The Deplorable strategy on Russiagate is becoming apparent.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

There was no collusion with an adversary and even if there was collusion it's not illegal and Jim Comey can't be trusted.

[Achilleaze]

1. "Plus (tee hee) it will be a lot of naughty fun climbing into bed with the Evil Empire*" - Deplories

* russia, per ronald reagan

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. They are going to destroy Jim Comey's credibility.

I hope and trust he's prepared.

At the end of the day either Comey or Chump will be the only man standing.

[better]

15. Apparently a bunch of us missed the memo though

They stopped being evil when they began allowing private individuals to run off with all the money.

[PubliusEnigma]

2. The last clown I saw on TV said something like "What does collusion even mean?"

So now we are to the definition of "is".

They gave up ground much faster than I would have expected.

[Madam45for2923]

10. Is secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy, especially in order to cheat or deceive others.

Online definition.

[greymattermom]

3. they will be looking at all of the financials

fraud and money laundering are illegal and deplorables will understand that. Collusion is an unknown word to them. They probably think it's the same as collision.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. I posted this before

Collusion might not technically be illegal.


But subornation of perjury, perjury, and obstruction of justice are crimes and one can be guilty of all those even if the underlying act was legal.

A great example is Clinton's consensual blow job. It was legal. The cover up is what created legal exposure for him and Monica Lewinsky.


Also, if there is evidence of collusion with a foreign adversary that's an impeachable offense

[Volaris]

12. The last sentence is the point.

They're going to claim Russia isnt an adversary, and even so, it's only Impeachable if the House decides it is, and that's not likely (yet).

[DemocratSinceBirth]

14. Also , one can think of lots of instances where legal behavior leads to illegal behavior ...

Melting my hard drive isn't illegal. It would be illegal if I was under investigation.

[Volaris]

17. That's true the associated crimes or the coverup is what gets peeps in hot water

Al Capone
Nixon
Bills tryst wasn't illegal. Lying to the grand jury about it sure as hell was...you would think that of all people, fucking REPUBLICANS would have remembered this.

[DetlefK]

5. Same arguments as with climate-change:

There is no global-warming. And if there is, then it's not our fault. And if it's our fault, then it's not a bad thing.

[oberliner]

6. "The leakers are the real criminals"

Is also one of their angles on this. Focus on leaks and unmasking.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. I forgot where I read this.

That was one of the talking points given to GOP members. One of the members said that's like saying the problem isn't that I'm beating my wife. It's that my kids are calling the cops about it.

[Orrex]

9. Philip K. Dick neatly dismantles this mode of thinking

On page 187 of Valis, he calls it "the two-proposition self-canceling structure," in which the second statement is offered in apparent support of the first, even though it does nothing of the kind.

As Dick phrased it: "I don't steal horses, and anyway you have a crummy horse."


Regardless, I find your assessment to be distressingly credible.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. Or

“Say you sue me because you claim my dog bit you. Well now, this is my defense: My dog doesn’t bite. And second, in the alternative, my dog was tied up that night. And third, I don’t believe you really got bit. And fourth, I don’t have a dog.”

-Richard "Racehorse" Haynes

[Orrex]

13. LOL. I like it!

[Nitram]

16. A lousy strategy which has already failed.