(10-12-2016 04:37 PM)Tigre Wrote: (10-12-2016 12:31 PM)TravelerKai Wrote: Julian is not going to cram 30 days worth of leaks in enough time to prevent Hillary from possibly winning. He always saves the best for last and the problem with that is if he has something as bad as conspiracy/motive to murder Seth Rich or some other obvious felony, justice will not be served.
Her Parkinsons might be on an email released only after the election as well.
Julian hates Trump, and because of that, he is holding the best for after all the votes in an attempt to disgrace and embarrass the country, instead of preventing Hillary from being president. Perhaps he thinks she is better for his business instead of the harm she presents to our society.
Assange is pulling for Trump.
Don't forget those recent accounts of Hillary casually musing about assassinating Assange. Could you really see him backing Hillary after finding out about that?
Assange will want to keep up appearances. After all, in Wikileaks he is aiming to create an institution. It needs to be bigger than his personal brand.
Personally, he will be doing his bit to boost Trump's campaign. He will try for a veneer of impartiality when acting as a spokesman for Wikileaks, though.
Pay attention to actions, not words. The DNC Wikileaks were perfectly timed to cause maximum chaos. That wasn't coincidence.
It makes sense to serialize these latest leaks for maximum effect.
It gives something to fill the news cycle every day. And it takes advantage of the recency effect. Recent news carries more weight than months old news.
They tried to strike the perfect balance between delivering this as close as possible to vote date, while recognizing that voting has already started.
Tigre, with all due respect, I think you are wrong. Unless you have some proof somewhere, Julian does not like Trump at all. They have zero of anything in common with each other. The only thing they have in common is that they both hate Hillary's guts. That's it.
He is looking for leaks on Trump's tax returns among other things. He has taken plenty of swipes at Trump on Twitter. If he were American, he would know where to look for dirt on Trump, but Hillary is his main hardon right now, because he knows damn well that if she isn't stopped to some degree, he is a dead man. That and she has the most dirt of any politician the world has seen in 50 years.
He is trying to cause chaos but it's amateurish in nature. If he cared about Trump winning he would have dumped the entire thing months ago and it would have knocked her out of the race early enough. Trump would beat anyone else they put in her place. Last count I checked this is 7% of the emails he has so far released out of the 50K he has. He said he has ~ 30 days worth of leaks and that it will continue to leak out into mid-late November.
If he was pulling for Trump, he would dump the nastiest stuff immediately to knock her out of the runnings. With 2 weeks left, it's pretty obvious he isn't doing this for Trump.
I'll predict what he wants to do.
Cause chaos and anger with a bombshell after Hillary wins. He thinks she will be held accountable even after a win or just make her look terrible as the first female president.
He's delusional. Like I said, unless it's murder related, or conspiracy to murder, the worst she could get is impeached like her husband did. The Senate doesn't have the balls or the numbers for a 2/3 majority for removal. If she is impeached it may not even dog the rest of her presidency, like it did her husband. (again unless it's something serious like murder). CTR campaign collusion, perjury, FEC violations out the ass, sketchy fraud schemes, mishandling of classified material, will not be enough to remove from office.
The Republican party is subdued and most are in cohorts with the Democrats.
You will need 66 to remove from office. Right now, the Republicans have
54. Even if they voted 100% straight, they still need
12 Democrats to vote remove. Ain't happenin Captn'! If the Republicans lose a few seats in Nov. in the Senate? Forget about it! The Republicans in the House, right now have 246 to 186 on the Dems. That's impeachment all day long. Easy stuff if they dump Ryan as Speaker.
Julian better pick up the phone and call someone intelligent on the US political system, because he is playing with fire. If he values his life and Wikileaks survival any, he would drop what he has as soon as possible, while there is still a chance she can be prevented from gaining office. Once she gains office, all bets are off. If Trump won, he might let Julian slide, and he could leave the embassy. He has no shot at all of that, with Hillary in office. Even if she was disgraced or embarrassed with an impeachment. Remove the country's first female president in her first year in office? HA! There are zero consequences for women in this country. I would never take that bet in a million years.
Did you know that if she is president, she can pardon Comey, Lynch, or anyone else that would be in trouble with her, before or after an impeachment process starts on them? She could do this theoretically while under impeachment herself! Probably not a smart thing to do, but she could.
Some men just want to watch the world burn, even to the detriment of their own personal safety and wellbeing. That is what Julian is doing right now. It is, what it is.