Democrats reminded me of the country boy who shows up in the big city pool hall

[StarfishSaver]

claiming to not know anything about the game but once he gets the stakes high enough open his case and pulls out his two-piece custom-made pearl-handled monogram pool cue and proceeds to run table.

People were underestimating the Democrats all afternoon and then they whipped out their version of a two-piece custom-made pool cue, aka Barry Berke, who deftly wiped the floor with Lewandowski, took all his money and, just for fun, stole his drawers without removing his pants.

[George II]

1. "stole his drawers without removing his pants"

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. LOL! I'm glad they brought in a real expert to do the real questioning.

Although there are some very competent people on that committee, too often the politicians use these hearings as more of an opportunity to look important on TV (the GOPers are especially awful at it). But Lewandowski was not prepared to be pantsed by a pro like Berke.

[StarfishSaver]

3. Not only wasn't he prepared, he had been blowed into a false sense of security

He was so obnoxious and cocky - I hear he was tweeting during breaks.

Whoops.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. He was pimping a website for his Senate run

Link to tweet

TEXT
Corey R. Lewandowski
✔
@CLewandowski_

New website just launched to help a potential senate run. Sign up now! http://standwithcorey.com/
14K
2:54 PM - Sep 17, 2019

(and I believe was called about this during the hearing as this being one of the dangling rewards for his cooperation for being loyal )

The replies to the tweet are hilarious!

[babylonsister]

4. Haha! Love this. Who knew Berke was so talented? nt

[Leghorn21]

20. Hell, who knew Berke even existed??!

Not me!!

- but what a revelation he was!!!

[kentuck]

5. It's good to read something positive.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

21. Yes! Now Nadler needs to follow up and hold Corey in contempt.

Like first thing in the AM. Don't wait, don't ponder. Do it as close to act as humanly possible!

[Catch2.2]

24. Thats been their problem

They will wait and wait. Action needs to be now!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

28. It's just common sense. You react as close to a cause

as possible! It's been 5+ since Mueller report!

Its like if you punished a child a year after they did the deed. Loses gravity. They know you must not have thought it was too bad if you waited a year!

[StarfishSaver]

29. What would be the point of charging him with contempt now?

And what precisely occurred today that would be the basis for a contempt charge?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

34. Oh no, please tell me leadership is not against contempt

charges. Hope not.

[StarfishSaver]

36. I didn't say that

[Generic Brad]

6. You don't tug on Superman's cape

You don’t spit into the wind.

You don’t pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger and you don’t mess around with Dems.

[StarfishSaver]

14. You got the reference ...

You must also be of a certain age ...

[Generic Brad]

17. That I am

Jim Croce was a talent.

[StarfishSaver]

19. Gone way to soon

Loved him...

A hush fell over the poolroom as Jimmy come-a-boppin in off the street ... and when the cuttin' was done the only part that wasn't bloody was the soles of the big man's feet.

[lonely bird]

16. Pool shootin' Boy

By name of Willie McCoy.

[ChazInAz]

35. And I come

to get my money back.

[StarfishSaver]

37. And everybody say "Jack, dontcha know?"

[BlueMTexpat]

8. I love your

description!

[TwilightZone]

9. The naysayers should have stuck with the hearing.

A lot of posters bailed out early (or didn't watch), complained about it, and ended up missing the best part - and the entire reason the hearing was taking place.

[mcar]

10. As should the MSM

They were trashing Dems from minute 1, rather than actually watching and absorbing the entire hearing.

This is not reality TV. We need to make sure the MSM doesn't make it so.

[TwilightZone]

11. Agreed.

[mcar]

12. ...

[BigmanPigman]

15. That really pissed me off.

Cable news is not doing us any favors, just like the NY Times.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

22. I don't know. It did suck until the afternoon.

[BigmanPigman]

31. Yeah, up until the evening it was all

about how the Dems blew it again, blah, blah, blah. They really wrote a negative narrative. Then after they stopped showing it on the MSM it continued with questions from that other guy who really nailed him. After that info came into the networks they changed their tune and made the day's events less negative for the Dems.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

33. I know not a popular opinion but what they reported

in my mind was accurate. That said, the behavior of the Republicans was beyond adversarial. There was zero respect and zero decorum. Zero quest for any truth. Not even a glimpse of wonder...might trump have done something wrong? All they cared about was disrupting and slowing Nadler down with parliamentary questions, calls to adjourn and time wasting roll calls.

[BigmanPigman]

38. Their behavior reminded me of

my days teaching Elementary School.

[ecstatic]

13. I missed it. Glad to hear it ended well! nt

[bobbieinok]

18. From other sites I get feeling most just watched early part, decided dems got played by scofflaw jok

[pangaia]

23. so what happened?

[keithbvadu2]

25. After all those references, no one posted the song?

[MadDAsHell]

26. The only question that matters is "do swayable voters care?"

If you don't care enough to have already formed an opinion on Drumpf and his minions, you certainly aren't sitting down to watch a congressional hearing at 10am on a Tuesday.

The average swayable voter, of which there frankly aren't that many these days, probably doesn't even know who Corey Lewandowski is, let alone what is connection to Donald Trump might be.

And even if they did recognize the name, the vast majority of the US is working when these things are on. The only people setting aside the rest of their lives for a few hours to watch this live, or to follow along word for word online, are those who have already made up their mind on these issues, basically us and "them."

[Catch2.2]

27. This only matters if

The Dems actually do something. A good grilling at a hearing is pointless unless it's followed up with action. Impeachment should've started a long time ago. There needs to be action at this point!

[Hekate]

30. I was one of those people who watched a small sample in the morning & about tore my hair out

I could not bear to watch the ranking GOP member's theatrics and Lewandowski's contempt and back-talk. I had to turn it off and walk away.

Since then I have discovered that it got much, much better after Berke came on. Rachel's comments helped a lot, and her "free advice" was spot on (to let the prosecutor/lawyer have his half-hour block first thing and only then let the committee members have their 5 minutes each). I hope they listen to her.

[brush]

32. I don't know whose idea it was to bring in a professional prosecutor and give him 30 minutes...

but it was a great idea and was plainly needed because the 5 minute alternating set-up with the repugs grandstanding and discrediting everything was just not productive.

Berke calmly and determinitely eviscerated Lewandowskit with precise, unavoidable question that left the repug scumball sweating and squirming.

I loved it.

It's a new day with these hearing now with the insertion of a pro to do the questioning.

[soldierant]

39. Thank you for this.

I get it - I'm impatient too - but I am so, so discouraged at the disparagement of our party by people in it who are looking for a "do-something fix" (as a lawyer who comments elsewhere put it.) I do appreciate your laying our actual accomplishments.