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11-06-2019, 07:56 PM #13Veteran Poster
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Re: Why does the identity of the whistle-blower matter?
Are you freaking kidding me? Ok. This is clearly a joke to you. No sense in taking anything you say seriously.
You are actually on a message board talking about impeachment, and you don’t know what opening statement schiff made that was completely made up???? Wow. Just wow
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11-06-2019, 08:16 PM #14Four-eyed Raven
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11-06-2019, 08:18 PM #15Four-eyed Raven
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Re: Why does the identity of the whistle-blower matter?
It’s kinda crazy you don’t know this. Or maybe you do and just don’t know this is what Vlad is talking about...
https://thefederalist.com/2019/09/26...ine-president/
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11-06-2019, 10:31 PM #17
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11-06-2019, 10:41 PM #18Four-eyed Raven
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Re: Why does the identity of the whistle-blower matter?
Definitely didn't know what Vlad was talking about. I don't keep up with the in-references you guys share in your Republican mutual congratulation society down here.
Thanks for the link.
But, um, are you guys crazy? Even from the piece of Schiff's statement excerpted there, without bothering to look up the full text, it's clear that Schiff is not quoting, nor pretending to quote.
"In essence, what the President Trump communicates is this..."
A very reasonable characterization, BTW. I would by no means call that a "false allegation", as Vlad does, even in the "rough transcript" that the administration made public. But we're wandering away from my original question, about whether the whistleblower's actual identity is relevant to anything.
It seems to me that the only reason to seek the whistleblower's identity, is to discredit him and possibly expose him to reprisals. Is there anything I'm missing there?
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11-06-2019, 10:42 PM #19
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11-06-2019, 10:43 PM #20Four-eyed Raven
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11-06-2019, 10:54 PM #21Four-eyed Raven
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Re: Why does the identity of the whistle-blower matter?
About what?
- I don't know who the whistleblower is. Evidently RealClear reported who they think it is, but I haven't read their piece, nor seen it "confirmed" anywhere.
I personally am not very curious. I assume when the identity becomes public knowledge, it's going to be some person I've never heard of whose name will mean nothing to me. A career intelligence officer or DOD person or state dept or some such.
In other words, even when I know who it is, I won't know who it is, if you follow me. Unless it's somebody juicy like, say, John Podesta or Huma Abedin.
- I don't see any reason to work to ID the whistleblower, other than to attempt to discredit him and possible expose him to reprisals. Is there something I'm missing?
That's all I started the thread to talk about.
Vlad dinged me for not getting a reference to some remarks from ~6 weeks ago – some frankly obscure remarks, if you're not reading the Congressional Register or whatever every night. NC cleared up the reference for me; and here we are.
I do plan on doing some trolling here later. But I have to finish listening to a podcast to do it; and have to make at least a "rough transcript" of it. Will take some days.
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11-07-2019, 12:22 AM #22
Re: Why does the identity of the whistle-blower matter?
"A moron, a rapist, and a Pittsburgh Steeler walk into a bar. He sits down and says, “Hi I’m Ben may I have a drink please?”
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11-07-2019, 12:46 AM #23Regular 1st Stringer
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11-07-2019, 12:47 AM #24Regular 1st Stringer
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