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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEliot Rosewater
(31,150 posts)nothing to see here
Amaryllis
(9,527 posts)old guy
(3,284 posts)saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)The Republican Party has made it clear, they are for sale to the highest bidder, hostile foreign powers are welcome. What a relief for the likes of Cruz and Mitch, they no longer need to find creative ways to hide the donations.
I can hardly wait for a 2020 voter purge by defeat of all Republicans on the ticket.
calimary
(81,608 posts)republi-CONS win mostly BECAUSE THEY CHEAT!!!!
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,075 posts)INdemo
(6,994 posts)they tried in 1992 and pissed off cause Clinton's campaign well organized staff got the best of them and won
2000 they made up their mind that no way would they lose..The Gore campaign was not smart enough to realize the fix was in and chose a mole as VP
2008& 2012...Republicans didn't know who or what they were up against and were overwhelmed by the well organized campaign and staff
2016..Republicans had to get the Russians help but I think Hillary had a very incompetent campaign staff and failed to campaign enough in Midwest Blue Collar stronghold. (Losing Mich in the Primary should have been a wake up call)
So fast forward to 2020..Democrats better be prepared to over come anything Repukes have to throw at them.
They show be screaming to have paper ballots and insist on paper ballots.
Any and every Democratic candidate should say at the beginning of every interview that we must have paper ballots....
Oops ..I said 1988...
Did I mention that if we look really hard at the 1968 election Nixon probably lost
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Chris Vickery
?Verified account @VickerySec
.@tedcruz Your campaign gave US voter data to a guy in Russia named Yaroslav Leontenko. He wrote code directly into your official campaign app. His work also included translating that app framework text into the Russian language for use in other campaigns.
Explain yourself.
mitch96
(13,947 posts)Wednesdays
(17,487 posts)I give it 50/50 nothing will come of it, even if proven.
He is Senator until 2024. Probably won't impact him with the rabid base when he runs for President in 2024 either.
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)Before Cambridge Analytica worked from Trump in 2016, they were supporting Cruz
peggysue2
(10,853 posts)Wonder how Beto O'Rourke feels reading this? I suspect very Clintonesque.
Safe to say, Republicans are no longer (haven't been for quite some time) the loyal opposition. When you're willing to break the rules, suppress the vote and flat-out cheat, you've become the enemy of our democratic Republic.
Cruz has a whole lot s'plaining to do.
sandensea
(21,720 posts)Electronic voting = ballot stuffing (but without the proof).
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)apnu
(8,760 posts)I recall, very clearly, during the Obama years, the Republican party, out of the blue, went pro-Russia. Suddenly every Republican was sharing that picture of Putin on the horse with out a shirt and some bad picture of Obama on the beach, also shirtless, to show what a "real leader was"
Who also remembers that?
Right around then the Republican Party became high on Putin and Russia and have been sniffing Putin's crotch ever since.
I remember watching that and wondering how long it would take for that to get out and what Americans will think of it. Well its getting out now. Who knows what the American voter will think. Trump and Republican support is so whacked out, the Religious Right thinks Trump is sent from God, while painfully, and hilariously, ignore the fact that Trump is the living embodiment of all 7 Deadly Sins.
The cynic in me says those people will be high on Russia as much as the Republicans are. If they can still bitch about Bill Clinton's infidelities while ignoring Trump's very public history of philandering and sexual assault, they'll believe anything.
UpInArms
(51,295 posts)And it gave me the creeps
FakeNoose
(32,917 posts)Botany
(70,657 posts)Look @ everyone who voted to lift sanctions on Oleg Dirapaska.
So maybe Beto did win but Cruz used Russia to cheat .... mother fuckers.
triron
(22,031 posts)Treason is now acceptable it seems as long as your party stays in power.
Amaryllis
(9,527 posts)that all along.
triron
(22,031 posts)The presidency and control of the Senate were all stolen from us by traitors.
Damn them to Hell!
Blue Owl
(50,590 posts)n/t
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)oasis
(49,490 posts)turbinetree
(24,745 posts)the Russian National Committee or euphemistically called the RNC........................since they are party over country...........and are basically traitors .................................. :
November 3, 2020 cannot get here soon enough.........................
Squinch
(51,090 posts)triron
(22,031 posts)Gothmog
(145,965 posts)SunSeeker
(51,811 posts)populistdriven
(5,644 posts)SpankMe
(2,975 posts)These guys couldn't have found hackers right here in the US? What is this!!???
Maru Kitteh
(28,348 posts)makes so much sense. How connected are the Mercers to Leontenko I wonder?