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Caliman73

(11,736 posts)
23. Anything they would have done, unless they had Putin and Trump on tape, together...
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 05:29 PM
Jan 2018

explicitly saying "Okay Donald, we are going to hack the election and install you as president and then you will pay us back with policies toward Russia that are beneficial to me and you"; would have been seen as a political act to sway the election and would have created chaos.

People need to understand that Politics and Law are sometimes separate things. They had intelligence indicating that Russia was meddling in the election, but they did not have Legal Proof that there were any crimes being committed. Interference by the sitting President into the election would have sent shockwaves through society.

What specifically would you have had them do? "corralling Comey" would have been seen as interfering with an FBI investigation, which is what Trump is on the hot seat for doing now. How else should they have reacted that would not have thrown the entire system into turmoil without full legal proof of wrong doing?

kleptocrats of rhe world unite DBoon Jan 2018 #1
Thanks Joe for your candidness. triron Jan 2018 #2
Indeed. Wwcd Jan 2018 #5
True. Intel & messages moved fast & time was not in their favor Wwcd Jan 2018 #3
Really? The same McConnell who stalled Obama's SCOTUS nominee, because he clearly LisaM Jan 2018 #4
Hard to convince those of us who saw it and had only our leaders to rely on to intervene. Wwcd Jan 2018 #6
I have a queasy feeling about this as well. triron Jan 2018 #39
Anything they would have done, unless they had Putin and Trump on tape, together... Caliman73 Jan 2018 #23
I don't think sitting by and doing nothing in the name of being politic was any help. LisaM Jan 2018 #24
Truth will out malaise Jan 2018 #7
Amen! NT SWBTATTReg Jan 2018 #26
In hindsight, it sounds kinda reckless. GeorgeGist Jan 2018 #8
We have known that all along... kentuck Jan 2018 #9
I'm not impressed gratuitous Jan 2018 #10
I agree. IMO, they should have completely exposed McConnell RandomAccess Jan 2018 #14
Truth! Duppers Jan 2018 #32
I really doubt it would have hurt Hillary's chances. triron Jan 2018 #38
Who cares if you're impressed or not? BannonsLiver Jan 2018 #20
Why the personal attacks? kentuck Jan 2018 #27
Calling someone a MMQB isnt a personal attack. BannonsLiver Jan 2018 #30
It was a bad call. Duppers Jan 2018 #31
Indeed gratuitous Jan 2018 #33
Die had been cast? Faux pas Jan 2018 #11
"I have set my life upon a cast and I will stand the hazard of the die". oasis Jan 2018 #13
Ah Faux pas Jan 2018 #16
I think McConnell and Ryan bdamomma Jan 2018 #12
Rohrbacher, RNC, NRA to name a few RandomAccess Jan 2018 #15
Big mistake on their part, imo. CrispyQ Jan 2018 #17
Thank you for saving me some typing. BobTheSubgenius Jan 2018 #18
I think Biden is too gabby. pnwmom Jan 2018 #19
Obama did make a point of consulting Biden often, iirc Hekate Jan 2018 #21
Of consulting him, right. But they weren't co-Presidents, though Biden might want pnwmom Jan 2018 #22
True... Hekate Jan 2018 #25
Conservative patriotism. John Fante Jan 2018 #28
Sounds like Uncle Joe might need to have a conversation with Robert Mueller.... Pachamama Jan 2018 #29
RICO Time Hassler Jan 2018 #34
welcome to DU gopiscrap Jan 2018 #43
I knew Obama should have declared Marshall Law... czarjak Jan 2018 #35
In hindsight, that was a terrible decision hueymahl Jan 2018 #36
THIS is what we should be worrying about...not some damned samnsara Jan 2018 #37
Despicable and loathsome No-Bozos Jan 2018 #40
I can respect their decision. leanforward Jan 2018 #41
In a just world, Trump won't be in the White House in 2020. He'd be in prison with the other... NNadir Jan 2018 #42
Profiles in Caution librechik Jan 2018 #44
Yet even after the election there was this pretense of a 'fair election'. triron Jan 2018 #45
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