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Is this intended to be an allusion to the alleged Comey-Clapper-Clinton conspiracy?

by mkempe 9y ago

tunesmith 9y ago
How...? Were they trying to steal Texas?
dvtrn 9y ago
Not to give credence to such a conspiracy by asking, I'm just curious to an almost sordid degree...but what? Is this a thing people actually think is...well a thing?
- mkempe 9y ago
  11 Republican members of Congress on Wednesday sent a criminal referral to the DoJ and FBI seeking an investigation of ex-director James Comey, ex-AG Loretta Lynch, and Hillary Clinton in connection with the 2016 campaign. Clapper is (elsewhere) alleged to have been pushing a fake "Russia dossier" to/with Lynch and Comey.
- googlemike 9y ago
  What is this conspiracy? First I've heard of it.
  - dvtrn 9y ago
    Exactly the same, hence the intense curiosity. I love a good conspiracy theory, if only because I also love spy/espionage novels and geopolitical thriller movies. Yes I'm very exciting at parties :)
  - adventured 9y ago
    It's apparently being pushed as a premise in conservative circles: http://thefederalist.com/2018/04/20/comeys-memos-indicate-dossier-briefing-of-trump-was-a-setup/ http://thefederalist.com/2018/04/20/comeys-memos-indicate-do... https://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-department-watchdog-probes-comey-memos-over-classified-information-1524243505 https://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-department-watchdog-pro...
- krapp 9y ago
  >Is this a thing people actually think is...well a thing? The answer to that question is always going to be yes.
smsm42 9y ago
Probably not. Though when comparing killing one of the Founding Fathers and (allegedly) conspiring to make significant portion of the US into a separate state, anything that modern politicians do kinda pales. I mean, can you imagine, say, Joe Biden killing Jeff Sessions on a duel and then conspire for the West Coast to secede and form a separate independent country?
flyingcircus3 9y ago
To the degree that anyone thinks this is about any particular event in recent history, my humble opinion is that you are missing the point. The point, as I see it, is that it doesn't matter if people have the internet, or the microwave, or tv, or transistors, or airplanes, or automobiles, or bicycles, or steam engines, or even cotton gins. The human experience, and our propensity to ensure our own continued survival, has always been fraught with peril. Everyone has friends and enemies, and yet we all live amongst each other. I think the best allegory for this story is that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Is this intended to be an allusion to the alleged Comey-Clapper-Clinton conspiracy?

by mkempe 9y ago

Is this intended to be an allusion to the alleged Comey-Clapper-Clinton conspiracy?

tunesmith 9y ago

How...? Were they trying to steal Texas?

dvtrn 9y ago

Not to give credence to such a conspiracy by asking, I'm just curious to an almost sordid degree...but what? Is this a thing people actually think is...well a thing?

mkempe 9y ago
11 Republican members of Congress on Wednesday sent a criminal referral to the DoJ and FBI seeking an investigation of ex-director James Comey, ex-AG Loretta Lynch, and Hillary Clinton in connection with the 2016 campaign. Clapper is (elsewhere) alleged to have been pushing a fake "Russia dossier" to/with Lynch and Comey.
googlemike 9y ago
What is this conspiracy? First I've heard of it.
- dvtrn 9y ago
  Exactly the same, hence the intense curiosity. I love a good conspiracy theory, if only because I also love spy/espionage novels and geopolitical thriller movies. Yes I'm very exciting at parties :)
- adventured 9y ago
  It's apparently being pushed as a premise in conservative circles: http://thefederalist.com/2018/04/20/comeys-memos-indicate-dossier-briefing-of-trump-was-a-setup/ http://thefederalist.com/2018/04/20/comeys-memos-indicate-do... https://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-department-watchdog-probes-comey-memos-over-classified-information-1524243505 https://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-department-watchdog-pro...
krapp 9y ago
>Is this a thing people actually think is...well a thing? The answer to that question is always going to be yes.

smsm42 9y ago

Probably not. Though when comparing killing one of the Founding Fathers and (allegedly) conspiring to make significant portion of the US into a separate state, anything that modern politicians do kinda pales. I mean, can you imagine, say, Joe Biden killing Jeff Sessions on a duel and then conspire for the West Coast to secede and form a separate independent country?

flyingcircus3 9y ago

To the degree that anyone thinks this is about any particular event in recent history, my humble opinion is that you are missing the point. The point, as I see it, is that it doesn't matter if people have the internet, or the microwave, or tv, or transistors, or airplanes, or automobiles, or bicycles, or steam engines, or even cotton gins. The human experience, and our propensity to ensure our own continued survival, has always been fraught with peril. Everyone has friends and enemies, and yet we all live amongst each other. I think the best allegory for this story is that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.