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Showing Original Post only (View all)Wonkette: IT DOESNT MATTER WHO PAID FOR THE FUCKING DOSSIER, YOU FUCKING ASSHOLES [View all]
gather 'round all ye idiotsIT DOESNT MATTER WHO PAID FOR THE FUCKING DOSSIER, YOU FUCKING ASSHOLES
By Evan Hurst - October 25, 2017 - 10:56am 494
https://wonkette.com/624773/it-doesnt-matter-who-paid-for-the-fucking-dossier-you-fucking-assholes#7MgEgWr6vkadQ6BF.99
BREAKING NEWS THAT IS SHOCKING TO EVERYONE WHO DOESNT READ THE NEWSPAPER! You know the Steele Dossier, compiled by former MI6 spy Christopher Steele, who was contracted by Fusion GPS to compile oppo research way back during the campaign? That thing that alleges that Donald Trumps campaign was engaged in a massive cover-up with Russia to influence/steal the 2016 election? Yes, that one! If youll remember, we learned recently that, though investigators havent verified every single thing in it, they havent debunked one single little thing about it!
During the Republican primary, Fusion GPSs oppo research was funded by a Republican (Jeb! probably, unless it was the Mercers back when they were Ted Cruz backers), but once Trump won the nomination, some Democrats took over the funding. Steele was hired soon after. We learned this information from THE VERY FIRST NEWS STORY about the dossier, when it was broken by David Corn at Mother Jones on October 31, 2016:
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Meanwhile, as we are typing this, MSNBC is asking, What does this mean for the Democrats? What does this mean for Robert Muellers investigation?
NOTHING, YOU FUCKING IMBECILES. The story of the dossier always was that it was regular routine oppo research, and that the British spy Steele, in the course of his work, started finding all these Russian connections that made him go WHOA IF TRUE. So he kept investigating, and his research became known as the dossier. The fact his work was funded by Hillary people doesnt mean piddly shit, since anybody whos ever covered politics before (journalism fact coming, Maggie Haberman, youll want to take notes) knows that candidates arent funding oppo research to find FAKE NEWS on their opponents, theyre funding it to find REAL DIRT.
And Christopher Steele fucking found it.
So can you all kindly shut the fuck up, please and thank you?
Read more at https://wonkette.com/624773/it-doesnt-matter-who-paid-for-the-fucking-dossier-you-fucking-assholes#7MgEgWr6vkadQ6BF.99
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Wonkette: IT DOESNT MATTER WHO PAID FOR THE FUCKING DOSSIER, YOU FUCKING ASSHOLES [View all]
emulatorloo
Oct 2017
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Woohoo wonkette in the house!candidates arent funding oppo research to find FAKE NEWS on their oppo
Madam45for2923
Oct 2017
#3
It certainly does matter when you're trying to distract someone from looking at the content.
Wounded Bear
Oct 2017
#4
Opposition Research is a fact of life. The only thing that matters now is vetting
Baitball Blogger
Oct 2017
#5
Mark Elias is not the DNC. Article was clear neither DNC nor Clinton campaign knew about this
emulatorloo
Oct 2017
#15
Here you go: orig funded by rightwing website. Website funded by billionaire GOP donor Paul Singer
emulatorloo
Oct 2017
#58
"neither the DNC nor the Clinton campaign knew that Fusion had been hired by Elias"
B2G
Oct 2017
#13
I have no difficulty at all in beleiving a lawyer would keep this from the DNC/Campaign
emulatorloo
Oct 2017
#18
Why is it so important to you to "blame" DNC ? To quote wonkette, "doesn't matter who paid for
emulatorloo
Oct 2017
#23
It's not a "Democrat Scandal" despite how much liar Grassley and Trump apologists want it to be
emulatorloo
Oct 2017
#27
Mueller's team influenced by bullshit right wing distraction? I don't think so
emulatorloo
Oct 2017
#30
I have a vague memory that Fusion weren't the biggest Go-To company in that area for oppo research.
OnDoutside
Oct 2017
#14
You are missing something. I think you missed the point of Wonkette article.
emulatorloo
Oct 2017
#57
No. The argument of this thread is that 'who paid for it' is a distraction from Trump folk's Russian
emulatorloo
Oct 2017
#55
Doesn't matter what "masses" think. First criminal charges in Mueller investigation today.
emulatorloo
Oct 2017
#54