Seven Wishes wrote:Wow. I've missed this place. Sort of.
I'd like some Trump supporters to explain, with some details, why (if true) Trump's alleged Russian electioneering and racketeering isn't (hypothetically) nearly "as bad" as the Clinton emails.
Clinton broke the law. That is factual as laid out by Comey and ya know, common sense.
I have seen nothing yet in the Russian thing that indicates Trump was involved at any level. In fact, a large chorus of both Democrats and Republicans have indicated they have seen no evidence of collusion. No one single thing has been presented yet and when you look at the basis of the arguments, they don't stand.
I imagine you hear talking points and then leave it at that. The Piss dossier - paid for by Dems with so far zero factual basis by all accounts. Telling Russians to release her emails - a funny little quip that was meant to be humor (and it was humorous to be honest). Russians hacking the DNC - Wikileaks has all but said it was not Russia. IP and data transfer speeds indicate it was local. The only single entity to identify that it was Russians was a third party company that are large donors to the Democrat party. Then the FBI, and two other agencies used that analysis to form theirs and then that somehow was stretched into 17, which is a total myth. Those agencies have yet to even look at the server. Russian meeting in Trump tower - by all accounts, from every side - was nothing out of the ordinary. There is evidence of it being an attempt at a setup, but to this date, not one single ounce of evidence of any wrongdoing.
And here is the biggest kicker of all - even if Trump did collude with the Russians, it is not a crime. There is no law on the books that outlaws working with foreigners to shape and election. Hillary's team did it with the Ukraine, Obama did it to interfere in the Israeli elections... It goes on. Russians have been trying to shape our elections for decades. Why didn't it seem to bother anyone then?
There are significant laws on the books that restrict how classified information is handled. Hillary and staff broke many of those laws - time and time again. That is not in question. That is not debated. So with one there is a clear crime and cover-up, and the other is a bunch of what ifs with no basis in fact. You cannot win on this argument.
Now, why would you ask "if true..." Are any Trump supporters saying "If this is true, it's nothing...?" Even though it really is nothing in that it is not illegal. The fact is, Trump supporters and centrists like me are simply saying it's not true. There is a difference. I'm tired of hearing about it. I can't even turn on my TV anymore. This is the Obama birth certificate times 1,000. And then some. It's old, boring, intellectually devoid of any value... It makes America look foolish. To spend that much time and money on things like this.
And who suffers? Americans who just want Washington to do their job for a change. You think Trump got elected because people were happy with the status quo? Nope - and more and more of this BS only makes it more so. Democrats have to stop calling names and get to work. And Republicans need to grow a spine. If they don't knock it off, 2018 is going to be a bloodbath for the establishment on both sides.
What's funny to me, by all accounts these investigations have only found wrong doing (i.e. unmasking, monitoring of a president-elect, etc) by the dems and have only so far cleared any original targets. Who are the folks that have had to resign? Who are the folks where we know there was wrong doing? I mean, watch what continues to happen with ol' Zuckerberg. That dude is getting it from both sides at this point.
Americans would like to know if Russia interfered. And that's it. They do not want the witch hunt and partisan BS. It's old.





