc. and they pretty much never say anything but they were directly attacking Witte, and going hard on the whole democrats collusion crap that trump is trying to push
CommanderBuck
Neo Member
Totally agree. I think point three is the most interesting part. I think they know what's coming.
Skinny Pete
Banned
Yea something is def coming out. The way they are trying to change the narrative onto Obama, classic deflection.
TheCochese
Banned
Hannity trying to be a bitch in here as well.
my brain hurts
Why? By now you must understand the conservative mindset and dogma: Always attack, never defend!
They've been doing that for ages.
my brain hurts
The decorum of the Presidency is so fucking shot at this point. Trump has ensured that in the eyes of the world there is zero fucking prestige in the role and title.
Obama could have rattled out an endless amount of terrible (and true) things about this asshole when Trump was just a candidate and President Elect, but instead he had the self-restraint and decency to make the transition a focus, and give Trump the benefit of the doubt by making it as smooth as possible.
OG Shaka Zulu
Member
If Putin were smarter he'd bankroll groups of traditionally oppressed US people. He's not thinking longer term.
Louise Mensch argued he is.
Cow Mengde
Banned
In the end, Putin was the one playing 4D chess, not Obama.
BlackLagoon
Member
Putin is playing Sants Row 2 Septic Avenger. And guess what, now everything is covered in poop, including the Russian economy.