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In reply to the discussion: Why isn't this news? [View all]

karynnj

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16. I think it's because it really is "hair on fire", that there are not a lot of stories out there now
Wed Jan 15, 2020, 11:28 AM
Jan 2020

Last edited Wed Jan 15, 2020, 01:47 PM - Edit history (1)

This is so serious that any prudent newspaper or media would want to take the time to get responses and to do some additional investigation. If this is what it seems, this is beyond anything Nixon did and unforgivable. If the problem with an ambassador was foreign policy, the President would simply recall her/him. This was NOT even for his perception of American interests - it was for his personal political reasons.

In Watergate, Nixon did not order the breakin, but he did create the paranoid mindset where people reporting to him took that action .. and he covered it up. Here, he clearly gave Guiliani the charge to get dirt on the Bidens. We KNOW that the ambassador was pulled out on an emergency basis because she was told she was in danger. Though I will predict that Guiliani and/or his guys will be the scapegoats, the fact is THEY COVERED THIS UP. When the State Department pulled her out, if they knew even the details already out yesterday, they should have had an investigation of those Americans.

So why the caution? This is the silver bullet if it is proven. It is better if it comes out with every i dotted and every t crossed. An inadvertent even insignificant error would be what Trump et al would try to latch onto to claim that ALL of it is wrong.

What is clear is that this should be investigated by the House.

Why isn't this news? [View all] Tink41 Jan 2020 OP
Maybe you should look again. nt MrsCoffee Jan 2020 #1
Just scanned CNN before I created my post. NT Tink41 Jan 2020 #2
Yep this should be bigger "hair on fire" news FM123 Jan 2020 #4
I think it's because it really is "hair on fire", that there are not a lot of stories out there now karynnj Jan 2020 #16
makes sense Tink41 Jan 2020 #19
Great explanation StarfishSaver Jan 2020 #27
Feature-not a bug. Boxerfan Jan 2020 #3
"Getting noticed" isn't enough. Rustynaerduwell Jan 2020 #6
It was all over CNN this morning mcar Jan 2020 #5
All over as in Tink41 Jan 2020 #7
On the TV mcar Jan 2020 #9
"I haven't watched a news program since 2008." MineralMan Jan 2020 #17
Ha! Tink41 Jan 2020 #20
Uh-huh...OK, then... MineralMan Jan 2020 #23
The story was briefly mentioned on CBS This Morning. cyndensco Jan 2020 #8
It was mentioned on Good Morning America along with shots of the notes. llmart Jan 2020 #10
Sorry, I meant to respond to the original poster. llmart Jan 2020 #11
JUST SURPRISED Tink41 Jan 2020 #21
But a crook's "receipts" are pure gold. PandoraAwakened Jan 2020 #24
Joe Scarborough mentioned it but babylonsister Jan 2020 #12
They mentioned it...45 minutes in, after bashing the dems dewsgirl Jan 2020 #26
There's been a lot of reporting on this. MoonRiver Jan 2020 #13
Why isn't it in the news that Parnas and Giuliani are paid by an associate of Russian organized wiggs Jan 2020 #14
Well, it was all over the news I read and watch. MineralMan Jan 2020 #15
I have seen it on multiple sources. GemDigger Jan 2020 #18
MSM language indicates they're scared PandoraAwakened Jan 2020 #22
That makes sense - and it is the NYT or WP that have the resources to do that deep dive karynnj Jan 2020 #25
This has been my email rant all morning. Duppers Jan 2020 #28
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