(02-04-2018, 11:02 AM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote:

(02-04-2018, 10:58 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: Now that they've release the Republican authored memo, I wonder if they will release the Democrat memo.   Seems only fair to me.   But I doubt they will, because this isn't really about getting at the truth.  It's about protecting Trump.

Once the dems are finished composing their memo, they may look to release it.

What value could a dem memo possible offer?

How about their side of the story?  Wouldn't you like to hear both sides?  Or are you just interested in firming up your pre-existing opinion? 

They've already prepared their own memo.  The problem is, it has the same national security implications that they Republican memo had, so the release has to go through the same approval process.   The Republicans claim they were offering their own memo in the interest of transparency, but now they are fighting the release of the Democratic response.  And that should tell you one thing for sure: releasing the Republican memo had nothing to do with transparency.  Because if it did, they would release the Democratic memo as well.

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(02-04-2018, 11:09 AM)TJBender Wrote:

(02-04-2018, 10:58 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: Now that they've release the Republican authored memo, I wonder if they will release the Democrat memo.   Seems only fair to me.   But I doubt they will, because this isn't really about getting at the truth.  It's about protecting Trump.

It's entirely about protecting Trump, but if there's a grain of truth to it, it must be investigated and the supporting documents released publicly. There's no doubt in my mind that there's more than a grain of truth to it. The Democrats trying to keep it from getting out is purely political and predictable. It shields Trump a little tiny bit (but not really). The FBI kicking and screaming about its release speaks volumes about the truth behind what's in that memo.

And now that it's out, what about the Republicans trying to keep the Democratic response from getting out?   Is that not also purely political and predictable?

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