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Politico: Former Trump adviser Carter Page also met with Russian envoy
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greycolumbus
The success of others absolutely infuriates me.
Page must be uber-confident to do the rounds like this.
skullmuffins
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He's nuts. Did you see the letter he sent the DOJ accusing the Clinton campaign of perpetrating "hate crimes" and human rights abuses against him?
http://www.businessinsider.com/carter-page-letter-doj-hillary-clinton-russia-2017-3
He almost comes across as enjoying the limelight.
He wants to be famous, maybe? Kind of like those people that take credit for other people's crimes.
He isnt associated with the WH anymore right? Maybe he is taunting them or something and hoping for some deal.
KernelPanic
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Trying to score a plea bargain?
This interview is just plain bizarre tbh, like why is he doing this at all...
Genuinely think someone told him that doing this would help with that.
Genuinely think someone told him that doing this would help with that.
Dude knows what happens when you insult Mother Russia.
Which subject do you think he wants to avoid more?
The Last Wizard
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We don't care, we won the election, we've got the power now so you damn liberals shut up and take it. /s
Randy Monk
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Union Soviet America
Autoignition
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Anderson Cooper's greatest skill as a journalist has always been his unwillingness to let something go if he smells bullshit in the air. Pair that with his naturally strong moral compass, and he's dangerous in situations like this. I haven't seen him in prime form like this since the last time he raked Kellyanne over the coals. I honestly thought Page was going to snap. Good on Cooper. Keep digging.
I love him so much.
Good lord, honestly i am watching this and im thinking there isnt much of a story here until he starts talking about the Russian interpretation of meetings/rallies with a giant smile on his face and now im just thinking daddy Putin is watching. good lord. not done though.
Autoignition
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Putin was totally watching, and you can tell from his responses in the last 7ish minutes of the interview especially. I felt like all of that crazy exaggerated gesturing that Page was doing with his eyebrows at Cooper was an attempt to try to get his attention and maybe slow him down, but Cooper was having none of it.
pixelation
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He looked shady as all hell.
Vestal
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MOTHER OF GOD...
Is this a ploy to distract? A cry for help maybe? What the fuck did I just watch?
Im still watching and trying to figure this out. I think maybe he is terrified, because he has a slight connection and maybe he knows shit is about to go down so he is trying to clear his name beforehand? I really dont know. The guy was squirming for a long time, 20+ mins. He was both willing to give information and unwilling to admit to anything. We need a psyche guy here lol
I could see him being offered a plea deal. He seems like the type who might testify depending on what info the IC community has.
Vestal
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I got the vibe of a cry for help. Someone willing to turn if the situation is right. Weird as fuck though.
Jawbreaker
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Boy, this Russian dude is really popular. Must be a real fun guy to hang out with.
I mean, common trend here guys, complete, absolute refusal to admit any wrongdoing by Russia. These guys must have like a family member in a dungeon or something. I mean they cannot admit to anything anti-putin. It is insane. Even when pressed with obvious facts they deny and refuse and try to say 'well America is the same'. Giant red warning lights folks.
You won't remember what happened the next morning though if you catch my drift.
Ether_Snake
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Look at this guy's face! LOL
He's literally saying "This is all false, you know... *wink* *wink*.".
At this point I was waiting for him to say "You're pretty good! ... *wink*".
His eyebrows are constantly jumping while he has a huge grin on his face.
Vestal
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The bolded is important. He went off the rails last 5 minutes. Cooper you the man tonight.
Dreams-Visions
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An American government that is destabilized and in chaos is the power play dream for the old Russian guard. The fucking dream scenario.
Muppet of a Man
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Time to call in Snake to take these mofos down.
I feel like all these dudes are sub bosses in a metal gear solid game.
I feel like all these dudes are sub bosses in a metal gear solid game.
Beelzeboss
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This is all very amusing to see but then the real life implications of all this hit me and leave me feeling horrified.
What the hell is going on?
What the hell is going on?
My question is...WHO is the Russian intelligence operator who is looking at these pigeons and thinking, "They're convincing. Have them go on American TV."
Because it's not so much that the people around Trump are liars. It's that they're BAD liars. Every time. COMPLETELY TERRIBLE liars. The performance is ALWAYS unconvincing.
There is no way you can have a functioning brain and make it beyond the five minute mark of that Cooper interview still thinking that Carter Page has a shred of credibility. Even a sliver. And shout-out to Chris Hayes who wrecked him in under 10 minutes the night before.
From the insistence that he knows nothing of Russian espionage efforts (nothing!), to this continued assertion that the Clinton campaign carried out this huge smear operation against him based on his religion and maleness...this man is not only completely unbelievable, not only seemingly a fucking loon, but whatever questions there were about Trump's ties to Russia? DOUBLE THEM after watching that.
What's the strategy here. Who is thinking that putting Page out there is a good idea?
SparkleMotion
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SaviourMK2
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Any chance we can just cut down on the weekly headlines and assume everyone in the Trump Campaigned colluded with the Russians?
Seems like the real stories get buried beneath the total obvious.
Seems like the real stories get buried beneath the total obvious.
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I am pretty damn sure that NOBODY is dumb enough to contact Page under the current circumstances. CNN called him, no one is answering his phone calls or he's not calling anyone because he knows better, guy has probably been isolated for a while now, so he agrees thinking he can clear things up.
BoboBrazil
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Funny how he was "out of the country" and "didn't see" the do not destroy evidence letter for 2 weeks.
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