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riqster

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57. No, but you are attempting to reframe the discussion.

Thu Mar 12, 2015, 11:56 AM

Mar 2015

From the observed behavior to technicalities.

When a rabidly pro-Isreal group with documented ties to Israeli organizations gives $900,000.00 + to Tehran Tom, we can reasonably infer that is was done to benefit Israeli interests, which in this case are demonstrably opposed to those of the US.

I will further point out that had these foreign interests in and out of Israel's government NOT wanted this letter imbroglio to happen, they would be shouting their anger from the rooftops. Not happening.

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Tehran Tom Cotton was Bribed almost a Million Bucks to Send the Iran Letter. [View all] riqster Mar 2015 OP

Plutocrats for PNAC Octafish Mar 2015 #1

This is one thing that was predicted after Citizens United: riqster Mar 2015 #2

Absolutely True. Octafish Mar 2015 #4

"Money doesn't need a passport to cross borders." slumcamper Mar 2015 #10

Money may or may not be speech, but it IS definitely a weapon. riqster Mar 2015 #23

No honest person can claim they believe money is speech, in reality. closeupready Mar 2015 #86

Tell it to the Roberts Five. riqster Mar 2015 #90

He said no "honest" person. Try to keep up! Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2015 #105

D'oh! riqster Mar 2015 #106

The last couple of decades have seen the weaponization of both hifiguy Mar 2015 #115

True. riqster Mar 2015 #117

Repuglikans are winning the arms race in weapons-grade stoopidity. lastlib Mar 2015 #121

They really know how to fight dirty - wonder why they have a bad rep. erronis Mar 2015 #28

and there you have it.. mountain grammy Mar 2015 #30

That's precisely where it's at! 2naSalit Mar 2015 #60

Totally. That's why we have to do everything we can to destroy Citizens United. calimary Mar 2015 #87

Finally people notice who ALL Republicans kiss up to Protalker Mar 2015 #122

Flaw in your hypothesis: "People notice." Most probably won't, sad to say. n/t Beartracks Mar 2015 #124

he must be privy to some eternal life giving elixer hopemountain Mar 2015 #129

_/\_/\_This_/\_/\_ Scuba Mar 2015 #27

Can still see corrupt 'Justice' Alito at SOTU shaking his head as Obama looked right at him years ago and said exactly that. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #36

And mouthing the words "not true", IIRC. riqster Mar 2015 #41

Yup. Government of the highest bidder. Enthusiast Mar 2015 #44

And the lowest of ethics. riqster Mar 2015 #48

Republicans in SC sold our country.Republicans have been doing this forever. FDR stopped them once. The Wielding Truth Mar 2015 #120

True. riqster Mar 2015 #125

You know Jeb Bush signed on with PNAC alfredo Mar 2015 #8

Jebthro's still sunning his pimply backsides for the big PNAC coining out to cash in party. Octafish Mar 2015 #15

The neocons need to be persona non grata. They put another alfredo Mar 2015 #88

Not until we can get some traction in the media. riqster Mar 2015 #91

Maybe the million dollars from Kristol and other foreign agents alfredo Mar 2015 #112

We can but hope. riqster Mar 2015 #113

Not holding my breath. alfredo Mar 2015 #127

Nor I. Better to use my breath to spread such news as this. riqster Mar 2015 #134

BTW, Now Randy Paul is trying to make us believe they were alfredo Mar 2015 #139

... riqster Mar 2015 #140

And yet people don't ever seem to wake up and want to fight these huge crimes. Rex Mar 2015 #12

That's why a Hillary Clinton candidacy would be problematic for me. Octafish Mar 2015 #14

Austerity started with Reagan IMO. Rex Mar 2015 #16

True. riqster Mar 2015 #24

Like plane crashes, or some too-early illness, or at the hands of some deranged lunatic. erronis Mar 2015 #29

What about Breitbart? LOL! Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2015 #107

That is a good point! Rex Mar 2015 #108

Both parties are rife with corrupt politicians who do the bidding of their campaign benefactors! Dustlawyer Mar 2015 #34

Been talking about CFR since 1975. Octafish Mar 2015 #63

S'truth. Money has a corrosive effect. riqster Mar 2015 #95

What? MADem Mar 2015 #49

Excellent breakdown. demigoddess Mar 2015 #56

There's an implied and inadvertent sexism at play, there, too. MADem Mar 2015 #58

"Cookies". Ferchrissakes. riqster Mar 2015 #96

She was a Senator who could've brought up Bush and Cheney lying America into war. Octafish Mar 2015 #62

Don't be absurd. You think a president can "undo" a pardon? MADem Mar 2015 #64

If I was president, I'd be damn sure to not include any of those turds on my team. Octafish Mar 2015 #66

Wait a minute--now you're changing the subject and racing decades into the future. MADem Mar 2015 #72

I'm not selling anything. Octafish Mar 2015 #81

Just as well, then. You're not making the sale. nt MADem Mar 2015 #82

Tell you what I think... Octafish Mar 2015 #84

I do. MADem Mar 2015 #132

When Reeps control the media, such outcomes are to be expected. riqster Mar 2015 #53

mahalo riqster Cha Mar 2015 #3

Back atcha, Cha! riqster Mar 2015 #21

Kick! Cha Mar 2015 #22

! BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #5

I keep finding out that I am not yet cynical enough. riqster Mar 2015 #42

THIS angrychair Mar 2015 #50

LoL! BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #85

cynicism is the hopemountain Mar 2015 #128

That's easy for you to say... Javaman Mar 2015 #138

om..... hopemountain Mar 2015 #145

We need at least two witnesses to testify in open court. gordianot Mar 2015 #6

Two very brave witnesses. riqster Mar 2015 #25

We need to follow the money. Did he take money from alfredo Mar 2015 #89

"Tehran Tom the Traitor Tot." SunSeeker Mar 2015 #7

I stole both from other DUers. riqster Mar 2015 #20

Imagine what these whores would do with a billion dollar "contribution". tridim Mar 2015 #9

