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Fri Jan 29, 2021, 04:06 PM

PatSeg (43,328 posts)

38. Oh, how convenient

I just now read that he was on the shortlist for Secretary of State under Trump. I'm surprised Putin didn't push for his nomination, but maybe that was too obvious even for him.

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48 replies	Author	Time	Post
'The perfect target': Russia cultivated Trump as asset for 40 years - ex-KGB spy [View all]	DonViejo	Jan 2021	OP
It's unlikely Trump was the only one	dlk	Jan 2021	#1
+100000	Pachamama	Jan 2021	#3
+++ agree. nt	iluvtennis	Jan 2021	#25
My family has discussed this for years.	southerncrone	Jan 2021	#43
They cast very wide nets	Rural_Progressive	Jan 2021	#24
Do you remember during Obama's term suddenly the GOP was very pro-Russia	apnu	Feb 2021	#48
Flattery will get you everywhere, Vladimir.	Kid Berwyn	Jan 2021	#2
Trump must have been so easy	PatSeg	Jan 2021	#4
Craig Unger talks about It.	Kid Berwyn	Jan 2021	#5
The Russians certainly know how to play the long game	PatSeg	Jan 2021	#7
McTurtle?	Layzeebeaver	Jan 2021	#6
From what we've witnessed the past four years	PatSeg	Jan 2021	#8
I'd add Ted Cruz, Lindsay Graham, and Josh Howley to that list.	Initech	Jan 2021	#20
Remember former Congressman Dana Rohrabacher	PatSeg	Jan 2021	#23
I live really close to his district.	Initech	Jan 2021	#26
And yet he served 30 years in congress	PatSeg	Jan 2021	#30
Oh he has to be on their payroll no question.	Initech	Jan 2021	#31
Oh yes, its like a Tom Clancy thriller	PatSeg	Jan 2021	#32
I'd say it's equal parts Tom Clancy and Wes Craven.	Initech	Jan 2021	#34
Oh yes	PatSeg	Jan 2021	#36
Chair of the House Intelligece Committee - nice catbird seat if he was	BComplex	Jan 2021	#37
Oh, how convenient	PatSeg	Jan 2021	#38
The other very effective side of this gambit is the American unwillingness to believe it.	byronius	Jan 2021	#9
+1	pandr32	Jan 2021	#17
Act on what we (royal) know? Our legal system is set up to play the waiting game	Backseat Driver	Jan 2021	#29
My opinion is this is some dude just trying to make some money off of Trump haters.	Calista241	Jan 2021	#10
Spot on. Shvets and Unger is again stretching reality to fit the best selling lists...	TomVilmer	Jan 2021	#18
"the Russian Federation, under Yeltsin, was flat broke"	PSPS	Jan 2021	#22
but between then and now...	Layzeebeaver	Jan 2021	#33
You miss a couple of points...	regnaD kciN	Jan 2021	#40
Well, maybe	Calista241	Jan 2021	#42
Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!!!	Ford_Prefect	Jan 2021	#11
You know about that lavish palace on the Black Sea? I bet it's the trump family new dacha.	erronis	Jan 2021	#12
If so, it will only be so temporarily...	regnaD kciN	Jan 2021	#41
Now, if this can only be proven:	Oldem	Jan 2021	#13
trump was Putin's puppet for four years	Gothmog	Jan 2021	#14
This is why it should be a stipulation that before a candidate can be nominated they must be fully	onetexan	Jan 2021	#15
Oh, C'mon!!	AZ8theist	Jan 2021	#16
It simply isn't rational how Trump defended Russia/Putin at every turn.	world wide wally	Jan 2021	#19
I'm skeptical of most conspiracy theories, but I totally believe this one.	Nitram	Jan 2021	#21
Good grief, Charlie Brown!	Backseat Driver	Jan 2021	#27
Of course	Bigredhunk	Jan 2021	#28
I think Malcolm Nance	bagimin	Jan 2021	#35
K&R	uppityperson	Jan 2021	#39
What the Soviets and Russians needed most out of Trump is money laundering services	jmowreader	Jan 2021	#44
This message was self-deleted by its author	Freelancer	Jan 2021	#45
This is a great article	nam78_two	Jan 2021	#46
K&R	ck4829	Feb 2021	#47

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