Take a moment to note

[lunatica]

that today’s hearing will go down in US history forever. It will be a pivotal moment in the direction of our future. Michael Cohn is now an iconic figure and may well be remembered as the witness who brought Trump’s presidency down. That still remains to be seen.

We are witnesses to history, just like the Nixon hearings, the violence of the Civil Rights struggle, the assassinations of John Kennedy, MLK Jr. and Bobby Kennedy, the Kent State killings, the anti Vietnam war riots, the Trump era and close call on the destruction of our Constitution.

It’s a privilege if you think about it.

[Soxfan58]

1. I've lived through your whole list

But I have never been so worried for the future of our country. Howard Baker and his ilk asked questions, they didn't just spend most of their time berating the witness as a traitor.

[lunatica]

3. I've seen all these events too

The Nixon hearings were just as worrisome while they happened. His resignation shocked and surprised the hell out of everyone. I clearly recall how divided the country was at the time. He had just won his election in a landslide.

Gerald Ford’s pardon created havoc among the US citizens. The deep divisions are still having repercussions. But no one remembers much about the questioners other than the iconic James Baker question, “What did the President know, and when did he know it?”

History needs to unfold quite a bit before we’ll know how this goes down.

[Delphinus]

2. And I want

every voter, from every state, to remember the rethugs and their disdain for truth when all this is finally known. I am sick to my stomach with some of the things I heard - the guy from Louisiana, the guy from Ohio, the woman from W. Virginia. I was listening on the radio, so names don't mean anything to me - just the awful way they snarled at him while holding the dotard up as a freaking paragon.

I have to keep telling myself I don't want to hate...

I may not survive this.

[lunatica]

5. The fallout from today's hearing will take years

Many of those screeching at Cohn in feigned outrage may be voted right out of relevance in the next elections. Remember the House has elections every two years.

Hang in there. It’s going to take years.

[uponit7771]

4. K&R, Someone on MSNBC said Deans testimony wasn't corroborated for nearly a year

[bluestarone]

6. Best parts of this historic hearing should

be used in the 2020 presidential rallies!!

[lunatica]

7. Rest assured, our unborn great, great grandchildren will know

about these hearings. Today’s is on the record in its entirety forever.

[Honeycombe8]

8. Indeed, lunatica. This is a heavy historical day that we are seeing in real time.

I'm glad I'm retired and could see the hearing firsthand in real-time.

[Ohioboy]

9. I wouldn't want to be any of the republicans in that hearing

History will show them to be total fools.

[lunatica]

10. Worse than that history will talk about the blight of the Republican party

This is the second time the Republican Party is shown to be corrupt to the core. First with Nixon and now with Trump. The party won’t survive this. It’s a yoke around their collective necks.

[Locrian]

11. does the hearing remind anyone else of the goodfellas ending?!

[lunatica]

12. I believe it's possible Cohn will get witness protection

and that all the talk about prison time is to deflect from this.

[lunatica]

13. Good responses!

[Mr.Bill]

14. And one day, if I live long enough

I will think of Michael Cohen the way I think of John Dean today.

He's a slimy piece of shit.

[lunatica]

15. In time we will be able to see how important Michael Cohen is

In reality he may have given that one important fact, whatever it may be, that will lead to Trump’s final and complete demise as a relevant individual.