Originally Posted by
Todd.K
But in reality there is very often a huge overlap between what can benefit the President AND the Country.
Obama really, REALLY, wanted the Iran nuclear deal. It was supposed to be his legacy foriegn policy achievement. Surely at least some of the reason he sent a plane loaded with cash to Iran was for his own legacy.
Most will draw that line based on what tribe they are, and what tribe the politician is. The reality is I could swap out Obama for Trump, Iran nuclear deal for Ukraine investigation, and then make the exact same bribery accusation.
The other guy did it defense shouldn't hold water.
You guys know eff well there WAS a quid pro quid involved, but there is just enough plausible deniability for you to scream there isn't.
All that aside, really? That act didn't reach impeachment levels, FWIW neither do BJ's, but those of you old enough were probably all over Slick Willy. Depends on whether you were buying or selling.
(BTW, I know none of you will admit to being old enough because you don't want Outlander to mock you as a boomer)
Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the President... - Theodore Roosevelt, Lincoln and Free Speech, Metropolitan Magazine, Volume 47, Number 6, May 1918.
Every Communist must grasp the truth. Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. Our principle is that the Party commands the gun, and the gun must never be allowed to command the Party Mao Zedong, 6 November, 1938 - speech to the Communist Patry of China's sixth Central Committee
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