Posted on 01/21/2020 3:39:53 PM PST by MAGAlady
The Senate impeachment trial hearings are really hard to watch. It is at once very grave and important…and utterly frivolous. It’s the equivalent of having the Archbishop of Canterbury perform a wedding service…for Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy.
It’s enraging to watch elected chambers of the U.S. government engaged in a grudge trial. Manager Adam Schiff, who appeared on CNN almost daily for months, emptily promising Russian collusion evidence, is the face of the prosecution. Manager Zoe Lofgren, who a colleague recently described as “a ham sandwich with hair,” is supposed to bring some gravitas to the proceedings because this is her third impeachment. All that proves is that she’s old, and we should have term limits.
President Trump’s legal team has performed admirably thus far. White House counsel Pat Cipollone and Trump’s personal attorney Jay Sekulow have presented the sober side of the affair, pointing out the ridiculousness of denying the president due process or the ability to question his accuser throughout the House impeachment process.
Ready Or Not, Dems Aren’t Ready The confusing narrative forwarded by Democrats thus far: we have overwhelming evidence that Trump is guilty, but we need to gather more evidence before we can move forward.
Expect more grandstanding. Democrats don’t have a case for impeachment, they never did. It’s easy to forget, given the lapse in time between the start of impeachment and today, from the moment Trump released the call transcript, there hasn’t been a case. Trump called their bluff. Pelosi and Schiff were so deep into their charade that they had to follow through.
This is why the proceedings are so painful. Listening to Manager Val Demings butcher basic words like “bogus” and “documents” is one thing. Her droning on for half an hour about State Department files that Democrats claim they need to successfully prosecute the case is another. It’s a lie. They know Republicans aren’t going to budge, so they claim that if they only had the documents, Trump would somehow be exposed as guilty.
The sheer gall of Demings to show an MSNBC clip of fraud king Lev Parnas in order to gird her position! What position, you ask? That ambassador Marie Yovanovitch’s removal was not due to her questionable behavior, such as illegally monitoring conservative journalists, but because she stood between Trump and his nefarious plans. It’s insulting.
The White House ✔ @WhiteHouse “The President was denied the right to cross-examine witnesses.
The President was denied the right to access evidence.
And the President was denied the right to have counsel present at hearings.
That's a trifecta—a trifecta that violates the Constitution of the United States."
At this hour, the hearings have devolved into arcane legal tiffs. I’d love to say it’s compelling or shocking or revelatory. I can’t. To paraphrase Devin Nunes, this is a replay of the low-budget sequel to “Muh Russia.” Day one drones on. Unfortunately, there’s plenty more to come.
They keep citing credible sources - MSNBC, NY Times, WaPo, LA Times...
Lofgren is especially dim
Just an aging Baby Boomer Bolshevik who used to hassle guys coming back from Vietnam in San Jose
She’s the original Hate Americans witch
Dear MAGAlady, If I may, I think you have it reversed. The doofuses laying out charges in the impeachment sessions in no way equal the Archbishop performing a Muppet wedding. To me, it’s more like one of the 3 Stooges marrying Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip. The incongruity is palpable.
I read the metaphor as the Archbishop was the impeachment and Kermit and Miss Piggy were the House Managers, I’m sure you can assign which ones
I didn’t know that, any chance you have a link? pre internet days
Claims the person who presumes to explain things to us.
Who asked you?
The female Representative from Florida.
“The Federal Office Of Information Act”
Ummmmmmm.....
It’s Freedom Of Information Act.
FOIA
And she was reading it.
She must be really old because the first impeachment was Andrew Johnson in 1868. The second was Clinton and now, this circus.
The GOP should just ask them “Did you let any defense witnesses in the House? Did you allow The President to defend himself or have any lawyers present in The House?”
Then how was that “fair”?
They should SEND THE ARTICLES RIGHT BACK DOWN TO THE HOUSE AND TELL THEM THEY WERE INADEQUATE!
This does NOT preclude them sending them back again, AND it NULLIFIES the impeachment!
They cannot say it’s partisan, because they can tell The House to fix it and send it back (if they choose)
But the Senate should not accept anything that had no input from the President as a defense- HOW CAN THEY HAVE A ‘TRIAL’ when only one side was presented?
She mentioned some impeachment of a federal judge
It didn't say presidential impeachments. Remember, judges get impeached also. Remember Alcee Hastings?
The biggest doofuse in England today if he hasn’t left is, Harry. Please noted he is no longer a prince just a blue collar stiff looking for a board seat in the Ukraine for any company. You Harry your wife ain’t all that attractive. You are a doofuse.
Nah, like you said, long ago - like ‘80s.
She used to work in “outreach” at San Jose State to “re-integrate” vets coming back from the war, heard it was more like re-education NVA style.
Nasty little creature. Spoiled brat from the Peninsula who went to Stanford back when it wasn’t so hard to get in.
Since his constitutional rights were violated, I wonder if he has recourse to sue the DNC,and slap on hate crimes charge as well, since, well they denined him rights out of hate!
Or maybe it's Groucho Marx saying to Chico, "Here are my principles. If you don't like them, I've got others."
Nahhh, there’s nothing more to come. Just more inane babbling.
If the Republicans give them even an inch worth of concessions I’ll never forgive them. I’m at the limit of what I can take of their constant capitulations. The dems deserve absolutely nothing but shame and scorn for this entire wasteful mess.
Val Demmings is a stupid bitch. As Sheriff of Orange County, FL, she had one, if not two, weapons stolen out of her car at different times.
She’s not qualified to be dog catcher.
BTW a person who had an association in all three investigations, Nixon, Clinton and now President Trump is no other than the hildabeast herself.
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