Canadian Politics Today

The government knowingly used false evidence to spy on a the potential president of the US and proceeded to ramp it up in an attempt to impeach and overthrow that president and you call it a big nothing?  Just because people hate Trump they're willing to throw away their freedom, and the press is quite willing to throw away any semblance of integrity that they have left.  WTF is wrong with you people.

Here's a couple of articles from the "Red State" explaining why Devin Nunes' memo is actually just a PR stunt.  (and I picked Red State as a source because they're as right-wing on the media spectrum as you can get without being alt-right. So that people don't come back at me with "blah blah liberal media blah blah.")

First article:

https://www.redstate.com/patterico/2018/02/02/significant-inaccuracy-thememo-calls-credibility-question/

Summary:  Nunes claims Comey said the dossier was "salacious and unverified".  In fact, Comey actually said that portions of it were "salacious and unverified".  Nunes' claim that the whole dossier is "salacious and unverified" is false and dishonest.


Second article:

https://www.redstate.com/sweetie15/2018/02/03/busted-key-allegation-nunes-weaponized-memo-drop-kicked/

Nunes claims that the FBI and DOJ improperly obtained surveillance on Carter Page, and presented the Steele dossier without disclosing that it had been been paid for as "oppo research" by the Clinton campaign.

The first claim is BS because Carter Page had been a person of interest since 2013 due to his extensive connections with shady Russians.

The second claim is BS because it was disclosed to FISA that the Steele dossier was gathered as "oppo research" and the court found the information to be credible anyway.


The question I have, which Trump supporters never answer, is why was Trump surrounded by all these shady Russian-connected people in the first place?  Paul Manafort and Rick Gates. Michael Flynn. Carter Page.  Is that just a coincidence?   What about all these meetings between people like Kushner and Donny Jr with Russians?  Also coincidence?

When it came to Hillary Clinton's emails, you guys were "Where there's smoke, there's fire!"

But now when it comes to all these weird connections of Trump's team to Russia, you guys are "Where there's smoke,  who put up all these smoke detectors?!?"


 -k