Where the heck are the Republicans?

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Anonymous wrote:I saw Rand Paul this weekend defending Trump’s criminal behavior. It blows my mind that the GOP would support a criminal. As long as I live, I will never vote for a GOP candidate at any level. They’re all criminals!

I think Rand Paul is being blackmailed.

What do you think he's being blackmailed about?

Because he is doing something the left doesn't like, and since the left likes him - he is one of those rare "principled" republicans - therefore there must be some extenuating circumstance that explains his behavior.

Some say he has received Russian money, so he is compromised.

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Anonymous wrote:I am somewhat connected to Republicans in Congress, especially their staffers. Three big points.

1. The base doesn't care. Like, seriously. They will support Trump and aligned GOP candidates.

2. It's fairly clear that the Russians took advantage of the "southern strategy," the NRA, and racism to pick off the GOP. It's sort of obvious but not really publicly reported.

3. People are tied up in this mess. Right now the issue is whether the GOP and Trump are going to continue to stick together.

Do they realize our national security, our democratic institutions including the truth and the rule of law are at stake? Will they put country over party?

Yes, they realized that. And if you followed closely Russian allegations, you should be well aware that they began operating well before 2013. Since democrats have not done anything in years to prevent Russian interference, I have to put country over the party and vote republican.

Obama levied sanctions and strengthened the Magnisky Act. He also expelled a number of Russian spied. He would have done more, but was thwarted by McConnell. Maybe that is where your ire should be focused.

How is sending a few Russians home equal to allowing hundreds of other Russians to interfere with our election system? Am I missing something?

How is doing less then he could have to thwart the Russian worse than directly conspiring with the Russians. Do we let murderers off the hook because the police didn't get there fast enough?

This.

And then align ourselves with murderers and cut police budgets as punishment, so murderers have greater impunity.

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Anonymous wrote:How these payment influence the election? All trumpeters knew about pussy grabbing and golden rain, and didn't give a s... Who exactly was influenced by one more affair?

Why ’d they cover it up if they thought it wouldn’t hurt?

Actually this is the crux. It’s a good question. It proves the intent was to influence the election.

Honestly I commiserate with ppp, because my mom-legal mind thinks:
-influence the election? What candidate isn’t trying to influence or change the voters minds in an election (seriously..like I am in kindergarten, please explain)
-I keep going around in circles about if trump ordered it and paid for it across the 11 invoices...isn’t that not a campaign contribution by Cohen? That’s just contracting out work/taking a loan from Cohen and paying it back. In fact he paid Cohen more.

Lol, I’m literally not excusing trump. I just don’t jump as fast as you DC lawyers. Was trying to explain to nonpoltical DH.

Can anyone answer these legal questions?

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Anonymous wrote:How these payment influence the election? All trumpeters knew about pussy grabbing and golden rain, and didn't give a s... Who exactly was influenced by one more affair?

Why ’d they cover it up if they thought it wouldn’t hurt?

Actually this is the crux. It’s a good question. It proves the intent was to influence the election.

Honestly I commiserate with ppp, because my mom-legal mind thinks:
-influence the election? What candidate isn’t trying to influence or change the voters minds in an election (seriously..like I am in kindergarten, please explain)
-I keep going around in circles about if trump ordered it and paid for it across the 11 invoices...isn’t that not a campaign contribution by Cohen? That’s just contracting out work/taking a loan from Cohen and paying it back. In fact he paid Cohen more.

Lol, I’m literally not excusing trump. I just don’t jump as fast as you DC lawyers. Was trying to explain to nonpoltical DH.

Can anyone answer these legal questions?

Um, Cohen answered them by pleading guilty.

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Anonymous wrote:How these payment influence the election? All trumpeters knew about pussy grabbing and golden rain, and didn't give a s... Who exactly was influenced by one more affair?

Why ’d they cover it up if they thought it wouldn’t hurt?

Actually this is the crux. It’s a good question. It proves the intent was to influence the election.

Honestly I commiserate with ppp, because my mom-legal mind thinks:
-influence the election? What candidate isn’t trying to influence or change the voters minds in an election (seriously..like I am in kindergarten, please explain)
-I keep going around in circles about if trump ordered it and paid for it across the 11 invoices...isn’t that not a campaign contribution by Cohen? That’s just contracting out work/taking a loan from Cohen and paying it back. In fact he paid Cohen more.

Lol, I’m literally not excusing trump. I just don’t jump as fast as you DC lawyers. Was trying to explain to nonpoltical DH.

Can anyone answer these legal questions?

Um, Cohen answered them by pleading guilty.

