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LIVEBLOG - https://www.wonkette.com/is-impeach-even-in-constitution-house-judiciary-impeachment-liveblog-day-one
BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)DURHAM D
(32,610 posts)It should be.
fleur-de-lisa
(14,624 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)IcyPeas
(21,871 posts)victoria toensing (sp) was ranting away about jonathan turley. I couldn't continue listening but it's sickening how they all get the same talking points. can they really believe what they are espousing?
BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)IcyPeas
(21,871 posts)he didn't even vote for trump therefore: he must be telling the truth, right? oi are they just willfully blind to the facts?
BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)that he may have been the only one foolish enough to be willing to show up on their behalf. Which means even someone like Dershowitz didn't take the bait and bother (and Dershowitz does bill himself as a Constitutional scholar)!
dweller
(23,634 posts)i recall Nadler saying "in a few days"
tia
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BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)They may end up doing something next week.
Link to the committee schedule - https://judiciary.house.gov/committee-activity/weekly-schedules
IcyPeas
(21,871 posts)of turley at the clinton impeachment. i love when they do this. hypocrites right on camera.
BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)(Turley is around my age too)
BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)crickets
(25,980 posts)The operative description is 'irreverent.'
https://www.wonkette.com/is-impeach-even-in-constitution-house-judiciary-impeachment-liveblog-day-one
11:41: Interesting testimony from Karlan about how insanely concerned framers were with foreign influence. It's not just this impeachment hullabaloo and Trump soliciting foreign interference in his re-election. They put the Emoluments clause in there to keep presidents from being influenced by foreign gifts. They put the "president has to be a natural-born citizen" thing in there, because they were specifically concerned about the president being susceptible to foreign influence.
(Shoulda put a "President Should Not Be Russian Asset" clause in there, but we guess that falls under the high crimes and misdemeanors they couldn't have imagined.)
11:47:
LOL:
Heres Turley in 1998. Impeaching Clinton for a blowjob was necessary to fend off anarchy." https://t.co/wQeICAYPFi
Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) 1575477586.0
Wonkette is a hoot.
BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)Will add to the OP!
BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)nolabear
(41,963 posts)Karma13612
(4,552 posts)Of the Congress.
The repukes are shameless, classless and criminal.
BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)dweller
(23,634 posts)not hearing it ...
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BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)malaise
(269,004 posts)crickets
(25,980 posts)Yikes, mute button alert for the man who will not clear the frog out of his throat, never mind what he's blathering on about. Oh, it's Biden.
BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)Politicub
(12,165 posts)doing an excellent job of calling Turleys objectivity into question.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)ancianita
(36,058 posts)evidence for any of this from the Trump/Zelensky call, invoking Biden's quid quo pro as an impeachable offense.
This guy's false equivalence, along with trivializing THIS impeachment, is moronic.
He tries to get pretzel logic agreement from Turkey.
uponit7771
(90,339 posts)... their defense is to focus on the server and act like Trump never said Biden or that Biden hid the server and hacked Clinton himself or some shit.
They just gonna make it up as they go along
BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)The_Counsel
(1,660 posts)But nice try, asshole.
catbyte
(34,393 posts)Turley, too.
BuffaloJackalope
(818 posts)elleng
(130,912 posts)Hav
(5,969 posts)Biden did everything in the open as a representative of the US, not for his personal gain. He did what the US and the western countries wanted.
Is Turley an idiot as well? Surely he should know better about this topic.
BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)Asked the question to Karlan to describe this.
crickets
(25,980 posts)Blunt but effective. Her questions are getting right to the point about what Trump has done, why it is wrong regardless of his lack of success, and just how damaging it is to involve foreign powers in elections.
backtoblue
(11,343 posts)Your son is named Barron, but the president cannot *make* him a barron.
malaise
(269,004 posts)he can't make him a baron KABOOM!
BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)(as the answer to the difference between a "king' and a "President".)
brooklynite
(94,572 posts)brooklynite
(94,572 posts)Bayard
(22,075 posts)tRump can name his son Baron, but he can't make him a Baron.
BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)when it comes to crimes. There is no distinction.
BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)nolabear
(41,963 posts)backtoblue
(11,343 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Us always hating trump since day 1. Trump has committed attrocities since day 1.
elleng
(130,912 posts)Mersky
(4,981 posts)We don't hate him for merely existing. It's his actions, abuses, waste, and tweeting that elicit righteous ire.
Somedays I just cannot believe someone has so much energy to be so interruptive and hostile to so many people.
crickets
(25,980 posts)Will someone please ask a Republican in this hearing, right now, to choose country over party? Never mind, we are seeing and hearing their choice. Notice this man has no questions, just bluster. It's sickening.
BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)And then doubling down to say that the Senate is not going to convict. Because. GOP partisanship.
crickets
(25,980 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)Mossfern
(2,510 posts)he's comparing a blow job with treason.
Still no questions.
ChubbyStar
(3,191 posts)Does he turn into a toad soon?
crickets
(25,980 posts)Also, somebody needs to point out the number of bills written and passed in the House (didn't they just vote on one?) that now languish in the Senate unaddressed, because Mitch McConnell won't bring them up for a vote. THAT is where things are not getting done.
BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)madaboutharry
(40,211 posts)All they have left is the whining.
BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)crickets
(25,980 posts)definition of high crimes and misdemeanors. Boom.
BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)The_Counsel
(1,660 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)The R "witness" was previously labeled a "libruullll".
Cohen is taking on Turley too.
BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)Wednesdays
(17,376 posts)CNN showed split screen... while Chabot was droning on, Nadler was fighting to keep from nodding off.
Bet that reflects the whole country's take on Chabot!
BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)crickets
(25,980 posts)That was so satisfying.
backtoblue
(11,343 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)elleng
(130,912 posts)Mossfern
(2,510 posts)The witnesses seemed to be able to read the report...
BuffaloJackalope
(818 posts)crickets
(25,980 posts)It's so true. The mute button is everybody's best friend right now.
The_Counsel
(1,660 posts)...even if you had three weeks to read it. Something about your aversion to facts that would keep that from happening.
gademocrat7
(10,658 posts)Gohmet blabbering
BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)cannabis_flower
(3,764 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)crickets
(25,980 posts)to compel something from Zelensky. That emphasizes his abuse of the power of his office *as president* - not just as DJT the individual.
Mersky
(4,981 posts)It doesn't make it true.
And just because he abuses the definition of hearsay, cannot not remove the verifiable usefulness and credibility of the fact witnesses that have appeared.
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Useless for the purposes of protecting the interests of the nation, gohmert delivered his talking points with mostly downcast eyes in reading his prepared remarks.
BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)IcyPeas
(21,871 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)IcyPeas
(21,871 posts)but i do lower my volume
BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)my remote is on the other side of the table.
crickets
(25,980 posts)Pretty much tells us this is all about party lines, yet the Republican stance is that this is a Democratic witch hunt. Now he's just gonna shout for five minutes.
PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)He is like that annoying dog that won't stop barking in the middles of the night.
BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)have been too busy typing.
dweller
(23,634 posts)kill me now 😑
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Gidney N Cloyd
(19,837 posts)backtoblue
(11,343 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)ChubbyStar
(3,191 posts)Raftergirl
(1,287 posts)running the vacuum when the Rs are up. Saves batteries in remote and gets my house clean. Win Win.
Pacifist Patriot
(24,653 posts)madaboutharry
(40,211 posts)When will Jordan stop lying?
He is so predictable and tiresome.
IcyPeas
(21,871 posts)he was the type to Highlight every sentence in yellow highlighter. making nothing really stand out.
Mossfern
(2,510 posts)I've put my tv on mute - just can't listen to Jim Jordan any more. He needs to tone down the volume - being loud doesn't make you right.
The_Counsel
(1,660 posts)I'm thinking when his turn came he would slice every GOP "argument" heard today to shreds.
Hoping Nadler is up to the task....
BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)crickets
(25,980 posts)but about putting country first, and how every govt official takes an oath to put national interests first. YES.
Hav
(5,969 posts)Sensenbrenner, Gohmert and now Gym Jordan. When you think it reached the lowest point, they manage to lower the bar yet again.
Sancho
(9,070 posts)Mersky
(4,981 posts)Shrieking loon with zero moral credibility to hold his gerrymandered district, let alone argue anything about the matter at hand.
Hes all antics and maneuvers. Am just stating what we already know. Am so tired of him.
The_Counsel
(1,660 posts)...he'd provide all the documents/witnesses necessary to prove his innocence, que no?
bagimin
(1,333 posts)my Representative.
ffr
(22,670 posts)Link to tweet
This is what Republicans flashed on screen. If a lawyer did this, they may face disciplinary action for such a misleading representation of what a source said.
Compare what they said my book said w/what I actually said.
BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)and she goes on to note that he had never been anything other than a "reality tv show" participant so may not have understood how his actions would be considered against the interest of the U.S.
ChubbyStar
(3,191 posts)What a fucking smack down!
MerryBlooms
(11,769 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)Amazingly Buck has decided to ask Turley a question.
Mossfern
(2,510 posts)Amorphous?
Buck....no example of asking another country.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,837 posts)nolabear
(41,963 posts)abused the very voters who elected him. He didnt abuse us. We knew who he was. He abused the office and were horrified. But those who voted for him? Im betting they didnt vote for this. By now a lot are so deep in the shit they cant turn around. But theyre being horribly abused.
Mossfern
(2,510 posts)Go back 200 years and impeach them.
BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)for "abuse of power".
And the fool is now bringing up Abraham Lincoln for "abuse of power" that could be impeachable, the suddenly new GOP "gawd".
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,837 posts)elleng
(130,912 posts)The_Counsel
(1,660 posts)The President has the right to make recess appointments when the Senate isn't in session.
It's the reason why the Senate has ALWAYS been in session since Obama took office. Coincidence?
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,837 posts)...I assume Obama, because of all that stonewalling, was testing the whether the Senate was really in a state of being in session so it would get tossed to the SC. Buck sounds like Obama was caught pulling a fast one.
Zorro
(15,740 posts)Mossfern
(2,510 posts)Why didn't he bring that up
elleng
(130,912 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,020 posts)Mersky
(4,981 posts)Was struck how were witnessing the effects of tyranny. Fearful republicans are willing to go along with anything. Theyre (willing) victims of tyranny. I almost feel sorry for some of them.
ancianita
(36,058 posts)Foreign governments are a worse threat today than in the Founders' day.
AND we've GOT the EVIDENCE of suborning that: the transcript, two fact witnesses testimony under oath, admission by both the president himself.
And the will of The People WILL prevail.
"America must remain the last, best hope on Earth."