Thursday, September 05, 2019
If you're serious, tell us about it.
Tulsi had one of those Reddit 'ask me anything' deals yesterday. Most of the questions were standard partisan shit. Only one question was worth asking:
(Not exact quote)
As a member of Congress you know what's going on. You see lots of classified material. Why haven't you told us any of it?
This is the ONLY question that matters for "candidates" who aren't the official successor. Deepstate is powered by blackmail. The quickest way to reduce Deepstate's power is to break its monopoly on information. A member of Congress is the ONLY person who can break it legally. Breaking it will ruin your chance of being president, but you don't have a chance anyway because your name isn't Trump or Clinton.
Repooflican senators constantly promise us that blockbuster info is "about to be released as soon as we can persuade FBI to release it."
Absolute bullshit. FBI and CIA never release anything. When you ask them nicely to release, you're perfectly aware that nothing will happen. You're only covering your own ass and creating meaningless talking points.
If you've read important info, or heard it as testimony in committee, you know what's in it.
Tell us about it on the floor by reading it into the record. This is a traditional privilege of British parliament, which was repeated explicitly in the obsolete constitution.
AFAIK, only Mike Gravel has used this privilege, reading Vietnam War documents. Nobody else has done it in recent decades.
Labels: Asked and unanswered
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