Jerry Nadler's taken a lot of hits on DU for not being as smooth and crisp as Adam Schiff

[StarfishSaver]

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But over the past few days, he's proven he's just as much a badass.

The Democratic team is doing us proud!

[pwb]

1. I like the guy.

Must have missed all those hits. I ignore a lot on here, that must be them.

[gordianot]

2. It takes a lot of self control to listen to Republican denial and hypocrisy and not lose it.

Anyone who can show that much self control should be lauded. To merely be in the same room with Gohmert deserves a medal for self control.

[Cracklin Charlie]

19. Collins needs a punch.

And he’s so close by to the chairman.

Serious restraint, Nadler has.

[gordianot]

26. Even laughing at them is a breach of House rules.

A few quick insults are in order.

[Cracklin Charlie]

27. Really?

Caused I breached the House rules 1000x last night!

[gordianot]

53. They need to drop the Gentlemen and Gentlewomen for "not so gentle assholes".

[RockaFowler]

3. He played their game last night

He let them get all of their whining out and then he sprung it on them.

Collins can sure dish it out but he can't take it.

And they say women are emotional!!

[Hortensis]

4. LA Times has a great picture of Nadler waiting out

Doug Collins' acting out Schiff-style. It won' tpost open, unfortunately, but my husband and I got a big kick out of it. We're CA transplants, and Collins, very sad to say, is our GA congressman.

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[Lars39]

6. Collins has that Southern Baptist preacher face on

Sure to stoke Trump’s base.
Nadler has extreme patience.

[Hortensis]

8. It's my favorite picture ever of You're-Going-To-Hell-Collins,

as we refer to Pastor Collins, and Nadler is the very picture of someone wishing the Angel of Death would hurry up and take him.

[safeinOhio]

13. Jesus strikes again.

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they shall be satisfied.

[NCjack]

18. Collins' look (as typical of RW evangos) makes me think he is on the toilet,

determined to force out a turd with a diameter 2X that of his anus.

[CatWoman]

20. ....

[gopiscrap]

30. Love it

[dalton99a]

34. A keeper.

[saidsimplesimon]

39. Mr. Nadler is awesome.

He looks so "pale" in this screen shot.

[Bob Loblaw]

47. He looks like one of those guys

who is trying to get people to send money to him so Jaysus will save their soul.

[Aviation Pro]

21. This is a meme waiting to happen

Here's one.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

59. that is beautiful!

[pangaia]

41. WOUld be a good ad for any dem

"Here you have, on the left, a Democrat. On the right, a Republican."

Take your pick and vote.

[Maeve]

5. He is not in the most robust of health

He's 71, and has suffered from obesity much of his life (he lost 100 since surgery in 2003, if I remember correctly). But he's a good man doing a difficult job.

[George II]

24. We were classmates in High School, I don't remember him being as heavy as he was....

....years ago. But he's lost a lot judging by some of the videos we've seen of him the last week or so.

I don't know where he gets the energy, I'm only about 150 and I don't know if I could have kept the schedule he has this week.

[saidsimplesimon]

25. Thank you Maeve

I have not followed Representative Nadler's personal struggles with obesity. He is to be admired for standing up and getting the vote done.

[DFW]

36. Check out photos of him during the Clinton impeachment

He was pretty bloated. Jerry will be the first one to tell you how necessary the surgery was.

[saidsimplesimon]

42. May he rise above his physical limitations,

and enjoy a life without regrets.

[Bettie]

7. I think he looks less effective

because the desperation level of the Republicans has ratcheted up and they are so far off the rails they can no longer even see them.

[StarfishSaver]

10. The Republicans on Judiciary are different than those on Intelligence

Less serious, more partisan, much more prone to showboating and hysterics. They're more difficult to manage. Nadler's dealing with a considerably more corrigible group than Schiff is, so he comes off as less effective.

[Bettie]

12. That is true and they are also just ramping up the

hysteria in any case.

I can't imagine how stupid someone would have to be to watch them and say "YES! That's the behavior I love to see in my elected representatives!".

