Let's ASSUME that he had legit reasons for wanting a back channel (Reply #17)

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Sat May 27, 2017, 11:06 AM

Nevernose (13,081 posts)

17. Let's ASSUME that he had legit reasons for wanting a back channel

And ignore how obviously stupid bypassing the intelligence agencies and State Department is.

He still took the Russian ambassador in through the back door and LIED ABOUT IT. "Wanting a private back channel" neither excuses nor justifies perjury and lying to the FBI.

It's just so clearly bullshit.

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47 replies	Author	Time	Post
Will the media please STOP THE FUCKING INSANITY!!!!!!!!!! [View all]	politicaljunkie41910	May 2017	OP
Politics is entertainment now.	SticksnStones	May 2017	#1
There's that, yes . . .	MousePlayingDaffodil	May 2017	#9
I have a little more faith in my neighbor's and my country than that.	SticksnStones	May 2017	#12
Please. I look around and see a country . . .	MousePlayingDaffodil	May 2017	#16
I said good day!	SticksnStones	May 2017	#24
I hear you	paleotn	May 2017	#42
Really? Are you suggesting we just give up and go with a dictatorship?	Chemisse	May 2017	#25
Yes it's like sports entertainment for the less politically enlightened . That's how much of	lunasun	May 2017	#14
I had the same reaction last night---there is no innocent explanation for this	cally	May 2017	#2
I completely forget about a trip outside the country..and forget to put it on my SF86	HipChick	May 2017	#6
I worked for the government over a period of 31 years and filled out the SF86 many times.	politicaljunkie41910	May 2017	#21
Well they are getting away with it, and they'll keep doing it	FakeNoose	May 2017	#32
I agree!	UCmeNdc	May 2017	#3
I shouted at the TV this morning, "Stop giving those crooks excuses!"	Buckeye_Democrat	May 2017	#4
I apologize for my earlier language; but I couldn't take it any longer. I too, have been shouting	politicaljunkie41910	May 2017	#11
I screamed at the tv all through the buildup to the Iraq war. Cheney, rice etc bombarded	notdarkyet	May 2017	#37
It's a measured response. As much as I detest it, the media does not want to make false claims	Mr. Ected	May 2017	#5
I think they are making quadruple sure	pnwest	May 2017	#15
They are also considering all the right wingers and they come across a lot more credibly if	Amaryllis	May 2017	#45
He was a fucking conduit. Plain and simple.	Baitball Blogger	May 2017	#7
The only person who was straight was Malcolm Nance	flamingdem	May 2017	#8
Yep.	dalton99a	May 2017	#28
Yep	not fooled	May 2017	#36
+1	uponit7771	May 2017	#44
I love Malcolm Nance.	Auntie Bush	May 2017	#47
Who owns the so-called "liberal media"? Hint, it ain't the proletariat. - nt	KingCharlemagne	May 2017	#10
Bingo.	dalton99a	May 2017	#29
For sure, at MSNBC, we know they were told to dial it back	Alice11111	May 2017	#35
Yeah I know what ya mean	Kimchijeon	May 2017	#40
Depends on who you ask	newblewtoo	May 2017	#43
I thought I was the only one screaming about this very same thing.	Solomon	May 2017	#13
Let's ASSUME that he had legit reasons for wanting a back channel	Nevernose	May 2017	#17
Don't watch the MSM. They are trying to normalize this. They HELPED this to happen.	LaydeeBug	May 2017	#18
Agreed	c-rational	May 2017	#33
Perhaps the media could bring themselves to simply REPORT the events .. & leave interpretation out	MedusaX	May 2017	#19
Yes,m it's driving me crazy as well.	KPN	May 2017	#20
Unreal	Johnny2X2X	May 2017	#22
They have a lot of air time to fill. nt	Honeycombe8	May 2017	#23
Lets see if there are other undisclosed contacts, or if Russians are biggest part of undisclosed. nt	Bernardo de La Paz	May 2017	#26
Amen.	maddiemom	May 2017	#27
So if a cover up effort fails...	Zambero	May 2017	#30
Sorry, other than one or two right wing guests, I didn't hear ANYONE on news shows making excuses.	George II	May 2017	#31
Nor have I	radical noodle	May 2017	#34
K & R	BadgerMom	May 2017	#38
It will help if we realize it's not "the media," it's just corporate profit-propaganda	Kimchijeon	May 2017	#39
A more important question: When will the	Greywing	May 2017	#41
Preach! The orders from Corporate HQTRS must be clear and threatening.	WinkyDink	May 2017	#46

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