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2016 Postmortem

First Speaker

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13. If Obama had any real guts, he'd fucking arrest Trump...

Reply to UCmeNdc (Original post)

Sat Jan 7, 2017, 11:25 AM

Jan 2017

...and send him to goddam Gitmo, and sweat the truth out of him. And Manafort too...and Comey, if necessary. Fuck it. We have a classic example of a "clear and present danger". For all the handwringers out there--we are in an unprecedented situation. No government can stand on the strict letter of the Constitution when the national existence is at clear risk. Having a traitor in the White House, answerable to a foreign despot, qualifies as a "clear risk".

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Just how much did the Trump campaign coordinate with the Russian cyber spy operation? [View all] UCmeNdc Jan 2017 OP

What we don't yet know madaboutharry Jan 2017 #1

Wikileaks is requesting that somebody leak them the classified report so that they can you know..... HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #2

Give it to their Russian contacts? UCmeNdc Jan 2017 #3

Leak it HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #4

Or they like to coordinate with Russian spies then leak it UCmeNdc Jan 2017 #5

That may be contained in the classified report HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #6

Wikileaks in not neutral. Giving them leaked classified information will accomplish nothing. UCmeNdc Jan 2017 #7

The declassified report was very interesting re Wikileaks HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #8

Some in the Trump campaign were making regular trips to Russia...... dmosh42 Jan 2017 #9

+1 uponit7771 Jan 2017 #10

+1 Botany Jan 2017 #11

Good question. I bet Manafort is the key. Vinca Jan 2017 #12

If Obama had any real guts, he'd fucking arrest Trump... First Speaker Jan 2017 #13

I think realistically, Obama could have Kerry deliver a message to the ..... dmosh42 Jan 2017 #14