cnn panel seems puzzled as to why meeting russians is wrong for trump adm....why not just admit it?

[spanone]

saying it's normal for administrations to meet with ambassadors......

have they forgotten that 17 intelligence agencies said that the RUSSIANS WERE HACKING OUR ELECTION????

[superpatriotman]

1. Sometimes I want to throw things at my tv

It's a wonder it's still hanging

[spanone]

6. marco rubio spouting the same shit...'ambassadors meet with administrations all the time'

hey marco, are all those ambassadors from country's that have hacked our elections?

[bullimiami]

2. Hacked. Rigged. Changed. Affected. Got Trump elected. Smeared Ds and HRC.

[Mr. Ected]

3. When you frame the legal question incorrectly

Your conclusions are invalid and useless.

[littlemissmartypants]

17. So much this!!!

It's like the entire crew went to Rick Perry School of Law. My pomeranian is capable of more higher function linguistic planning than the entire lot of them.

[caroldansen]

4. If it wasn't bad and they didn't have so much to hide they would admit it. Sessions was

Scared to admit it and ended up recusing himself. So its definitely a very big deal.

[Cosmocat]

5. Which is why I had to walk away from cable news

They have played a BIG role in normalizing the Republicans pushing this country mire and more toward fascism the last quarter century.

[Else You Are Mad]

7. They just don't get it..

It is not the fact that they talked to the Russians, it is the fact THEY ARE LYING AND COVERING THE MEETINGS UP!!!!!

The fact they are trying to cover it up is what is worrisome.

[lastlib]

15. Actually, it IS that they were talking....

...to the Russians--**Who were HACKING our ELECTIONS**

[WePurrsevere]

8. "Why not just admit it?" See that's just it...

If they met for legit reasons they wouldn't feel the need to lie, deflect, project or sneak around. They'd be much more upfront, open and honest about meetings with Russian government representatives.

The fact that they've been caught lying repeatedly and that they're going OTT with all the lying, sneaking around and trying to deflect it away from themselves is like a huge flashing neon sign saying 'guilty' to anyone with a brain they actually use.

[narnian60]

10. YES.

[The Sand Reckoner]

9. Sessions didn't admit it, despite the fact that a meeting was not suspicious in and of itself

because he knew that if he did, questions would inevitably be asked about the subject of the meeting, and then he would have had to give very specific answers that would either implicate him if he told the truth, or be impossible to wriggle out of later with an "I misunderstood the question" if he lied and the truth later came out. If he pretended not to remember, that would raise all sorts of red flags.

[NRaleighLiberal]

11. Basically they are not smart thinking people. Paid to toe the

Corporate line and attract eyeballs. Its why I turned it all off 8 years ago.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. What's wrong is the Quid Pro Quo. tRump watered down GOP platform for Russians.

tRump gave the Russians what they wanted as either payment for services (election intell / favorable oligarch loans) or down payment for election hacking.

[TNNurse]

13. It is so simple.

Contact with foreign government during campaign is bad.
Contact with foreign government after campaign is expected and part of the system.

I have twice heard the phrase "met with Russian Ambassador at the Republican Convention". Can anyone tell what in the Hell was a representative of a FOREIGN GOVERNMENT doing a political convention except to have influence????????

[littlemissmartypants]

19. Exactly that and the cuisine.

The way they are dropping like flies, #8 died mysteriously yesterday. Can they even eat in their own country any more?

Tell me this guy, Sergey Kislyak doesn't look like a Russian version of Chris Christie. I'm thinking all that laundered money buys a lot of yummy American Krispy Kremes. Wash that down with some Vodka and here you have it:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141720543



Jokes aside, the art of the steal doesn't work forever. I deeply believe good will be triumphant over evil. We can't lose hope.

[PatSeg]

14. Sounds like they are seeking

Trump's approval after being repeatedly called "Fake News" by the daddy figure in the White House. "We'll be good, we promise. Please let us back in."

[dlk]

16. It's Called Selective Memory

Trump administration appears to have selective memory issues which make them sound like career criminals.

[littlemissmartypants]

20. They have told SO MANY LIES!

It's like a big pot of lie stew. I hope they drown themselves in it. It appears we are approaching the choke on it phase. I've got my fingers crossed. The tension is certainly building.

[former9thward]

18. Are you saying we should not talk to the Russians?

Should we break relations? Go to war? President Obama, the adult in the room, said the other day that the Russians, in the form of the Soviet Union, have been interfering in U.S. elections since the end of WW II. People seem to have forgotten the Soviets financed the Henry Wallace (FDR's VP) Presidential campaign in 1948. Yet we have continued to talk and meet with the Soviets and now the Russians all these years. Our national leaders do not seem to have the vapors about these things that many do.

[littlemissmartypants]

21. Agree.

It's not that the Russians are inherently bad, though I know that's debatable. It's the nature and purpose of the relationships. These bad dudes want to rule the world and take democracy down. Over my dead body, comrades!