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I have to admit, the constant articles with the word 'Russia' in them just to make you go, 'oh, it must be something super nefarious that they're doing' is getting a bit on my nerves lately. Report on something worth raising a stink about or admit that you're just red-baiting.

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I remember a similar build up of fears leading up to the Iraq war, many of the same people in the house and senate are banging that old war drum as well. John McCain effectively switched parties to join in on the fun.

McCain was first elected as a Republican, no?

He was and still officially is one on paper but evidently he now supports the ACA and war with Russia. If he ran on those ideas its possible that many constituents would of voted differently. If you simply outlined his policies he doesn't differ all that much from Clinton.

Did I accidentally click on the_donald?

What saddens me is that it works. Most of the people I know don't see through the propaganda.

The very odd thing is how the susceptibility to the name has switched political sides. Now the populists/conservatives don't want to hear about Russian stuff, and the liberals are sure that Putin elected Trump. I caricature, but not by much.

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