Donald Rump - singularly unsuited to be POTUS

[bl8d]

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Whoa! Kelly Ann Conway!

I take offense at that, my eyes are bluer.
No seriously. China is not even trying to hide its Imperial ambition in the Pacific. If no one stands up to it, no guessing where it will reach.

[r1404]

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Of course it's a disgrace. The entire campaign was disgraceful on both sides. What does this have to do with a hostile foreign government interfering with the election? I suggest if you're trying to make a point about "whataboutism," try to do so without doing the exact same thing.

My apologies. When I read you answering my concern about the actual evidence of CNN conspiring with the DNC and the Clinton campaign with a question of whether I thought Fox engaged in such exchanges (for which there is zero evidence or allegation at the moment), I thought you might be deflecting but you must have meant something else.

[r1404]

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What, you mean again? Pretty sure the post you're responding to said "absolutely" to that question, and said that the election was a **** show on all sides, etc. I mean, if your position is that you're going to insist other people aren't acknowledging the Democrats' disgrace even when other people are acknowledging the Democrats' disgrace, I'm not sure there's going to be a productive line of talk here. (And I'm not sure the person who started the "whataboutism" is really in a position to accuse others of "whataboutism," either.)

My apologies. I must have misread you when you answered a post about the actual evidence of the DNC and CNN conspiring with the Clinton campaign with the assertion that the RNC did the "exact same thing", when there is no evidence or allegation of same.

[mpare]

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Fortunately, he still has time to fire Twitter salvos at union reps, young women and the press.

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Man he has lots going on . . . no wonder he doesn't have time to meet with the FBI, CIA, etc . . .

[dmcdam]

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My apologies. When I read you answering my concern about the actual evidence of CNN conspiring with the DNC and the Clinton campaign with a question of whether I thought Fox engaged in such exchanges (for which there is zero evidence or allegation at the moment), I thought you might be deflecting but you must have meant something else.

My apologies but I thought you used the CNN / DNC angle to deflect from the Russian involvement in the whole election thing raised by Jeffc. You must have meant something else.

[mpare]

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The US will now have a Secretary of State with no government or diplomatic experience. What he does have, through his company, is a huge financial interest in Russia. What could possibly go wrong?

[bcampb00]

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The fact that the Russians may have influenced a US election should be frightening to all Americans, regardless of which side you are on.

You mean like? Shocking, I tell ya.

https://mishgea.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/time-yeltsin.png

[ace in the hazard]

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The US will now have a PRESIDENT with no government or diplomatic experience...What could possibly go wrong?

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[mpare]

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We already knew that Mr. Trump was a thin-skinned bully, whose extreme narcissism prevented him from any ability to moderate his own impulses. Many had been hoping that he would surround himself with people who knew what they were doing. Now we know that isn't going to happen. Don't you feel better knowing that?

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[ManFromMoffat]

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RUMP ISOLATES HIMSELF WITH C.I.A. ATTACK

Perhaps part of why he might not care is he only sees them once a week anyways!

http://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/trump-isolates-himself-with-c-i-a-attack?mbid=rss

[Ignatius Reilly]

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You mean like? Shocking, I tell ya.

https://mishgea.files.wordpress.com/...me-yeltsin.png

There has certainly been a long history of governments interfering with another country's elections.

However, I think there's a key difference here. The US influencing Yeltsin's win was in America's self interest. If Russia has influenced the outcome of this election, it could only be in Russia's self interest.

If you think Russia has a more positive influence on Canada's or the rest of the world's future, then this has been a good development.

I prefer the Americans, warts included.

[r1404]

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My apologies but I thought you used the CNN / DNC angle to deflect from the Russian involvement in the whole election thing raised by Jeffc. You must have meant something else.

Given that I began that post with the words "I can certainly agree with that", in reference to Jeffc's statement that all Americans should be concerned with the allegations of Russian involvement, I would say yes, you most certainly misunderstood my meaning.

[bogey5]

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Rumour is Rick Perry will head up a dept that he pledged to eliminate when he was running for P. He also called DT a "cancer on conservatism" and a "barking carnival act" not that long ago. Does Mr Perry have a problem with his memory? Or is he just doing what comes naturally for a political hack by moving into the swamp?

[dmcdam]

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Given that I began that post with the words "I can certainly agree with that", in reference to Jeffc's statement that all Americans should be concerned with the allegations of Russian involvement, I would say yes, you most certainly misunderstood my meaning.

...then abruptly took a right turn to something that supported your position...

[bl8d]

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There has certainly been a long history of governments interfering with another country's elections.

However, I think there's a key difference here. The US influencing Yeltsin's win was in America's self interest. If Russia has influenced the outcome of this election, it could only be in Russia's self interest.

If you think Russia has a more positive influence on Canada's or the rest of the world's future, then this has been a good development.

I prefer the Americans, warts included.

I think what we'll see is a shift in allies.The next 4 years will be markedly different from what we've had before.
Putin will cozy up to Trump so that their combo can neutralize China's political and economic reach.
All shared ideology aside, China is a more potent threat now to Russia, much more so than the USA ever was.
If Russia and the USA can come to mutually satisfying terms,Russia's secret submarine base on the Kamchatka peninsula could temper any posturing China's Pacific navy may adopt.
Strange as it may sound, Russia saying "I got your back in the Pacific" may become the new reality.