[crickets]

28. You and Bettie both make a good point.

There's much less discipline among the Judiciary Repubs. Almost all of them turned up the angry rhetoric to 11. Yikes, I don't know how any of the Majority got through it without a mute button.

[chia]

58. Interesting, thank you

[flor-de-jasmim]

9. Definitely agree.

Sorry, Chairman Nadler. I admit to having had some doubts, but you have proven me wrong.

I listened to TOO MANY hours of the proceedings yesterday. I am proud of all of our Democratic representatives, who spoke with clarity, coherence and eloquence.

[crickets]

29. Agreed! nt

[malaise]

11. +1,000

I want no part of the divide and rule- go Dems!
By the way Swallwell also rocks!

[PCIntern]

14. I think Swallwell is the future

He is terrific.

[malaise]

15. WaterMan also likes him

[RVN VET71]

16. If there is a future

it will be led by Swalwell and people of his calibre.

But it's kind of a big "if".

Boris Johnson just won a landslide victory in the U.K., and it makes me wonder how much certainty any of us can have about Trump in 2020. Everyone here knows what a monster Trump is and I pray we're not alone, a choir singing to itself. But It looked, didn't it, like Johnson was going down? Like the good and wise and well informed and thoughtful voters of the U.K. would vote his sad and saggy are out of government? When push came to shove, they voted to keep him rather than to risk a change that might well have been the last chance to save the U.K. from coming apart at the seams.

So, yep, I'm feeling way out of sorts this morning and may be hitting my Guinness Stout before, during, and after lunch.

[McKim]

32. This Made Me Very Very Sad

I still have trouble believing that Brits voted themselves out of better public transportation, free university education, help for families caring for their elderly and all the goodies they were offered. Instead they chose to isolate on their island and enjoy the buffoon clown show. Johnson is right out of the British Vaudeville tradition!!!!!

[saidsimplesimon]

37. I share your "Sad".

Apparently, we are in the minority. More cowbell is in vogue.

[marieo1]

44. Creeps be Gone forever!!

Oh, boy.............I couldn't believe it when I read Boris Johnson won!!! I thought he was out for good!! It makes me wonder if the same people that wanted our dingbat DJT in office helped Johnson win. We will never know the circumstances behind both of these idiots getting elected (maybe Russia). I just hope the sane people in the USA will get rid of all these creeps at least in the USA!! Go Adam Schiff, Jerry Nadler, Pelosi, Swalwell and the rest will continue to fight for us!!

[cwydro]

17. Agree.

[George II]

22. Yes indeed he is! I was a little worried that he was slowing down.....

.....after one of the hearings of a month or so ago where he seemed a little flustered a couple of times.

He has been spectacular last week and this week. Yes, he's a badass, just ignoring most of the crap the republicans have been throwing at him Wednesday night and today.

[Mersky]

23. I liked Nadler before the hearings, and I like him even more now.

He's pretty freakin' good at staying on tip through all the republicans' shenanigans. I like his serious thoughtfulness, as opposed to the repugs uniform insincerity and open betrayal of their oath.

[McKim]

31. He Has His Own Style

He has his own style, old school honest, integrity, grit and not tolerating BS. We have been way too influenced by advertising and looksism. I don’t care about personality or like-ability but for substance. Don’t get caught up with personality.

[Rene]

33. Yesss I love Rep Nadler

[marieo1]

35. Different Style

I like Jerry Nadler a lot. He is doing a great job. He just has a different style than Adam Schiff but is doing a great job!!

[BlueIdaho]

38. I heard much handwringing about Nadler

DU, yes - but more from the M$M. I thought he was masterful - especially his “surprise” gaveling last night. I thought the high profile Trump bootlickers were going to shit a brick.

Well done Congressman, well done.

[DFW]

40. I agree completely. But: any accusations of objectivity on my part are without foundation

I've known Jerry for years, so don't bother accusing me of having bias. I'll save you the trouble: I confess.

