Why Did "Anonymous" Write That Editorial?

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  1. Thought Criminal

    Thought Criminal Well-Known Member Donor

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    There's, like, a ninety page thread on the editorial. I'm fifty pages behind.

    Has the been any speculation as to why?

    I haven't seen anything that makes sense to me.

    If we are to take "his" writings at face value, why would he write it at all?

    If he's happy with what has been accomplished, and happy with what has been blocked, why upset the apple cart?

    Why throw a giant MONKEY wrench in the works?

    It makes no sense.

    Unless...

    Is the "Deep State" telling Republican candidates which lines to toe?
     
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    No the right wing and Dirty Donald much prefer the SHALLOW state!!!
     
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    I presume he went to the DNC with his anti-Trump propaganda hit piece scheme and got them to agree to pay him a fortune to submit it to the New York Times, which of course essentially works for the DNC anyway. But that's just speculation based on the core 'The end justifies the means' political principle of the Left's leadership and their operatives.
     
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    Thought Criminal Well-Known Member Donor

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    Then, are you assuming that it's a fraud?

    It doesn't strike me as having been written by someone who has suddenly drunk the leftist Kool-Aid.

    If the editorial is a fraud, it could've (NOT: 'could of'. Aaaargh!) been written by anybody. Times swears, on a stack of Bibles, that the writer is as he represents himself. I don't think that The Times has any great amount of credibility, but I see them as really going out on the line there. Until proven different, I'm taking them, and the editorial, at face value.
     
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    Why did the NYT write the op-ed?
     
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    (Shrug) There could be elements of truth in it and still be lies stuffed propaganda. But perhaps time will tell. I suspect that this particular anonymous will eventually get revealed.
     
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    Assuming someone at the paper didn't write it...
     
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    This^
     
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    Haha that's a good one, I like that. Mind if I borrow it?
     
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    Possibly just someone who wants Dems to win midterms trying to make **** for GOP.
     
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    Thought Criminal Well-Known Member Donor

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    Yes.

    That is one of the assumptions that this thread takes as part of its basic premise.

    Please assume, for the sake of this discussion, that the editorial's author is as represented by The New York Times.

    Why would he write it?
     
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    TDS runs deep in the MSM...
     
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    I don't know what "****" means.

    Why would someone, who claims to be happy with the results, want Democrats to win the midterms?
     
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    ?
     
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    Why would he write it? Because the liberal MSM is eaten alive with TDS... Great way to stir stuff up and feed one's own sick narcissistic ego.
     
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    The editorial is simply the times violating campaign finance laws and contributing to the democratic candidates. Any time there is an "anonymous" contribution, you can bet it is fraud and not real. The newspapers always say they are trying to get at the truth. If it isn't signed, then the truth is purposely hidden.
     
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    My feeling is that it was released in conjunction with the release of the Woodard book, in order to bolster its credibility.
     
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    I think the truth is far worse considering Trump's constant attacks on various people and the press for the past 20 months.
     
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    I can see the part about feeding his ego. They probably would see themselves as being heroes; protecting the nation. He could have just wanted to give himself a public pat on the back.

    If so, he revealed himself as being pretty small and shallow.

    I don't see any goal to be achieved by simply stirring things up. Unless he's not really a member of that group of seditionists, but only wants to expose their activities.
     
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    Maybe you should just believe the author.

    “To be clear, ours is not the popular ‘resistance’ of the left,” the author writes. “We want the administration to succeed and think that many of its policies have already made America safer and more prosperous. But we believe our first duty is to this country, and the president continues to act in a manner that is detrimental to the health of our republic.”
     
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    There has been coordinated efforts of 'timing' coming from every angle and source. And I think this may be one of those cases. News of Woodward's book had just come out and there was a lot of denial coming from the White House. Perhaps - if we are to believe the author and his/her assertions - they were trying to double down on the messages? Confirming the validity of the book?
     
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    It might have been to further discredit the media. The reality is we don't know. Any speculation is just that.
     
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    Maybe …

    1 - he was fired and is now vengeful

    2 - he wants the GOP to free itself from Trump

    3 - it is all true and he is simply reporting the truth

    etc.
     
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    I should have been more clear with my OP. Sorry.

    The premise of the thread assumes that the writer is as both he and The New York Times represent him to be. It also assumes that he has written his honest opinion.

    My question is: Why did he write it? What goal was he hoping to achieve? The author claims to be satisfied with the results that the seditionists are achieving. So, why upset the status quo?
     

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