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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums****LIVE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL 2/3/20 THREAD 2****
Thread 1 - https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212944384
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)Kali
(55,014 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)SamKnause
(13,108 posts)a nice stiff jolt of electricity to bring them back to reality.
I am so sick of the LIES !!!!!!!!!!!
crickets
(25,981 posts)and facing some sort of censure or being hauled in front of their state bar for knowingly spouting lies. It just boggles the mind.
SamKnause
(13,108 posts)This is not justice.
This is not fair.
This is not democratic.
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)I expect that there is a process required to do that where a complaint is filed and adjudicated at the Bar where they were accredited.
crickets
(25,981 posts)gademocrat7
(10,659 posts)SamKnause
(13,108 posts)Can't they make their speech of lies entertaining ???
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)If you are innocent - you are going to do everything and present anything you have to show that you are innocent, as part of you defense. Yet he doesn't think that is the case.
Complete gish gallop now...
Mersky
(4,982 posts)Im not an attorney, but Im pretty sure this would not hold up in a real court of law. He benefits from arguing in a way that will seemingly remain uncontested, and shame on the republican senators going along with this shaky tripe.
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)are going to have to clean up behind the mess that these lunatic unfit "lawyers" have created.
Mersky
(4,982 posts)Heck, Im considering going back to school for a law degree. So much cleanup will be needed.
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)backtoblue
(11,343 posts)crickets
(25,981 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)What clowns.
underpants
(182,829 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)or more correctly, like a typical GOP campaign commercial designed terrify idiots. I guess the defense thinks Republican Senators are idiots.
Kali
(55,014 posts)blogslut
(38,002 posts)Is this an outtake from a campaign film?
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)crickets
(25,981 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)(and there are quite a few because I worked with some before I retired) see how they don't give a shit about government employees.
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)it's call memo. I want to see the ORIGINAL without the "..." stuff that was edited out.
Mersky
(4,982 posts)And do it over and over it again, as though thatll make it true. I state the obvious, because I guess it needs to be stated.
The republicans have lost all credibility and integrity over these proceedings.
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)is that it's mainly only the political junkies like us who are familiar with all the lies and obfuscation that they have done.
Mersky
(4,982 posts)What they think. Ill summarize the anecdotal responses I get. Should be sparky and interesting.
Mersky
(4,982 posts)Who dont know the different legislators just by the sound of their voice. Err... so my unrepentant political news junkie self likes to think.
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)not just with their voice, but once they step up to the podium...
(I was 12 during Watergate and had no idea what Ehrlichmann and Haldeman and Ruckelshaus did...just heard the names over and over )
in2herbs
(2,945 posts)vote by more than 8 million. The voting machines which gave him the EC were hacked by Putin. There is no proof that he was duly elected. Why don't the House Managers bring this out to deflate the R argument??
maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)Every Impeachment of a President does the same dang thing. It's still in the Constitution.
BTW, lost by 3 million. "Voting machines hacked which gave him the EC" is your opinion - that's not establish fact (although it could be true), which is why the House Managers don't bring it up.
They're going by the book.
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)Mersky
(4,982 posts)Is that he will continuing doing wrong and being a nasty, unbridled jerk that disregards his country, office, and oath on a daily basis.
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)Mersky
(4,982 posts)Gotta keep up the levels of cognitive dissonance for the zombies for tRump crowd.
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)Mersky
(4,982 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)and start talking "bipartisanship" and being "united".
I guess someone did polling on the Independents and they were losing them like mad?
Kali
(55,014 posts)I don't think I am alone. so, asshole, the will of a hell of a lot of people is being done. stop claiming you speak for the whole country.
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)crickets
(25,981 posts)while working to acquit a president who blatantly engages in election tampering is beyond the pale.
Mersky
(4,982 posts)Needs to stfu and look for a new line of work.
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)so there was "always an election". (the Constitution was only amended after Roosevelt, who had won 4 terms before he died at the beginning of his 4th, to include a term limit of 2 consecutive terms)
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)3catwoman3
(24,007 posts)...lying throat when he was yapping about letting the people choose the POTUS.
We already did, asshole, by 3 million more votes!
bdamomma
(63,875 posts)disbar them all. Fucking idiots.
And do not invoke our names they don't know what we are thinking or their followers who are NOT thinking.
Just wait there will be a fight being right matters facts and evidence matter. They have woken up a sleeping giant.!!!!
Kali
(55,014 posts)our team is SO good. what a shame the assholes are so shut down from doing the right thing.
Kali
(55,014 posts)in2herbs
(2,945 posts)my blood boil because it's PBS and not FOX but the truth doesn't seem to matter to them. Also, Lisa D. just said that Garcia has been going on Spanish radio (or TV??) every night giving a commentary of events to the Spanish speaking electorate. This calms me down somewhat by being informed of how hard the House is working to do the right thing.
crickets
(25,981 posts)If we say that this President can put his interests above all else, even when lives are at stake, then we give our nation's children a weaker democracy than we inherited from those that came before us. The next generation deserves better. They are counting on us."
crickets
(25,981 posts)It's to do impartial justice. It requires conviction and removal of President* Trump."
