(02-04-2020 10:01 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  Yes it was a deal. He traded flexibility in negotiations for time to help his election. A clear quid pro quo.

The concessions he was talking about when he said he could be more flexible.

More flexible in what? Yoga?

This intentional denseness is getting old. There are none so blind as those who will not see.

Here we have a true quid pro quo. Something for something, and it was in furtherance of his election.

But it was OK, since he is a Democrat. Go Team!!! Beat Other-team!!!! We're different!! We're better!!! Only the other-team commits fouls!!!!

Be fair, Big.

He traded flexibility for time? What does that even mean? Trump was trying to trade hundreds of millions dollars in aid and a personal meeting with him for the announcement of an investigation into the Bidens. That is concrete, easy to understand, and was against US foreign policy as it had been communicated throughout the federal government. If you told me that Obama gave up something concrete, then maybe I would be with you. If I had a compelling reason to believe "time" was against US foreign policy interests, then maybe I would be with you. Feel free to explain those, I will read your response and give it consideration.