Day 516 Part II

Day 516 Part II
It’s still Tuesday June 19, 2018
There are still 1,062 Days to Go

Say what you will about Nixon, at least he was focused on problems that faced this country and the people in it and the world. Henry Kissinger did a tour of Latin America and came back with a report, which basically said lots of money has to be put into Latin America, including Central America, or people are going to flee those countries and come to the U.S. seeking a better life. The Republicans at that time balked and did not follow his advice, saying his solution was too costly. Their solution? Do nothing. It’s been the Republican playbook ever since.

So now we have an administration that has decided to separate children from their parents as they attempt to cross the border. This is their solution to the problems created in other countries where people are fleeing violence. Remember Trump was saying MS-13 was coming here? No, they are not; their victims are. Hey, why not help out those countries that have problems from drug cartels and gangs, from corrupt politicians and their strongmen? Oh, wait. Donald likes strongmen. In fact, he has said he wishes he could do what Kim does in North Korea or Duerte does in the Philippines. There is no subtlety here. It’s right there in your face. Besides, maybe Donald or Ivanka or Jared can cut a deal and get a hotel or a line of jewelry or a real estate loan from someone over there (where ever “there” is).

In a follow up to the Roger Stone meeting with Russians during the campaign:
The other guy in that whole forgetfulness until his memory was refreshed by evidence whose name is Caputo has been on TV and his defense is following a similar line to that of Don Jr. and the Russian collusion defense:
He’s a busy man,
It was maybe two minutes of his life,
He handed it off to Roger Stone and has no idea what happened after that,
and it’s the Democrats fault (or at least he posted his excuses on a website that has the word Democrat in it, which somehow one should infer the Democrats are to blame.)

Caputo’s defense is that the guy’s name was Greenberg, or at least that’s the name he used with him. How was he to know he was Russian? Greenberg was an FBI informant for years, so how can we trust him? And wait for it … He forgot.

Forgot what exactly? He forgot that he sent text messages to Roger Stone where he used the word Russian at least two times to identify the fellow named Greenberg, and the fellow named Greenberg had a heavy Russian accent. How was he to know he was a Russian? Hum. Lemme go way out on a legal investigative limb here and suggest that you knew and Roger knew because you used the word “Russian” twice in texts to Roger and that you knew the guy had a heavy Russian accent?
Oh. Oh. You forgot? You and Roger both forgot. Forgot about the conversations with Greenberg, forgot about your communications back and forth because (here’s the double excuse so popular with this crowd) 1) – nothing came of it, and 2) You are busy people.

There’s another excuse. At the time no one was thinking about Russians. Besides, they weren’t dealing with the Russian government. They were dealing with an individual that they had no idea he was Russian. If they had any inkling at all they would have told the authorities. Yeah, I mean, come on, the guy had a heavy Russian accent. He was identified and referred to as a Russian in the communication between Caputo and Stone, how were they to know?

1,062 Days to Go

PS There is no light at the end of the tunnel