Carter Page fascinates me.

[TomSlick]

It takes about two minutes of listening to him to realize he is an idiot. He has been under investigation as a Russian agent, or at least asset, for a long time.

I've been trying to figure why any presidential campaign - even the Trump campaign - would let him stuff envelopes much less be a foreign policy adviser. It just does not seem possible.

Then it occurred to me. Page was in the inner circle because he was assigned to that position by the Kremlin and the Trump campaign had no choice.

[dalton99a]

1. Precisely.

[TheDebbieDee]

2. I've also read a lot of speculation in internet forums the last week

that Carter Page may be a Russian agent that the US turned and is now a double agent! It was also speculated that he hides listening and video recording devices in his silly hats, too!

[TomSlick]

3. I will allow that is possible, if only because he can't possibly be that idiotic.

Nah, that can't be it - no one could just act that stupid - it has to be legit.

[csziggy]

6. He really is not that stupid - he was in the top 10% of his class in the Naval Academy

And breezed through his Master's.

Something happened to him along the way when he started advocating for Putin. The review of his doctoral thesis was brutal.

Look him up on Wikipedia - his education and early career are very interesting.

[TomSlick]

9. Well, I'm was a state college ROTC grad, so I always wondered about service academy folks.

Putting that personal prejudice aside, I didn't say he was ignorant. I said he was an idiot. There is nothing inconsistent about a well-educated idiot.

Whether he has always been an idiot, I can say. Something may have happened along the way but he is clearly an idiot now.

[TheDebbieDee]

7. Maybe Carter Page is the Forrest Gump of double agents...

[dewsgirl]

4. I too find him fascinating, he always has and is

Getting more intriguing everyday. I love the thought of him possibly being a double agent.

[Captain_New_York]

5. Whats up with the Navy

Page & Bannon Naval Academy, Spicer Navy officer, Kelly Marine (part of Navy) officer As a former Army officer I don’t get it. Maybe since the navy really haven’t fought a battle since Leyte gulf ( not counting marines doing their army imitation) has something to do with it. You get rusty after73 years

[TomSlick]

10. I think it's the Good Humor Man Uniforms.

That's got to mess with your head.

[samnsara]

8. Dark Horse needs to do a comix about him

[struggle4progress]

11. "He was with the campaign because he is an expert on Russia! And he wasn't with us for long!

And he's an innocent victim of a witch hunt! And he was never with the campaign! And we don't know anything about him except his name! And we've never even heard of him! Lock her up!"

[Sampan]

12. Dont know exactly what to call it, but I know

that boy ain’t right

[TomSlick]

13. You speak Southern!

[UTUSN]

14. K&R