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kpete

(72,006 posts) Mon May 18, 2020, 07:28 AM May 2020

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"Obamagate" in simple terms:

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"Obamagate" in simple terms: (Original Post) kpete May 2020 OP

I know "unmasking" is an actual term underpants May 2020 #1

Gotta make it sound REEEEEEAL sinister, dontchaknow. calimary May 2020 #2

They're making it sound bad, like the time Cheney "unmasked" (excuse me...outed) Valerie Plame. sop May 2020 #7

I didn't know that about the Wiki page. CrispyQ May 2020 #22

A list was posted here a few days ago about unmasking requests. About 9,000 in 2016, 9,000 niyad May 2020 #16

These types of facts are exactly what the media should report on and never do! CrispyQ May 2020 #23

The gop is filled with Scarsdale May 2020 #3

Wow, I missed that one. So there's still some unmasking to go? When? bucolic_frolic May 2020 #4

This country is so helplessly stupid Cosmocat May 2020 #5

There's a reason why the GOP focused on filling Boards of Education back in the 80s. CrispyQ May 2020 #24

Sen Jerry Moran of Ks was one of 5 Repug senators in Russia July 4th KS Toronado May 2020 #6

So was Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Scarsdale May 2020 #10

"Thune of wherever he is from..." The_Counsel May 2020 #12

We can return the favor this year IronLionZion May 2020 #26

Oh, No Doubt! :-) The_Counsel May 2020 #28

Don't forget the token female and House member of that "tour group" yellowdogintexas May 2020 #15

Once the 4th Of July Gang have their stories told, lagomorph777 May 2020 #17

It really is simple. US intel intercept an American, who is PaulRevere08 May 2020 #8

That was back in the day Scarsdale May 2020 #11

Flynn was hard to find dalton99a May 2020 #9

Wasn't jill stein also at that table? niyad May 2020 #13

Yep. dalton99a May 2020 #14

She's the one on the right in the photo lagomorph777 May 2020 #18

Thank you. I had just taken a quick glance at the photo, missed her. niyad May 2020 #19

Yes, the one smirking lamely as her soul withers to nothing. FailureToCommunicate May 2020 #21

Obamagate in Fox News terms IronLionZion May 2020 #20

AIRFORCE ONE IS A HOLOGRAM! Maru Kitteh May 2020 #25

Well, that clears everything up - I love the term "foxsplains" csziggy May 2020 #27

underpants

(182,861 posts)

1. I know "unmasking" is an actual term

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2020, 07:47 AM

May 2020

But the way Fox and talk radio use it almost like they are hinting about something else to their listeners. But that could just be me.

calimary

(81,419 posts)

2. Gotta make it sound REEEEEEAL sinister, dontchaknow.

Reply to underpants (Reply #1)

Mon May 18, 2020, 07:59 AM

May 2020

sop

(10,226 posts)

7. They're making it sound bad, like the time Cheney "unmasked" (excuse me...outed) Valerie Plame.

Reply to underpants (Reply #1)

Mon May 18, 2020, 08:44 AM

May 2020

Or the time the CIA was forced to extract a top-secret source from Russia after Trump "unmasked" (excuse me...revealed) classified intelligence to Russian officials during an Oval Office meeting in 2017.

In fact, Traitor Trump has unmasked (excuse me...disclosed) classified information so many times, Wikipedia devoted an entire section to the topic, titled "Donald Trump's disclosures of classified information."

Problem with this "Obamagate" crappola is Flynn was colluding with Russia and Turkey - working against US interests - when he was legally unmasked. The POS is projecting again, trying to distract from his own treason, and FOX News is putting out this bullshit to confuse their dumbass viewers.

CrispyQ

(36,492 posts)

22. I didn't know that about the Wiki page.

Reply to sop (Reply #7)

Mon May 18, 2020, 10:27 AM

May 2020

Thank you!

niyad

(113,510 posts)

16. A list was posted here a few days ago about unmasking requests. About 9,000 in 2016, 9,000

Reply to underpants (Reply #1)

Mon May 18, 2020, 09:27 AM

May 2020

Plus in 2017, and some 17,000 in 2018. Hmmmmm. . .WHO was president in '17 and '18???????

