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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
(130,160 posts)elleng
(131,466 posts)You too, BRDS???
BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)and I know *I* am operating on vapors.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,598 posts)I don't know how you get those links and everything up so fast and consistent.
Thank you for ALL of this!
BumRushDaShow
(130,160 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
(34,543 posts)BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)Mersky
(4,986 posts)That has been proved.
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And thats one of the offenses, that has been proved.
H2O Man
(73,715 posts)Adam Schiff is great. I am so impressed!
Mersky
(4,986 posts)That have been proved.
BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)Mersky
(4,986 posts)Is a powerful argument hes making.
BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)It basically would be the breakdown of the co-equal branches.
BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)hlthe2b
(102,589 posts)BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)hlthe2b
(102,589 posts)SergeStorms
(19,208 posts)It'll be difficult gaining traction with their usual lame-ass excuses now.
BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)Mersky
(4,986 posts)Twice during those points.
Mersky
(4,986 posts)No more than its his place to tell you how to conduct a trial in the Senate.
(Paraphrased that)
BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,042 posts)nolabear
(42,009 posts)Pachamama
(16,888 posts)Completely agree
nolabear
(42,009 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
(130,160 posts)"I only hate what he as done to this country. I grieve for what he has done to this country"
Mersky
(4,986 posts)Lol, ha. Call them out, Schiff!
...
But for the whistleblower he wouldnt have gotten caught.
BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)Mersky
(4,986 posts)nolabear
(42,009 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
(10,191 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
(10,692 posts)BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)Mersky
(4,986 posts)BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)Mersky
(4,986 posts)Schiff! Yay!!!
BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)Mersky
(4,986 posts)then he couldnt have done it.
(audible laughter in the chamber)
Pachamama
(16,888 posts)What exactly was that in response to?
Mersky
(4,986 posts)Are the loudest chuckles Ive heard thus far.
bullwinkle428
(20,631 posts)to accommodate all of the new assholes that Adam Schiff is in the process of tearing him!
Blaukraut
(5,695 posts)BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)either in their House rebuttals and on TV.
LiberalFighter
(51,405 posts)They didn't have a choice. But Sekolow and others had poor strategy.
BumRushDaShow
(130,160 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
(130,160 posts)H2O Man
(73,715 posts)BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)elleng
(131,466 posts)Mersky
(4,986 posts)BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)dweller
(23,714 posts)😜
✌🏼
i know you meant 'and' not 'or'
gademocrat7
(10,692 posts)nolabear
(42,009 posts)My GOD he's good.
And the staff is magnificent!!!
So glad he raised that from todays reporting.
Mersky
(4,986 posts)It comes from disagreeing with our friends.
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That comment gave me chills.
elleng
(131,466 posts)Goldwater and Baker
BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)(where he was part of the House inquiry for Nixon)
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,598 posts)BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)where the Senate would still have the power to overrule him.
BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)(quoting Thomas Payne)
Mersky
(4,986 posts)(laughter in the chamber)
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,598 posts)Mersky
(4,986 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
(42,009 posts)Because, DAMN.
BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)"Russia has trial by telephone. Do we have "trial by telephone"?
femmedem
(8,213 posts)BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)elleng
(131,466 posts)BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)blogslut
(38,026 posts)Adam Schiff is fighting, pleading for America.
gademocrat7
(10,692 posts)Blaukraut
(5,695 posts)I'm worn out, sad, in despair, and still, Adam Schiff manages to give me that little glimmer of hope.
Mersky
(4,986 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
(16,888 posts)Whoa
Mersky
(4,986 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
(42,009 posts)We are lucky as hell to have them.
gademocrat7
(10,692 posts)They are simply the best.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,598 posts)May it stir a few cold, cold hearts.
BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)(and I ain't covering that... )
Lonestarblue
(10,191 posts)Your summaries and clios really helped me keep up when I could not watch. Go pour yourself a great glass of wine!
BumRushDaShow
(130,160 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
(23,714 posts)for saturday morning cartoons 😜
fitting
✌🏼
BumRushDaShow
(130,160 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
(36,248 posts)flamingdem
(39,342 posts)BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)(I won't be able to do this tomorrow)
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,598 posts)BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)Mersky
(4,986 posts)Get some rest! You deserve it!
You are so good at this!
BumRushDaShow
(130,160 posts)Mersky
(4,986 posts)Get some rest, friend.
beveeheart
(1,373 posts)I watched as much as I could which was a lot, but relied on you to catch me up when I couldn't.