Why are you so smart and 3/4 of congress is so dumb?

I'm willing to agree that Russian operatives did what all other countries do and tried to get into our election process to influence the outcome. Weather Putin had any direct involvement is inconsequential. Weather or not the Trump campaign was in collusion with any Russian actors is what the Special Counsel is in place to investigate and after almost $20 million spent we hear squat on that front. The Democrats on the other hand certainly were colluding with the Britts and Russia to destroy Trump yet we see no investigation into that or all the assistance they were getting from the FBI, CIA and DOJ. No wonder why all these intelligence agencies are refusing to hand over the records that will clearly show the coup against Trump they were involved in. Starting at the very top with BHO, Kerry, Clintons, Brennon, Lynch, Comey, McCabe, Rosenstein, Mueller, Strzok, Page and a bunch of other good soldiers plus the MSM and the DNC and they all have a lot to keep hidden. I am not so sure they all hate Trump nearly as much as the fear him as he turns over all the rocks these swamp creatures are hiding under. Make no mistake, we are surrounded by those in high places that do not have the best interests of the American people in their hearts. I fear for the safety of DJT and his entire family because he has poked the dragon right in the eye.

Come on now....it is obvious that there was tampering....how else could the wonder that is Hillary possibly loose to the stumbling idiot that is Mr. Trump. He was the archetype of a typical Republican candidate on one hand the stupidest person in the history of the world, on the other hand, diabolically smart enough to steal the election, add to this that he is apparently a drooling racist nitwit, that "proves" Russian meddling.

I am not comparing them...They are however both being treated as conservatives by the law in our bifurcated system.. Dinesh because he is a real conservative, Manafort because he has a tenuous connection to the Trump Campaign and is seen as a possible weak link that can be exploited in to making up states evidence..

Absolutely. You want a respectful relationship if for no other reason that to be able to keep a mistake from resulting in missiles flying. You want Vladimir to call Donald and tell him not to worry that they had a computer error and it accidentally put their military on alert- but they fixed it and no missiles will launch- and vice-versa. There have been situations like that already in years past !!!

comparing Manafort and Desuza is silly … Manafort sided with the pro Russian Ukrainian Government and was paid … the Revolution for Dignity threw out the putinites and Manafort's' buddies.... Manafort is scum

You are missing a whole lotta points. Rather than enumerate them, I'll use just one word: Ploy.

Russia has the only nuclear arsenal comparable to ours. They are worth negotiating with if only to assure peace for another year.

ZERO IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THE LEFT TODAY !!! No real answer, start labeling and calling names, with a little foul language included.

I save erudition for scholars.
I respond to brown shirts like so.
If we were standing next to each other one of us would be on the ground.

Trump knows Putin is guilty. Then why does he take Putin's side? It is a finesse. One that I have used various times. Instead of having faith in a President who has proven his credentials over and over he is still being excoriated by not only the Dumocrats but by top Republicans. If they let this play out their jaws will drop as to the result. "Keep your family and friends close, but, keep your enemies closer. "Nuff said.

Hell no, they'd never release any information on that subject because they probably only have some opinion. Any opinion is okay today as long as it hurts Trump.

The media should be kept out of some big news issue like Trump's meeting with Putin. Then someone should leak the lie that Trump walked out on Putin because Putin denied involvement. When the media slams Trump for it, let it go for about a week, then say that was only a possible scenario that leaked, and then see how the media changes their tune. It's the same old crap on anything Trumps does or doesn't do. This whole political and media fiasco is a farce, and I'm getting tired of it. I'm going fishing.

Meeting with Putin is simply a pragmatic response to the power and size of Russia. Same with China. Talking does not equate with action. The purpose of discussion is to lay down what WE want, and what THEY want so there is no confusion and mis-steps resulting in accidental war. I am sure thats what Trump did in his private meeting. We arent going to change what Russia WANTS, although by setting down lines in the sand, we might modify what they DO.

Trump is not an objectivist and never claimed he was. A true Objectivist would never be elected today, and in fact wouldnt ever WANT to be elected in the USA under the present situations.

Trump was the best of two definitely imperfect choices, and I hope he can slow the advance of socialism for at least a few years. Hillary would have been a disaster, basically selling access to the power of government to the highest bidder in the clinton foundation.

We absolutely have two sets of laws in this country. Look at how Paul Manafort is being treated.....23 hours per day in solitary confinement. Prosecuted in multiple jurisdictions. How do you mount a defense under these circumstances. We might next see him in a mental institution....This almost happened to Dinesh Desuza. He was referred to a Psychiatrist! This used to happen in the Soviet union! This would never happen to a Democrat. The news would be going 24/7 on how he was separated from his children.

If our intelligence agencies were so great, why didnt they upload the crooked hillary and bill emails, expose the things hillary did to sanders, and bring out all the dirt that Wikileaks did?

We want transparency, not selective hiding of what we should know prior to an election

First of all, hacking into unsecure Emails and extracting truth from them and exposing that truth to the american people is hardly "meddling"..

Real meddling is doing things that are to be kept hidden from the voting public so as to change the election !! Hillary and the DNC did THAT in spades. She lost because she is crooked, and one way or another, that came out over the years and thanks also to Wikileaks.

Trump won, and the election is over. We should get on with it and let him do what he was elected to do.

So whatever Russia or people inside Russia or other countries did, I dont see ANY untruths that were filtered into the lead up to the election at all. To that end, I have to applaud the hackers and Wikileaks for telliing us what was really going on. The DNC and Hillary were just not smart enough to hide what they to avoid detection. (That mistake will never be made again).

Why doesnt anyone say these things? Instead they go after Russia as the scapegoat. I want MORE transparency, and if the perps wont give it to us, its up to the hackers to let us in on the chicanery.

I am impressed with your erudite style!

You know no one does or it would have been on full display along time ago.

Obama also did his damnedest to influence an election right here in the good old U. S. of A. By unleashing the IRS on anything that even remotely smelled conservative, he intentionally tried (and probably succeeded, at least to a degree) to slow down the money being spent against the Hildabeast..

So why isn't the admittedly uber-liberal media going ape shit over the former President influencing the election that would determine his successor?

Oh wait, never mind. I keep forgetting that the ends justify any means proggies use to accomplish their goals.

LOL! Shew!

IIRC Obama tried to influence the Brexit vote:

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/04/o...

Yes, yes, yes!
https://www.thedailybeast.com/nunes-t...

The KGB regularly paid and otherwise supported the various "peace" groups during the 70s-80s. I do not recall the "progressives" wailing back then. Comrade Ted "Swimmer" Kennedy even tried to do a back-door deal with Andropov - he would give help dealing with Reagan and the USSR would help Ted in the 1984 election.

Excuse me?
Ex-CUZE MOTHER FUCKIN' ME?!!
Who the fucking hell do you think you're talking to, you foul fuckin' usurper?!!

Leave or conform??!! To Trump! TO FUCKING TRUMP!!

You foul bastards hijack this site with your Trump trash.
You completely ignore all the Objectivist articles denouncing the man.
Then you acuse me of being anti-Rand!

What the fuck have you been smoking!!

YOU CAN'T CLAIM HER BLESSING.
YOU CAN'T CLAIM HER SANCTION.
IT IS NOT GIVEN.

LEAVE?! AND LET THE WORLD BELIEVE YOU SPEAK FOR OBJECTIVISM??
MY VOICE HAS NEVER BEEN MORE NEEDED MORE THAN NOW.