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Originally posted by RAMIUS:
I'm amazed at the sheer number of Trump Haters on social media rejoicing about this.

That's because this it IT! The word of the day folks, is "SMOKING GUN!"

"Transcript drinking game: Take a shot after a blue check says these two words today (Hint: Don’t do this. You’ll be dead)[

https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534...-this-youll-be-dead/

So what the loony left has accomplished was to raise awareness of Creepy Uncle Joe's questionable behaviour to such a level even the dominant media can no longer ignore it?

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:
So what the loony left has accomplished was to raise awareness of Creepy Uncle Joe's questionable behaviour to such a level even the dominant media can no longer ignore it?

That is basically how what I heard on a radio program this morning coming into work. Sounds plausible and sneaky enough that the dems could have used this to sabotage Sleepy Joe, and move Warren as the front runner.

Edit to add: Not sure if the dems are smart enough to think this deeply into it, but this is the outcome.

We know money can't win an election, but mo' money is always mo' betta

There will be no impeachment vote....just more "investigations" that may or may not produce actual dirt.

And Trump will be smiling all the way through it.

I do hope that at some point the GOP asks for a vote in the house....insists on a vote just to show everyone that they got nuthin'

The Dems believe this is a winning strategy for 2020 or they would not have done it.....of course the dems are not known to be in touch with what people outside the coasts actually think

What a difference a day can make, right, guys?

Blue skies, gents.

Time to boogie



Come on





There've been so many things that have held us down
But now it looks like things are finally comin' around, yeah
I know we've got a long long way to go, yeah
And where we'll end up
I don't know
But we won't let nothing hold us back
We gonna get ourselves together
We gonna polish up our act
And if you've ever been held down before
I know that you refuse to be held down any more
Don't you let nothing, nothing
Nothing stand in your way
And all we gonna do
I want you to listen, listen
To every word I say
Every word I say about it
Ain't no stoppin' us now
We're on the move
(You said it, we've got the groove)

Ain't no stoppin' us now
We've got the groove
Ain't no stoppin' us now
We're on the move
(We've got the groove)
Ain't no stoppin' us now
We've got the groove

Look, Lemme tell you this
I know you know someone who's got a negative vibe
And if your tryin to make it they only push you aside
They really don't have nowhere to go
Ask 'em where they're going
They don't know
But we won't let nothing hold us back
We gonna get ourselves together, come on
We gonna polish up our act, yeah
And if you've ever been held down before
I know that you refuse to be held down any more

More than anything I'm surprised by the source of this op-ed:

Link

Nancy Pelosi just made one of the most colossal blunders in modern American politics

On Tuesday evening Nancy Pelosi made one of the most colossal blunders in the modern history of American electoral politics. Rejecting the accumulated wisdom of a long and successful career in the House of Representatives, she set aside her own instincts and announced the beginning of formal impeachment proceedings against President Trump on the basis of a third-hand rumor about a phone call with the president of a Eurasian republic.

Pelosi knows this will not be popular. She knows more than that. She knows that it will be a disaster for the Democratic Party, that it will inflame the president's base and inspire even his most lukewarm supporters with a sense of outrage. She knows that in states like Michigan, upon which her party's chances in 2020 will depend, the question of impeachment does not poll well. She knows, further, that Joe Biden will not be able to spend the next 14 or so months refusing to answer questions about the activities of his son, Hunter, in Ukraine, and that increased scrutiny of the vice president's record in office will not rebound to his credit. She and her fellow Democratic leaders had better hope that someone like Elizabeth Warren manages to steal the nomination away from him before this defines his candidacy the way that Hillary Clinton's emails and paid speechmaking did during and after the 2016 primaries.

Why? Because her hand has been forced. The same members of her caucus who have clamored for Trump's impeachment on the basis of his immigration policy, his non-existent collusion with Russian authorities during the last presidential election, and his ownership of various hotels have once again lighted upon high crimes and misdemeanors. While it is probably clear to some other members of the party's leadership that impeachment is a non-starter — not only because it is unpopular but because it will go nowhere in the Senate — the feeling seems to be that they have no other choice. Too many younger Democrats whose own political fortunes do not depend upon the party's national appeal, much less its control of the White House, have been allowed to control the conversation. Some of them are cynical, others merely naïve, but the takeaway is the same regardless: The hydra is eating its own heads. Pelosi should have known better than to feed it in the first place.

Where is all of this headed? In her press conference Pelosi bandied idle threats, but she knows she cannot enforce them. She also knows, surely, that she did not need to make them in the first place. Trump has made an end run around the Democrats by announcing that he will release a transcript of his phone call with Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday morning. If there is nothing in the text that justifies the perfervid speculation of his liberal enemies — and it is impossible to imagine his agreeing to its release if there were — it will not be possible to retreat from the opening of impeachment proceedings without embarrassment.

