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shockey80

(4,379 posts) Wed Sep 25, 2019, 12:51 PM Sep 2019

Quid Pro Quo in code is still Quid Pro Quo. Impeach that motherfucker!

Trump and the Republicans are using something like the Bush defense on torture. It's not torture if you call it something else. Fuck that!

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Quid Pro Quo in code is still Quid Pro Quo. Impeach that motherfucker! (Original Post) shockey80 Sep 2019 OP

when your memo reads like a monty python skit, mopinko Sep 2019 #1

What he did was illegal even without the pro quo part. We should not make the reliance. LonePirate Sep 2019 #2

I understand that, but there is evidence of Quid Pro Quo. shockey80 Sep 2019 #3

It is immaterial to the core crime and the RW (Fox News) is already using it to dismiss the crime. LonePirate Sep 2019 #4

mopinko

(70,135 posts)

1. when your memo reads like a monty python skit,

Reply to shockey80 (Original post)

Wed Sep 25, 2019, 12:54 PM

Sep 2019

you parrot is dead.

LonePirate

(13,426 posts)

2. What he did was illegal even without the pro quo part. We should not make the reliance.

Reply to shockey80 (Original post)

Wed Sep 25, 2019, 01:02 PM

Sep 2019

The RW is already attacking the pro quo portion of the event as if dismissing it will dismiss the entire conversation. The crimes he committed are not dependent on the pro quo aspect and we do not need to rely on it.

shockey80

(4,379 posts)

3. I understand that, but there is evidence of Quid Pro Quo.

Reply to LonePirate (Reply #2)

Wed Sep 25, 2019, 01:04 PM

Sep 2019

LonePirate

(13,426 posts)

4. It is immaterial to the core crime and the RW (Fox News) is already using it to dismiss the crime.

Reply to shockey80 (Reply #3)

Wed Sep 25, 2019, 01:10 PM

Sep 2019

We should not fall into the trap simply because it is a handy term which most people understand yet falsely think is necessary for the crime to exist.

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