CrispyQ

(36,492 posts)

23. These types of facts are exactly what the media should report on and never do!

Reply to niyad (Reply #16)

Mon May 18, 2020, 10:29 AM

May 2020

Arghh!!!

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)

3. The gop is filled with

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2020, 08:03 AM

May 2020

unethical characters. Along came squeaky clean Barak Obama, and they just KNOW there HAS to be something bad in his background. The worst ones are those who flew to Russia last 4th of July, to "celebrate" with Putin. Once their deals see the light of day, they will wish they had stayed home. Traitors abound in the republican party.

bucolic_frolic

(43,249 posts)

4. Wow, I missed that one. So there's still some unmasking to go? When?

Reply to Scarsdale (Reply #3)

Mon May 18, 2020, 08:08 AM

May 2020

Cosmocat

(14,567 posts)

5. This country is so helplessly stupid

Reply to Scarsdale (Reply #3)

Mon May 18, 2020, 08:08 AM

May 2020

and they know it.

You could not swing a dead cat around 45s campaign team without hitting someone with (at best) sketchy ties to Russia. As you noted, there were actual republican lawmakers that traveled to Russia to do WTFs what. You have POTUS endlessly licking Putin's ball sack, and having Russia's top spy do a victory l lap in the Oval Office with ONLY RUSSIAN MEDIA.

But, all it takes is this scumbag babbling about Obamagate and the media and idiots in this country are off to the races.

CrispyQ

(36,492 posts)

24. There's a reason why the GOP focused on filling Boards of Education back in the 80s.

Reply to Cosmocat (Reply #5)

Mon May 18, 2020, 10:31 AM

May 2020

"As people do better, they start voting like Republicans - unless they have too much education and vote Democratic, which proves there can be too much of a good thing."
~ Karl Rove

KS Toronado

(17,293 posts)

6. Sen Jerry Moran of Ks was one of 5 Repug senators in Russia July 4th

Reply to Scarsdale (Reply #3)

Mon May 18, 2020, 08:38 AM

May 2020

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)

10. So was Ron Johnson of Wisconsin,

Reply to KS Toronado (Reply #6)

Mon May 18, 2020, 09:12 AM

May 2020

Thune of wherever he is from, Rand Paul among other traitors.

The_Counsel

(1,660 posts)

12. "Thune of wherever he is from..."

Reply to Scarsdale (Reply #10)

Mon May 18, 2020, 09:21 AM

May 2020

Yeah, it's 9:15am and I laughed so hard at this it's pathetic. Thanks for that!

But yeah...Sen. Thune is from South Dakota--by way of Hell. He's the guy who beat Tom Daschle when he was Dem Senate Leader.

IronLionZion

(45,494 posts)

26. We can return the favor this year

Reply to The_Counsel (Reply #12)

Mon May 18, 2020, 11:17 AM

May 2020

by defeating Moscow Mitch in Kentucky.

The_Counsel

(1,660 posts)

28. Oh, No Doubt! :-)

Reply to IronLionZion (Reply #26)

Mon May 18, 2020, 12:22 PM

May 2020

On Facebook, my contribution to any "Mitch McConnell" conversation usually goes thusly:

Amy McGrath. Just sayin'.

http://amymcgrath.com

yellowdogintexas

(22,270 posts)

15. Don't forget the token female and House member of that "tour group"

Reply to Scarsdale (Reply #10)

Mon May 18, 2020, 09:26 AM

May 2020

Kay Granger TX-12. My Congressperson

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)

17. Once the 4th Of July Gang have their stories told,

Reply to Scarsdale (Reply #3)

Mon May 18, 2020, 09:27 AM

May 2020

they will wish they had stayed in Moscow.

PaulRevere08

(449 posts)

8. It really is simple. US intel intercept an American, who is

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2020, 08:48 AM

May 2020

Discussing with senior Russian officials plans to undermine our strategy in Syria. WH officials ask "Who the fuck is that?" Voila, Obamagate.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)

11. That was back in the day

Reply to PaulRevere08 (Reply #8)

Mon May 18, 2020, 09:15 AM

May 2020

when the Intelligence community was respected as such. Now they allow tRump and Barr to insult them on a daily basis. GROW a SPINE, FBI and the rest of them need to stand up and fight back. Our country is at stake.