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The Polack MSgt

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43. Thanks for this - It's tempting too accuse your opponenet of the worst possible crimes
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 04:43 PM
Feb 2017

And 45's conduct IMHO rises to the "High Crimes or Misdemeanors" level for the corruption alone.

But "Treason"?
Nah, fun to say, sure but almost impossible to charge someone with it.

Even SGT Bergdhal wasn't charged with treason, and that was probably as close as anyone got in my lifetime.

Good for him. MBS Feb 2017 #1
No its not. But thanks for revealing that even some Democrats don't read the Constitution. onenote Feb 2017 #2
Conspiring to work with Russia the FBI and candidates to effect bettyellen Feb 2017 #4
Not under the extremely narrow definition of treason in the Constitution onenote Feb 2017 #6
Sounds like an interpretation by a strict constructionist. mobeau69 Feb 2017 #7
No, its the accepted interpretation of 200 years of Constitutional jurisprudence onenote Feb 2017 #11
The issue in this case is whether Russia can be considered an "enemy" The Sand Reckoner Feb 2017 #17
To repeat for the third time: onenote Feb 2017 #19
And what is your evidence The Sand Reckoner Feb 2017 #27
What definition do you think the Supreme Court would use - a broader one or narrower one? n/t PoliticAverse Feb 2017 #28
We are in a not so undeclared cyber war. Welcome to 2017. Retaliations and statements... Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2017 #38
Exactly! Considering the lies that were said about Dems. Chevy Feb 2017 #51
Yes! +10000 triron Feb 2017 #55
I'd bet good money on being able to convince the Supreme Court The Sand Reckoner Feb 2017 #69
Keep repeating it in your sleep, the 4th, the 5th, the 6th... Alice11111 Feb 2017 #40
"Hostilities" have taken on a different meaning radical noodle Feb 2017 #47
So you believe we're at war with Russia. onenote Feb 2017 #65
Thank you. truebluegreen Feb 2017 #82
I don't get your reasoning or your point. Flynn and possibly others, including trump... brush Feb 2017 #83
Why are Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen in prison? displacedtexan Feb 2017 #89
Bull shit. You are obfuscating. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2017 #33
Just because you want to call them an "enemy" doesn't make them one for purposes of the law onenote Feb 2017 #34
Good argument! 5 phone calls Flynn had w Russia b4 Inag Alice11111 Feb 2017 #39
Thanks for the heart!! Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2017 #41
they accomplished their goals. they changed the regime w/o firing a shot. installed a dictator mopinko Feb 2017 #59
But could one consider them an enemy? mobeau69 Feb 2017 #8
No. onenote Feb 2017 #12
But how does the Constitution define them? mobeau69 Feb 2017 #58
From one of their own: McCain: "Russian cyberintrusions an 'act of war'." JTFrog Feb 2017 #72
John McCain is a big fan of declaring "acts of war." onenote Feb 2017 #73
And I'll pass on yours. nt JTFrog Feb 2017 #74
That's certainly your right. onenote Feb 2017 #75
We had diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union The Sand Reckoner Feb 2017 #9
No, I don't think it would have been treason. onenote Feb 2017 #21
Neither were any of the United States military officers The Sand Reckoner Feb 2017 #25
They were pardoned for their treason. onenote Feb 2017 #29
Spare me your condescension The Sand Reckoner Feb 2017 #35
Spare me yours. onenote Feb 2017 #37
Thank you for the information GeoWilliam750 Feb 2017 #79
Thank you, onenote, for a lot of education erronis Feb 2017 #53
So under anything but a very narrow definition it IS treason, got it! bettyellen Feb 2017 #10
And anyone who knows anything about the history of the Treason provision knows it was meant to be onenote Feb 2017 #14
We do NOT have to be at war. Please reread: Hortensis Feb 2017 #13
To Repeat: onenote Feb 2017 #16
Hostilities subject to is not synonymous with war. Hortensis Feb 2017 #20
I'll try one more time, not that I think you'll understand. onenote Feb 2017 #24
Defining an "enemy" as an entity that plans or intends The Sand Reckoner Feb 2017 #22
Yes it is. onenote Feb 2017 #26
That's a quibble over "aid and comfort" The Sand Reckoner Feb 2017 #31
Remember though that even Jane Fonda wasn't charged with treason. n/t PoliticAverse Feb 2017 #71
Thanks for this - It's tempting too accuse your opponenet of the worst possible crimes The Polack MSgt Feb 2017 #43
But I'm mad NOW! LOL Roy Rolling Feb 2017 #49
Thank you. onenote Feb 2017 #66
You forgot the operative word "adhering"--- Petrushka Feb 2017 #81
Hacking the DNC & sending to Wiki leaks to undermine are election NewRedDawn Feb 2017 #36
Colluding with a foreign government to change the course of an American election isn't treason? lark Feb 2017 #52
bettyellen, Of course it's Treason! Don't let anyone tell you it isn't! Alice11111 Feb 2017 #32
Comrade Casino & Cabal of Republican Cronies won't do it, but Achilleaze Feb 2017 #5
!!! Alice11111 Feb 2017 #44
It seems to me that it's giving aid and comfort to the enemies of the US radical noodle Feb 2017 #46
You reveal your bias immediately LanternWaste Feb 2017 #48
Everyone has a bias. Mine is in favor of paying attention to the Constitution onenote Feb 2017 #76
Treason Duppers Feb 2017 #57
Citation? onenote Feb 2017 #67
I half agree with you. Trump & his people could have committed crimes but it shouldn't yurbud Feb 2017 #64
War will be started by Putin NewRedDawn Feb 2017 #70
Thank you Onenote hueymahl Feb 2017 #86
Onenote, you sound a little off-key. I'll quote from the consittuion: Nitram Feb 2017 #88
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2017 #3
The time to fight back is now!! Initech Feb 2017 #15
Seth Moulton is awesome. nycbos Feb 2017 #18
I agree! n/t MBS Feb 2017 #23
#ifobamahaddoneit LiberalLovinLug Feb 2017 #30
This thread is so much nicer Liberalagogo Feb 2017 #42
We need to march again and show them that we mean to have an independent investigation! Dustlawyer Feb 2017 #45
+100 Duppers Feb 2017 #63
This is NOT the time to pull any punches world wide wally Feb 2017 #50
Who knows what what was promised? mgardener Feb 2017 #54
They need to start calling out the rest of the Repubes and saying they are conspiring as well cbdo2007 Feb 2017 #56
Clint Eastwood : Hang Um High Angry Dragon Feb 2017 #60
Sniffles is more worried about this elmac Feb 2017 #61
Will leaks be happening? Depends on how badly you sell us down the river. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2017 #62
Funny how he didn't seem to care too much about leaks Docreed2003 Feb 2017 #78
Yeah, that whole think in Florida at the restaurant, with him in the spotlight and everybody... brush Feb 2017 #85
It is ABOUT FUCKING TIME. Prisoner_Number_Six Feb 2017 #68
Damn shame we don't have a Democrtic congress to investigate this regnaD kciN Feb 2017 #77
Good for him. We should be calling this treason! Tatiana Feb 2017 #80
That is the definition of treason Progressive dog Feb 2017 #84
It's too bad Nixon and Reagan got away witth very similar treason. Nitram Feb 2017 #87
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