Except the infamous “pee tape” is not reputed to depict the Russian hookers peeing on him. It’s reputed to depict the Russian hookers (5 of them, if memory serves) simultaneously peeing on a bed that the Obamas slept in on a visit to Russia. Doesn’t really square up with your theory, if that is the case, does it?
In my opinion, it’s the least interesting kompromat the Russians are supposed to have, based on my reading of the Steele dossier.
I was dreading that the Nunes* Memo might actually contain some damning information, and I presumed it had something to do with the Obama Era DoJ – Lynch, Comey, the Hillary investigation. Apparently, no: it’s about Carter Page and Rod Rosenstein.
So the Republicans are so desperate to fire Mueller that they’re willing to throw 2 of their own – Rosenstein and Page – under the bus. (Rosenstein is the only one who can fire Mueller…if he himself is fired he can be replaced by a more compliant Trump toady.)
*You would think Nunes would have put somebody else’s name on it, having blown any semblance of credibility he had when he was outed as Trump’s messenger boy last year.
It doesn’t really matter what’s in the memo. It’s served its purpose as Macguffin to rile up Trumpists into believing there is a Deep State conspiracy. Facts do not matter. Emotion matters. The memo was not meant to convey facts.
This story puts a little more color into the McCabe firing.
"*The day after President Donald Trump fired James Comey, he became so furious watching television footage of the ousted FBI director boarding a government-funded plane from Los Angeles back to Washington, D.C. that he called the bureau’s acting director, Andrew McCabe, to vent, according to multiple people familiar with the phone call.
Trump demanded to know why Comey was allowed to fly on an FBI plane after he had been fired, these people said. McCabe told the president he hadn’t been asked to authorize Comey’s flight, but if anyone had asked, he would have approved it, three people familiar with the call recounted to NBC News.
The president was silent for a moment and then turned on McCabe, suggesting he ask his wife how it feels to be a loser — an apparent reference to a failed campaign for state office in Virginia that McCabe’s wife made in 2015.
McCabe replied: “OK, sir.” Trump then hung up the phone. *"
… and this is the motherfucker we should be willing to work with. Now he’s (according to some reports) pissed off that McCabe will get to retire and receive his benefits (which he is entitled to). That whole ninety day tick tock watch the clock thing.
The damaging aspect of the pee tape (whatever or whoever is getting peed upon therein) is the sheer unmanliness of it – in the eyes of his base, banging a porn star is fine and dandy, but preferring to have a hooker pee on something instead of banging her like a normal guy Just Ain’t Right[tm].
Pursuant to the numbering I added, we so far seem to have actual evidence, already made public, of 1, 2 and 4. We also have evidence for portions of 3. So far, nothing has been shown to be false. Steele himself said he believed his memos would prove out to 70-90% accurate. Looks good to this point.
I’ve said this many times. The only reason I referenced the memo is because I believe it’s the only source for the “pee tape” allegations, and what was stated by Max Torque is inaccurate about what it alleges.
Let us take a moment to salute life-long Republicans who are stepping up to seize the bull by the tail and face the situation. Reminds me of when “conservative” implied preservation rather than prostitution.
I think I disagree. The nature of the pee tape will not damage his image to his supporters. There’s a squick factor for some people, but the base will see an incredibly powerful and wealthy man purchasing other people (well, renting their services, but potato, potahto) in order to have them deface the Obamas. They eat that shit up.