A portrait of a coward. Roberts will be remembered as a failure as CJ. America was built on many

strong and principled CJ and Justices who took bold positions to shape America. How Roberts sat there and listened to lies all day is beyond me. Many Federal Judges are known as behemoths not to be trifled with. Roberts, like the cowards all Republicans are, just sat meekly by as he watched the republicans ripped apart the constitution and the law with absurd arguments. As a trial lawyer, I would dare not make such ludicrous arguments in court. As the representative and arbiter of the Constitution, Roberts sat silent as the fabric of our legal system and Constitutional order was ripped to shreds. We are now officially a banana republic.

We Dems have seriously under estimated the hatred the right has towards liberals. We have let them

define and contort who we are to such an extent that people who most depend on liberal polices vote against their own interest. I’m not sure how being intelligent, moral and caring people has turned into “libtards”. I guess I do know, we have allowed Fox and RW media to shit all over us portraying us as weak, gun-hating baby murderers who want to take and redistribute rich people’s “things”. I know so many wealthy people who all say the same thing, liberals want to take their stuff and give it to lazy poor people who don’t want to work. That’s how we are seen. I mean it’s surreal to watch a Trump rally full of mostly poor white trash worship a man who wants to take away what little they have and give it to the rich. It’s a reverse Robin Hood syndrome. My neighbor is a neurosurgeon and was telling me about all the people she sees in her office who just want something for nothing. All the while, her practice is mostly dealing with people who had an accident and were referred to her by accident attorneys and she performs surgery on them to hike the value of the their cases. Everything is upside down. We will never recover as a nation though as long as Fox continues it’s war on liberals. I wish I lived in Canada. The USA is an ugly place these days and for the first time in my life I am ashamed to be an American. Sorry for the all over the place rant.

I suspect the impeachment rules prohibit objections. I haven't watched the trial because I stomach

the lies. If objections were permitted I suspect the Republicans would have disrupted the Dems presentation like they tried to do in the House impeachment hearings. However, while I’m sure Roberts doesn’t want to put his thumb on scale, the Constitution provides that the Chief Justice of SCOTUS “preside” over the trial. In my view that gives him broad authority to do what he wants. I don’t practice in Federal court other than bankruptcy proceedings, but Federal judges can do pretty much whatever they want. Roberts sitting silent while Republicans spew lie after lie is disturbing. You are correct, Republican arguments over process are not disputes over the facts for a jury to determine. They are just lies that subvert the rule of law, our democracy and Roberts not correcting the record or calling out the Republicans is unforgivable. He is doing as much damage to our country as the Republicans. Roberts is as complicit as the Republicans at this point. Roberts could do so much to restore confidence in our legal system but chooses not to. If he called out the lies being told about the process the Republicans could do nothing, zero about it. Like Trump, Roberts is untouchable. Dems aren’t going to agree to impeachment proceedings against him for calling out Republican lies so why he sits silent is a testament of what a coward he is.

I hate him as much as anyone, but, incredibly, hate McConnell even more. That's a whole lot of hate.

Now consider that Magats hate us as much, well that’s a whole lotta hate and spells doom for our country. Never thought I would envy Canadians.

recentmy read a post somewhere, I think on DU, from Yale psychiatrist who said when people are

removed from cultist like surroundings, when that stimulus is removed they snapped back to normal. There will be a day when Republicans look back at their actions and say what the “F” was I doing. Hopefully they will be out of office or better yet behind bars. They are living in a sick, demented Fox fueled bubble of fantasy and lies. To see the likes of Senators Johnson and Graham etc. spew complete and utter nonsense and Russian propaganda and burying their noses up Trump’s ass is difficult to believe yet everyday it gets worse. This insanity must snap at some point and stoking a war with Iran may just be the last straw. Here we go again, Republicans get in trouble and they play the fear card. I don’t see Americans buying the we have to fear Iran and when American serviceman start dying there is one person to blame, their messiah Trump.

And the ultimate justification I have heard them them use, "It's God's will" that Trump is President

I heard this from a very good Christian woman right after he was elected. I never quite understood how such a good, decent woman could support Trump. They profess to believe God made Trump President for a reason but don’t apply the same reasoning to issues they don’t like. Well if God made Trump president then God made people to be LGBT, made abortion doctors etc. If they are right that God made Trump for a reason, let’s hope that reason is to bury these far-right radicals forever. That after Trump there will be a progressive revolution that will fix the structural problems with America. That America will never again be held hostage by these Republican terrorists. If God’s hand is in this mess we are in then conservatism is finished forever and American will emerge a better nation. So let’s hope God made Trump President for a reason, to destroy the Republican Party.

Stay strong and positive. We will outlast these traitors and bastards and I'm sure we all feel this

way at some point. In the end, evil always loses and the liberal backlash when he is gone will be severe. They will pay, vengeance will be sweet. There will be no turning the other cheek when this group of traitors is gone. We will see justice done. We will pick each other up and if you don’t have the strength to carry on the fight rest assured we will not stop by until Republicans pay for their actions. Take care of yourself, we are all here to help and support one another in the days to come. We wil force America to correct course, we must.

What dumb-fuckary is this idiot babbling about?

Yes I know there are Dems in these states. I guess there were anti-Nazis in Germany as well but I

look back at Nazi Germany with hatred. I’m sure there are Republicans who hate Trump but who cares, I can’t stand Republicans. I can say, I do feel sad for people who live in these ass backwards states who are Dems. I live in NJ a solid Dem State but my district is a solid R district and I hate my ass backward district, but like the Dems in my district. I see nothing inconsistent or wrong with that. I hate West Virginia, Kansas etc. but feel sorry for Des who live there. But we live with our choices. I live in a R district so I live with those consequences. And yes I have zero doubt that I am superior to those traitors who vote republican where ever they live. Some of my family are Republicans and they are ignorant tools and I am superior to them in every way. I can hate a red state but that doesn’t mean I hate Dems who live there. Let’s cut this political correctness shit. Our country is at risk. I am an equal opportunity hater of Republicans, I hate them everywhere and will fight them to my dying breathe.

I love Swawell but stop speaking legally. Look at the Rs and point to them like Wolfson started to

do and say “shame on you Rs, you impeached Clinton about lying about a consensual, private sex act a s here you are today defending Trump who we know broke the law when he paid off Stormy Daniels. I any of you have any shame? Would any of you leave your wife or daughter alone in the room with this predator? What dirt has does this man have on you to violate your oath of office? How dare you sit there and lie to the American people, you may get away with it today, but 10 years from now you will be viewed as cuckolds and cowards who relentlessly pursued the Clinton’s and Obama’s while you helped the most vile, vain, immoral, despicable person to ever sit in the Oval Office destroy our country”. Say something like that to their face. Nice you start reciting actual statutes you lose half the audience. Speak in PLAIN SIMPLE ENGLISH. Christ, I am a criminal defense attorney and rarely have heard the term “ honest services” crimes. Just say he is I liar, a cheat, a briber, a conspirator, a traitor etc. and make up some shit Joe six-pack can understand.