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Its not as outlandish as it could be.
Of all the excuses, defenses, distractions and outright non sequiturs President Trumps defenders deployed at Wednesdays first public impeachment hearing the whistleblower is biased! Hunter Biden is corrupt! Adam Schiff wanted nude photos of Trump! the most telling came from Steve Castor, the Republicans chief counsel, as he questioned Bill Taylor, Americas man in Kyiv.
Describing the irregular channel Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and his team of amigos used to coerce Ukraines president to announce investigations into Trumps political opponents, Castor asked Taylor: In fairness, this irregular channel of diplomacy, its not as outlandish as it could be is that correct?
Taylor seemed to think Castor was telling a joke. Its not as outlandish as it could be, he said with a laugh. I agree.
True! Giuliani could have conducted the entire scheme in drag. Or they could have threatened the Ukrainian president with a Nerf gun instead of merely withholding military aid. But Castor wasnt kidding. He defended his point at length, then asked again: It may be irregular, but its certainly not outlandish?
Taylor smiled, shook his head and nodded, as if to convey: Whatever you say.
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catbyte
(34,376 posts)Mike 03
(16,616 posts)Fox can spin yesterday's hearing all it wants but it was a gigantic embarrassment for the republicans. The witnesses and the Dems behaved with honor.
magicarpet
(14,145 posts).... it was just a standard/ordinary freak show.
Oh,.. thank goodness.
Fuck them.
gibraltar72
(7,503 posts)yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)"Alternative Facts" (KellyAnn Conway?)
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,331 posts)yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,000 posts)They want to pull out any random diversion to avoid the simple facts before them.