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stuffmatters

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21. So if Manafort "influenced" infamous Repub Platform Change, think Pence,NRA,Fundie,Koch connexs too.
Tue Aug 7, 2018, 05:09 PM
Aug 2018

It's pretty clear that Manafort took the "Unpaid" position as Trump Campaign Chair in order to pay back (as in"how do I get whole?&quot his Putingarch debts.
Manafort is the one who finessed Pence into the VP slot over Trump's original choice of Rudy. If we look at Pence as a human
conduit for both RW ideology & interests/donor cash then we have a pretty good roadmap of what anti democracy "charitable" machines were already compatible, to say the least, with Putin interests.
In Pence Putin already had a Koch et alios proven, controllable, implacable robot. Gulianni might have had some serious Russian ties, but his ego and successful career without the backing of the Repug antidemocracy infrastructure...Kochs, NRA, SadoChristians...made Guilliani too much of a wild card to inherit the presidency if Manafort/Putin's Trump got .

"Make It Plain" [View all] H2O Man Aug 2018 OP
Brilliant. I agree with all of this, utterly NRaleighLiberal Aug 2018 #1
Thank you. H2O Man Aug 2018 #3
k and r Achilleaze Aug 2018 #2
Thank you! H2O Man Aug 2018 #4
Agree 100% -- Keep it plain. When we get into long connecting-the-dots allegations, we lose Hoyt Aug 2018 #5
Right. H2O Man Aug 2018 #6
Kudos for your work with students and others. That will make more difference than anything. n/t Hoyt Aug 2018 #9
Two of the H2O Man Aug 2018 #11
K & R. Good advice for all Dems. KPN Aug 2018 #7
Thanks! H2O Man Aug 2018 #12
Huge K&R n/t OneGrassRoot Aug 2018 #8
Thanks, Buddy! H2O Man Aug 2018 #13
I post a lot about the Russian interference coeur_de_lion Aug 2018 #10
The only thing I disagree with you on is when you said... The Liberal Lion Aug 2018 #14
Careful coeur_de_lion Aug 2018 #20
It can be H2O Man Aug 2018 #15
I do a little bit but what my county has coeur_de_lion Aug 2018 #19
Superb essay, H2O Man! calimary Aug 2018 #16
Plain as day. suffragette Aug 2018 #17
Absolutely there's conciousness of guilt eleny Aug 2018 #18
So if Manafort "influenced" infamous Repub Platform Change, think Pence,NRA,Fundie,Koch connexs too. stuffmatters Aug 2018 #21
Thanks for the post. jalan48 Aug 2018 #22
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