I love how she drew the comparison of Nixon being impeached for trying to cheat in an election. She did a good job.
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)crickets
(25,981 posts)It is to their everlasting shame that the Senate will not convict.
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)mobeau69
(11,145 posts)GOTV.
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)Kali
(55,014 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)--"hanging in the room" ? as a quote.
Mersky
(4,982 posts)- Professor Dumbledore
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)crickets
(25,981 posts)vs no one trying to talk about Trump's character during this trial - brilliant. Ouch.
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)and the focus both inside the department and outside.
Preach it!!!!
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)than the leader of the free world.
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)Mersky
(4,982 posts)Last edited Mon Feb 3, 2020, 07:08 PM - Edit history (1)
Eta: https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4851853/user-clip-demings-closing-argument
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)The Senate can still do the right thing. Walk by faith, not by sight.
Kali
(55,014 posts)how good our team is?
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)that they would not turn over any documents after arguing they were not "covering u".
malaise
(269,054 posts)Damn!
gademocrat7
(10,659 posts)Puts the clowns on the defense to shame.
crickets
(25,981 posts)DOJ waited until after the vote and until the very last moment of the day to send refusal. Cowards.
SamKnause
(13,108 posts)I sense fear in his voice as well.
He knows what is coming if Trump is above the law.
Mersky
(4,982 posts)Placeholder
Mersky
(4,982 posts)Placeholder
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)Chairman Schiff is so righteous.
Mersky
(4,982 posts)Placeholder
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)that if a President felt it was in the "national interest" then he could do anything he wanted.
It is dangerous.
PatSeg
(47,501 posts)Zorro
(15,740 posts)Calling out the Republicans for putting party above country.
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)Mersky
(4,982 posts)Placeholder
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)malaise
(269,054 posts)This is brilliant - Go Adam Schiff!! Enough! Enough!
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)Wow.
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)crickets
(25,981 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)Mersky
(4,982 posts)Last edited Mon Feb 3, 2020, 07:44 PM - Edit history (1)
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4851856/user-clip-schiffs-final-closing-argumentBumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)Senate roll calls as a brief "break". Grassley back in the chair. Roberts done.
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)Senators can speak up to 10 minutes on any subject including the impeachment - this will go on until Wednesday at 4 pm when they have the final vote.
Mersky
(4,982 posts)He put them fully on notice as being informed of the consequences of the vote they are to take.
Kali
(55,014 posts)they are "trained" when I clap my hands to run out the door and chase cows out of the driveway. I was applauding every one of our team today. dogs are pissed at me.
crickets
(25,981 posts)Unfortunately, many were not even in the room.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212945484
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)The GOP is gonna be glowing toxic orange for generations.
If they don't succeed in bringing down democracy this time, they're fucked for good.
bdamomma
(63,875 posts)so is McConnell, he will be a tortured for the rest of his miserable life.
woodsprite
(11,916 posts)saying the President's team did a good job rebutting the Democrats. Saying they will work on bipartisan issues with the Dems.
Apparently Joe Manchon was the only Dem they saw shaking hands with the Pres. counsel.
How's coverage on other channels?
SamKnause
(13,108 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)show us Democrats fighting for our democracy.
"It is midnight in Washington. But on this night not all the lights have been extinguished."
Them, us, and people like the one he speaks of in the DoJ who acted heroically.
Mersky
(4,982 posts)From now until Wednesday at 4pm ET
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212944917
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,349 posts)I spent the whole day working on a truck and missed it all. These threads present a good synopsis of the day's activity.
Thanks for the descriptions and discussion!
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)They ended at ~3 pm ET and went into "Morning Business" mode in the Senate (Roberts was dismissed), with Senators speaking for up to 10 minutes on any topic although all that spoke today did talk about the impeachment trial. They concluded at ~7 pm ET with Murkowski as the final speaker today, and will resume "Morning Business" at 9:30 am ET Tuesday 2/4/20, for more speeches until such time when they will adjourn to participate in the SOTU tomorrow night (to be held in the House chamber).
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,349 posts)Didn't have time to do more than just note your thread #1 was up, this morning. We're expecting rain sometime tonight and I had to get the work done outside. Just finished reading through the 2 threads a little while ago. Apparently I didn't miss the ending by much.
Thanks for the update on the schedule. I won't watch that SOTU!
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)since it is supposed to rain on and off here the rest of the week.
And I definitely will NOT be watching the SOTU. I know what the "state of our union" is - our poor "union" has been destroyed.
Kali
(55,014 posts)worth your time to find replays, especially Schiff (I know several have posted links for his, look in the video forum)