CNNs Jim Sciutto eviscerates former GOP Rep saying Russian hacking is no big deal

[TomCADem]

It is just amazing the degree to which many Republicans are trying to dismiss Russian efforts to effect the U.S. election even to the point of expressing admiration for Putin.

https://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/im-an-american-cnns-jim-sciutto-eviscerates-former-gop-rep-saying-russian-hacking-is-no-big-deal/

“I’m an American and I listen to that, I hear foreign actor hacked into political organizations in the U.S. and they strategically leaked it out during an election campaign,” he said. “Whether that’s Republican or Democrat or any other party, that sounds serious. Are you saying, ‘heck it’s another part of the Wild West in the cyber space and we as a country should let that pass?'”

Hoekstra said he doesn’t think it should pass but he was dismissive because the U.S. hacked Angela Merkel and listened to conversations.

Sciutto was shocked to hear a former Republican Congressman say that these actions were acceptable because the U.S. had hacked someone before.

“But leak those conversations every day leading up to a crucial German election?” Sciutto asked. “This is the difference here. It’s odd for an American to be equating its own actions with the actions of a foreign adversary.”

[spanone]

1. this is truly the fucking Twilight Zone

[Achilleaze]

2. Ronald Reagan spits from his grave at the Republican turncoat Evil-Empire Symps

[n2doc]

11. I think Reagan would have been fine with all this

He just would have been told it was a 'plot twist' and to improvise. Actors work with the script they are given.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Canned Talking Points

from the Propaganda Room at the GOP Headquarters. These Slugs show up with their 3X5 index cards with the Party Line response written in bold type.

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. Let's be honest and admit that our jobs now as actual patriots

is to acknowledge a large part of the GOP is committing outright sedition or treason by siding with our enemy.

We as patriots must deal with this head on.

[Arkansas Granny]

5. The Russian hacking would have been a very big deal if they thought it favored a Dem.

They would have held immediate investigations even if they had to skip the holiday recess.

[Thinkingabout]

6. More admission by republicans they are puppets of Putin.

[spanone]

7. it will only be a big deal to republicans when they are the victims of it.

[SammyWinstonJack]

12. Exactly, though they'd never admit that.

[treestar]

17. You can bet on that!

The investigations would last for years.

[CentralMass]

8. This is a coupe and these guys are politically derranged. .

[TonyPDX]

9. CNN says this, MSNBC says that, FOX News, NPR, why does it matter anymore?

[malaise]

10. It's Democratic Party not Democrat Party

Fugg Sciutto

[George II]

13. That really irks me, especially since 99% of the time it's done intentionally.

[malaise]

14. +1,000

Even media hacks do it and blue dog Dems as well - the party hierarchy is responsible for that. You'd be kicked out of most parties for getting the party name wrong.

[George II]

16. "Democrat" has been used sporadically for 100 years or more, but it became more prevalent...

...during the McCarthy era of the early 1950s. To me every time a republican (because of that I never capitalize it and even refer to them as the republic party sometimes!) says that it brings back thoughts of how destructive McCarthy and his cronies were back then. Here's an interesting article on the reference:

http://www.npr.org/sections/ombudsman/2010/03/since_when_did_it_become_the_d.html

[malaise]

18. Thanks

Happy New Year

[Cha]

15. M$M doing their job?!

We know the gop***** are sociopathic pathological assholeS.. so it's up to them.