(CNN)Donald Trump's defenders have always argued that the entire notion his campaign colluded with Russia was all smoke and no fire.
That may not cut it anymore.
The President's son and namesake, in a sensational revelation that significantly escalated the drama over alleged Russian election meddling incessantly battering the White House, may have provided the flames by releasing an email chain that detailed his expectations of getting Kremlin dirt on Hillary Clinton in a meeting he had with a Russian lawyer last year.
In my opinion, we are all being played by the Russia story. It is a smoke screen to deflect attention away from more meaningful legislation that should be underway.
This type of political game (on both sides) has been played for as long as I can remember. Each side looks for a smoking gun and the other denies while nothing meaningful gets accomplished.
But if we want to continue to play the game, I think we should also focus on what was uncovered by the hacking.
We saw the dirty laundry of a political party exposed.
We saw how the Primary was stolen from Bernie Sanders and the playing field slanted dramatically toward Clinton.
We saw the use of divisive politics within a political party to target via religion, race, gender, etc.
We saw a mainstream media that provided their chosen candidate with questions to a debate in advance of the actual debate.
We saw the incumbent team use government institutions for opposition research.
We saw dileberate leaking of confidential information and the unmasking of US citizens for political purposes.
We saw inappropriate conversations on airplanes and active criminal investigations being altered to fit a specific narrative.
I am sure that I am missing additional examples of the abuse of power that was uncovered. While I am not in favor of the method used to uncover this, I don't understand why we are not discussing it.
And this type of behavior will continue on both sides until the population rises up displays that they no longer have the appetite for it.
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