Youd actually expect all the candidates to be pretty aggressively hawkish on russia, particularly after russia had just invaded one of their neighbors. But it was interesting. In that senate primary, that Republican Senate primary in 2014, this one primary candidate, the local talk radio host, he really went the other way. He called himself a former Pentagon Expert on russia and he told radio iowa that, quote, pushing the russians out of crimea is not a realistic option. He said, quote, i think a lot of people, im not sure they understand the history of russia. You go back, you know, 1,500 years to the foundation of the russian empire. It actually started in ukraine and was evolved out of that. This whole issue is about as russian as it gets, meaning russia should be allowed to take parts of ukraine. Thats russias business, not anybody elses. And this candidate apparently felt pretty passionately about it. He went on in some detail,
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we didn t know this before now, but apparently not just manafort, but both of them are subjected to electron theic monitoring devices while they are being held in their homes. and rick gates now, he does have a lawyer. manafort s associate rick gates was represented by a public defender at the initial ar arrest and court hearing. he has now picked up expensive lawyers of his own, like paul manafort has. i have to tell you, paul manafort s expensive lawyers appear to be having some trouble already in this case. the judge today harshly criticized paul manafort s lawyer for having spoken to reporters on the courthouse steps after monday s indictment. she asked, in fact, for arguments from the prosecution and the from the defense as to whether she should institute a gag order now that prevents either side from making any