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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums****LIVE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL 1/24/20 THREAD 4****
Thread 1 - https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212904989
Thread 2 - https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212905529
Thread 3 - https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212905989
BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)elleng
(130,956 posts)You too, BRDS???
BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)and I know *I* am operating on vapors.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,349 posts)I don't know how you get those links and everything up so fast and consistent.
Thank you for ALL of this!
BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)Have lots of tabs running and start setting up the next one when the current thread gets to around 75 replies.
better
(884 posts)spooky3
(34,456 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)Mersky
(4,982 posts)That has been proved.
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And thats one of the offenses, that has been proved.
H2O Man
(73,558 posts)Adam Schiff is great. I am so impressed!
Mersky
(4,982 posts)That have been proved.
BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)Mersky
(4,982 posts)Is a powerful argument hes making.
BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)It basically would be the breakdown of the co-equal branches.
BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)hlthe2b
(102,285 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)hlthe2b
(102,285 posts)SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)It'll be difficult gaining traction with their usual lame-ass excuses now.
BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)Mersky
(4,982 posts)Twice during those points.
Mersky
(4,982 posts)No more than its his place to tell you how to conduct a trial in the Senate.
(Paraphrased that)
BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,721 posts)nolabear
(41,984 posts)Pachamama
(16,887 posts)Completely agree
nolabear
(41,984 posts)They're predictable and ridiculous, only used to distract and badger.
PlanetBev
(4,104 posts)Schiff calling out the Republicans bullshit ahead of time is pure genius. I love this man. Proud to be a Democrat and a Californian. He represents a district about 45 minutes east of me.
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)PlanetBev
(4,104 posts)Its a fucking Vegas buffet...
BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)"I only hate what he as done to this country. I grieve for what he has done to this country"
Mersky
(4,982 posts)Lol, ha. Call them out, Schiff!
...
But for the whistleblower he wouldnt have gotten caught.
BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)Mersky
(4,982 posts)nolabear
(41,984 posts)I swear they give me hope.
slingsam
(370 posts)He does have a way with words....but he has an amazing way with facts.
Cipillone and Sekulow should be done by 11AM
Lonestarblue
(10,011 posts)And in any other environment, a rapid conviction should follow. This Republican Senate, however, prefers utter corruption to preserving democracy. I suspect that McConnell has promised them re-election by whatever means needed if they stick with him. I think the impeachment managers know that Republicans are not listeningthey are playing to a broader audience of November voters. I just hope enough voters are paying attention.
gademocrat7
(10,659 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)Mersky
(4,982 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)Mersky
(4,982 posts)Schiff! Yay!!!
BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)Mersky
(4,982 posts)then he couldnt have done it.
(audible laughter in the chamber)
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)What exactly was that in response to?
Mersky
(4,982 posts)Are the loudest chuckles Ive heard thus far.
bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)to accommodate all of the new assholes that Adam Schiff is in the process of tearing him!
Blaukraut
(5,693 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)either in their House rebuttals and on TV.
LiberalFighter
(50,942 posts)They didn't have a choice. But Sekolow and others had poor strategy.
BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)when no intellectually astute lawyer would have touched this case with a 10ft pole.
It was to the point where even Dershowitz has gone around on the media claiming that he "wasn't part of the President's legal team" and that he was just there as what is basically an "expert witness" (on the Constitution).
BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)H2O Man
(73,558 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)elleng
(130,956 posts)Mersky
(4,982 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)dweller
(23,641 posts)😜
✌🏼
i know you meant 'and' not 'or'
gademocrat7
(10,659 posts)nolabear
(41,984 posts)My GOD he's good.
And the staff is magnificent!!!
So glad he raised that from todays reporting.
Mersky
(4,982 posts)It comes from disagreeing with our friends.
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That comment gave me chills.
elleng
(130,956 posts)Goldwater and Baker
BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)(where he was part of the House inquiry for Nixon)
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,349 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)where the Senate would still have the power to overrule him.
BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)(quoting Thomas Payne)
Mersky
(4,982 posts)(laughter in the chamber)
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,349 posts)Mersky
(4,982 posts)Whats gotten me is how genuine the laughter has been.
The timing of it... from quiet and demurring to earnest belly chuckling. They were listening.
nolabear
(41,984 posts)Because, DAMN.
BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)"Russia has trial by telephone. Do we have "trial by telephone"?
femmedem
(8,203 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)elleng
(130,956 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)blogslut
(38,001 posts)Adam Schiff is fighting, pleading for America.
gademocrat7
(10,659 posts)Blaukraut
(5,693 posts)I'm worn out, sad, in despair, and still, Adam Schiff manages to give me that little glimmer of hope.
Mersky
(4,982 posts)I had no idea, whoa.
Hes basically asking them, do you really want to be like Russia?
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That segment also gave me chills.
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)Whoa
Mersky
(4,982 posts)I think of the Russian legal code as fitting roughly in the same amount of space as my set of Harry Potter books. And have been appalled at the lenient sentences for domestic violence, etc. I hadnt heard about the trial by telephone aspect.
nolabear
(41,984 posts)We are lucky as hell to have them.
gademocrat7
(10,659 posts)They are simply the best.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,349 posts)May it stir a few cold, cold hearts.
BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)(and I ain't covering that... )
Lonestarblue
(10,011 posts)Your summaries and clios really helped me keep up when I could not watch. Go pour yourself a great glass of wine!
BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)Been there done that during the Clinton impeachment and wanted to be able to watch this "live, gavel to gavel" now that I am retired and have the time.
dweller
(23,641 posts)for saturday morning cartoons 😜
fitting
✌🏼
BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)I think it was Tweety earlier this evening mentioning something that everyone knows - Saturday is one of television's "least watched" days of the week!
ancianita
(36,060 posts)flamingdem
(39,313 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)(I won't be able to do this tomorrow)
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,349 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)Mersky
(4,982 posts)Get some rest! You deserve it!
You are so good at this!
BumRushDaShow
(129,065 posts)Mersky
(4,982 posts)Get some rest, friend.
beveeheart
(1,369 posts)I watched as much as I could which was a lot, but relied on you to catch me up when I couldn't.