Some news from the Morrison deposition that will create more intrigue - Morrison says BOLTON had...

[demmiblue]

Some news from the Morrison deposition that will create more intrigue - Morrison says BOLTON had a one-on-one meeting with TRUMP about releasing Ukraine security assistance. Bolton told Morrison after Trump "wasn't ready to do it."

BOLTON also had very specific advice about what to do about anything SONDLAND-related: "Do not get involved, and make sure the lawyers are tracking."

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[GitRDun]

1. Do not get involved

and make sure the lawyers are tracking

is devastating as far as I am concerned.

[KentuckyWoman]

32. Especially coming from a turd like Bolton

How bad is this bunch of scoundrels when BOLTON is the "good guy"?

Damn.

[southerncrone]

44. Said the same thing when I first heard about this.

How insidious are these cretins if Bolton is the best of the lot!

[Thomas Hurt]

2. wtf does it say about the work environment if someone has to give that advice at all...

[tblue37]

42. And yet Bolton didn't blow any whistles then, nor is he whistling now. nt

[yonder]

3. "wasn't ready to do it."

This says a lot.

[babylonsister]

4. I really think Bolton needs to testify.

As much as I detest him, sounds like he has insight that needs sharing.

[brewens]

6. He might be a crackpot with an evil agenda, but that doesn't mean he's willing to perjur

himself for this bunch. If anything he's probably really pissed off at Trump. They had the chance to really get things going their way if he wasn't such a criminal.

[C_U_L8R]

5. It feels like the Trump is beginning to crumble.

Witnesses are coming forth, evidence is piling up and public opinion is massively in favor of impeachment/removal. Things are not getting better for Trump and his conspirators. They will face justice.

[groundloop]

17. All true...... But will the repub Senate do the right thing?

I read an interesting analysis yesterday which suggested that there were plenty of repub Senate votes to remove tRump -IF- the votes were secret.

The writer of that piece suggested that it MIGHT be possible to have a secret vote because the rules for the Senate hearing will only need 51 Senators to pass them. All it would take would be 3 or 4 repub Senators to hold out for a secret vote. There are a handful of repub Senators who are retiring, possibly a few of them might grow a spine. We also know that Romney is no fan of tRump, so he could possibly be one more.

Not holding my breath though.

[C_U_L8R]

24. Public opinion will sway them.

Republicans may be ignorant about many things but reading polls is not one.

[Volaris]

30. Or, they can do the electoral map math, and mcconnell can tell half of them...m

That 'day X would be the day to schedule those drs appointments' so that the president can be impeached by the democratic majority PRESENT ON THAT DAY.

And if that saves mcconnels own seat, you can bet your next paycheck his weasel reptilian ass will do exactly that.

[KentuckyWoman]

33. Mitch never allows it to come to a vote.

It won't matter what the Republicans want. It only matters what Mitch wants.

Although to be fair, I never thought we'd even get THIS far.

[Captain Zero]

39. My worry is this

Say there are four charges for impeachment. one quarter of the republicans could vote for one charge only, with none of the charges getting a conviction. Then each individual Republican could claim A vote FOR conviction, but, "hey sorry the one I voted for did not carry, Whoopsie, well darn it looks like none of them carried, how about that? " They would do something that manipulative I think.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

7. You KNOW you're in deep kimchi when John Bolton

is the voice of reason.

[OldRed2450]

8. Damn you! Now I want some Kimchi!

[Haggis for Breakfast]

9. You ACTUALLY eat that stuff ?

And people question MY sanity !!

[catbyte]

11. Come on, it's awesome! Especially fried and eaten with white rice.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

13. I could not eat that if I poured 100 year old Glen Morangie all over it.

I have Korean neighbors years ago. She made her own, from scratch. The smell was bad enough. One mouthful sent me to the loo.

. . . and the gas . . . would peel wall paper.

[catbyte]

18. I understand. It's definitely not for everyone. I feel the same way about goat cheese.

[erronis]

16. I used to get a gift of "Christmas Kimchi" from a nice Korean family

A whole gallon jar.

Specially fermented.

Tasted wonderful.

Then I learned that Christmas Kimchi meant that clams/oyster were added (raw) and fermented along with the cabbage, etc.

Tried it but couldn't convince other loved ones to join in. Still fermenting.....

[catbyte]

19. That might be a little too funky even for me.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

21. Ever tried Balut ?

Now THAT is funky !!

[albacore]

23. Once! I pride myself on trying any ethnic food. As I say... Once! nt

[catbyte]

26. No! It looks just a little too grotesque for me.

I had some Swedish neighbors once and they wanted me to try Surströmming. The second they opened the can and the smell hit my nose, I almost ralphed. It was horrendous. I never did get it close enough to my mouth to taste it.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

41. I had Norwegian friends in college

who loved Lutefisk. It's not worse than Surstromming, but it comes close. They soak it in LYE until it is the consistency of mush.
It hit my tongue and I could not tolerate it in my mouth for one more nanosecond. They were understanding, but the look on my face must have conveyed my terror, because they handed me a bowl (to spit it out into).

P/S HOW were you able to put that umlaut in there ? I don't know how to do that, which is embarrassing because I speak German.

[brush]

34. What is balut and where is it from?

[Haggis for Breakfast]

40. I'll explain, but you better be sitting down . . .

Balut is considered a delicacy in the Philippines. It is the fertilized egg of a bird (usually a duck), which is incubated for 14-21 days (and sometimes that means buried in the sand/ground), depending upon the local area custom, then steamed or boiled (or not), then eaten right from the shell.

It is not for the faint of heart.

[brush]

43. Oh! Not for everybody all right.

[panader0]

12. Haggis with a side of kimchi?

I'll pass.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

15. I may wait until Tuesday to eat . . .

anything.

[oldsoftie]

36. thank you.

[catbyte]

10. Too bad Congress can't pay him his fucking $2,000,000. Maybe THEN he'd do the right thing.

[Traildogbob]

14. GOP and Kochs will pay twice that to shut him up.

[ouija]

20. This is so bad

We are relying on John Bolton to put a dagger in Trump.

[Traildogbob]

22. Relying on Bolten

That is a hard one to swallow, right. Kinda like relying on him to not want war.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

25. No. We are not RELYING on Bolton. There is a ton of evidence. If Bolton is too coy he'll miss it.

He'll miss his moment to have a historic, prominent role in this drama.

If he plays too-hard-to-get he won't be called to testify and history will forget him, mostly.

[catbyte]

27. I agree. The arrogant usually do. It would just be fun to see them eating their own.

Plus, they'd have to stop bitching about "hearsay."

[wryter2000]

28. This sure makes Watergate look puny

Nixon never dreamed of doing anything like this.

[mahina]

29. What a stupid fucker

To do all these crimes and fully expect to get away with it?

[dawnie51]

31. The mistake Bolton and the pubs made.....

was thinking that Dump was going to help them enact their agenda. They didn't realize that Dump only cares about himself and what's going to put money in HIS pocket. He couldn 't care less about any of the shit they want to get done.

[paleotn]

38. That's a pretty good summation of this whole debacle.

[Mike Nelson]

35. Bolton is no prize, but...

... he is an American patriot. I doubt he would sell his soul to Saudi Arabia or Russia. He has some standards.

[paleotn]

37. This isn't Bolton's first rodeo.

Apparently, he knew this was amateur hour. A "drug deal." His advice to Morrison was sound.