Opposition Research
The media (and that genius Tim Kaine) have been going CRAZY regarding Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with a Russian Attorney who claimed to have documentation of Hillary Clinton’s illegal dealings with Russian Corporations (including the deal that awarded 20% of US uranium enrichment to a RUSSIAN COMPANY!!). Kaine is tossing around word’s like “collusion” and “treason”! REALLY? TREASON??!!
NOT SO FAST, MR. KAINE! What Mr. Trump Jr. did is not called “treason.” It’s called OPPOSITION RESEARCH! And, I’ve got MORE news for you.
DEMOCRATS DO IT! Yes, that’s right! Democrats do it! As noted by Wikipedia, verbatim: “Both the Republican and Democratic Parties employ full time ‘Directors of Research’ and maintain databases on opponents. In recent years the task of opposition research has been privatized.”
OBAMA DID IT! It was opposition research that uncovered John Edwards’ $400 haircut in 2008. Obama skillfully used this extravagance to impugn Edwards’ self portrayal as “man of the people.” And there were many other sharp barbs unearthed by Obama research operatives during that primary campaign and the presidential campaign that followed.
HILLARY DID IT! Trump’s selling goods made in China was uncovered by a Democratic opposition researcher by the name of Arik Hesseldahl. The Trump University controversy was another opposition research find. And there were MANY others.
All of this leads me to ask: Do any of the self righteous hypocrites howling about the immorality and “treason” of Donald Trump Jr.’s foray into opposition research, REALLY believe that the Democrats, Obama and Hillary don’t do the same thing??!! ALL of the time??!! Of COURSE they don’t! But deceit is all they’ve got going for themselves right now, and, by God, they’re going to RUN with it. They believe, deep in their hearts, in the gullibility of the American electorate. Well, we beg to differ. We KNOW better. Please spread the word.