(01-21-2020, 05:19 PM)homebiscuit Wrote:

(01-21-2020, 04:16 PM)Gabe Wrote: Boy, he certainly acts like it. /s
Honest answer: I'm on the fence. The conservative in me wants that person's identity (and safety) protected...that's the only reason I'd say no. Otherwise, I don't care one way or the other. 

I could offer you another strawman question in return, but I figure it'd get us nowhere.

 
Not a strawman question, at all. If we really want to get to all the facts, then deposing the whistleblower to determine his actual knowledge of events, and how he came about them, is the foundation of what this case is all about. How do we know this wasn't a setup by those who were frustrated by the lack of results from the Mueller report? Seems simple enough: create another charge with the thinnest of evidence and then cloak the person who is assumed to make the charge in whistleblower protection. That way, Trump cannot face his accuser and the whistleblower is exempt from probing questions.

Like I said, I'm not against deposing the WB, but I'm not gung-ho either. 

However, I'd argue against the bolded point you made above: my perspective, given everything that's come out over the past few months and that the gun continues to smoke, is that the whistleblower was the catalyst of what this case is about, not the foundation. That's why I'm in favor of witness testimony. I want as much information as I can get from everyone who had any kind of relation to the goings on with Ukraine - not just the call. Blocking testimony from those individuals is, in my opinion, positively correlated with the increasing number of people that feel the president was rightfully impeached and should be removed. It doesn't scream "I'm innocent!" I'm thinking of Trump's reputation with the majority of voters (not just his base) and how that'll shake out come election time.

If I'm a US Senator (republican or democrat), that's what I would need and demand to make a fair and impartial judgement (a la upholding my constitutional duty) - as to removal or non-removal of a sitting US President - which isn't a decision that should be taken lightly.

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