I do not agree with everything in this article, but it is an interesting read. Mary Anne Marsh: Trump's reelection is in trouble – Here's how it adds up (and why every American should care) https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trump-reelection-trouble-mary-anne-marsh By Mary Anne Marsh | Fox News Media say he raised Biden in Ukraine call. As of today, Donald Trump is now the least liked president in almost 40 years. The September NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Sunday shows that 69 percent of voters dislike Trump. That is a toxic level in any race let alone one for the presidency. It is impossible to improve that sentiment to less than 50 percent in the remaining 14 months before the 2020 election. Prior to this poll, the highest dislike of a president was 42 percent for George W. Bush after Hurricane Katrina in March 2006. In the same poll, 49 percent say they’re very uncomfortable with Trump’s 2020 candidacy. That’s compared with 41 percent for Bernie Sanders and 33 percent apiece for Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren. Furthermore, a record 50 percent dislike Trump and his policies. Other polls show Trump losing a general election to any of the top five Democratic candidates for president. Clearly Trump’s reelection is in trouble. And it may explain why Trump allegedly sought foreign assistance against Joe Biden, the front-runner in the crowded Democratic primary field. That should concern every American. It has been widely reported that Trump asked the newly elected president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, eight times in a July phone call to investigate whether Biden, while vice president, acted improperly in pressuring the resignation of a Ukraine prosecutor whose office was investigating a company that employed Biden's son. Trump denies these allegations and the Ukrainian foreign minister said Saturday, “I know what the conversation was about and I think there was no pressure.” It was also reported that Trump threatened to withhold $250 million in military aid from Ukraine if they didn’t cooperate. That money was released this month. Furthermore, Trump insisted that Ukraine work on the matter with his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, not official representatives of the U.S. government. However, if these reports are true, a request to benefit Trump’s political prospects, rather than United States or its national security, is illegal. Clearly Trump’s reelection is in trouble. And it may explain why he allegedly sought foreign assistance against Joe Biden, the Democratic front-runner. Trump's acting Director of National Intelligence, Joseph Maguire, refused to discuss the complaint that brought this matter to light when he appeared before the House Intelligence Committee last week and refused to provide the whistleblower complaint to Congress … which they are legally entitled to receive. In addition to allegedly seeking assistance from a foreign government to interfere in our election,Trump has done nothing to secure our election systems. In June, the House passed the Secure Election Act, which authorized $600 million for states to bolster election systems. The act would require the implementation of cybersecurity safeguards for hardware and software used in elections, bar wireless communication devices in election systems, and require electronic voting machines be manufactured in the United States. However, the Senate had not taken up the measure because Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was refusing to do so. Until last week. Out of the blue, just one day after the Ukraine story broke, McConnell approved $250 million for election security, a token amount that will provide only $5 million per state to fight the Russians and will have little real effect. It seems McConnell, who takes umbrage with his nickname “Moscow Mitch," may have been trying to head off criticism about foreign election interference with this gesture. But it is just that, a gesture. There are 406 days until next year's general election – and only 133 until the 2020 caucuses and primaries begin – and the resources and reforms to guard against foreign interference are not close to what is needed. It appears Trump is so worried about his poll numbers that he thinks he needs outside help to win and that no one can or will stop him … again. If that is true, then Trump is acting in a decidedly un-American fashion. He should be held accountable. Every member of Congress and every American should stand up to Trump and for the rule of law. That is the American way.
I finally support House impeachment.If The Senate aquits the precedent is set that future presidents can legally blackmail or bribe foreign governments to help win elections and everything else Trump has done.Since most nations would rather a democrat president and demographics point to more democrat presidents than republicans Im all for it.Time for Pelosi to get off her ass and start the impeachment process.
There's a shock. In other news, when you hear/read things like this, it just makes people tune out. Bill Weld suggests Trump could face execution over Ukraine phone call Should probably limit the hyperbole if you want to sway public opinion.
You need a protest man. Put about 20 million people with signs in all the major cities. Have Rachel, Lawrence, and the rest of the crew talk it up. Hell let school-kids skip a day of classes... If you want Congress to act.... ...shutdown LA and San Fran... that'll get Nancy off her ass.
So it was ok for Biden to threat Ukraine with loss of funding if they looked into his son's corruption but outrageous for trump to ask Ukraine if there was anything to it? Somehow that seems backwards. One's a serious crime and the other is initiating an investigation of that crime. Considering the fact that it concerns the former VP and potential extortion of the Ukraine government, it is not unusual for such a request to come directly from the President to the President of Ukraine. Surely the moral scolds of the left, who are so sensitive to impropriety in government, are appalled by Biden's brazen violations of ethical standards.
A big bank, Morgan I think, was prosecuted for hiring the children of influential Chinese pols in what was alleged to be a corrupt scheme to get business through disguised bribery. I guess when you're the democrat VP, you are pretty much above the law though. You can even act outraged when anyone points it out.
I am not that surprised this anti-Trump article was from Fox. Fox News coverage of it has mirrored this approach, ie that Trump is a villain and so what if Biden's son had some money directed his way? Apparently Fox sees far less to fear from Biden than any of the really crazy dems, and is trying its best to keep him afloat. Certainly they also want Trump out, but not if the replacement is Warren or Sanders.
Mary Anne Marsh was what? A campaign manager/advisor for John Kerryand Ted Kennedy. She is in Boston and comes out of that leftoid swamp and is touted as a pundit- so maybe instead of writing about Trump she can explain why both of the major newspapers in Boston - the lefty Globe and the moderate/conservative Herald- asked Elzabeth Warren to NOT run. Maybe that would be because she is their Senator and they cover her closely and know that this is not going to end well for the dems if they try to run with her. Maybe that will be her next article- PROBABLY NOT.
Infowars? Have you ever heard someone say to you "better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt." Well I am saying that to you now! https://www.apnews.com/9d4595ba4f3140c6bb6a3473a91f4a4c By the way, even though most well informed people in the U.S. know this, I am sure you don't, so here is something you should know. Paul Manafort, Trump's former campaign manager, who is now in prison possibly for the remainder of his life, was the political consultant, who, along with assistance from the Kremlin, helped the corrupt, Pro-Russian, Viktor Yanukovych come to power in the Ukraine. Yanukovych exited Ukraine to Russia in a storm of public outrage over strong evidence for, and allegations of corruption.