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Dennis Donovan

(31,059 posts) Sat Jun 27, 2020, 04:06 PM Jun 2020

Dan Rather on Trump/Putin: "a spectrum of possible answers, ranging from craven to treasonous"

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Dan Rather @DanRather

Reporters are trained to look for patterns that are suspicious. And time and again one stands out with Donald Trump. Why is he so slavishly devoted to Putin? There is a spectrum of possible answers, ranging from craven to treasonous. One day I hope and suspect we will find out.

3:46 PM · Jun 27, 2020

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Dan Rather on Trump/Putin: "a spectrum of possible answers, ranging from craven to treasonous" (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Jun 2020 OP

sIMPLIFY ... GeorgeGist Jun 2020 #1

Beat me to it. niyad Jun 2020 #2

Occam's razor says look for the simplest reason. Hanlon's razor says don't attribute to malice which erronis Jun 2020 #3

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2020 #4

And, all points in between! RT Cha Jun 2020 #5

It's called Treason. Cha Jun 2020 #6

GeorgeGist

(25,570 posts)

1. sIMPLIFY ...

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Sat Jun 27, 2020, 04:48 PM

Jun 2020

CRAVEN TREASON.

niyad

(133,085 posts)

2. Beat me to it.

Reply to GeorgeGist (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 27, 2020, 06:29 PM

Jun 2020

erronis

(24,096 posts)

3. Occam's razor says look for the simplest reason. Hanlon's razor says don't attribute to malice which

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Sat Jun 27, 2020, 06:37 PM

Jun 2020

can be attributed to stupidity. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor)

In the trump / putin relationship, I'll go with malice from putin, stupidity from trump.

I'll go with malice from (r)epuglicons and stupidity from the sheep.