(03-19-2020, 08:31 PM)MalabarJag Wrote:

(03-19-2020, 03:29 PM)mikesez Wrote: You defend Russians more zealously than a younger Bernie Sanders...

Not at all. Personally I think the Russians are not competent enough to do anything meaningful. If another country was messing with our elections it was probably China.

How do you defend your "almost certainty"? Just because Mueller claimed it? If you have a good basis for your certainty I'd like to hear it.

I base my opinion on the fact that Mueller could have jumped in and had them tried them in court immediately, and instead delayed, delayed, delayed until it was finally swept under the rug. That's strong evidence that he was just making up the charges.

I tend to agree that Russian propaganda had minimal influence, especially because it was just amplifying stuff that was already out there in our political conversation, but, nonetheless, we have laws against foreigners participating in our political campaigns.  Just because you only gave my wife a scratch, doesn't mean we can't press charges against you for battery.

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