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A-Schwarzenegger

(15,596 posts)
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 12:00 AM Jan 2017

One important part of #yellowwatergate being overlooked

is that the Russians did not have to blackmail Trump into doing what they wanted him to do because he was already doing what they wanted him to do:

"But the Russians, the operative says in the dossier, "promised not to use the 'kompromat' they hold on Trump as leverage, given high levels of voluntary cooperation forthcoming from his team." (from businessinsider) ...

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One important part of #yellowwatergate being overlooked (Original Post) A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2017 OP
Relax, people are just having a lot of fun tonight Warpy Jan 2017 #1
Not to worry, the CIA's newly formed Office of Urinalysis is on the case. Trust Buster Jan 2017 #2
He was already doing what they wanted him to do marybourg Jan 2017 #3
BINGO!!! tableturner Jan 2017 #5
Yep. n/t Lucinda Jan 2017 #7
It's the part where his team colludes with a hostile foreign power wildeyed Jan 2017 #4
You nailed it! nt. marybourg Jan 2017 #6
+1 uponit7771 Jan 2017 #8
+1,000!!! AgadorSparticus Jan 2017 #14
Anybody knows me knows i'm enjoying this as much as anybody. A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2017 #9
And now we ALL know it! 2naSalit Jan 2017 #10
would have been nice if everyone had known it BEFORE the election Skittles Jan 2017 #12
Exactly! nt 2naSalit Jan 2017 #16
try to imagine the "press conference" Skittles Jan 2017 #11
could be epic A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2017 #13
#goldengate? It's snappier... sorry bay area. tandem5 Jan 2017 #15

Warpy

(111,261 posts)
1. Relax, people are just having a lot of fun tonight
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 12:02 AM
Jan 2017

and the rest of the document will sink in a little later.

We know the Republicans would rather have Pence, but they considered him unelectable--which he was.

I don't expect Trump to last four years.

tableturner

(1,682 posts)
5. BINGO!!!
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 12:34 AM
Jan 2017

The blackmail, whether passive or aggressive, had already started. He knew they had the goods on him only because they made sure that he knew.....thus by definition......that's blackmail!

wildeyed

(11,243 posts)
4. It's the part where his team colludes with a hostile foreign power
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 12:17 AM
Jan 2017

to defeat domestic political foes that is really disturbing. Treasonous, even.

Guessing that no one here much cares who consenting adults pee on in the privacy of their Russian suite. But the jokes just write themselves! And it is a thing that is sooooo incredibly degrading to Trump. His whole brand is being the alpha male and shaming those sensitive PC snowflakes. The pee thing is gold if you want to insult him, make him look like a weak stream of old man piss to his base. And they are post-facts, so it doesn't matter if it is actually true. Hey, they wrote the rules, not me. I just play the game.

A-Schwarzenegger

(15,596 posts)
9. Anybody knows me knows i'm enjoying this as much as anybody.
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 12:45 AM
Jan 2017

I just thought that line about not having to blackmail him was, well, funny, too. And i dont think he was being blackmailed, or probably even gives a shit about pissgate. I think it's always and only about money for him, in this case the billions he can smell in doing business with Putin & Russia. "Blackmail, hell, you dont have to blackmail me, we're all hoods in the same gang!"

Skittles

(153,160 posts)
12. would have been nice if everyone had known it BEFORE the election
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 01:25 AM
Jan 2017

but....but....but......HER EMAILS!

Skittles

(153,160 posts)
11. try to imagine the "press conference"
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 01:24 AM
Jan 2017

a couple of questions about peegate and he will blow his urine-colored top

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