Which Democrats Are Unwitting Russian Agents?
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I should have been a good citizen and watched more of the debates than I did but the Cubs and Cardinals were on TV so I had to prioritize. Knowing that I could watch the highlights of the debates the next day without all the nonsense helped me reach the right decision.
There was some good stuff though. Elizabeth Warren pretty much ended the political career of poor John Delaney when she responded to his ill-thought out idea of attacking her for thinking big. She asked why someone would run for president if all they could say was “we can’t do that.”
The hopeless Kristen Gillibrand attacked Joe Biden over something to do with working women. I thought that a rather silly attack since Joe is married to a working woman who is far smarter than Kristen Gillibrand. In my opinion anyway.
I do have a great respect for people with doctorates especially since my oldest daughter’s graduation ceremony for earning her doctorate is coming up next week. But poor Kristen pissed in her punch bowl long ago so what she says really doesn’t matter much these days.
Tulsi Gabbard, who in the mold of Rudy Giuliani can’t go two sentences without reminding everyone she’s a Veteran and soldier, attacked Kamala Harris for prosecuting criminals. Granted, marijuana convictions aren’t that big of a deal I guess, but Kamala was attorney general at the time and I can’t think of any laws that say an attorney general can repeal them on her own so Tulsi jumped Kamala’s shit for doing her job.
I still think Elizabeth Warren is the stand out person of all of them. Why Democrats would jump on Bernie’s bandwagon confuses me as well as points out the party loyalty problem they have which is the great strength of republicans. Bernie is an Independent, but he is running as a Democrat, which he should have been all along, but for some reason didn’t. So to show him loyalty, and for him to expect it from the party he used in 2016, is now unreasonable at best. But if he somehow wins the nomination even this sin is overlookable if it means ridding us of Trump.
What we’re seeing above all else is the number of candidates in these debates that have no business being on the stage so this is where the nasty Ruskies come into play.
If you have a Facebook account and have ever posted anything political, its algorithms will infest your site with donation requests from all these candidates. The lower tier candidates are asking for $3 so they can get on the debate stage. As a result we end up with 14 or so people taking up space, looking for an opportunity to deliver their well rehearsed one liners that they hope will catapult them to relevance. Joe Biden does need to do a better job of slapping the wannabes back to obscurity but the DNC needs to do a better job qualifying candidates to make it to the stage.
To sow discord I am pretty well certain thousands of Russian accounts have been set up to donate to the lower tier candidates so they can qualify for the debates. Marianne Williamson probably has more donators than people that will actually vote for her. I think she’s a kook. As patriotic as Tulsi Gabbard is, I’d bet much of her go fund me donations are of foreign origin also. It wouldn’t shock me if Bernie had a lot of this stuff.
As far as ethics go, I’d take the Russian money. A presidential candidacy costs a lot of money and for most of these people it may help them sell their books. Book selling and pandering to lobbyists to get corporate board seats and insider trading tips is how these folks make their real money. It took Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders a lifetime in politics to get with the program, but hell, taking the high ground never made anyone financially successful. Not since Bobby Jones, the greatest amateur golfer of all time, used his amateur status to reap great wealth after retiring in 1930.
I doubt Facebook would put a stop to the fundraising ads even if proven that much of the donations come from Russia based accounts. Facebook needs money too. Poor Mark Zuckerberg! Perhaps he should be running for president as it appears he’ll take money from anyone. After all, it worked for Donald Trump.
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So many are pursuing the Russian agenda of infighting, squabbling and refusal to work together without knowing which master they serve. They’re smart enough to recruit agents without having to pay them.
There’s no Russian hacking required when it comes to the Democrats and the election. They can fuck it up all on their own.