This does not mean that Pelosi will not attempt to do so regardless. It still seems to me supremely unlikely that this will ever make it to the level of introducing actual articles of impeachment, much less to an actual up-and-down vote on the question of impeachment. Every stalling tactic imaginable — not least among them the expansion of the inquiry to include avenues explored previously, such as the special counsel's findings, and new ones of whose lunacy we can only dream — will be employed. But this will not be enough to satisfy members of her caucus who will complain that the process is not moving along swiftly enough and would do so even if Trump were finally impeached. The business will never be put to bed until Donald Trump leaves office.

The only lasting effect of Pelosi's capitulation on Thursday will be making the latter unlikely to happen before 2025.

Full transcript lol.....

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ne...ident-published.html

How many people are just now learning about this video with Biden boasting...BOASTING! how he got the Ukrainian prosecutor that was investigating his son fired?



You done messed up, Uncle Joe!

This post is the first that I have heard of it.....


But if I could just say... "Checkmate" !!!

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Originally posted by PASig:
How many people are just now learning about this video with Biden boasting...BOASTING! how he got the Ukrainian prosecutor that was investigating his son fired?



You done messed up, Uncle Joe!

I think of John Milton a lot these days when the desperate leftists and their news media co-conspirators spout their lying bullshit.

“Though all winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and falsehood grapple, who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter.” - John Milton, Areopagitica 1644

"we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength" Ain't that the truth. If ever you've had political faith, now is the time for it, gentlemen. Being cynical about the world and especially about politics is the easiest thing, but don't take that path. Bolster your fellow patriots. We need each other, and we have Truth on our side.

The clowns on the local CBS affiliate radio station this morning were predictably maddening. The host interviewed some other clown over the phone who repeatedly stated “this is NOT an actual transcript, it says on the heading that it’s a summary, and while it’s very detailed, it’s NOT a full transcript!” They managed to totally avoid all mention of Hunter Biden and instead focused on why they thought it was a quid pro quo, and how even if he wasn’t seeking to have a political rival investigated, that what he did was still an impeachable offense, etc etc. These people are unhinged.

I hope Trump’s rope-a-dope game just continues to get stronger as we approach the election. He’s making these people look dumber and more disconnected from reality with each passing scandal du juor. Meanwhile, the “it’s the economy, stupid” principle is still in full effect.

I love...LOVE...the fact that President Trump threw the transcript into their fat friggin' faces! His team is superb!! Just like a good lawyer...NEVER ask a question to which you already DON'T know the answer. Well...President Trump KNEW the transcript would be a big ol' Nothing Burger and that's why he was so eager to release it. I hope the Demotards CHOKE on it!!! Screw those a-holes...

I believe the AMA needs to formally recognize Trump Derangement Syndrome as a tangible mental disorder. Jeezus Christmas...these people are NUTS!

when are we going to start treating politicians exactly the same way they treat us?

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While it is probably clear to some other members of the party's leadership that impeachment is a non-starter — not only because it is unpopular but because it will go nowhere in the Senate — the feeling seems to be that they have no other choice. Too many younger Democrats whose own political fortunes do not depend upon the party's national appeal, much less its control of the White House, have been allowed to control the conversation. Some of them are cynical, others merely naïve, but the takeaway is the same regardless: The hydra is eating its own heads. Pelosi should have known better than to feed it in the first place.

OTOH, perhaps the old D guard, having lost control of the message, and sick and tired of being driven to the extreme by the new guard have decided the best way to clean house is to punt. Give the ball away for one more term in order to kill off the parasites that are killing the party, lose the house, lose more in the Senate, Trump re-elected, then can go to the supporters of the extreme party and tell them that you let them have their run at socialism, it's not going to work so Adios MFer's...

And of course. Mitt Romney is "troubled" by the transcript.

I can't believe I supported that jackass for President. I guess he might have been better than Obama, but sheesh, he still would have been a disasater.

Link

(and I don't give the Post much credibility, but it's amazing how Romney is always the go-to guy for anti-Trump quotes from a Republican.)

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Originally posted by ChicagoSigMan:
And of course. Mitt Romney is "troubled" by the transcript.

He was always a pussy. Since Trump won the 2016 election and showed Mitt how it's done, he's become a jealous pussy.


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the only reference to the name "Biden" in the transcript of the telephone call:




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for anyone who hasn't watched the Biden video where he brags about having the Ukraine prosecutor fired, here is what Biden said in a public forum:

"I remember going over and convincing our team, others, to convince that we should be providing for loan guarantees. And I went over, I guess, the 12th, 13th time to Kiev. And I was supposed to announce that there was another billion-dollar loan guarantee. And I had gotten a commitment from Poroshenko and from Yatsenyuk that they would take action against the state prosecutor. And they didn’t.

So they said they had—they were walking out to a press conference. I said, nah, I’m not going to—or, we’re not going to give you the billion dollars. They said, you have no authority. You’re not the president. The president said—I said, call him. (Laughter.) I said, I’m telling you, you’re not getting the billion dollars. I said, you’re not getting the billion. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money. Well, son of a b-tch. (Laughter.) He got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time."


from

https://thefederalist.com/2019...ng-his-sons-company/