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Iwasthere

(3,168 posts) Wed Nov 6, 2019, 11:28 AM Nov 2019

I am so tired of the term quid pro quo. Call it what it is, Extortion

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Bribery and Extortion. We should quit pussy footing around. They can't muddle up, or confuse with the terms Bribery and Extortion. Why isn't Shiff doing this?

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I am so tired of the term quid pro quo. Call it what it is, Extortion (Original Post) Iwasthere Nov 2019 OP

Yeah... "quid pro quo" makes it sound like a mutally agreeable deal... jberryhill Nov 2019 #1

Posted the same thing yesterday. Voltaire2 Nov 2019 #2

Yes! Johnny2X2X Nov 2019 #3

Quid pro quo is a legal requirement to prove bribery grantcart Nov 2019 #4

That may be true legally, but the term "bribery" resonates with the general public Poiuyt Nov 2019 #8

Exactly! Iwasthere Nov 2019 #9

Can't answer about Schiff... N_E_1 for Tennis Nov 2019 #5

Or as the Godfather put it, "I made them an offer they couldn't refuse" sop Nov 2019 #6

Cong. Connolly of Virginia was on MSNBC DURHAM D Nov 2019 #7

"Nice country you have there. Such a shame if we helped the Russians take over" struggle4progress Nov 2019 #10

+1 Blue_Tires Nov 2019 #11

Repub voters especially don't understand Latin terms Duppers Nov 2019 #12

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

1. Yeah... "quid pro quo" makes it sound like a mutally agreeable deal...

Reply to Iwasthere (Original post)

Wed Nov 6, 2019, 11:30 AM

Nov 2019

...instead of an attempt to hold Ukraine over a barrel.

Voltaire2

(13,079 posts)

2. Posted the same thing yesterday.

Reply to Iwasthere (Original post)

Wed Nov 6, 2019, 11:40 AM

Nov 2019

It’s fucking extortion.

Johnny2X2X

(19,074 posts)

3. Yes!

Reply to Iwasthere (Original post)

Wed Nov 6, 2019, 11:41 AM

Nov 2019

I want to see the media start referring to it as extortion. Ukraine was a victim of this extortion, they wanted nothing to do with it.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)

4. Quid pro quo is a legal requirement to prove bribery

Reply to Iwasthere (Original post)

Wed Nov 6, 2019, 11:44 AM

Nov 2019

The Republican Governor who beat the bribery charge was able to do so because no quid pro quo.

When people say there is a "quid pro quo" they are saying everything needed to prove bribery have been met.

Poiuyt

(18,126 posts)

8. That may be true legally, but the term "bribery" resonates with the general public

Reply to grantcart (Reply #4)

Wed Nov 6, 2019, 12:27 PM

Nov 2019

It's something everyone understands.

Iwasthere

(3,168 posts)

9. Exactly!

Reply to Poiuyt (Reply #8)

Wed Nov 6, 2019, 12:30 PM

Nov 2019

Quid pro quo = confusion to many

Bribery = Zero confusion.

N_E_1 for Tennis

(9,751 posts)

5. Can't answer about Schiff...

Reply to Iwasthere (Original post)

Wed Nov 6, 2019, 11:44 AM

Nov 2019

but yesterday afternoon on CNN in interviews with Democrats some of them used those words. Although didn’t hear bribery...Extortion tho...oh yes.

Now let’s listen for Treason. Think it’s gonna be awhile.

sop

(10,208 posts)

6. Or as the Godfather put it, "I made them an offer they couldn't refuse"

Reply to Iwasthere (Original post)

Wed Nov 6, 2019, 11:48 AM

Nov 2019

DURHAM D

(32,610 posts)

7. Cong. Connolly of Virginia was on MSNBC

Reply to Iwasthere (Original post)

Wed Nov 6, 2019, 11:52 AM

Nov 2019

doing that very thing about 30 minutes ago.

struggle4progress

(118,301 posts)

10. "Nice country you have there. Such a shame if we helped the Russians take over"

Reply to Iwasthere (Original post)

Wed Nov 6, 2019, 12:33 PM

Nov 2019

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)

11. +1

Reply to Iwasthere (Original post)

Wed Nov 6, 2019, 12:47 PM

Nov 2019

I remember three years ago all the pundits left-right-center couldn't even SAY "Clinton Foundation" without tossing in "Pay For Play"...

Duppers

(28,125 posts)

12. Repub voters especially don't understand Latin terms

Reply to Iwasthere (Original post)

Wed Nov 6, 2019, 02:07 PM

Nov 2019

Not that we'd get their votes but using "better" terms/ more commonly understood terms could turn independents for sure.

Besides, "tit for tat" doesn't equate to a crime in their minds.

Trump committed extortion.

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