Quote (fender @ Oct 3 2019 04:27pm)
a cultist not being able to acknowledge obvious implications (probably even stronger than the official white house statements, which are already pretty damning - btw, the president could release those original tapes at any time if he wanted to prove there were no conditions tied to the military aid he suspended), does not mean they are not there. conquer that.
just because the trump cult collectively puts their fingers in their ears and goes 'lalala' doesn't mean that halfway intelligent and critically thinking people don't recognise blatant quid pro quo.
they can (pretend to) be the most gullible and dense people in the world, but that doesn't mean everyone else has to play by their special needs rules...
I don't think anyone expects the President to release tapes of diplomatic communication because his opponents have moved from one conspiracy theory to the next. If anything could make diplomacy more ineffectual than it is, that would certainly be it.
Asking the Ukrainian president to look into a pretty obvious case of political corruption is a complete nothing.
The Democratic Party has taken the stance that when they reach out to foreign governments for dirt, it's well in line, but when their opposition does it, it's an abuse of power. Perhaps Biden shouldn't have so many skeletons in his closet.