But....money doesn't cause corruption! Stonepounder Mar 2015 #13

Ah yes, the Roberts Five. riqster Mar 2015 #94

Long on flaming rehetoric, short on facts Android3.14 Mar 2015 #11

when you take into account the fact that corporations actually seem to be governments niyad Mar 2015 #40

Government by the rich, for the rich, and f*** the rest of us. riqster Mar 2015 #43

exactly niyad Mar 2015 #45

I agree, buuuuut Android3.14 Mar 2015 #65

I agree with part of your post. riqster Mar 2015 #98

A Lobbying Group serving the interests of a foreign government paid a million bucks MADem Mar 2015 #52

Oh, but that isn't "evidence". riqster Mar 2015 #71

Well, I'd say there's close to a million pieces of 'evidence' there...but that's just me. nt MADem Mar 2015 #73

Me also. riqster Mar 2015 #75

The across the board corporate media silence and/or deflection tells me they too have been bribed. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #17

Yep. The Golden Rule: riqster Mar 2015 #19

the corporate media silence is deafening.. mountain grammy Mar 2015 #32

Kardashian! Benghazi! Storm! Lewinsky! riqster Mar 2015 #47

HRC e-mails, Clinton Foundation donations from Iliyah Mar 2015 #78

And make lots of money on the war machine while waiting for Rapture. riqster Mar 2015 #80

Oh, nos! We can't let those warheads fall into the hands of a bunch of fanatics!!! erronis Mar 2015 #35

The Revelation of Saint Strangelove riqster Mar 2015 #38

I'm curious - are there any new saints if nobody's left to canonize them? erronis Mar 2015 #59

My ancestors barely survived the tender mercies of the R.C. church... riqster Mar 2015 #74

Rising Star for the American Taliban! Cryptoad Mar 2015 #18

And the Kleptocracy. riqster Mar 2015 #100

Lobbyists are hardly new leftynyc Mar 2015 #26

you hard of hearing and blind? chillfactor Mar 2015 #33

Not at all leftynyc Mar 2015 #39

An organization can have an address anywhere. riqster Mar 2015 #46

Am I stuttering? leftynyc Mar 2015 #55

No, but you are attempting to reframe the discussion. riqster Mar 2015 #57

Uh - no leftynyc Mar 2015 #69

Distraction 101. riqster Mar 2015 #76

LOL - asking you to back up leftynyc Mar 2015 #83

I'd say the evidence is in the name of the organization that gave Traitor Tom the dough. nt MADem Mar 2015 #67

Really? leftynyc Mar 2015 #70

Quelle surprise! Rightyny...er, "lefty"nyc...rushing to defend Tom Cotton n/t brentspeak Mar 2015 #130

Where am I defending Cotton? leftynyc Mar 2015 #133

"Lobbyists are hardly new" brentspeak Mar 2015 #142

Horseshit leftynyc Mar 2015 #143

And you STILL leftynyc Mar 2015 #144

If you look at the list of his contributors on "followthemoney.org", almost all of those at the top. George II Mar 2015 #31

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2015 #37

And this is not treason? ananda Mar 2015 #51

Without prosecution, treason becomes acceptable. riqster Mar 2015 #54

this is one thing only angrychair Mar 2015 #61

Yep. John Ashcroft and other Repubs are heavy into that crap. riqster Mar 2015 #68

Petition - We the people.. - PASS THIS ON! SPREAD IT AROUND! - Over 224k signers in TWO DAYS! vkkv Mar 2015 #77

I signed. Thanks for the post! riqster Mar 2015 #79

Sure smells like quid pro quo all right. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2015 #92

Yep. A million smackers worth. riqster Mar 2015 #93

Great post. Thanks! greatlaurel Mar 2015 #97

Lots of people make seemingly inexplicable choices. riqster Mar 2015 #99

Guilt by association for the other 46 Politicalboi Mar 2015 #101

Perhaps not financially. riqster Mar 2015 #104

This is BIG! yellowwoodII Mar 2015 #102

There are embedded links at the blog site in the OP. riqster Mar 2015 #103

Bill Kristol should be arrested. How is this not treason? Initech Mar 2015 #109

IOKIYAR. riqster Mar 2015 #111

The pro-Israel lobby at work: "Let's you and him fight." Comrade Grumpy Mar 2015 #110

What a surprise. hifiguy Mar 2015 #114

Everybody but the Roberts Five thunk it. riqster Mar 2015 #118

Dang I was hoping you got a Defense Contractor bribe daredtowork Mar 2015 #116

Looking for that, too. riqster Mar 2015 #119

Paul Singers is an unkind cut DonCoquixote Mar 2015 #123

To quote the Hangover: "Quid pro quo, douchebags." Initech Mar 2015 #126

That was a lot of "quo" for Tehran Tom. riqster Mar 2015 #135

Yup. Definitely $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. Initech Mar 2015 #141

''What else do we need to prosecute this f***ing traitor?'' DeSwiss Mar 2015 #131

Some actual law enforcement of Republicans is LONG OVERDUE. Jamastiene Mar 2015 #136

Damn right. riqster Mar 2015 #137