Project Lakhta

[_subgenius]

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Sure, they could have questioned him on his lying,...

maybe, but polling proves that most people don't care about that level of "lie" in this context, thus the desperation move by Feinstein.

[_Gunnar]

They stand for anti-trump whatever and Russian hysteria. I personally think Trump is a T.V. clown but how about challenging him on the real issues. He is a supposed maniac but the corporate democrats gave him the biggest military budget ever. Also, Kavanaugh should have been challenged on his love of the security state at the expense of the constitution instead of these dubious sex allegations.

What other options did they have? Kavanaugh's confirmation was running along smoothly. I thought they should've focused on his lying and some of the other things Gunnar was good enough to point out, but they were too inept at that. So they decided to throw all in on a false and malicious accusation that was impossible to prove or disprove in the hopes they could gain steam for the mid-terms. Whether or not this somehow plays into Russian meddling via social media is unknown.

- Doc

I can't help suspecting that focusing on the sexual abuse allegations to discredit Kavanaugh may have bacfired badly, and actually made his confirmation more likely, because they deflected due attention to the much better substantiated case for his previous lying under oath before Senate committees and hearings.

[_Themis]

Being practical, the kind of money we're talking about, those ads aren't designed to have any meaningful impact with voters. They're designed to give partisans something to bitch about. Sowing discord, yes. Impacting elections? No. Making the media insane? Yes. Giving bureaucrats justification to launch "investigations" of their political foes? Yes. There's a lot of hypocrisy in this. Why are we charging foreign actors that will never appear in a court and can't defend themselves? As opposed to more meaningful things. It's all for show.

Ya Russian's would never do this to impact elections. I doubt they are interested in who gets into power. They are just spending lots of money to have some fun.

[_subgenius]

Ya Russian's would never do this to impact elections. I doubt they are interested in who gets into power. They are just spending lots of money to have some fun.

You are like Steve Martin when it comes to what the Russians were aiming at:

[_Themis]

Ya Russian's would never do this to impact elections. I doubt they are interested in who gets into power. They are just spending lots of money to have some fun.

You are like Steve Martin when it comes to what the Russians were aiming at:

The troll arrives. You have to be fairly smart to play some of the roles Steve Martin has played, but keep ignoring my point troll.