Pot calls kettle black and tv heads ignore facts they don’t like
I just watched the Democrat-controlled House attack a Trump appointee for nearly an hour.
The basis for the attack was a whistle blower’s letter that claimed President Trump threatened to withhold aid to the Ukraine unless Joe Biden’s son was investigated.
AS A FORMER NEWSPAPER reporter and editor I saw so much wrong with the hearing.
ATTRIBUTION
The whistle blower cited multiple unidentified sources for his information. It was pointed out to the Democrats that NONE of the whistle blower’s sources were identified. In a court of law, that information would be inadmissible; not accepted.
In a newspaper (from my day, at least), the information would be disregarded. Best case, the reporter would be chastised and told to attribute the claims or, alternatively, find supporting evidence. No attribution, no hard evidence, no story.
The whistle blower DID cite tertiary sources: various media outlets that also failed to attribute sources.
BULLYING BULLY PULPIT
The House Democrats tried, and generally failed, to bully the former Navy Seal into answering Yes of No to questions that could not be answered truthfully with a Yes of No answer.
When I was a kid, such a question was “Are you still beating your wife.” No matter what the response, the responder was guilty of beating his wife.
I have seen the Democrats at work before and today’s exhibition was no exception. (That is not to say Republicans would not badger Democrats given the chance.)
THE CRIME
According to the whistle blower’s unsubstantiated letter, Trump allegedly asked the Ukraine’s new president to investigate a company in which Joe Biden’s son was involved. The Ukraine already investigated the company and had, on more than one occasion, fined it for its dealings.
The Democrats are making two claims:
1. That Trump was trying to influence the U.S. 2020 elections by giving Biden’s son a bad name, and by implication, involving Obama’s VP and possible 2020 Democrat candidate for the White House and
2. That Trump was threatening to withhold U.S. aid to pressure or “push” the Ukrainian president to investigate the younger Biden.
Democrats, of course never interfere in foreign elections. Obama never interfered with Israeli elections — although he tried really heard to get Netanyahu defeated.
Never mind that the U.S. has a very long record of interfering in others elections and even removing a head of government who failed to toe the U.S. line.
Trying to influence an election is “the American way.” Think of Chicago’s corrupt Democrat politics (and Obama); think of New York and the Democrats' Tammany Hall,
Trump also was accused of trying to hide a recording of the call to the Ukraine.
Shades of Hillary and her emails (which Trump allowed to slide).
AS REPORTED ON TV
Immediately after the grilling by Democrats, the tv talking heads gave their interpretation of what was said — or not.
Mostly it was a rehash of what the generally leftist media wanted to emphasize at the expense of the full story.
As King Solomon is alleged to have said: “There is nothing new under the sun.” (You didn’t know Solly spoke English?)
REPUBLICANS JUMPING SHIP?
According to the talking heads, a number of Republicans in the House and Senate are abandoning ship; 2020 is, after all an election year. They are betting that the Democrats will finally get SOMETHING on the president. So far they continue to come up empty.
What is likely to happen is that in the privacy of the voting booth, many Democrats will consider how well off they were under Obama and how well off they are under Trump and vote to give Trump another four years in the White House.
That won’t stop the remaining Democrats from hounding the president, nor will it stop Republicans from giving the same treatment to a Democrat if one ever gets into the White House.
Trump, unlike his predecessors, does not have D.C. credentials. Unlike LBJ, he doesn’t know “where the bodies are buried.” He is not charismatic a la JFK (although unlike JFK, Trump gets things done) or a relatively handsome actor a la Reagan (who Democrats said couldn’t do the job). Trump simply lacks the proper “school tie” and for that he is hounded. It will be interesting top see the outcome of the 2020 elections, although I think I’ll pass on most of the campaign lies.
PLAGIARISM is the act of appropriating the literary composition of another, or parts or passages of his writings, or the ideas or language of the same, and passing them off as the product of one’s own mind.
Truth is an absolute defense to defamation. Defamation is a false statement of fact. If the statement was accurate, then by definition it wasn’t defamatory.
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