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brer cat

(24,723 posts)
65. Everything since the Big Bang, it appears.
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 04:25 PM
Mar 2017

The joy some people here take in blaming her for doing her job is reprehensible. I truly wonder some days if I have wandered into freeperville by mistake.

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We're going to get blasted for this... choie Mar 2017 #2
I could care less if I get blasted Lurks Often Mar 2017 #3
You obviously don't care about a lot of things. nt SunSeeker Mar 2017 #46
How the fuck is he "right" in equating calling out a dictator to hacking our election? SunSeeker Mar 2017 #47
By that same standard BainsBane Mar 2017 #54
Bullshit. False equivalence. Sculpin Beauregard Mar 2017 #4
Exactly. Looks like right wing talking points from here. Kingofalldems Mar 2017 #13
And TYT and The Intercept. N/T Chevy Mar 2017 #16
Same thing BainsBane Mar 2017 #67
More than that BainsBane Mar 2017 #55
Yep. It is sickening to see such a defense of fascism on DU. SunSeeker Mar 2017 #60
Exactly!! They sure are out in full force this weekend defending trump's sensitivities and russia AgadorSparticus Mar 2017 #19
Why the hell come here with that. It's like Trump saying sarcastically of the murdering Putin... Hekate Mar 2017 #26
Exactly. nt SunSeeker Mar 2017 #48
Let's be clear what this is BainsBane Mar 2017 #56
This is nowhere near what Russia did. nt fun n serious Mar 2017 #5
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How the fuck is criticising unfair elections a bad thing? SunSeeker Mar 2017 #57
"She set the tone for certain actors inside the country; she gave the signal," Putin said of Clinton elleng Mar 2017 #6
'Putin said of Clinton' Sculpin Beauregard Mar 2017 #8
Appears that way. elleng Mar 2017 #9
She was Secretary of State, he was/is a bad actor. It is the JOB of a Secretary of State... George II Mar 2017 #20
Agree. Very insulting statement. Hortensis Mar 2017 #104
Are you actually blaming Secretary Clinton for "making" Putin hack our election? synergie Mar 2017 #29
No. elleng Mar 2017 #68
So the post about how it's her "mistake" and the "detritus" we're supposedly living with ... synergie Mar 2017 #134
WTF? SunSeeker Mar 2017 #31
Everything since the Big Bang, it appears. brer cat Mar 2017 #65
No joy here in recognizing putin's inclination to find an excuse elleng Mar 2017 #70
He didn't need an excuse, ellen. brer cat Mar 2017 #75
But it appears that Clinton is being blamed for giving him a reason to hammer the US. George II Mar 2017 #88
Only people looking for people blaming Secretary Clinton would find such. elleng Mar 2017 #90
Then why are you speculating that the two situations (Clinton/Russia and Putin/America) are... George II Mar 2017 #100
I am not so speculating; elleng Mar 2017 #102
When you get warned about calling out Russian Troll Chevy Mar 2017 #78
Yes it is. elleng Mar 2017 #69
Please. You brought up the Clintons. You claimed Putin's hacking was due to "Hillary's mistake." SunSeeker Mar 2017 #79
I did not. Post was removed. elleng Mar 2017 #83
You did. Your post is still there. SunSeeker Mar 2017 #85
The earlier post has been removed. elleng Mar 2017 #89
YOU said Hillary made a "mistake" in criticising Putin. SunSeeker Mar 2017 #96
It in NO way blames Clinton for Putin's hacking, elleng Mar 2017 #101
Yes it does. YOU chose the word "mistake," not anyone else. SunSeeker Mar 2017 #103
So I missed one people found even more offensive? Hortensis Mar 2017 #109
WHAT?? You can't be serious NastyRiffraff Mar 2017 #66
Back down, not at all; elleng Mar 2017 #73
"If she did this" NastyRiffraff Mar 2017 #77
OFFS, elleng, Clinton did not "foment internal unrest" in Russia. Putin's own corruption did that. SunSeeker Mar 2017 #87
I didn't say she did, I said IF, she did. elleng Mar 2017 #94
just like"if Obama wiretapped trump"........... JI7 Mar 2017 #97
That was not questioning the analogy, that was repeating it, elleng. nt SunSeeker Mar 2017 #99
6. "She set the tone for certain actors inside the country; she gave the signal," Putin said of Clin elleng Mar 2017 #107
Now you're repeating Putin's analogy again! SunSeeker Mar 2017 #116
Her comments are on the record BainsBane Mar 2017 #91
Elleng, a weak woman foolishly taking on a strong man Hortensis Mar 2017 #106
Do NOT put words in my mouth, elleng Mar 2017 #110
Oh, my mistake. But I really feel you could Hortensis Mar 2017 #111
Putin certainly is a 'raging misogynist,' elleng Mar 2017 #115
There you go again. This is not all a problem Hortensis Mar 2017 #118
Who the heck attributed it to Clinton's womanhood arousing the passions of a strong-man woman hater? elleng Mar 2017 #119
You did. Your words are still there. SunSeeker Mar 2017 #122
B.S. elleng Mar 2017 #123
No, elleng, I won't stop calling out Putin propaganda. It's a free country. For now. nt. SunSeeker Mar 2017 #128
I did not think you could shock me further. sheshe2 Mar 2017 #124
Her mistake as SOS was to challenge Putin? sheshe2 Mar 2017 #131
