bolton and biden

The reps seemed to have the whole thing well in hand.  Those four votes to allow witnesses were a distant mirage, and things looked like they might be wrapped up and had a bow tied on top and handed to Trump by the end of the week.  They only bothered with two hours of opening statements on Saturday.

And then up popped John Bolton.  Suddenly it was leaked to the New York Times that in his forthcoming book it would be revealed that he had heard Trump himself say that he was holding back aid to Ukraine for the quid pro quo of Yalensky announcing that he was starting an investigation into the Bidens. 

Well how did this happen?  And why now?  Bolton had been playing this coy game that he would testify if the senate (not the house of reps) subpoenaed him.  It was kind of curious that he was only willing to testify at the senate's call.  As a private citizen he could just give an interview to any reporter at any time,  Indeed as a patriotic citizen who had information that could clear or implicate the prez, did it not behoove him to do so?

So far it is not known where the leak came from.  The only place the manuscript has been is to the national security council, some obscure arm of the white house, which if you have been an employee of the white house you have to run your manuscript by.  Not likely that somebody there would have leaked it,  Bolton himself seems more likely, certainly it puts him in the spotlight with his book about to come out.  On the other hand it makes him a black sheep in the eyes of the reps, and he certainly has no future with the dems. 

It looks like Romney and Collins will vote for witnesses.  Murkowski and Alexander are two more likelies.  It could happen.

But some reps are saying if they call Bolton they have to call Hunter, and maybe Joe because what the fuck.  The dems are resisting that because they are not involved in the charges against the prez,. But I say, so what, if it's a chip to get Bolton let's do it.  Biden doesn't want to do it because he is sure to get slimed, but so what.  No reps are going to like him anyway and it's a badge of honor among the dems.  He also is prone to gaffs, but I say what of it?  Take one for the team. 

It all may come to nothing, but it's a ray of hope in a long winter where we are not even into feb yet.

I notice the reps have begun saying so what.  So he sold out his county's interests to have a political opponent smeared, that's just business as usual, nothing impeachable here.  But Trump doesn't like that.  The only thing he likes is that he is perfect in every way.

So we shall see what we shall see.


I have like three hundred CDs.  I get new ones rarely at like booksales, so I play the same ones over and over and sometimes I think I am in a rut and sometimes i think I hear deeper things every time around.