earthmansurfer wrote:I am just curious what you all think of the timing of the release to coincide with the wiki-leaks release?
I mean, there are some juicy emails (which I've only briefly scanned) in there and the only thing on the news is the P word from Trumps mouth, lol.
Even if you support Hillary, do you not want reports on these emails?
I'll give you an honest answer. Hillary Clinton is a very flawed candidate, and she should be subject to the laws of the land, now and after she's president. And if anything disqualifying comes out from the leaks (and I won't even get into the source of the leaks and Trump's off avoidance of it, but I'd think someone of your worldview would be highly interested), they'll get the attention they deserve.
But Trump is simply so all-encompassingly unqualified for the job, I do find understandable he's sucking up all the media oxygen at the moment.
And by taking the stance he is on the tapes, and by choosing to go to war with the party he represents, he's the chief-enabler of this.
It is difficult to take serious the notion of conspiracy to dominate the news discourse when it is HE who is leading the charge. As always, conspiracy theories all eventually collapse under the weight of their own logic.
On that note, again, the key when going down a rabbit hole is to go all the way through the rabbit hole.
There are two logical conclusions to reach if you prescribe to the theory the tapes were leaked specifically to combat the wiki leaks release.
One is, this will be the last big Clinton oppo story and the worst of the wiki leaks were already out, so the democrats/liberal media dropped their big bomb to take it off the table.
The other is in anticipation of more Clinton oppo stories over the remaining 4 weeks, democrats/liberals are sitting on a draw full of this stuff.
Is it possible the Post got the tape on the day for that reason and all we've learned about the days leading up to it are false
Possible, but what's the smoking gun there? That the campaign was prepared and strategic?
Hmmmm, okay...
And?
Another thing that worries me, the large social media website Reddit - look at the front page of r/politics. It is just not representative of that site.
For over a month now it is just pro Hillary. To the point of mods removing anything negative against her that rises to the front page. I did a post testing
and it was attacked immediately and then pulled for a laughable reason (as are most).
There is no way that 15 of 16 posts on the front page are pro Clinton, just not mathematically possible when you look at the breakdown.
Any posts regarding the email leaks that gain traction are removed for various reasons. With Trump, everything goes.Since this is a Pepsi or Coke race to me anyway, I'm curious, is the above 2 things, just coincidence or are things really this bad?
Again, follow your own chain of logic.
Are you REALLY suggesting somehow anti-Clinton rhetoric is difficult to find? If you don't know where to look at the moment, I'd be happy to direct you to where you can find it.
But since it's there, what is the strategic benefit of some unknown entity stifling ONE source?
One needs to again, follow the chain of logic and look at the big picture or one just demonstrates their own confirmation bias.
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