A small ray of hope?

[TomSlick]

I have an friend - and cranky, old white guy and big Trump supporter. I think we have enjoyed arguing with each other since Trump got the GOP nomination.

Today he asked - apparently sincerely - cogent, relevant questions about the Carter Page FISA warrant and why it was important. He was fact-checking what they were selling on Faux News.

Is he converted? Does he regret his vote? Is he rooting for Mueller? No, of course not. Is he, for the first time, questioning the nonsense being pushed by Faux News? Yeah, I think so.

[Xipe Totec]

1. Welcome to the real world, Neo. nt

[TomSlick]

4. Took me a minute. Yeah, that's my hope.

[yankeepants]

2. Should be a Wray of hope!

[KatyMan]

3. Link?

😀

[TomSlick]

6. Ah. That hadn't occurred to me.

A reasonable hypothesis.

[renate]

14. well done!

[elleng]

5. He was fact-checking .

GOOD.

[Drahthaardogs]

7. Remember, the question is NOT "Why would they issue a warrant"

"for Carter Page".

The question is "What the hell was he doing working fir that administration in the first place?"

It's important to stress he has been a suspected Russian agent for years.

[TomSlick]

8. Sure.

AND the fact the warrant was renewed means something was being found as does the fact that so many GOPers are in full panic mode.

[Drahthaardogs]

10. Oh that something is Dirty Russian Money

They all took a nice big helping. I suspect folks like the NRA were laundering it in a way. They are panicked. Turtle-man and Eddie Munster took some too.

The guys who were not involved are quitting. They know what's coming.

[TomSlick]

11. Baby steps.

At this point, it's enough that there was a perfectly good reason for the FISA warrant - that the warrant uncovered something - and that lots of current and former administration types are scared out of their minds.

[Fred Sanders]

17. The three renewals has gone under the Foxxx Cone of Silence....not to mention the FISA affadivit

for the original warrant is 50 pages long...Foxxx wants its minions to believe the judges, appointed by CJ Roberts, also under the Cone, are fools. They are not.

[TomSlick]

18. Some information is getting under the cone.

Hence my friend's questions. It's not a big deal but it ain't nothing.

[Cha]

9. I Rec that for a ray

[Qutzupalotl]

12. I flipped past FOX a few days ago and saw the Page interview

with Laura Ingraham (of MustardBurgerGate). She was reading paragraphs from the dossier and nervously fake-laughing like isn’t this so loopy? Let’s ask the spy himself! Crazy, right? RIGHT?!

The problem was, the passages were not that far-fetched and line up with verifiable facts... Page’s denials are to be expected, but prove nothing. I think her stunt backfired for anyone watching carefully. It was blatant propaganda, but raised more doubts than intended.

[TomSlick]

13. You're braver than I.

I have used the parental block on Faux News just to be sure I don't accidentally light on it.

[sharedvalues]

21. Laura Ingraham is dumb and also a bad propagandist

Her friends Conway and Coulter are also giant sucking leeches on America's values. But at least they're slightly better at propaganda.

[RandomAccess]

15. That's great. Good for you, to be there for a questioner,

to have placed yourself in a position of friendship and trust. I salute you.

[Upthevibe]

16. A good post.....

Maybe enough of 'em will start questioning....Thank you....

[flying-skeleton]

19. Your friend is still a dumb idiot !!

[TomSlick]

23. He's really not.

He's just programmed - and a cranky old white guy.

I'm not giving up. If nothing else, I enjoy the argument.

[sharedvalues]

20. This is 80% of the battle. Get people off Fox and we can take our country back

The propaganda is the biggest problem. Fix that, and everything else follows.

[meadowlander]

22. You're doing Gods work amongst the heathens.

We win the 2018 midterms one water cooler conversation at a time.