Don't Duck the Issue

Hi All,

I took this shot at a public park in the city of Muenster, Germany, with a Fuji W3 stereo camera and approximated it into a phantogram by matching up blades of grass.

The ongoing coverage of the impeachment process and the way it's been criticized by Trump and his allies in congress leaves me and many others to wonder what are American values these days. While I can undertand supporting Trump on the basis of us versus them, or of winners versus losers, I still have trouble understanding how they can support him on the basis of beliefs and of facts. As such I put together the somewhat lengthy set of questions below.

Only take this quiz if you ever have voted for Donald Trump or plan to vote for him in the future. There is no scoring. It's only purpose is for you to solidify and understand your position. Feel free to forward it as you wish.

1) Do you know who Vladmir Putin is?

2) Do you believe Vladmir Putin is totally in charge of Russia, such as a king, czar, or dictator, is he their elected president with specified limited powers, or somewhere in between?

3) Do you believe that most people in Russia are glad they have Putin as their leader?

4) On a 1 to 10 scale, 1 being scum to 10 being godlike, how would you rate Vladmir Putin as a world leader?

5) On a 1 to 10 scale, 1 being scum to 10 being godlike, how would you rate Donald Trump as a person?

6) On a 1 to 10 scale, 1 being scum to 10 being godlike, how would you rate Donald Trump as our president?

7) Do you believe Putin and Russia tried to influence the 2016 clection in favor of Donald Trump?

8) Do you believe Putin and Russia succeeded?

9) Do you believe that an organized Deep State group of US government employees exists and has been trying to bring down Donald Trump?

10) Have you ever heard of a place called Ukraine?

11) Do you know that in 1991 Ukraine broke away from Soviet Union, and since then they have been trying to build a working democracy, and that America strongly supports their move to democracy?

12) Do you know that in 2014 Russia invaded and took over Crimea, a huge seaside part of part of Ukraine, and the two countries are currently at war on another front?

13) Do you believe that Donald Trump temporarily held back from Ukraine military aid our Congress had voted to give Ukraine, and that Ukraine needs that aid to fight off Russia?

14) Do you believe that Donald Trump had his people tell the Ukrainians that to get the military aid and a white house visit for their new president, they'd need to do Donald Trump some favors?

15) If so, do you know what those favors are that he asked for from the new Ukrainian president?

16) Do you believe that Donald Trump's and his people told the Ukrainians they needed to publicly announce they were investigating Joe Biden and a company his son Hunter once worked for?

17) Do you believe that Donald Trump's and his people told the Ukrainians they needed to publicly announce they were investigating a theory that Russia didn't hack the democrats in the 2016 election but that Ukraine did?

18) Do you believe that Rudy Guiliani, Mike Pompeo, Mike Pence, and Mick Mulveney and others knew about this scheme?

19) Do you believe that Rudy Guiliani, Mike Pompeo, Mike Pence, and Mick Mulveney and others took part in this scheme?

20) Do you believe Trump's demands on Ukraine were in the best interests of America, only in the interests of Donald Trump, both, or neither?

21) Do you believe America should support Putin and Russia's aggressions in trying to take over Ukraine?

22) Do you belived that Donald Trump's behavior toward Ukraine should be investigated?

23) Do you believe that if Donald Trump's behavior toward Ukraine is proven to be unlawful and not in American interest, should the Senate remove him from office?

24) Do you believe that none of this is important or that it's just not in your interest?

Barry Rothstein

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