Consistency

(This was written prior to the election but I wasn't able to publish it at the time)

Is it possible to have some consistency any more when it comes to politics?

In 2016 information was “leaked” that became known as the Steele Dossier.  Immediately people condemned Trump as a traitor, without any verification of the information people insisted that Trump was guilty, politicians demanded that there needed to be an investigation.  Despite it being shown that the information and allegations were not true people to this day insist that President Trump was guilty and committed treason.

Fast forward to 2020, the NY Post published two articles about Hunter Biden’s business dealings.  There are emails that indicate that Former V. P. Joe Biden received a percentage of monies Hunter and his business received, in an email from Hunter to one of his children he says that his children don’t have to worry because they won’t have to pay him a percentage of any money they make like he has to do to his father the former V.P. A business associate confirmed the legitimacy of the business emails and that he attended business meetings with Joe Biden.

In 2016 when the “Steele Dossier” was leaked the media, including social media, they published the info and allowed people to share the info, even after it was proved to be false (it was also proved false in a British Court when Christopher Steele was sued).  Flash forward to 2020, the information on Hunter Biden’s business dealing and payments to Joe Biden come out and most media refuse to publish at first, some eventually mentioned it but claimed none of the information had been confirmed.  Social media blocked the sharing of the NY Post stories, Twitter not only blocked it they locked out the NY Post Twitter account and demanded they post a retraction before they can have access to their account again.  It was also learned that the FBI had the information a few months ago and has opened an investigation (some say the FBI case number indicates its a money laundering case) and yet those that demanded Trump was guilty and not qualified nor should he be allowed to serve as President without an investigation or even confirmation of the info are now silent or saying that this should be ignored because it hasn’t been confirmed (even though some has).  Until an investigation is completed I won't pass judgement on the Biden's.

What has helped make this a great country is consistency, our insisting that people we don’t like or hate are treated the same as those we support.  Right or wrong can’t have different meanings for different people, it has to mean the same for all.

People get upset when they learn of a person being freed from prison after years or even decades because it was learned that information was withheld or falsified, there was misconduct by government officials (prosecutors or law enforcement) and everyone should be upset! However, we can not accept or condone this when it happens to someone we have political differences with!

A DOJ attorney has pled guilty of falsifying information and presenting it to a court (FISA) to obtain a search warrant.  Specifically, the FBI had learned of a former Trump campaign person meeting with Russians.  The CIA was contacted and asked if they were aware of these meetings and if the former Trump campaign person was a CIA asset?  The CIA replied that the agency was aware of the meetings, that the person was an asset and reporting to the CIA about the meetings.  The DOJ attorney edited that email so that it read that the CIA was not aware of the meetings and that the person was not an asset and then presented that edited email to the court as justification for a FISA warrant (this is a simplified basic summary of what occurred).  Where was the outrage that a government official would falsify information to a court to target an American citizen.

Declassified testimony has revealed that people who were on television programs saying the Trump campaign colluded with Russians testified under oath during classified hearings that they had no evidence of collusion with the Russians, Russians tried but were unable to infiltrate the Trump campaign.  According to former Representative Trey Gowdy he even asked if they had any information/ rumors of Russian collusion that couldn't be used in court and the responses were no they did not have any information.  Where is the outrage?  If the same thing was done to the Obama campaign would your reaction be the same?  

Unfortunately even people involved in the law and law enforcement that did not support Trump have not expressed any problem with people violating the law since their actions were in an attempt to remove a President from office that they didn't/ don't support!  If you've been outraged by someone being sent to prison for years because officials either falsified information or withheld evidence/ information favorable to the defendant why aren't you angry, where has your outrage been?

Politics should not determine if you believe in our fundamental principle, innocent until proven guilty. Is it possible to have some consistency any more when it comes to politics?

That's My Opinion, What's Yours