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LisaM

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9. Because it gave people the opportunity to say if some of it wasn't true, none of it could be.

Reply to Proud Liberal Dem (Reply #6)

Thu Dec 26, 2019, 06:19 PM

Dec 2019

That seems to be a common disinformation tactic.

I agree about Rachel Maddow always acting as if she's on the verge of exposing something huge, and then never delivering. I like her, but that circuitous story-telling and connecting the dots - and endless repetition of the same phrases - made her show absolutely unwatchable for me. If I watch MSNBC, it's Brian Williams, because he gets real experts and then listens to what they tell him, instead of asking leading questions.

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Tom Nichols on the Steele Dossier. Really good thread! [View all] Roland99 Dec 2019 OP

So basically he is saying Leith Dec 2019 #1

plenty of intentional collusion NewJeffCT Dec 2019 #2

I don't get that at all Buckeyeblue Dec 2019 #3

not my reading stopdiggin Dec 2019 #4

I read that there is smoke and some fires YessirAtsaFact Dec 2019 #5

Yeah. This is but one piece of the massive trump/Russia entanglement Roland99 Dec 2019 #28

He's saying that it was bad but shouldn't have been made public Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2019 #6

From his admonition of xxqqqzme Dec 2019 #8

Because it gave people the opportunity to say if some of it wasn't true, none of it could be. LisaM Dec 2019 #9

A friend of mine works on the Mars Curiosity probe. cab67 Dec 2019 #18

I have respect for Nichols. cab67 Dec 2019 #19

Do you think ChiTownDenny Dec 2019 #7

Snicker! Leith Dec 2019 #23

Not how I read it at all. cab67 Dec 2019 #17

Try this excellent piece...Chuck Rosenberg retrospective on the Dossier. Ninga Dec 2019 #10

Thanks, that was excellent. OnDoutside Dec 2019 #14

The there there is more there than folks think.... Ninga Dec 2019 #15

Definitely. And until the Dems take full control, I'm holding off on OnDoutside Dec 2019 #16

Smart and advisable. Ninga Dec 2019 #22

EZPZ for me. Steele saw that a candidate for NoMoreRepugs Dec 2019 #11

I don't know what his kick at Rachel Maddow is about. I thought she OnDoutside Dec 2019 #12

What about the story that Ivanka knew Steel years before the document. katmondoo Dec 2019 #13

I respect Nichols cab67 Dec 2019 #20

It was a draft political background opposition document... MartyTheGreek Dec 2019 #21

Thanks for including the whole thread. For some reason Tom blocked me on Twitter. CaptainTruth Dec 2019 #24

RAW initial intelligence reports, that were NOT to be made public. mackdaddy Dec 2019 #25

they sincerely can not make the connection between conservatism and trump. fuck him Kurt V. Dec 2019 #26

If this is accurate, it sounds like this sort of information should not be used hughee99 Dec 2019 #27

Was it wrong gibraltar72 Dec 2019 #29