Ukrainegate is the new Russiagate. The “whistleblower complaint” is the new “dirty dossier.” The ‘former’ MI6 spy Christopher Steele wrote the dossier. The current CIA spy Eric Ciaramella wrote the “complaint”:
Federal documents reveal that the 33-year-old Ciaramella, a registered Democrat held over from the Obama White House, previously worked with former Vice President Joe Biden and former CIA Director John Brennan, a vocal critic of Trump who helped initiate the Russia “collusion” investigation of the Trump campaign during the 2016 election.
Further, Ciaramella (pronounced char-a-MEL-ah) left his National Security Council posting in the White House’s West Wing in mid-2017 amid concerns about negative leaks to the media. He has since returned to CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
‘He was accused of working against Trump and leaking against Trump,’ said a former NSC official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters.
Also, Ciaramella huddled for ‘guidance’ with the staff of House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, including former colleagues also held over from the Obama era whom Schiff’s office had recently recruited from the NSC. Schiff is the lead prosecutor in the impeachment inquiry.
And Ciaramella worked with a Democratic National Committee operative who dug up dirt on the Trump campaign during the 2016 election, inviting her into the White House for meetings, former White House colleagues said. The operative, Alexandra Chalupa, a Ukrainian-American who supported Hillary Clinton, led an effort to link the Republican campaign to the Russian government. ‘He knows her. He had her in the White House,’ said one former co-worker, who requested anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter.
The whole impeachment show the Democrats launched is a major political mistake.
The Democrats have chosen the wrong issue, Ukraine, where they themselves have a lot of ballast. The choice of a Trump phone call with the Ukrainian president as the item to hang the impeachment on is especially dumb. Trump’s call was less incriminating than Biden’s pressure on the Ukrainian president to help his son’s paymaster. It is also a mistake to let the Chair of the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff run the impeachment process. Schiff already flip-flopped over requesting the “whistleblower” to testify after it was reported that two members of his staff, who knew Ciaramella from working with him at the Obama National Security Council, had advised him.
The process will create a lot of collateral damage. It will hurt a number people involved in it, but it will not hurt Trump with his electorate. It will not end with impeachment. I believe, like Noam Chomsky, that it will, in the end, even help Trump:
‘Is it politically wise? I frankly doubt it. I think it’ll turn out pretty much like the Mueller report, which, that I thought was also a political mistake. What’ll happen is probably the House will impeach, goes to the Senate. The Republican senators are utterly craven. They’re terrified of Trump’s voting base. So they’ll vote to turn down the impeachment request. Trump will come along, say I’m vindicated. Say it was the Deep State and the treacherous Dems trying to overturn the election. Oh, vote for me.’
Trump can be beaten by good policies. Instead of offering any the Democrats try to defeat him with theater. But Trump is a much better showman than Schiff or any other Democrat. It nearly looks as if they want Trump to win.
Reprinted with permission from Moon of Alabama.
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Its time to get things started,
Its time to light the lights.
(something something something or other)
On the Muppet Show Tonight!
It’s time to get things started
“Ciaramella (pronounced char-a-MEL-ah)”
if we need a pronunciation key for the name, he has to go back.
All this manufactured shit…to convince us what we see every day,,, isn’t what we see every day. We’re ruled by gangsters, thieves and Madmen. Hell Bent on takin our last dollar. Well, Fuck Them.
Exactly!!!! Just think.I wonder what would happen if any of us pulled half of this shit….
Never fail to mention “33” is intelligence speak for theater.
Unless you’re The Moon of Alabama.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/19/media/nick-sandmann-washington-post-lawsuit/index.html
The 33 theater is all encompassing, even in your head.
For now.
Has not one nitwit pointed out 10/31 for impeachment?
Seriously?
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Last I recalled a US Army LTC is subordinate to the CIC-US Forces and doesn’t get to determine foreign policy. An officer can disagree with or protest unlawful orders but injecting themselves into the political realm is a UCMJ offense. To top it off it seems the officer is Ukrainian-American and obviously has a security clearance. I’m wondering who this treacherous scumbag has either donated to, or voted for in previous election cycles.
Furthermore, is he reserve or active duty? It isn’t odd for a CIA military advisor to claim official cover as an officer while working for an intelligence organization – I know, I’ve seen it personally.
“…but injecting themselves into the political realm is a UCMJ offense.”
It was an offense in the Wehrmacht too.
Gateway Pundit blog has an article claiming Vindman tried to alter the transcript of the Trump-Zelensky call after it was transferred to the secure server but was unable to do so. On top of that, Vindman has a twin brother, also an Army JAG officer. Golly gee whiz.
Why would Vindman try to edit a transcript? Was he authorized access to the system?
Given the fact the WH is plagued with a bunch of back-stabbers it makes sense to keep leakers at bay.
Taking Marijuana off being a class1 drug is the only positive thing the Democrats have come up with. Their math skills are really bad. A lot of criminals and felonies on the left.
maf be hard for dem dems
“It will not end in impeachment “…..you are a moron. Nancy Pelosi et al are so deranged that they will impeach Trump in a heartbeat.
Can someone define for me what a ‘good policy’ looks like?
As far as I’m aware, gov’t steals from Peter to pay Paul. That’s the essence of all gov’t policies isn’t it?
What’s the difference between a Democrat gov’t or a Republican gov’t? They both tax and spend, start wars and enrich themselves at the average person’s expense.
I say get rid of the entire Fed Gov as it has absolutely no redeeming qualities.
This looks a lot like Kabuki theater to me where the controlled DemoRats and fake Republicans keep people in a continuous state of confusion and despair. All evidence indicates that Trump is the Deep Stare that owns both political parties and just about all of Congress plus vital US institutions. And the Deep State is controlled by Israel and the powerful Jewish Lobby. There is no republic, no democracy and precious little freedom in the USSA. We are the modern version of serfs who are much worse off than Medieval serfs who knew they were enslaved unlike modern brainwashed Americans.
Trump deep state? Nah, not going there yet. The plot against Trump is so farcical, only clueless planners with their heads so far up their butts could have made such a laughable stab at evidence that will only be able to stand up in court if they are the judge, jury and executioner. It has all the fingerprints of a corrupt, arrogant party who have been used to scaring the Spineless republicans with their threats and never having to actually provide evidence of their accusation; if everyone were deep state, their case would have been airtight and Trump would have stepped down long ago, after his usefulness of exposing his base for retribution by the deep state was complete.
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A nice blast from the past:
“Trump can be beaten by good policies. Instead of offering any the Democrats try to defeat him with theater.”
Do you remember those days? Way back in the ‘70’s when party platforms meant something and we went to the election booth to vote for who we thought would be the best man for the job; we may never see those days again.
Yeah, I know it’s been corrupted since 1789 or so, but at least it isn’t the kabuki theater we have today, or was it?
https://lidblog.com/gohmert-civil-war/
Gohmert is truly one of the good guys.