against Russians much the same.

trump should have responded to Russia, but it’s kind of tough to make an international crisis out of it.

taken A U. S. president's word for it. They would've been long gone. Literally from one day to the next and never heard from again.

What the US did was in response to 9/11 was ... not that.

Not to mention that was the friggin' 80's. Nobody (here) cares about that or considers it.

Just sayin'

Russia, China, Iran, etc., you'd be mistaken. We even meddle in elections.

Afghanistan long ago.

If Gorbachev knew about it but ignored it
That would have been HIS scandal
And rightfully so

Knowing Russia is going to act in such ways is not the scandal

Being aware of it and hiding it is

And I honestly doubt much of the public has any knowledge of what you are talking about.

They stepped up on impeachment (though didn't do as much as they should've to convince the public the cause was righteous, IMHO), but generally ... they do a lot less shouting about the horribleness of Trump than they should, about ALL KINDS of issues.

MHO.

It’s a completely uninformed opinion. Alternate reality stuff.

Nevertheless, it's MHO, as I said.

Democrats. However, I am really disappointed by them. They are letting so much go by when they could really be getting some mileage out of this stuff.

Not only that, but the best anti-Trump commercials out there are all coming from former republicans. I have seen a few Biden commercials, but not many. Why are they so passive? It really frustrates me.

I didn't post this thread to bash The Democratic party, but sometimes constructive criticism is necessary. If we fail to do or say anything for fear of offending the Dem party, then nothing will change. I am a life long Dem, I just want more action because I am concerned Trump will win if the Dems don't step it up. Rethugs are very good at campaigning/messaging (Just look at Benghazi). Even though it's all bullshit, they have the Senate, Presidency, two Supreme Court Judges. It's time the Dems tweak their tactics. The Russian Bounties might be a good start!

vote on impeachment and removal.

And McConnell only has top answer to people in Kentucky.

Trump wore a mask!

nothing else to add.

Esper admitted to knowing about russia paying the taliban to target our troops.

At. All.

And nothing will be done about it.

...what bounties?

“The past was alterable. The past never had been altered. Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia.”

George Orwell

There have been countless claims against Trump that would have sunk any other politician. But Trump just dismisses then as fake news. If this claim was provable we would have seen the certain end of his presidency. But so far it is just one more accusation of treason amongst so many others.

We need multiple people who are inside the administration to publicly confirm that Trump had been briefed about the bounties, that the bounties resulted in the deaths of our soldiers, that Trump failed to respond and in fact continued his appeasement of Russia.

Also, there's still stories about it almost every day, though obviously there's a lot going on in the world.

Since I don't have a subscription to the NYT. I am glad to see that there is at least some type of inquiry according to the title. What I mean by missed opportunity, is that no one is hearing about this, except for maybe the people on DU. For example, everyone knows about Benghazi, but ask the average person, they either don't know about the Russian Bounties or they have forgotten about it by now. I feel that the Dems need to not only take action (They are very good at governing), but they need to also focus on getting their message and actions out to the American people. The missed opportunity is not the action but the messaging to the people, or lack of messaging, about the action(s).

no missed opportunity.

just a corrupt president

I tried to explain that very clearly in my post. This is not an attack on the Dems, sorry if you took it that way. And no, I will not stop. When I feel a certain subject needs to be addressed by our leaders, I will speak up.

the almighty Dem Party that can do no wrong! They never make any mistakes and should never be questioned! They are omnipotent and infallible! If anyone dare question them, they should be cast off to a secluded island! There, is that better?

"the lies and smears and attacks and concern and poutrage and faux-outrage, etc.". Which lies, smears, and attacks are you talking about? And I am asking seriously (the tone of a post can sometimes be taken the wrong way).

And also, it is very dangerous to not be able to question or criticize a political party.

That's why I asked. Secondly, you are the one saying "lazy and unmotivated "do-nothing Democrats", not me. Please don't put words in my mouth. Thirdly, this has nothing to do with Bernie Sanders but I see you won't miss an opportunity to attack him. As far as this serves ZERO useful purpose, I would disagree. I would like to see more investigation into Russian bounties, it would be useful to see if it is true and it would be especially useful if it pressured Trump to take action against Putin. It would also be useful if more people realized that Trump has done nothing about the Russian bounties.

Code-talk??? Good grief!



Have a good day.

That's my point. It needs to be covered. An investigation into it or a press conference or something would bring attention. As a result, maybe it would get more coverage by the media.

about it.

We've moved on.

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