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JoseBalow

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27. "Cue the pitchforks and torches."

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Fri Jun 5, 2026, 09:10 PM

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Hallmarks of an orchestrated smear [View all] pat_k 10 hrs ago OP

Deja vue all over again al bupp 10 hrs ago #1

Take some old school Rove tactics... Blue Owl 10 hrs ago #2

You nailed it. pat_k 9 hrs ago #5

The GOP pays pros big money for this orangecrush 10 hrs ago #3

Tragically, too many media outlets are delighted to jump into a mob as it forms... pat_k 8 hrs ago #8

Journalism died in 2016 dave99 8 hrs ago #14

Remember who owns the media outlets orangecrush 7 hrs ago #17

yep. it's all about 'the baddies' stopdiggin 9 hrs ago #4

Who said "nothing to do with Platner?" pat_k 8 hrs ago #6

And it doesn't make it right when one is supporting an adjudicated rapist, a fraudster and a credibly alleged pedophile. MLWR 8 hrs ago #11

they're treating him so unfairly .. ! stopdiggin 8 hrs ago #12

I see the hallmarks of a smear. YMMV pat_k 8 hrs ago #16

Maybe, I donʻt know but David Costello is better qualified regardless. mahina 7 hrs ago #26

Good case. We'll know who the nominee ends up being soon enough. pat_k 7 hrs ago #28

P.S. I know you meant Costello, but you might correct the title. pat_k 7 hrs ago #29

Thank you mahina 7 hrs ago #31

Do you not understand how binary choices work? paleotn 7 hrs ago #18

creepy Collins, asshat DoBW 7 hrs ago #23

not at all what I said stopdiggin 7 hrs ago #30

Iʻm excited by David Costello mahina 7 hrs ago #25

yep, we're prodded to not vote. ExtraGriz 8 hrs ago #7

Classic counter-resistance stuff. Demonize, demoralize. pat_k 8 hrs ago #15

Exactly how this works. paleotn 7 hrs ago #19

I LOVE Jane Mayer ... she is an awesome writer! FakeNoose 8 hrs ago #9

"The Memo" in 2006 sent her to the top of my list of journalists to track. pat_k 6 hrs ago #33

The next things they will do... Don1 8 hrs ago #10

I fear you are probably right. pat_k 6 hrs ago #36

People are taught to assume that where there's smoke there's fire. Or also... Beartracks 8 hrs ago #13

Where's the oppo research on Collins? dlk 7 hrs ago #20

Recommended! H2O Man 7 hrs ago #21

Much appreciated! pat_k 3 hrs ago #42

please tell me you are not comparing Franken and Platner Skittles 7 hrs ago #22

I'm noting hallmarks of an orchestrated smear. No more. No less. pat_k 4 hrs ago #40

alrighty then Skittles 3 hrs ago #43

I do not know but more focus should be on David Costello mahina 7 hrs ago #24

As I noted above, you make a good case. pat_k 5 hrs ago #39

Thank you mahina 4 hrs ago #41

"Cue the pitchforks and torches." JoseBalow 7 hrs ago #27

I recently watched Young Frankenstein after perhaps 40 years. pat_k 7 hrs ago #32

Thanks so much for the link! I always assumed it was even worse than what I had read -- but not that much worse. eppur_se_muova 6 hrs ago #34

Thanks for posting. Seems to me too few people "get" the magnitude of the wrong. pat_k 5 hrs ago #37

I was glad to see so many Dems admitting openly that they made a mistake. Sen. Gillibrand I particularly held a grudge eppur_se_muova 3 hrs ago #44

Jane Mayer is a treasure! pat_k 2 hrs ago #45

"Dark Money" is the one I started. Armed with new glasses, I'm going to go find it right now ! eppur_se_muova 2 hrs ago #46

Here's a blast from the past pat_k 2 hrs ago #47

Sudden Last Minute Things The Republican Ex GF Don1 6 hrs ago #35

I think there are people asking. But when mob mentality is triggered, thought falls by the wayside. pat_k 5 hrs ago #38