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(129,491 posts)dalton99a
(81,590 posts)dem4decades
(11,304 posts)a kennedy
(29,709 posts)what the hell happened to him???
The Blue Flower
(5,444 posts)Who knows what happens to these people?
Ghost of Tom Joad
(1,356 posts)a Supreme Court Justice and was hoping Obama would nominate him. Didn't happen.
crickets
(25,983 posts)And the circus begins. Who is this ass who won't even let the hearing get started?
BumRushDaShow
(129,491 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Your welcome, I was afraid it was a dupe.
BumRushDaShow
(129,491 posts)crickets
(25,983 posts)a kennedy
(29,709 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)dalton99a
(81,590 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,491 posts)lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)Thanks.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Mersky
(4,986 posts)I paraphrased it, but was a forceful point he made.
crickets
(25,983 posts)regarding foreign interference in US elections and just how compromised Trump is in soliciting that interference. He's doing much better than I expected.
Mersky
(4,986 posts)And is heartening to hear his sober argument
BumRushDaShow
(129,491 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)TruckFump
(5,812 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Adderall.
Only if Trump did not get all of it!!!
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)TruckFump
(5,812 posts)Going to the kitchen for more coffee...waiting for sanity to return to the hearing.
hibbing
(10,109 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,491 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,858 posts)I muted the sound but I could still see him thrashing and flailing around like he had fire ants in his Underoos.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)Time to reduce you caffeine intake, pal.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Mike 03
(16,616 posts)Mersky
(4,986 posts)Of bloviating oath-breakers worried about their next two years, and not about the rule of law for the next generations.
TheFourthMind
(343 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,491 posts)crickets
(25,983 posts)MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,491 posts)crickets
(25,983 posts)and the Republicans are getting shut down, hard, when they try it.
Apologies for the current whiner from my home state pretending that we are all too stupid to understand what is going on. The mute button is everyone's friend.
Mersky
(4,986 posts)Of indignant inflections!
crickets
(25,983 posts)Mersky
(4,986 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,491 posts)Mersky
(4,986 posts)We all know which news outlet is the highest bidder.
BumRushDaShow
(129,491 posts)the record.
Mersky
(4,986 posts)Parliamentary acts in futility. One day they might accept that Democrats are their legitimate opposition that has the freakin majority.
Mersky
(4,986 posts)That was a weirdo non sequitor from hell. Dude, collins is exhausting.
ancianita
(36,137 posts)madaboutharry
(40,220 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,491 posts)crickets
(25,983 posts)is to gavel and keep going, and I'm glad Nadler has figured this out early. I wish he were a little more forceful about it, but at least he is eventually shutting up the disruptors.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Maybe..
Celerity
(43,532 posts)a kennedy
(29,709 posts)get under his skin.....he needs to be in control without looking like a bully. Stay calm, be strict to the house rules, donr come across as a meanie. JMHO.
Celerity
(43,532 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,531 posts)underpants
(182,883 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,491 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)Stuck in a car so listening on npr. They keep breaking in with commentary talking over the representatives. Very annoying
3catwoman3
(24,051 posts)...and convincing" fantasy. It ain't workin', boys.
What a bunch of rude, no class bastards.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)CapnSteve
(219 posts)"...might be fatal to the republic." Indeed.
BumRushDaShow
(129,491 posts)crickets
(25,983 posts)that simply being up for reelection is not enough - the important point being that the president cannot be above the law: a corrupt president might be fatal to the republic. This fellow is good.
BumRushDaShow
(129,491 posts)badhair77
(4,221 posts)He must have been absent when they covered the commandment about bearing false witness.
riversedge
(70,306 posts)ancianita
(36,137 posts)Mike 03
(16,616 posts)It is so relevant to what we're dealing with. Abuse of power could prove "fatal to the Republic." (I want to print this statement out.) Really powerful. So much respect for our Founders.
backtoblue
(11,345 posts)Professor Karlan is passionate!
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Mersky
(4,986 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,491 posts)They are voting to table
Mersky
(4,986 posts)That goes nowhere? Two of which that were out-of-order, broken repug attempts at running down the clock?
I shoulda started a spreadsheet for tallying the numbers on just how poorly repugs on the committee understand how these proceedings actually work.
