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Showing Original Post only (View all) Why We Must Oppose the Kremlin-Baiting Against Trump [View all]
Last edited Sat Mar 11, 2017, 05:18 PM - Edit history (1)
From the article:
The bipartisan, nearly full-political-spectrum tsunami of factually unverified allegations that President Trump has been sedi tiously compromised by the Kremlin, with scarcely any nonpartisan pushback from influential political or media sources, is deeply alarming. Begun by the Clinton campaign in mid-2016, and exemplified now by New York Times columnists (who write of a Trump-Putin regime in Washington), strident MSNBC hosts, and unbalanced CNN commentators, the practice is growing into a latter-day McCarthyite hysteria. Such politically malignant practices should be deplored wherever they appear, whether on the part of conservatives, liberals, or progressives.
https://www.thenation.com/article/why-we-must-oppose-the-kremlin-baiting-against-trump/
An excellent article, even if it does go against the current, so to speak, of numerous posts at DU.
About Professor Cohen:
Stephen Frand Cohen (born November 25, 1938) is an American scholar and professor emeritus of Russian studies at Princeton University and New York University.[1][2][3] His academic work concentrates on modern Russian history since the Bolshevik Revolution and the country's relationship with the United States. Cohen is married to Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor of the progressive magazine The Nation, where he is also a contributing editor. Cohen is also the founding director of the reestablished American Committee for East-West Accord.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_F._Cohen
Edited to add: After reading the responses, I can only say that in the article, Cohen advocates for building a case before proceeding directly to the trial and execution. (A bit of hyperbole there.) I understand the anger at what is seen as much circumstantial evidence and allegations, but Cohen is not advocating for ignoring the matter, simply for building a proper case.
As here:
So far, no facts have been presented to back up the allegations. (Without facts, all of us are doomed to malpractice or worse.) An impartial investigation might search for such facts, if any exist, which should then be evaluated objectivelybut neither may be possible in the current political atmosphere, only a witch hunt.
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What the "Clinton campaign" said was factually accurate or evidence based opinions
Renew Deal
Mar 2017
#1
This pro-Putin article by Putin apologist Cohen was already thoroughly debunked at DU
wishstar
Mar 2017
#3
Opinions from credible sources are worth more than opinions from, say, Rush Limbaugh.
DanTex
Mar 2017
#54
Using the term "plain facts" to talk of what are so-far simply allegations of Russian involvement
guillaumeb
Mar 2017
#57
Using the term "simply allegations" to talk of what are established facts of Russian involvement
DanTex
Mar 2017
#62
Cohen is wrong. This is also about politics. Attacking Trump and weaking him in the public eye is
TeamPooka
Mar 2017
#26
How the hell does this author think we can have this "impartial investigation of the facts"
pnwmom
Mar 2017
#76
Look up Cohen's ridiculous defenses of Putin, it's astounding the pretzels he twists himself into
bettyellen
Mar 2017
#9
And ignore his interference in European and American elections- because that's not nationalism...
bettyellen
Mar 2017
#13
So what? Does that mean we are supposed to pretend Putin didn't interfere in ours?
DanTex
Mar 2017
#23
This article and the surrounding discussion have nothing to do with "impressing the voters"
Crunchy Frog
Mar 2017
#36
Don't know if you noticed - you are the only one defending this author and their weak ass premise.
TeamPooka
Mar 2017
#27
I did not see where he advocated allowing the case to build before calling for impeachment.
Crunchy Frog
Mar 2017
#37
I'm sorry. I'm not going to get into further discussion with someone whose made 4,000 posts
Crunchy Frog
Mar 2017
#66
Sure, nothing to see there. That's why like 10 Russians associated with this thing have dropped
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2017
#39
So Democrats are supposed to still play nice in the sand box with the deplorables
LiberalLovinLug
Mar 2017
#40
OK. So if a steam roller was heading your way full force and you knew you were going to be hit by it
caroldansen
Mar 2017
#55
Russia is a mafia nation; trump is at least partly being controlled/influenced by them;
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2017
#70