And Kellyanne’s husband answers them here:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/12/14/trumps-claim-that-he-didnt-violate-campaign-finance-law-is-weak-dangerous/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ccb335fb93b9

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How these payment influence the election? All trumpeters knew about pussy grabbing and golden rain, and didn't give a s... Who exactly was influenced by one more affair?

Why ’d they cover it up if they thought it wouldn’t hurt?

Actually this is the crux. It’s a good question. It proves the intent was to influence the election.

Honestly I commiserate with ppp, because my mom-legal mind thinks:
-influence the election? What candidate isn’t trying to influence or change the voters minds in an election (seriously..like I am in kindergarten, please explain)
-I keep going around in circles about if trump ordered it and paid for it across the 11 invoices...isn’t that not a campaign contribution by Cohen? That’s just contracting out work/taking a loan from Cohen and paying it back. In fact he paid Cohen more.

Lol, I’m literally not excusing trump. I just don’t jump as fast as you DC lawyers. Was trying to explain to nonpoltical DH.

Can anyone answer these legal questions?

Um, Cohen answered them by pleading guilty.

And Kellyanne’s husband answers them here:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/12/14/trumps-claim-that-he-didnt-violate-campaign-finance-law-is-weak-dangerous/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ccb335fb93b9

Thank you! Finally... I think people thought i was questioning the illegality, but in fact I just wanted to understand what’s going on.

My takeaway from that article: is everyone going to be scouring old Meet the Press episodes for conservative commentary on the Edwards case? Remember before “there’s a tweet for that.”?

Right on, Conway.

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Anonymous wrote:How these payment influence the election? All trumpeters knew about pussy grabbing and golden rain, and didn't give a s... Who exactly was influenced by one more affair?

Why ’d they cover it up if they thought it wouldn’t hurt?

Actually this is the crux. It’s a good question. It proves the intent was to influence the election.

Honestly I commiserate with ppp, because my mom-legal mind thinks:
-influence the election? What candidate isn’t trying to influence or change the voters minds in an election (seriously..like I am in kindergarten, please explain)
-I keep going around in circles about if trump ordered it and paid for it across the 11 invoices...isn’t that not a campaign contribution by Cohen? That’s just contracting out work/taking a loan from Cohen and paying it back. In fact he paid Cohen more.

Lol, I’m literally not excusing trump. I just don’t jump as fast as you DC lawyers. Was trying to explain to nonpoltical DH.

Can anyone answer these legal questions?

Um, Cohen answered them by pleading guilty.

And Kellyanne’s husband answers them here:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/12/14/trumps-claim-that-he-didnt-violate-campaign-finance-law-is-weak-dangerous/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ccb335fb93b9

Thank you! Finally... I think people thought i was questioning the illegality, but in fact I just wanted to understand what’s going on.

My takeaway from that article: is everyone going to be scouring old Meet the Press episodes for conservative commentary on the Edwards case? Remember before “there’s a tweet for that.”?

Right on, Conway.

There is a tweet for that! Here’s Trump himself in the Edwards case.
https://twitter.com/rgoodlaw/status/1073617404805177344?s=21

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How these payment influence the election? All trumpeters knew about pussy grabbing and golden rain, and didn't give a s... Who exactly was influenced by one more affair?

Why ’d they cover it up if they thought it wouldn’t hurt?

Actually this is the crux. It’s a good question. It proves the intent was to influence the election.

Honestly I commiserate with ppp, because my mom-legal mind thinks:
-influence the election? What candidate isn’t trying to influence or change the voters minds in an election (seriously..like I am in kindergarten, please explain)
-I keep going around in circles about if trump ordered it and paid for it across the 11 invoices...isn’t that not a campaign contribution by Cohen? That’s just contracting out work/taking a loan from Cohen and paying it back. In fact he paid Cohen more.

Lol, I’m literally not excusing trump. I just don’t jump as fast as you DC lawyers. Was trying to explain to nonpoltical DH.

Can anyone answer these legal questions?

Um, Cohen answered them by pleading guilty.

And Kellyanne’s husband answers them here:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/12/14/trumps-claim-that-he-didnt-violate-campaign-finance-law-is-weak-dangerous/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ccb335fb93b9

Thank you! Finally... I think people thought i was questioning the illegality, but in fact I just wanted to understand what’s going on.

My takeaway from that article: is everyone going to be scouring old Meet the Press episodes for conservative commentary on the Edwards case? Remember before “there’s a tweet for that.”?

Right on, Conway.

There is a tweet for that! Here’s Trump himself in the Edwards case.
https://twitter.com/rgoodlaw/status/1073617404805177344?s=21

Well at least he took the stance (for his own a$$ covering) that it was a waste of a trial. To think he knew back then of the threat of this kind of thing happening to him....

Gretchen’s comments were spot on.