RE: Irony Alert: Podesta was hired by Largest Russian Bank during 2016 Campaign....
They all have had the same kinds of contacts with those folks. It's just a normal day's work for them. Businessmen make deals, and work with whomever they must to make the deals. People in congress interact daily with all sorts of diverse groups, they met with them, they talk with them, but that doesn't mean they adopt their positions. Lawyers represent clients who pay, and that requires taking some odd positions sometimes. It's like actors learning lines, the fact that you say something for hire doesn't mean that you think it in your heart.
I don't think Podesta is in the tank for the Russians any more than Trump or any of the others are, and I don't think that this--if true--supports the idea that he is any more than any other allegations--if true--support the idea that anyone else is, either.
(This post was last modified: 03-10-2017 08:27 AM by Owl 69/70/75.)
RE: Irony Alert: Podesta was hired by Largest Russian Bank during 2016 Campaign....
(03-10-2017 08:26 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote: They all have had the same kinds of contacts with those folks. It's just a normal day's work for them. Businessmen make deals, and work with whomever they must to make the deals. People in congress interact daily with all sorts of diverse groups, they met with them, they talk with them, but that doesn't mean they adopt their positions. Lawyers represent clients who pay, and that requires taking some odd positions sometimes. It's like actors learning lines, the fact that you say something for hire doesn't mean that you think it in your heart.
I don't think Podesta is in the tank for the Russians any more than Trump or any of the others are, and I don't think that this--if true--supports the idea that he is any more than any other allegations--if true--support the idea that anyone else is, either.
RE: Irony Alert: Podesta was hired by Largest Russian Bank during 2016 Campaign....
(03-10-2017 08:26 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote: They all have had the same kinds of contacts with those folks. It's just a normal day's work for them. Businessmen make deals, and work with whomever they must to make the deals. People in congress interact daily with all sorts of diverse groups, they met with them, they talk with them, but that doesn't mean they adopt their positions. Lawyers represent clients who pay, and that requires taking some odd positions sometimes. It's like actors learning lines, the fact that you say something for hire doesn't mean that you think it in your heart.
I don't think Podesta is in the tank for the Russians any more than Trump or any of the others are, and I don't think that this--if true--supports the idea that he is any more than any other allegations--if true--support the idea that anyone else is, either.
Pretty much. Just goes to illustrate how far down the rabbit hole the left jumped at the mention of "Trump" and "Russians".
RE: Irony Alert: Podesta was hired by Largest Russian Bank during 2016 Campaign....
(03-10-2017 08:53 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:
(03-10-2017 08:26 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote: They all have had the same kinds of contacts with those folks. It's just a normal day's work for them. Businessmen make deals, and work with whomever they must to make the deals. People in congress interact daily with all sorts of diverse groups, they met with them, they talk with them, but that doesn't mean they adopt their positions. Lawyers represent clients who pay, and that requires taking some odd positions sometimes. It's like actors learning lines, the fact that you say something for hire doesn't mean that you think it in your heart.
I don't think Podesta is in the tank for the Russians any more than Trump or any of the others are, and I don't think that this--if true--supports the idea that he is any more than any other allegations--if true--support the idea that anyone else is, either.
Pretty much. Just goes to illustrate how far down the rabbit hole the left jumped at the mention of "Trump" and "Russians".
It's just political theater. The politicians from both side I think are still tone deaf over what people have been seeing. The internet is allowing us to see the "raw intel" - unfiltered by any news outlet. Some of the raw intel is bad intel; however, the genie is out of the bottle and there is no way now to contain the information from spreading like wildfire unless you actively censer the internet like China does. Even there, it doesn't always work. This is why fake news is thrown around so much. It's not so much that it's "fake", it's really due to the fact that the information cannot be packaged and spun nearly as effectively as in the past. How many times now have we seen news from the major media outlets flat out contradicted by the raw, unfiltered info (normally a video shot by a smart phone)?
Quote:The revelations of the so-called Panama Papers that are roiling the world’s political and financial elites this week include important facts about Team Clinton. This unprecedented trove of documents purloined from a shady Panama law firm that arranged tax havens, and perhaps money laundering, for the globe’s super-rich includes juicy insights into how Russia’s elite hides its ill-gotten wealth.
Almost lost among the many revelations is the fact that Russia’s biggest bank uses The Podesta Group as its lobbyist in Washington, D.C. Though hardly a household name, this firm is well known inside the Beltway, not least because its CEO is Tony Podesta, one of the best-connected Democratic machers in the country. He founded the firm in 1998 with his brother John, formerly chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, then counselor to President Barack Obama, Mr. Podesta is the very definition of a Democratic insider. Outsiders engage the Podestas and their well-connected lobbying firm to improve their image and get access to Democratic bigwigs.
Which is exactly what Sberbank, Russia’s biggest financial institution, did this spring. As reported at the end of March, the Podesta Group registered with the U.S. Government as a lobbyist for Sberbank, as required by law, naming three Podesta Group staffers: Tony Podesta plus Stephen Rademaker and David Adams, the last two former assistant secretaries of state. It should be noted that Tony Podesta is a big-money bundler for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign while his brother John is the chairman of that campaign, the chief architect of her plans to take the White House this November.
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Irony Alert: Podesta was hired by Largest Russian Bank during 2016 Campaign....