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[StarfishSaver]

45. Cool. Which one are you?

[DFW]

54. I'll give you a hint

I am not the editor of The Nation (Katrina is). I was never head of Planned Parenthood (Cecile was). And...I am definitely not Jerry.

so, by process of elimination.................

[StarfishSaver]

55. Lol! Well if you put it that way ...

Got it! Cool pic!

[DFW]

57. There was a LOT of candlepower there that evening

I usually can never make these things, as I usually can't go running over to North America every time someone wants to celebrate something. But this one time, it was in Washington, and I WAS going to be in Washington that day. The weekly that Katrina edits, The Nation, is the country's oldest continually published political magazine, and she knows EVERYBODY. The Nation was founded right after Lincoln's assassination in 1865.

My brother drove. He, my wife and I got there early. Katrina greeted us at the door, and I figured, this being Washington, maybe a few other people I knew or recognized might show up. A few???? I turned out to be one of the token nobodies invited. Mostly, there were somebodies!

Here is a partial list I remember off the top of my head: E.J Dionne, Eleanor Clift, Dennis Kucinich, Raúl Grijalva, Elizabeth Warren, Jerry, Rev. William Barber, Cecile, Stephanie Schriock, John Nichols. Give me some time, and I might remember the rest. My coolest accomplishment that night was asking Rev. Barber if he had been approached to speak at the Democratic Convention the next year (2016). He said he had not. I asked him if he'd be willing, and he said he'd be honored. I contacted a friend who was DNC treasurer, and the next thing I knew, Barber was going to be speaking at the Convention!

[Mike 03]

43. Really appreciate this post.

Some of that criticism of Nadler rubbed me the wrong way. They all can't be Adam Schiff. But each of our Dems has certain gifts and strengths and they are all working around the clock and deserve our gratitude. They've accomplished an incredible amount in a short period of time. The immense stress has probably (hopefully not) taken a few years off of their lives.

[StarfishSaver]

46. I had to remind people a few times that there's much more to being a committee chairman than having

press conferences and presiding over high profile hearings. Schiff is outstanding but Nadler is also one of the best. That's why Pelosi put him there.

He got a bad rap, but the last few days, he's shown us why he's there.

[Baked Potato]

48. I appreciate him, immensely

[KPN]

49. Jerry Nadler's a good man. A great progressive. I'm happy with the job he's doing, including as

chair of the House Judicial Committee.

[lunatica]

50. Critics who want to feel superior tend

to think everything is some sort of competition where people’s differences are seen as making them losers and/or winners in some game in which the critics are the arbitrators. Someone must always end up at the top and someone must always end up at the bottom of the game. Critics actually think they’re of such high caliber themselves that they can stand in judgement of people who are much better than they are.

It’s quite tiresome.

Unfortunately it’s an American pastime.

[riversedge]

51. Not from me. Nadler knows his stuff and He is good.

[samnsara]

52. i like him! I thought he did a great job. hes not steely cold like Adam but I sure..

...wouldnt want him cross with me.

[HAB911]

56. A difference of style and appearance is not a deficit

He did a great job

[Hermit-The-Prog]

60. the whole team! ...

I couldn't sit there as they did, responding to disinformation and distraction, over and over, with facts. They did it for hours!

[Alwaysna]

61. I give Jerry Nadler a great deal of respect. He sits between Nunes and Collins with a gavel

And hasn't popped either one on the noggin.

[wryter2000]

62. Good job

You could tell how frustrated the Republicans were, especially when he ended things suddenly last night. He ended their nonsense after giving them enough time to demonstrate what assholes they were being.

I wish all of them would lose their seats next year. I never want to see some of their faces or hear their voices ever again.

[flibbitygiblets]

63. Trump hasn't even given Nadler a childish nickname

Sad-ler perhaps? Bad-ler? Stark raving Mad-ler?

100's of tweets in the past day alone, and no dumb nicknames? Maybe Dump's in a coma and has his ghost-tweeters on duty?

[FeelingBlue]

64. Both of them

Demonstrated enormous discipline and self control. I could not have tolerated the nonsense that the Republicans threw at him.

[Thekaspervote]

65. Stop bashing our great dem leaders!!