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babylonsister

(171,074 posts)
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 12:10 PM Jun 2017

People In DC Are Watching The Comey Hearing At Bars Like It's The Goddamn Super Bowl

People In DC Are Watching The Comey Hearing At Bars Like It's The Goddamn Super Bowl

DC is such a weird place to live, you guys.
Posted on June 8, 2017, at 11:56 a.m.
Lissandra Villa






Former FBI Director James Comey, who accused President Donald Trump of encouraging him to drop at least one aspect of the Russia investigation, is finally testifying in Congress. So obviously, DC residents are hanging out at bars to watch it together.

Hundreds gathered at Shaw's Tavern in Washington to watch the Comey hearing, which opened early to play it aloud and offer "Comey Covfefe specials." The line was down the block before the hearing started at 10am.




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https://www.buzzfeed.com/lissandravilla/people-in-dc-are-watching-the-comey-hearing-at-bars-like?utm_term=.qr9o4QAOG#.goVJY0E82
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People In DC Are Watching The Comey Hearing At Bars Like It's The Goddamn Super Bowl (Original Post) babylonsister Jun 2017 OP
I want some Covfefe coffee! Initech Jun 2017 #1
I've heard when you drink it DK504 Jun 2017 #21
I got a cup but it leaks. Qutzupalotl Jun 2017 #52
That menu! Wednesdays Jun 2017 #2
A number of bars announced they were opening early just for the Comey testimony. yellowcanine Jun 2017 #3
Me too... FarPoint Jun 2017 #29
I went to the Partisan NastyRiffraff Jun 2017 #44
Having watched the Watergate hearings of yore Turbineguy Jun 2017 #4
Like you, I remember watching the Watergate hearings on a small B&W tv. Grammy23 Jun 2017 #23
Living 70 years does not do that for everybody treestar Jun 2017 #50
Yes, I agree. And I almost added that to my comment Grammy23 Jun 2017 #51
I had mono and couldn't get out of bed grantcart Jun 2017 #31
I watched it, too. That one was much more satisfying. calimary Jun 2017 #46
For DC, it IS the Super Bowl!!! elleng Jun 2017 #5
drinking game word bigtree Jun 2017 #6
How about "e-mails"? The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #7
Will someone please take John McCain by the hand and Grammy23 Jun 2017 #26
No. McCain needs a cream pie in his face. nt longship Jun 2017 #34
I'm with you, Grammy. It was both infuriating and embarrassing as hell to watch McCain ramble... Hekate Jun 2017 #42
I saw that and I was fairly shouting - "Hillary??? Are you freakin' KIDDING me????" calimary Jun 2017 #47
The crowds... sheshe2 Jun 2017 #8
One bar downtown is giving away free shots whenever Trumpy tweets something. FSogol Jun 2017 #9
'Swings' coffee! elleng Jun 2017 #10
Oh yes! FarPoint Jun 2017 #30
This time of day my street is busy with traffic and people going places kimbutgar Jun 2017 #11
The Super Bowl is a fantasy war. This is real war. nolabear Jun 2017 #12
And the Republicans deviation into the Clinton email case is like the Puppy Bowl. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2017 #13
Oh Puppy Bowl! I love Puppy Bowl! lovemydogs Jun 2017 #40
I understand that several bars have drinking games--hope the patrons won't be driving!! niyad Jun 2017 #14
Paterson, NJ no_hypocrisy Jun 2017 #15
A LAUNDROMAT! elleng Jun 2017 #18
3 large screens no_hypocrisy Jun 2017 #25
it's DC barbtries Jun 2017 #16
my fingers crossed hoping and wishing OhNo-Really Jun 2017 #48
lol barbtries Jun 2017 #49
Hahahaha! Comey Covfefe Specials. Clever. nt Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #17
Which is one reason I love DC... LisaM Jun 2017 #19
We never know if the stranger we're talking to just oozed in from over in the East. Aristus Jun 2017 #38
Love it!k&r DesertRat Jun 2017 #20
I'll have an IM-peach Stoli IronLionZion Jun 2017 #22
I wish I lived in washington. Egnever Jun 2017 #24
Cheetos for bar snacks C_U_L8R Jun 2017 #27
Any Non Red States or City erpowers Jun 2017 #28
No one got any free drinks to tweets by trump Gothmog Jun 2017 #32
I was wondering about that! BigmanPigman Jun 2017 #45
It is better than a Super Bowl Samantha Jun 2017 #33
Just like Trump wants... kentuck Jun 2017 #35
I'll take the FBI Breakfast (sans ice cream) and regular Stoli, very cold, served neat longship Jun 2017 #36
Can't wait for the Half-Time Show (n/t) Puzzler Jun 2017 #37
at least they have a sense of humor lovemydogs Jun 2017 #39
how many people hurple Jun 2017 #41
This is good DeminPennswoods Jun 2017 #43
I watched the entire Bill Clinton impeachment fiasco from a barstool Warren DeMontague Jun 2017 #53

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)
3. A number of bars announced they were opening early just for the Comey testimony.
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 12:17 PM
Jun 2017

I think it is friggin awesome.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
44. I went to the Partisan
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 02:54 PM
Jun 2017

Great fun! Lots of people there, all anti-Dump. Unlike the usual bar scene, you could hear the TVs clearly. Everyone was riveted.

Turbineguy

(37,346 posts)
4. Having watched the Watergate hearings of yore
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 12:17 PM
Jun 2017

This is juicier.

Republicans are scoring some nice own goals.

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
23. Like you, I remember watching the Watergate hearings on a small B&W tv.
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 12:55 PM
Jun 2017

It never hit me until much later that I was watching true American history in the making.

