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MelissaB

(16,420 posts)
Fri Sep 22, 2017, 09:12 PM Sep 2017

James Clapper to @ErinBurnett: "Our intelligence community assessment [about Russia] did cast doubt

James Clapper to @ErinBurnett: "Our intelligence community assessment [about Russia] did cast doubt on the legitimacy of the election."






Holy cow! We've come a long way, even this week.
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James Clapper to @ErinBurnett: "Our intelligence community assessment [about Russia] did cast doubt (Original Post) MelissaB Sep 2017 OP
Way to keep your mouth shut for months, Clapper ProudLib72 Sep 2017 #1
The Russians were "just looking" they didn't do anything. Botany Sep 2017 #2
K&R... spanone Sep 2017 #3
How anyone can believe a word that comes out of Clappers mouth escapes me. He is a documented liar. Purveyor Sep 2017 #4
You think he's lying about this? n/t radical noodle Sep 2017 #7
My first comment on Clapper should suffice. nt Purveyor Sep 2017 #10
Your comment really has little to do with the OP radical noodle Sep 2017 #12
I remain with my initial comment re: Clapper. nt Purveyor Sep 2017 #13
That's been evident to me since election night, when I wondered if it was possible that Russia did Honeycombe8 Sep 2017 #5
Me, too. BadgerMom Sep 2017 #9
the quote on bottom is correct, the one on top is not. thesquanderer Sep 2017 #6
+1 PDittie Sep 2017 #16
How could they not? SunSeeker Sep 2017 #8
Cool, the election was illegitimate Stryst Sep 2017 #11
Hillary was robbed. nt oasis Sep 2017 #14
"did cast doubt" - Natasha Bertrand PDittie Sep 2017 #15
There is no doubt that russia was involved in trump stealing this election Gothmog Sep 2017 #17

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
1. Way to keep your mouth shut for months, Clapper
Fri Sep 22, 2017, 09:33 PM
Sep 2017

Not that I don't appreciate this coming out, but it's a little late in the day.

 

Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
4. How anyone can believe a word that comes out of Clappers mouth escapes me. He is a documented liar.
Fri Sep 22, 2017, 09:46 PM
Sep 2017

Just saying...

radical noodle

(8,003 posts)
12. Your comment really has little to do with the OP
Fri Sep 22, 2017, 11:32 PM
Sep 2017

unless you believe that everything that he says is a lie, and unless we're talking about trump that's unlikely.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
5. That's been evident to me since election night, when I wondered if it was possible that Russia did
Fri Sep 22, 2017, 10:15 PM
Sep 2017

something.

So this is not news to me. I figured if I thought it, since it seemed obvious that it was a possibility, then others had thought it.

Stryst

(714 posts)
11. Cool, the election was illegitimate
Fri Sep 22, 2017, 11:22 PM
Sep 2017

But even if the investigation proves it beyond a shadow of a doubt, does that role back Gorsuch's nomination? Does that undo the brain drain from our administrative agencies?

There was a time to drop your evidence that the election was illegitimate, and it was before a bunch of damage was done.

PDittie

(8,322 posts)
15. "did cast doubt" - Natasha Bertrand
Sat Sep 23, 2017, 10:21 AM
Sep 2017

a political and foreign policy journalist for Business Insider.

Clapper's quote from the social media director at Shareblue, Leah McElrath:

"did I think serve to cast doubt"

There is a tremendous distinction between those two statements.

Which doesn't even address whether the journalist, who appears to have edited the quote to change its meaning, might have some agenda that the social media director at Shareblue does not. And then it's Clapper talking, who's got a history of lying under oath.

Understanding this topic of Russian meddling in the election is fraught with difficulty.

kpete's post has a Tweet with an embedded quote from Clapper that indicates more surety on his part.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029623224

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