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Assange Denies That WikiLeaks Backed the GOP in 2016. . . The Intercept writes that the messages provide an unfiltered window into WikiLeaks political goals before it dove into the white-hot center of the presidential election and that they reveal a running theme of sexism and misogyny, contain hints of anti-Semitism, and underline Assanges well-documented obsession with his public image.
The article also contends that Assanges thinking appeared to be rooted not in ideological agreement with the right wing in the US, but in the tactical idea that a Republican president would face more resistance to an aggressive military posture than an interventionist President Hillary Clinton would.
I believe that Assange does not see himself as having supported the GOP. Assange and the GOP became, as Malcolm Nance would call them, "Fellow Travelers." Each for their own reasons had the same goal - to bring down Hillary Clinton. Instead, what Assange did was defect and use WikiLeaks to not only back, but to aid and abet Russia's attack on the United States.
WhiteTara
(29,705 posts)is an alleged rapist holing up in a foreign embassy to avoid prosecution. And I believe that Assange personally colluded with the Russians to destroy Hillary Clinton and boost Trump and Stein and Sanders.
George II
(67,782 posts)jrthin
(4,835 posts)Cha
(297,196 posts)Please see post #40.. all is revealed.
https://upload.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=10253382
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)hatrack
(59,584 posts)Is a Useful Idiot, with a bloated ego.
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)Ellipsis
(9,124 posts)Is a muddied Clusterfuck.
And not worth any more energy of thought.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)I don't get it.
poboy2
(2,078 posts)was busted trying to send dirt to Hannity just as recently as last week.
Ezior
(505 posts)and planned to use that back channel to send dirt on Mark Warner. I wonder where he got that dirt from
HMMMM! Really makes you wonder... I'm looking forward to more indicments.
If anyone needed any more proof
https://www.thedailybeast.com/julian-assange-thought-he-was-messaging-sean-hannity-when-he-offered-news-on-democrat-investigating-trump-russia
Pholus
(4,062 posts)is an asshat who didn't care he was a tool of Russian intelligence because he got to be "relevant" again for a while.
My version is shorter than yours, and directly to the actual point.
lapucelle
(18,252 posts)by Russian propagandists.
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We're trying to stop it.
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Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)Excellent refutation of poorly reasoned apologia
Love the other believe slams
Wonder if hes bought some new trousers lately
lapucelle
(18,252 posts)Why anyone would stand with Assange at this point is unbelievable.
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sheshe2
(83,751 posts)lapucelle
(18,252 posts)Cha
(297,196 posts)Please see post #40..
https://upload.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=10253382
Cha
(297,196 posts)joshcryer
(62,270 posts)Blue_Adept
(6,399 posts)Or questioning every poster being legit.
Posts like this make me question it all the more.
lapucelle
(18,252 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)JI7
(89,248 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)It's kind of obvious.
pwb
(11,261 posts)Y. .??
TheBlackAdder
(28,189 posts)is on Russia's Polonium-210 Cocktail shortlist.
IluvPitties
(3,181 posts)can go fuck himself.
brush
(53,776 posts)DangerousRhythm
(2,916 posts)Squinch
(50,949 posts)Initech
(100,068 posts)By meddling in the election, Russia declared war on the United States. And anyone aiding and abetting Russia should be considered an enemy of the state.
Demsrule86
(68,556 posts)ismnotwasm
(41,976 posts)Hekate
(90,674 posts)I don't think your position is very popular here, citizen blues
struggle4progress
(118,282 posts)Sue Halpern
JULY 13, 2017 ISSUE
... this spring, it emerged that Nigel Farage, the Trump adviser .. now a person of interest in the .. investigation of the Trump campaigns ties to Russia, was meeting with Assange ...
... Assange's own WikiLeaks Party of Australia was aligned with the white nationalist Australia First Party, itself headed by an avowed neo-Nazi, until political pressure forced it to claim that association to be an administrative error.
Most egregious .. was Assange's collaboration with Israel Shamir, an unapologetic anti-Semite and Putin ally to whom Assange handed over all State Department diplomatic cables from the Manning leak relating to Belarus ... Shamir then shared these documents with .. the regime of Belarusian President .. Lukashenko, who appeared to use them to imprison and torture members of the opposition ...
... WikiLeaks released troves of material in which the names of Afghan civilians had not been redacted, an action that led Amnesty International, the Open Society Institute, the Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict, and the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission to issue a joint rebuke ...
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2017/07/13/nihilism-of-julian-assange-wikileaks/
BannonsLiver
(16,370 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)on so many levels...the stench of an unwashed liar, thief and rapist
Please see post #40..
https://upload.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=10253382
FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)Everything he says is suspect.
Unless, however, he flips for further investigation(s) into his participation in a conspiracy to defraud the US, violate election law, and facilitate hybrid warfare.
GoCubsGo
(32,080 posts)would like you to purchase the bridge in Brooklyn that I am selling.
dchill
(38,484 posts)The friend of my enemy is my enemy. If I may be so bold.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
BootinUp
(47,144 posts)Vinnie From Indy
(10,820 posts)eom
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)"I believe that Assange does not see himself as having supported the GOP."
Who truly knows what Assange believes, he's as immoral as Trump.
MineralMan
(146,288 posts)I berate him.
I begrudge him.
I bemean him.
I do not believe him for a second.
May he rot in his room at the Ecuadorian embassy and be carried out in a box.
Cha
(297,196 posts)freaking words..
IN LEAKED CHATS, WIKILEAKS DISCUSSES PREFERENCE FOR GOP OVER CLINTON, RUSSIA, TROLLING...
snip//
We believe it would be much better for GOP to win, he typed into a private Twitter direct message group to an assortment of WikiLeaks most loyal supporters on Twitter.
More..
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141987626
Hoisted by his own petard.
Cha
(297,196 posts)which time?!
Never trust an asshole holed up in an embassy for 6 years trying to avoid rape charges in Sweden.
From what I hear, not showering. Eeeew.
Cha
(297,196 posts)an embassy for 6 years.. trying to avoid a rape charge in Sweden.
Me
Me.
(35,454 posts)He's trying to save the world from those 'terrible' Dems. Imagine what would happen if they were in charge.
Cha
(297,196 posts)Waiting to see how long the pres of Ecuador continues to put us with his sliminess.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)actively engaged in stopping Hillary...
when ALL the names are exposed, well, lets just say shit will get real at that point
Cha
(297,196 posts)Helping the gop.. 'cause they're idiots.
They Own This.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)Cha
(297,196 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)caught Nige coming out of the embassy.
tirebiter
(2,536 posts)There, it had to be said.
wasupaloopa
(4,516 posts)no matter the motivation
obamanut2012
(26,068 posts)Is a lying rapist troll.
Skittles
(153,160 posts)seriously, GO FUCK YOURSELVES because you SURELY helped to FUCK AMERICA
PJMcK
(22,035 posts)Do a little research. If you're a Democratic voter, you'll realize your perspective needs to be re-addressed.
Alternatively, your post is suspect.
pnwmom
(108,977 posts)citizen blues
(570 posts)That was the point I was trying to make because I keep hearing about how he was helping the GOP. He wasn't. As I mentioned in my post, Assange DEFECTED to Russia and used WikiLeaks to support Putin. That was his sole purpose.
Now, just to be clear, this does not let the members of the GOP off the hook or make them any LESS culpable for their crimes, including obstruction of justice, conspiracy against the United States, money laundering, and sedition.
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