Not even close to being analogous. There's no direct evidence (because it didn't happen) that.... George II Mar 2017 #12
Hmmm. sheshe2 Mar 2017 #125
Thanks, she2, elleng Mar 2017 #126
You're literally saying that "Putin said so" and thus it must be so? synergie Mar 2017 #30
I am not saying he said so, elleng Mar 2017 #74
That was a literal quote including the words "Putin said of Clinton". synergie Mar 2017 #132
I quoted the entire post, elleng Mar 2017 #133
It might have something to do with the contruction of the post. There was no anaolgy in the bit you synergie Mar 2017 #135
Wrong interpretation. False equivalency. NOT comparable. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2017 #14
Well put, thanks. George II Mar 2017 #21
+1 dalton99a Mar 2017 #24
+1, exactly, and the reasons behind this R B Garr Mar 2017 #41
Like we used to allow slavery, so we should now allow ourselves to be enslaved? delisen Mar 2017 #22
And quite a few other times as well. It is pretty much how the US behaves. pangaia Mar 2017 #25
The US did not hack Russia's election, it simply called out Putin's corruption. SunSeeker Mar 2017 #50
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Stop with the insults. You implied it, pangaia. I can read. SunSeeker Mar 2017 #84
No, I beg to differ, I did not imply it. You inferred it. :) pangaia Mar 2017 #86
I inferred it because you implied it. It's called reading comprehension. SunSeeker Mar 2017 #93
Maybe this will help. pangaia Mar 2017 #95
You've got no defense for your shameful post(s). nt SunSeeker Mar 2017 #98
Why, yes you did. It was in your message #25 synergie Mar 2017 #137
Are you suggest that we "asked for it"? synergie Mar 2017 #27
That missing "ic" is the tell that it is a right wing talking point. nt SunSeeker Mar 2017 #33
The fact that Trump and Putin say literally the same thing is the other tell. synergie Mar 2017 #36
Indeed. nt SunSeeker Mar 2017 #39
"Democrat presidents"? Maven Mar 2017 #35
Bingo! George II Mar 2017 #59
Excuse me? "Democrat" Presidents? George II Mar 2017 #37
Probably in the russian 1996 election as well elmac Mar 2017 #38
WTF? You just said we "probably deserved" having Putin hack our election! SunSeeker Mar 2017 #45
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I see you are willing to buy into Putin's conspiracy theories about the Clintons with no proof. SunSeeker Mar 2017 #63
Well, we shouldn't hide or revise history like repugs like to do elmac Mar 2017 #72
It is you who is "revising history" by suggesting we hacked Putin's election. SunSeeker Mar 2017 #76
The history you have decided warrants stripping Americans BainsBane Mar 2017 #80
Well said BB! mcar Mar 2017 #112
Fascism triumphs because people allow it BainsBane Mar 2017 #61
Russia is hacking Sweden. Chevy Mar 2017 #81
Not kissing Putin's butt is not Progressive dog Mar 2017 #44
This message was self-deleted by its author m-lekktor Mar 2017 #51
Commenting about corruption BainsBane Mar 2017 #52
+1nt m-lekktor Mar 2017 #53
If criticizing elections is a crime BainsBane Mar 2017 #64
Everyone forgets that Cozy Bear aka Apt 29 also hacked Joint Chiefs of Staff and WHITE HOUSE! Turn CO Blue Mar 2017 #10
Everyone knows, or should, that malware used by these hackers is out and anyone can have it. L. Coyote Mar 2017 #23
Separate firms attached tracers, went back to known IPs that hacked Germany. We KNOW. Turn CO Blue Mar 2017 #49
We know the IP. We don't know everyone who used the IP. We KNOW they worked for Trump's L. Coyote Mar 2017 #113
Slow to the mark .. ananda Mar 2017 #11
Come on Dems...keep up the pressure. Something gotta give. FailureToCommunicate Mar 2017 #15
classic communist propaganda onetexan Mar 2017 #17
Russia is our adversary, no doubt about it. Wake up America! oasis Mar 2017 #18
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Why aren't Republicans "concerned"?Russia stole our files, fucked with our election & our Democracy Sunlei Mar 2017 #32
K & R SunSeeker Mar 2017 #34
This was an act of war Maven Mar 2017 #40
Based on outcome of the Russian intervention a logical post. gordianot Mar 2017 #42
His collusion began before those comments BainsBane Mar 2017 #92
It will be interesting to find out how long. gordianot Mar 2017 #117
In regard to the election BainsBane Mar 2017 #121
Decades for money laundering. gordianot Mar 2017 #130
Russia attacked our electoral system Gothmog Mar 2017 #43
Russians overthrowing our presidential election by hacking, fake news, democratisphere Mar 2017 #58
If our nation was at war, per our Congresspersons, then wouldn't treason apply Mr. Ected Mar 2017 #71
And an act of treason by Trump and his co-conspirators. lpbk2713 Mar 2017 #105
Evening kick mcar Mar 2017 #108
This is an eye opening thread mcar Mar 2017 #114
It's all BS. NurseJackie Mar 2017 #120
With a the real crap we need to fight? mcar Mar 2017 #127
Back in the USSR LA-Italian Mar 2017 #129
Relates to this petition before SCOTUS Danascot Mar 2017 #136
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