Blade_Runner wrote:
I'll see your case of beer and raise you an ocean of tequila. The stakes are that you are full of s**t. There is not a modicum of t***h in anything you've said.
On December 5, 1994 the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Britain and the United States signed a memorandum to provide Ukraine with security assurances in connection with its accession to the NPT as a non-nuclear weapon state. France and China also provided Ukraine with assurances similar to the Budapest Memorandum, but with some provisions.
In February 2014, in direct violation of the agreement, Russia invaded Ukraine and neither the Obama administration, the UK government, or anyone else did a damned thing to honor that agreement. They did not lift a finger.
We are in the middle of a media feeding frenzy over a supposed intelligence community whistleblower complaint on Trump’s conversation last summer with the Ukrainian president.
We know almost nothing about the complaint or the conversation, but that has not stopped a full-blown “we’ve got him now!” type joyfulness throughout the mainstream media and Never-Trump-land.
Lack of actual facts has not stopped Democrat candidates and various pundits from declaring that this is further ground for impeachment.
The initial claim was that Trump threatened to withhold aid to Ukraine if it didn’t investigate the business dealings of Joe Biden’s son, H****r B***n, while Joe was Vice President. Then the story changed, and maybe there wasn’t a quid pro quo, and maybe the whistleblower never actually heard the conversation. And so on and so on, a classic case of how the media tries and convicts Trump based on anonymous, shifting, and usually misinformed leaks.
The foreign minister of Ukraine is now on record that there was no pressure put on the Ukrainian president in the conversation.
We’ve been here, done that, dozens of times. Is this time different? Will they “get” Trump on this? As with the Russia Collusion claims, I’ll take it seriously when there is actual evidence. Until then, it’s just politically driven mischief masquerading as news.
As an aside, there is a pernicious effect to leaking conversations a U.S. president has with the leaders of foreign countries, something that has plagued Trump since the start of his administration. But that’s a post for another time.
There is an important story here that may take down a candidate. That candidate isn’t Donald Trump, it’s Joe Biden.
The Ukraine reports of possible influence peddling, along with a similar report regarding the Bidens’ dealings in China, have been reported in the past. It’s not new, but it never took hold in any media narrative because it’s not helpful in bringing down Trump, which is the measure of news value in the mainstream media these days.
But it has potential value to the media because of the claim of Trump misconduct in seeking a Ukrainian investigation of H****r B***n’s business dealings. So it’s all out media coverage.
That is a problem for Joe Biden, because most of the country is hearing about this for the first time, and the narrative quickly shifted — over media protests — from Trump allegedly improperly demanding an investigation to Joe and H****r B***n allegedly engaging in conduct that should be investigated.
The narrative shift is almost entirely the result of Trump taking to Twitter to defend himself.
I'll see your case of beer and raise you an ocean ... (
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You're right. I'd like to share in that bet. I'll settle for a six-pack of beer but we both know we will never see it. All this hoopla about another big fat goose egg will probably knock Joe out of the race. He has the most to lose. Next up is Warren at the top of the field of c*******ts, er, I mean, uh, Democrats running for president.
The only way we will ever see an end to all this is for a Democrat to become President because, after all, this is their end game. Republicans don't know how to fight against an unfair opponent because the Democrats use despicable tactics; the end justifies the means.