BumRushDaShow
(129,491 posts)But eventually even disinterested people will see how childish they are acting.
ancianita
(36,137 posts)Piggish bullies.
crickets
(25,983 posts)links to today's opening statements, for rereading later:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212749479
Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)Their obstruction is clear for all to see. It looks desperate... even criminal.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)chia
(2,244 posts)have owned to abase themselves before the nation for an audience of one. It's flabbergasting. I could explain it via various socio-psychological models but I can never understand it.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)crickets
(25,983 posts)Wawannabe
(5,680 posts)...
Individual 1
Crazy 1
BumRushDaShow
(129,491 posts)hlthe2b
(102,376 posts)ancianita
(36,137 posts)crickets
(25,983 posts)He was insulting to each citizen of this country with his statement. He deserves every syllable of derision from her.
ancianita
(36,137 posts)crickets
(25,983 posts)Every time they force a voice vote on tabling, the outcome will be the same. It's a travesty.
BumRushDaShow
(129,491 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)hlthe2b
(102,376 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,491 posts)awesomerwb1
(4,268 posts)That was my main concern going into these hearings.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)and I was really worried... still kind of am.😳
BumRushDaShow
(129,491 posts)I think some of the problem here is that he is good friends with Collins and this ends up impacting keeping the zoo animals controlled.
Bayard
(22,154 posts)They are going to keep interrupting, and wasting time.
hibbing
(10,109 posts)Shoving it right back in their faces.
Peace
C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)Prof. Karlan is bringing game !!
Bayard
(22,154 posts)Prof. Karlan is on fire! She's pissed that thug's opening statement said they would be ignoring facts. And she's on a roll now.
avebury
(10,952 posts)Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)Mersky
(4,986 posts)Lol. Am gonna have to review that bit. I got a good deal of satisfaction of her calling out his BS.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)It's not a general ideological debate about Impeachment that we're seeing. These witnesses have a complete grasp of the facts and are not shy about expressing their opinions. Testimony so far is fierce and riveting.
crickets
(25,983 posts)and she is not backing down on claiming it as one Trump has committed. Yowsa.
BumRushDaShow
(129,491 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,491 posts)Mersky
(4,986 posts)Asking what would happen if a president asked the governor of a state like Texas facing a devastating hurricane disaster for political favors in exchange for federal recovery assistance.
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I'm thinking it could be argued this has roughly already happened in the case of the fires in California.
crickets
(25,983 posts)Mersky
(4,986 posts)Of political favoritism in exchange for him, eh, giving a flying you-know-what about American peoples facing disaster.
DeminPennswoods
(15,290 posts)It is astounding how precient The Founders were.
crickets
(25,983 posts)These witnesses are pulling no punches.
3catwoman3
(24,051 posts)...OUT OF OUR ELECTIONS!"
Excellent line from Prof Karlan.
BumRushDaShow
(129,491 posts)Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,491 posts)ancianita
(36,137 posts)Mersky
(4,986 posts)WTH happened to him? Has he been spending a lot of time around barr? Imo, his speaking demeanor and meter is rather similar to barr. Is speculation on my part, but has he been coached by the same people?
PatSeg
(47,602 posts)on Keith Olbermann's show and he was rather impressive. Then he did a turn around and started to sound like a conservative ideologue and you never saw him on MSNBC anymore. Apparently he is a contributor to CBS.
crickets
(25,983 posts)for obstructing the Watergate investigation. Good man for getting that on the record.
backtoblue
(11,345 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,491 posts)Duppers
(28,127 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,491 posts)polichick
(37,152 posts)crickets
(25,983 posts)They truly have nothing but obfuscation and noisemaking.
Mersky
(4,986 posts)When he went on about everyone being mad, including his dog.
I get that the opposition needs an argument against impeachment, but I sure wish he'd have brought original material.
(My autocorrect wants to change Turley to Turkey, and I'm tending to agree with it.)
hlthe2b
(102,376 posts)In prepared remarks in 1998, during Clinton impeachment, Turley warned: Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker; it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto itself ( h/t @Susan_Hennessey https://bit.ly/2RjmzSB )
Mersky
(4,986 posts)Whether Ive agreed or disagreed with him over the years, his general comportment today is weird and gross in addition to his backpedaling legal logic.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,430 posts)Bayard
(22,154 posts)Not really forceful or commanding, but doing okay so far.