Over the weekend, Congressman Ted Yoho (R-Fl.) told Wolf Blitzer, that he would not jump into the controversy about Mike Flynn possibly lying to VP Mike Pence. This of course concerns the possible breach of protocols and the Logan Act, with an incoming administration conducting foreign policy while the sitting President is still in office. That is the problem with politics, had this happened prior to the inauguration of Hillary Clinton he would have jumped in with flippers and a snorkel. Of course, Wolf never proffered the comparison and you know, ‘we’ll leave it there.’ The exhortation of speaking for the American people by Congress gets very parochial when it comes to their respective Party.
I hear this constant refrain from the media friendly Sen. John McCain(R-AZ.) supporters, of what a good and fair man he is, “straight shooter a maverick.” Where has he been on the Michael Flynn issue?
The frequent flyer Sunday morning talk show miles he amassed verbally stalking the Obama National Security Adviser Susan Rice, during the Benghazi witch hunt was amazing. He made more Sunday morning appearances than Alex Baldwin hosting Saturday Night Live. As a result, of his charge up San ‘Benghazi’ Hill, Susan Rice was virtually humiliated out of contention as Secretary of State. Her crime, using the information given her to explain the deaths of four Americans in Libya. Susan Rice became the victim of the aftermath of the fog of war. The man who once said, “I will not take the low road to the highest office in this land, “never,never,never”www.bostonglobe.com/... is now, conspicuous by his absence.
That brings us to the current National Security Adviser for the United States of America, retired Lieutenant General Michael Thomas Flynn. The Vice President, Mike Pence, has all but said General Flynn lied to him about six phone calls he made with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak about sanctions among other topics discussed. amp.oregonlive.com/.... None of this was done in the aftermath of the fog of war. So, with the real possibility of his violating the Logan Act, www.law.cornell.edu/... NSA Flynn poses a real threat to American Intelligence. Imagine if an Obama or Clinton appointee had done this? Trey Gowdy (R-SC) would be auditioning new hairdos in anticipation of hearings.
It gets old to continue talking about the cascade of lies and deception coming from the White House but the American public cannot develop Trump fatigue. In American football, defensive players will often talk about, if I keep committing the same foul repeatedly, eventually the referees will stop penalizing me because it slows the game. Well the Trump White House is using that precise strategy. His spokespeople flood us daily with blatant lies, specious accusations against the press and made up statistics. The newest public weapon is Stephen Miller, who says the President is the ultimate power and cannot be questioned or reviewed www.huffingtonpost.com/....
I am not sure if Mr. Miller has read the Constitution lately or the Federalist Papers, but we have three co-equal branches of government for a good reason. We have safeguards to stop people who would advocate the abuse of power, as he did Sunday. Trying to deflect the legitimate concerns of the American people with angry retorts and a steely eyed gaze will not work. My biggest advice for the President, the White House staff and Mr. Miller, try the truth, it will set us all free.
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