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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Thursday, October 26, 2017

Shooting The Messenger

For some reason, the previously known facts that Democrats helped fund the Steele Dossier has become a "big story."  We have known this since last fall, when the first rumors of such a file began to circulate.

Republicans have jumped on this as proof that, in fact, it was Democrats that colluded with Russia. 

Yeah, I don't understand it either.

Jon Chait notes correctly that this allows the GOP to engage in both-sides, which is a venerable way to deal with allegations of corruption.  Human Shitsack, Devin Nunes, has basically leveled this attack.  It makes no sense, but then again if the GOP can convince the New York Times that Hillary Clinton is the real villain here, I'm sure they will run with this above the fold.

Josh Marshall makes the point that actions by Nunes to thwart the Russian investigation is a de facto act in favor of Russia.  With the Jeff Flake story fresh in my mind, this is yet another example of how the GOP will do anything to let Trump get away with it.

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