Questionable

To me, there were at least five questionable elements in the first Impeachment Inquiry hearing yesterday:

1) Intelligence Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff asserted repeatedly that he doesn’t know the identity of the whistleblower! He is clearly lying. For this to be true, Schiff either is not managing his staff ... or he is grossly incompetent. Neither can be true.

2) Before Ambassador Taylor accepted the top job in the Ukraine from SecState Pompeo, he testified he told Pompeo he would resign if we did not continue to support Kiev. If Trump had actually withheld such aid illegally, as Taylor has claimed, how come he didn’t resign? This failing clearly contradicts his testimony or sullies his character.

3) If Trump was forcing the president of the Ukraine into a quid pro quo, how come the president of this country did nothing to investigate its involvement in the 2016 American election ... or the Burisma use of Hunter Biden to influence our policy there? Nothing was done for over six weeks between the infamous phone call and the release of the aid, yet Trump’s supposed threat was not carried out.

4) Adam Schiff interrupted the Republicans at least twice in their questioning of the witnesses. He did not interrupt the Democrats at all. He also refused to hold a vote on calling the whistleblower to testify. Instead, he held a vote on tabling the motion on calling the whistleblower. Very shifty!

5) The Dems are now accusing Trump of (since it must be a high crime) bribery with his withholding of Ukrainian aid awaiting an investigation of 2016 election tampering and general corruption. Isn’t this backwards? Wouldn’t bribery require Trump to be bribed ... not he being the briber? Using this notion, wouldn’t all charity auctions be bribery? Anyway, it sure sounds evil ... and that's what counts.

Afterward ... see: Diplomad’s Comments.