kentuck
kentuck's JournalOur country is at a crossroad.
We were at a crossroad before the Revolution.
We were at a crossroad before the Great Civil War.
We were at a crossroad before we decided to enter WWII.
Our country has been at many crossroads.
It may be that we are at another crossroad? One that will determine what type of government we wish to live with or under? Do we want to continue to live under a democracy with freedom of speech and freedom of the press or do we wish to live under something else? That is our decision.
Do we want to strive for human rights and equality in our country or do we want division and survival of the fittest?
Do we wish to go forward or to go backward?
On the gearshift, the "D" is for Drive and the "R" is for Reverse.
This is NOT a trial -- it is an impeachment hearing.
Donald Trump has not yet been impeached.
There are a few hyper-ventilating (fill-in-the-blank), that act as if there has already been a trial in the Senate? They act as if Donald Trump has already been found guilty of something? Any more distractions by these folks should be considered as an obstruction of justice charge added to the Impeachment Articles. They need to start acting like responsible citizens and legislators. They should listen to the facts and then make their decision.
Those that attempt to make a mockery of this investigation should be pointed out.
Samba Pa Ti
Trump says he might attend Russia's May Day parade
Mayday? International Workers Day? Began by the International Socialist and Communist Parties of the late 19th Century? That Mayday?
Does that seem rather odd to anyone?
https://www.politico.com/video/2019/11/08/trump-russia-may-day-069065
Should John Bolton testify in private or in public ??
Or should he not testify at all?
Everyone can wait for his book?
John Bolton says he wants to testify before Schiff's Committee. Are they afraid of something he might say? Or do they simply do not trust him?
If the latter be the case, it would seem a public hearing might be preferable? They would need to discuss the parameters.
Let the people decide for themselves? A fraud and a con are soon discovered.
That will be a decision that Nancy and Adam will have to make for the Democrats, if Bolton decides to tell what he knows?
It is the Congress that calls the shots.
Trump is a man flailing in desperation...
...attempting to escape a trap of his own making.
How many more times do we have to hear him say the phone call was "perfect"? No, Asshole! It wasn't perfect. It was proof of attempted bribery.
He doesn't want there to be public hearings next week. Why? Because he can't control them.
Sondland? Doesn't know the guy. Just like he didn't know Michael Cohen or Paul Manafort?
Everybody is out to get him. It's all a hoax. Pelosi is a corrupt politician. Adam Schiff is doubly corrupt.
Look at the great job he has done with stock market and with the record number of jobs he has created, he says. Never mind that he is a million jobs behind Barack Obama at the same time of their presidencies.
He is a desperate man grasping for straws. The truth has finally caught up to him and is getting ready to give him the body slam of his life.
It was not a "one-off" telephone call with a possible quid pro quo.
It was a planned and long-running operation.
The assistance for Ukraine was passed by the Congress in February of this year and was supposed to have been released to the Ukrainians at the end of February. But Trump did not release it. Why?
He held up the military assistance for about seven months. It helped no one except Russia.
Trump set up a shadow operation, headed by Rudy Giuliani in Ukraine, and led by Mick Mulvaney out of the White House. Mulvaney recruited Rick Perry, Gordon Sondland, and Kurt Volker to assist Giuliani in the shadow operation. They insisted that the new Ukraine president speak on television about opening an investigation on the Bidens. The money was going to be held up until it happened.
Then the whistleblower blew up all the plans, A few Senators began pressuring Trump to release the funds. Trump finally released the money to Ukraine, 7 months late.
It was far from a "one-off" phone call. This was a continuing operation, left over after Manafort went to jail. The roots are very deep in this scandal.
Bill Barr in the matrix.
He never believed that Donald Trump was capable of all the crap that people charged him with. He agreed with Donald Trump. It was all a hoax.
That is why he dismissed all the charges in the Mueller Report. He believed they were simply going after Donald Trump.
So he gave his 19-page resume to the Justice Department and applied to be the Attorney General. He immediately threw the Mueller Report in the trash can and, at the behest of Donald Trump, initiated an investigation of the investigation. He went around the world, and even stopped off in Rome, to try and find dirt on our Intelligence agencies.
Then, his name came up in the transcripts of the Ukraine investigation. Trump wanted him to come out in front of the media and tell the people that he had read the transcript and Donald Trump made a "perfect" call and there was nothing wrong with it.
But, Barr balked.
The hunter was becoming the hunted. He could hear the hounds in the distance.
He wanted to be the Attorney General and was willing to protect Donald Trump....up to a certain point.
But now, he has been drawn into the web. He should be recusing himself from the Ukraine investigation but he continues to cling to his fantasies.
He has done the exact opposite of Donald Trump. He has gone from the cover-up to the crime. He needs to answer to the American people.
He's an indecent, insensitive, sinful, all-around terrible person...
...who may have done a lot of bad things, but they like him.
Because he said he was draining the swamp and they believe him.
Because he promised to shake up Washington, and they want government shaken up.
Because they thought there was too much corruption in Washington.
They believed anything would be an improvement. What did they have to lose?
So they invited Tony Soprano and his people into their living rooms. They sort of liked the way they lied and exaggerated and bragged about who they robbed to get their money. It was just like TV.
So what if the State Department was decimated. The government needed to be shrunk anyway.
So what if foreign countries are invited to get involved with our elections? What's the big deal?
So what if the country is divided into warring factions? So what if they are making deals with the Russians at the detriment of our country and our national security?
He's really funny when he jumps on those "libtards".
Does the Democratic Party need more young Democrats like Andy Beshear?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Beshear<snip>
Early life, education, and law career
Beshear grew up in Fayette, Franklin, and Clark counties and graduated from Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Kentucky. He is the son of Steve and Jane (Klingner) Beshear. Andy's father Steve was the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 2007 to 2015.[1]
Beshear attended Vanderbilt University, where he graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in political science and anthropology. He then attended the University of Virginia School of Law, where he received his Juris Doctor. In 2005, he was hired by the law firm Stites & Harbison.[2][3] He has represented the developers of the Bluegrass Pipeline, which would transport natural gas through the state.[4]
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Beshear announced his campaign for the 2015 election for Attorney General of Kentucky in November 2013 to succeed Democrat Jack Conway, who could not run for reelection due to term limits.[5][6] Beshear defeated Republican Whitney Westerfield, and was sworn into office in January 2016.[7][8]
In April 2016, Beshear sued Matt Bevin, the Governor of Kentucky, over his mid-cycle budget cuts to the state university system, which Beshear says Bevin is not authorized to do.[9] On September 21, 2016, the Kentucky Supreme Court issued a 5-2 ruling agreeing with Beshear that Bevin did not have the authority to make mid-cycle budget cuts without the approval of the General Assembly.[10]
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