what excuses? who are you replying to? virtually no one is here. No one, as of this post, has said any of these things in this thread. Frankly, I think you're taking a lot of this to some understandable conclusions, it's all very worrying, but it's pretty silly to point at some evidence, jump three steps ahead, and declare you've got it all figured out. Is it likely that something along these lines was in the works? I'd believe it. Do I believe that it's exactly as you stated? No. Not eliminating the possibility... but there's other possibilities as well. Some are even more sinister than this. It's also a mistake to think the RNC's hands are clean. Many of them are as guilty as the dems. This isn't R versus D, it's cabal and swamp versus patriot. Evil comes in many labels.