One Citizen Speaking

WHAT IS DRIVING THE SCHIFF SHOW?

What set of circumstances might induce Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), the well-educated (Sanford, Harvard Law) ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, to perform in an unconscionable manner – including lying to the American public and making a mockery of the rights of the GOP minority to ask certain questions of the witnesses?

Is Adam Schiff the firewall between the outrageous behavior of the top-level leadership of the Obama Administration and former President Barack Obama himself – a final scandal of historic proportions?

Why else would normally aggressive investigative reporters suddenly ask few pertinent questions and defer to their corporate bosses and preclude fame as journalists?

Consider …

Members of the Obama Administration, especially Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, went to extraordinary lengths to hide their communications from the government, Congress, and the American public.

Members of the Obama Administration spied on members of Congress and the opposition party prior to and after an election.

Members of the Obama Administration colluded with foreign counties to surveil or coerce American citizens into illegal actions.

Members of the Obama Administration aided and abetted our enemies (Russia, China, Iran, etc.) while disparaging America and its allies.

Obama, in spite of receiving a daily presidential brief and daily updates from his éminence grise, Valerie Jarrett, claims to have gotten his information from the media, like all ordinary Americans.

So what other explanation can there be?

What would justify a cover-up of this proportion – including the potential blackmailing of key Members of Congress?

Bottom line …

I guess we must wait for the next level of reports from the Attorney General. Although I have flagging confidence that all the perpetrators will be held accountable for their illegal actions.

We are so screwed.

-- steve

SCHIFFING ON THE PUBLIC AGAIN

After hours of testimony, we have learned from  the former ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch:

(1) Ambassadors serve at the pleasure of the President of the United States who has an absolute right to select, remove, or direct the activities of Ambassadors, subject to Senate confirmation of their nominees;

(2) Ukraine didn’t agree to investigate the Bidens;

(3) Ukraine got the military aid that was temporarily paused;

(4) Burisma, the company that employed Hunter Biden and his partner as board members, was considered to be highly corrupt; and

(5) the Obama State Department viewed Hunter Biden’s role with Burisma problematical given that his father was the Vice President of the United State and given the Ukraine portfolio;

(6) the United States provided lethal aid to Ukraine to counter Russian aggression whereas the Obama Administration refused to provide such aid at a critical time when the Ukraine was being invaded by Russia.

Therefore, one might conclude that:

(1) there was no “quid pro quo” as evidenced by the President’s communications with the Ukraine President; and

(2) that the President of the United States has a legitimate interest in investigating corruption prior to providing U.S. taxpayer funds to a country with a deserved reputation for corruption.

So why is the Democrat leadership allowing the Schiff Show to continue? The most likely answer is they have no other game to pursue at this time given the general wretchedness of their candidates.

Bottom line…

The “game” now shifts to the actions of Rudy Giuliani.

We are so screwed.

-- steve

P.S. For those who asked what I thought about the Roger Stone guilty verdict of process crimes, I could care less. Roger Stone, in my opinion, has always been a self-serving liar, charlatan, and pervert. Let us not forget that Stone’s lobbying partner was Trump Campaign Chair Paul Manafort. That Stone was able to insinuate himself into the Trump campaign speaks to Trump's transactional nature where he would work with the devil if he thought it financially advantageous and promotable in the media. Thus, we find Trump surrounded by people of ill-repute and dubious backgrounds. That Trump was betrayed by so many people speaks to his laziness and willingness to delegate the heavy lifting to others. In the final analysis, it is likely that he only trusts Ivanka, Don Jr., and Eric -- with lesser trust for Melania and Jared Kushner. And, little or no trust of the hired help. If there is anything of concern in the Stone matter, it is the unfairness of the lack of prosecution of Hillary Clinton, James Clapper, John Brennan, James Comey, and others.