Just curious, does withholding U.S. taxpayer's money in the form of aid appropriated by congress to pressure, i.e., extort*, the leader of "another country", figure into your opinion? Or does the fact that Trump was using our tax dollars for his own personal benefit, and not for America's benefit, not matter?
*Extort: obtain (something) by force, threats, or other unfair means:
force, obtain by force, obtain by threat(s), blackmail someone for, extract, exact, coerce, wring, wrest, screw, squeeze, milk, worm something out of someone; North American & Australian informal put the bite on someone for
Just curious, didn't we release the funds to them? Because it sure doesn't seem like we extorted them for information if we didn't get any information from them and they still got their aid...
And this is why Trump will get re-elected.
Exactly.
Re: Down Ballot: Who You Got?
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2020 12:37 pm
by Leawood
Extortion is complete upon the "ask." It doesn't have to be successful or carried out. It is a crime that cannot be cured. It is like the solicitation of a child for sex. You don't have to show up at the front door with condoms, a little pink dress, and a doll for the crime to be complete.
Re: Down Ballot: Who You Got?
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2020 12:51 pm
by Deleted User 62
Leawood wrote: ↑Wed Jan 15, 2020 12:37 pm
Extortion is complete upon the "ask." It doesn't have to be successful or carried out. It is a crime that cannot be cured. It is like the solicitation of a child for sex. You don't have to show up at the front door with condoms, a little pink dress, and a doll for the crime to be complete.
I simply cannot comprehend why this is lost in all of this nonsense.
Leawood wrote: ↑Wed Jan 15, 2020 12:37 pm
Extortion is complete upon the "ask." It doesn't have to be successful or carried out. It is a crime that cannot be cured. It is like the solicitation of a child for sex. You don't have to show up at the front door with condoms, a little pink dress, and a doll for the crime to be complete.
I simply cannot comprehend why this is lost in all of this nonsense.
Because...Illy?
Re: Down Ballot: Who You Got?
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2020 5:31 pm
by Shirley
Speaking of "extortion":
A week before Germany, France and Britain formally accused Iran of breaching the 2015 nuclear deal, the Trump administration issued a private threat to the Europeans that shocked officials in all three countries.
If they refused to call out Tehran and initiate an arcane dispute mechanism in the deal, the United States would impose a 25 percent tariff on European automobiles, the Trump officials warned, according to European officials familiar with the conversations.
Within days, the three countries would formally accuse Iran of violating the deal, triggering a recourse provision that could reimpose United Nations sanctions on Iran and unravel the last remaining vestiges of the Obama-era agreement.
The U.S. effort to coerce European foreign policy through tariffs, a move one European official equated to “extortion,” represents a new level of hardball tactics with the United States’ oldest allies, underscoring the extraordinary tumult in the transatlantic relationship.
President Trump has previously used the threat of a 25 percent tariff on automobiles to win more-favorable terms in the country’s trade relationship with the Europeans, but not to dictate the continent’s foreign policy.
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Re: Down Ballot: Who You Got?
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2020 5:44 pm
by Deleted User 89
i’ve never seen anyone that lives their life in such a transactional way
probably the worst kind of person to be leading the free world
Re: Down Ballot: Who You Got?
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 10:53 am
by Shirley
Democratic challenger Mark Kelly has again topped Arizona Republican Sen. Martha McSally’s fundraising in one of the top 2020 Senate races, according to numbers released by both campaigns Tuesday.
Kelly, a retired astronaut, raised $6.3 million in the fourth quarter and had $13.6 million in the bank at the end of 2019, according to his campaign. He’s led McSally in fundraising since announcing his Senate bid nearly a year ago.
McSally’s campaign said she raised $4 million during the last three months of the year and had $7.6 million in the bank...
Re: Down Ballot: Who You Got?
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2020 11:00 pm
by Shirley
Re: Down Ballot: Who You Got?
Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2020 3:52 pm
by Shirley
McSally continues to try and profit off her obviously contrived "push back" against a "liberal hack" journalist:
And the "liberal hack" she used for her ruse?
Rep. Ilhan Omar gets upset with CNN reporter: "What is wrong with you?"
Re: Down Ballot: Who You Got?
Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2020 4:32 pm
by DCHawk1
Do you...even...I mean...does it ever occur to you that...
Nevar mind.
Re: Down Ballot: Who You Got?
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2020 12:58 pm
by Shirley
Re: Down Ballot: Who You Got?
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2020 1:06 pm
by Shirley
Re: Down Ballot: Who You Got?
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 6:27 am
by Shirley
Today In: "When Conservatives Go After Trumpists"
#yikes
Re: Down Ballot: Who You Got?
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 7:05 am
by DCHawk1
Grifters
Re: Down Ballot: Who You Got?
Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2020 7:34 pm
by Shirley
Re: Down Ballot: Who You Got?
Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2020 7:43 pm
by jhawks99
She's not wrong. He has learned. That he can get away with anything he wants.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who has come under mounting pressure as President Trump’s impeachment trial starts, is now the Senate’s most unpopular member, displacing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in the rankings, according to a new tracking poll.
A quarterly Morning Consult tracking poll finds that Collins’s net approval rating has dropped 10 points in Maine since the end of September, a sign of the intense fire she has taken from critics since the House launched its impeachment inquiry.
Morning Consult reported Thursday evening in a preview of its survey findings that Collins, who is up for reelection this year, now registers a 52 percent disapproval. Her approval rating stood at 42 percent.
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Re: Down Ballot: Who You Got?
Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2020 10:42 pm
by Shirley
Re: Down Ballot: Who You Got?
Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2020 10:52 pm
by Geezer
It's like America said enough of the best and brightest bullshit, it's time to let the worst elements run things for a while.