Clearly transparency has nothing to do with this. If it did, the Schiff Memo in response would have been released at the same time.
If transparency had anything to do with it, Devin Nunes would have actually read the FISA warrant he trashed in the Memo. I suppose many did not see that gem. He brought forth this nonsense over a warrant he himself has not read. Instead, he outsourced this to Trey Gowdy.
Yes, that Trey Gowdy.
As in Benghazi!!! E-mails!!! Lock her up!!!
Don't believe me???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Js4TMKutCo&t=88s
Apparently, Mr. Gowdy went and read the FISA application in private with his unnamed "team", took notes, and then brought them back to Nunes, who wrote this "memo" without ever actually having seen the FISA application upon which it is based. Apparently, the notes were not taken all that well, as there is nothing in the memo about a FISA warrant only being good for ninety days, and upon renewal each time, new independent facts are required to be shown to the Court, which would mean there was something other than the Steele Dossier upon which the judge found to be good cause to renew the warrant.
Please note we have yet to hear from Mr. Gowdy, other than his announcement that he is now not running for reelection.
This is what we have come to in government, one that Paul Ryan, Trey Gowdy and Devin Nunes all say requires transparency.
He is running around, possibly having committed treason in his dealings with the Russians.
He has not yet released his tax returns.
He has refused to release the White House visitor's log.
He has blocked any and all requests to see what foreign dignitaries, foreign businessman, foreign criminals or foreign objects are staying at his properties around the world, but especially in Washington, where he is profiting, and what they are saying to him, and what they are giving him in return for his actions as our president.
He has used Mar-A-Lago for his personal profit center, billing the government for hosting public events there, where he pockets the proceeds.
And to the right, all of this is ok.
There is no need for transparency here. This does not rise to the level of anything Clinton.
We can investigate the Clinton Foundation for all its foreign dealings, but the Trump Foundation? Nothing to see here.
We can e-mail!!! and Benghazi!!! our way to who knows where -- it certainly did not lead to anything in the end -- but we cannot dare look at anything he did.
We can wail and scream over leaks of his self-dealings and possible treason, but cannot look to see about the veracity of the acts themselves.
And we can wail and scream over the leaks of classified information, only to declassify that information in the name of political expediency.
So with all of the hullabaloo over the release of the Nunes Memo, what can we expect from here? I would offer the following:
1. He will fire Rod Rosenstein and cite the Memo as proof that Rosenstein has abused his office. Rosenstein is the only person who has he authority at this point to fire Robert Mueller. Guess what happens next.
2. The Democrats will go ballistic.
3. The Republicans will shrug.
Impeachment? Article 25?
Do not hold your breath. It's not going to happen. If they ever did have a soul, the right has sacrificed it for the sake of having a president, no matter how ignorant, who will sign legislation they have always wanted, even if they have to alter the rules for getting it passed in the first place just so they can bring it to his desk. As long as that is happening, what the rest of us want is not going to happen.
He will be our president, at least in name, at least until January 20, 2021 at noon. For those of you counting, that is two years, eleven months and seventeen days from now. For those of you who are watching me as I write this, that is two years, eleven months, seventeen days, four hours and twelve minutes from now -- Sorry, my digital watch does not have a second hand.
There is, however, something we can do. It may be too late, but it is the only thing we can do, and unfortunately, we have to wait another nine months and three days before we do it. On November 6, 2018 -- VOTE.
VOTE LIKE YOUR LIVES DEPEND UPON IT. IT JUST MIGHT. If you think it does not, keep in mind that the New York Times is reporting this morning that the most recent polling shows an uptick for republicans, giving them hope that they will not lose their majority.
And for those who need a little guidance on how to vote, here is a list of those on the House Intelligence Committee who voted to release the Nunes Memo. Note, they are all republican. Every single one of them. Note further, some have already said they are not running for reelection:
Devin Nunes -- 22nd District, California
Mike Conaway -- 11th District, Texas
Peter King -- 2nd District, New York
Frank LoBiondo -- 2nd Distrct, New Jersey
Tom Rooney -- 17th District, Florida
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen -- 27th District Florida
Michael Turner -- 10th District, Ohio
Brad Weinstrup -- 2nd District, Ohio
Chris Stewart -- 2nd District, Utah
Rick Crawford -- 1st District, Arkansas
Trey Gowdy -- 4th District, South Carolina
Elise Stefanik -- 21st District, New York
Will Hurd -- 23rd District, Texas
In the present environment, the only weapon we the citizens of the United States are left with is at the ballot box, assuming they don't pass legislation that prevents anyone except their own supporters from voting, or that the Supreme Court does not issue a ruling allowing them to put all democrats in one single district in each state, leaving all other districts to the whims of the right. So, as I said above, on November 6, 2018...
VOTE AS IF YOU LIFE DEPENDED ON IT.
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