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kentuck

(111,097 posts) Sun Oct 29, 2017, 10:41 AM Oct 2017

The money at the end of the rainbow.

Today's politicians are now taking money and getting assistance from overseas sources to help with their political campaigns.

Democrats use Christopher Steele, a British intelligence investigator, and the Republicans use Wikileaks and the Russians for opposition research.

This is the natural ending when money becomes paramount in elections and laws and traditions are ignored. Our first President warned us of "foreign entanglements".

Until this is fixed, our political process is tainted. There can be no faith in our electoral system.

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The money at the end of the rainbow. (Original Post) kentuck Oct 2017 OP

The Russians say their election interference is our fault. We don't have a secure voting system. Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #1

So, it has been admitted that interference did take place? Doreen Oct 2017 #4

Fusion GPS is a commercial research and strategic intelligence firm based in Washington, D.C. GeorgeGist Oct 2017 #2

Overseas corruption MaryMagdaline Oct 2017 #3

Now it's a false equivalency between legal and even morally Hortensis Oct 2017 #5

Irish_Dem

(47,095 posts)

1. The Russians say their election interference is our fault. We don't have a secure voting system.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Oct 29, 2017, 10:46 AM

Oct 2017

And Americans will believe almost any propoganda.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)

4. So, it has been admitted that interference did take place?

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 29, 2017, 03:08 PM

Oct 2017

GeorgeGist

(25,321 posts)

2. Fusion GPS is a commercial research and strategic intelligence firm based in Washington, D.C.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Oct 29, 2017, 12:03 PM

Oct 2017

Where is Russia located?

MaryMagdaline

(6,855 posts)

3. Overseas corruption

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Oct 29, 2017, 12:55 PM

Oct 2017

It's not the fault of American politicians that their opponents engage in overseas corruption, requiring international opposition research. Are we to ignore international money laundering; Trump's hotels outside USA involving bribery of local governments and partnering with convicted criminals? Washington never said we couldn't use friendly foreigners to investgate American fraudsters. Britain is not Russia. Let's not pretend there is no difference vis a vis American interests. Relativism gone amok.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

5. Now it's a false equivalency between legal and even morally

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Oct 29, 2017, 04:19 PM

Oct 2017

obligatory Democratic research into likely illegal and possibly treasonous opposition activities and, again, criminal and possibly treasonous Republican activities?

I'll remind you also that we turned our research over to the FBI.

Imo, our political process will always be tainted if messages like this prevail.

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