Today, as I watched, I was keenly aware of the historical significance of the Comey testimony. It has a bracing effect to know this and to realize every.word.matters. Also living for nearly 70 years has a way of teaching you what is important while it is happening. I look forward to more pivotal moments in this whole Russiagate affair.

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
51. Yes, I agree. And I almost added that to my comment
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 08:25 PM
Jun 2017

But was in a hurry so skipped that part. tRump could live 100 more years and fail to learn anything. 😳😜😵

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
31. I had mono and couldn't get out of bed
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 01:16 PM
Jun 2017

watched every minute of it

Still remember my reaction when Butterfield casually mentioned that there were recording devices in the President's office.

calimary

(81,323 posts)
46. I watched it, too. That one was much more satisfying.
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 03:12 PM
Jun 2017

Back then you actually had some moderate Republicans. (NOT republi-CONS, people of the other party who were, oddly enough, reasonable and informed, not many chips on their shoulders, and not viewing "compromise" as a dirty word.) It seemed as though there was growing agreement that we had a President who was terribly compromised and had a serious problem here, rather than a bunch of stubborn ruthless partisans with blinders on, liquid denial gushing through their veins where blood would normally be flowing, and attitudes reeking of bias and already cast in stone.

Both sides, back then, seemed to understand they served THEIR COUNTRY and the Constitution first, and their party second.

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
26. Will someone please take John McCain by the hand and
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 01:00 PM
Jun 2017

lead him out to pasture? The only time this morning when I yelled at the TV was when that doddering old fool had his turn at the microphone. What part of she and her campaign were VICTIMS of the Russian hacking did he fail to understand?? Sheesh...no wonder poor Comey was confused by McCain's incoherent ramblings......

Hekate

(90,715 posts)
42. I'm with you, Grammy. It was both infuriating and embarrassing as hell to watch McCain ramble...
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 02:27 PM
Jun 2017

...the way he did.

calimary

(81,323 posts)
47. I saw that and I was fairly shouting - "Hillary??? Are you freakin' KIDDING me????"
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 03:14 PM
Jun 2017

And "what the fuck does ANYTHING involving Hillary have to do with ANYTHING here?????"

And several "What the HELL?????s" on the side.

elleng

(130,976 posts)
10. 'Swings' coffee!
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 12:22 PM
Jun 2017

Was MINE, before coffee 'bars' became popular; bought fresh roasted there when worked nearby in DC. It's now served at 'my' movie house.

https://swingscoffee.com/about-us/

kimbutgar

(21,164 posts)
11. This time of day my street is busy with traffic and people going places
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 12:22 PM
Jun 2017

It's very quiet and not a lot of cars are driving in the streets.

OhNo-Really

(3,985 posts)
48. my fingers crossed hoping and wishing
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 04:38 PM
Jun 2017

it gets more viewers than the Inauguration
and that the media makes a big story about it.

this would leave a mark on ThinSkin

barbtries

(28,799 posts)
49. lol
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 04:40 PM
Jun 2017

the thought made me smile.

yeah, that will be sweet. that will piss him off more than the fact that he's been puted as a lying, justice obstructing, mafia don wanna be.

LisaM

(27,815 posts)
19. Which is one reason I love DC...
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 12:36 PM
Jun 2017

Try talking politics in Seattle and people shrink away. So odd and passive aggressive.

Aristus

(66,394 posts)
38. We never know if the stranger we're talking to just oozed in from over in the East.
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 01:40 PM
Jun 2017

Eastern Washington (aka West Idaho, aka Spokanistan) is the Trumpanzee spawning ground of the Evergreen State.

Endorsing Seattle's famously liberal politics with a Trumpster is just asking for trouble...

IronLionZion

(45,462 posts)
22. I'll have an IM-peach Stoli
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 12:47 PM
Jun 2017

not sure I trust the top secret sauce of the FBI sandwich. Do we know where it's loyalties lie?

The FBI breakfast and Covfefe coffee sound delightfully DC.

Oh yeah, this is how we roll for political events. The election debates and returns had a lot of bar specials. Some bars cater to liberals and others for conservatives. Halloween had a lot of Trumps and Hillarys, some Anthony Weiners and Russian hookers with yellow stuff on them too.

But I have a feeling it's mostly liberals watching today.

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
28. Any Non Red States or City
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 01:01 PM
Jun 2017

It is probably the same way in any non-red state, or non-red city. I do not think Washington, D.C. is such a weird place to live. I could be wrong, but I assume this hearing received high ratings. It probably would have received even higher ratings if it had been held in primetime. Didn't the first Clinton/Trump debate get Super Bowl like ratings?

longship

(40,416 posts)
36. I'll take the FBI Breakfast (sans ice cream) and regular Stoli, very cold, served neat
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 01:35 PM
Jun 2017

Keep the latter coming.

lovemydogs

(575 posts)
39. at least they have a sense of humor
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 01:45 PM
Jun 2017

Why not have a party and enjoy and laugh at the fact that we are living in a very strange time.

DeminPennswoods

(15,286 posts)
43. This is good
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 02:39 PM
Jun 2017

Many Americans outside of political/news junkies have only been paying cursory, at best, attention to this. I'm sure there were those who tuned into a cable channel that was carrying alternate programming, but there were plenty of people tuned it a work or at home what with all the old broadcast networks breaking into daytime shows to air the hearing live.

I myself am hungry for more hearings. Hopefully I have a lot of company now.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
53. I watched the entire Bill Clinton impeachment fiasco from a barstool
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 09:45 PM
Jun 2017

I spent the better part of the 90s spot-welded to one, so it's not surprising, really.

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