Amazing how they still think they get to dictate terms . . .
I want something else to be public: it starts with “h” and ends in “ing” and has the same number of letters.
After due process, of course....
Slick Willy has always been a master of turning the tables on anyone who rightly calls him out for his wrongdoing... putting on a “poor me, they’re just picking on me for partisan reasons” act. And the sad thing is that his shtick usually works for him.
I would grant the two of them a thick, smooth rope that does not chafe at the neck. That’s as far as I go.
“Historically, state execution hangings utilized specialized, high-quality ropes designed for strength and reliability. The most common type was high-quality hemp rope (often Manila hemp), specifically chosen for its durability and resistance to stretching.”
“These ropes were typically, but not always, boiled to remove stiffness and sometimes treated with tallow or oil to ensure a smooth, quick drop. The rope was designed for a non-jamming, running knot.”
Kentucky Historical Society. Kentucky.gov
In the movie Infamous (2006) about Truman Capote and his close lifelong friend the To Kill A Mockingbird author Harper Lee (played by Sandra Bullock, highly praised for her acting as “she creates a bracingly sturdy character of this plain-speaking, unfussy woman amid a cardboard gallery of flashy sophisticates.”) researching the two murderers in Kansas, the Jeff Daniels character seemed to see the first of the two execution deaths took about 30 minutes on his wristwatch before the doctor declared the first hanged man was finally dead.
Here’s hoping that the portrait of Bill Clinton in a dress is in the room while he is being questioned by the committee. And that somebody asks him about it.
Clinton just issued a threat.
Check our what’s going on the UK with Mandelson.
This is all related.
I’m surprised that Comer would want it private. I think it’s best to be in front of an audience for all to see. Clinton was impeached because we saw him lie during a deposition with our own eyes. Had it been private, he might never have been impeached.