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"The Witness May Not Refer to a Member of the Committee as Stupid"
Front Page ^ | April 10, 2019 | Daniel Greenfield

Posted on 04/10/2019 9:58:11 AM PDT by detective

House Democrats running a hearing on racism on social media was bound to be an embarrassing disaster. And that was before Rep. Ted Lieu, the most embarrassing House Dem not to be a CBC member, decided to run a gotcha routine on Candace Owens.

And before Rep. Nadler, trying to figure out how to monetize the post-Mueller landscape, decided to step in and defend him. That resulted in Nadler delivering a line that just begs for the Mark Twain treatment. "The witness may not refer to a member of the committee as stupid."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: lieu; nadler; owens
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To: detective

BTW the video of this hearing goes in my collection of videos to watch again and again.
:)


41 posted on 04/10/2019 10:45:22 AM PDT by Leep (It's.. (W)all or nothing..!)
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To: G Larry; All
"Dems are providing the fodder for their own defeat with all of this public stupidity."
"Never interrupt your enemy when he’s making a mistake," —possibly Napoleon Bonaparte.

42 posted on 04/10/2019 10:46:37 AM PDT by Amendment10
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To: detective

“Nadler just assumed, naturally, that she was calling Lieu stupid. Why he jumped to that conclusion is a question Lieu ought to ask him.”

Love it. LOL!


43 posted on 04/10/2019 10:47:37 AM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists call 'em what you will they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: detective

Oh how about saying “but I took an oath to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth”.

I guess it was better that she just toasted the moron by correcting him. But god that was a hanging slow pitch.


44 posted on 04/10/2019 10:48:00 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: detective

I’d agree with the Hon. Chairman, as no point is served in stating the obvious.


45 posted on 04/10/2019 10:48:11 AM PDT by Mr. Rabbit
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To: notloud

The Chairman exposed his sensitivity to the charge of stupidity. He heard the word and it startled him out of his snooze and he naturally felt personally wounded by the word.


46 posted on 04/10/2019 10:51:45 AM PDT by arthurus (6yu)
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To: detective
"The Witness May Not Refer to a Member of the Committee as Stupid"

Because if we allowed it, there'd be no time for any other testimony.

47 posted on 04/10/2019 10:52:42 AM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: a fool in paradise

And not terribly bright which the Chairman was fearful of that being exposed.


48 posted on 04/10/2019 10:53:46 AM PDT by arthurus (s)
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To: detective

Why not???

If the dunce cap fits...


49 posted on 04/10/2019 10:54:24 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Ruth Bader Ginsburg doctor is a taxidermist.)
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To: detective

‘Madam chairwoman, If this committee can restrict what I say, can it restrict what I think?’

“Of course not”

‘In that case I think you are an idiot’.


50 posted on 04/10/2019 10:56:28 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: detective

These anointed assholes forget who they work for.


51 posted on 04/10/2019 10:56:41 AM PDT by afterhoursarmory
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To: detective

how about cognitively challenged legislator with delusions of adequacy?


52 posted on 04/10/2019 10:56:55 AM PDT by Godzilla ( I just love the smell of COVFEFE in the morning . . . . .)
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To: G Larry

Dems are providing the fodder for their own defeat with all of this public stupidity.

yup


53 posted on 04/10/2019 10:58:08 AM PDT by samtheman (To steal an election, who do you collude with? Russians in Russia or Mexicans in California?)
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To: detective

referring to every stupid member as stupid would take all day.


54 posted on 04/10/2019 10:59:13 AM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Use Comey's Report; Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: Two Kids' Dad

I grab every sound clip and video clip I can to listen to her.
I really like her points and the way she presents the facts.


55 posted on 04/10/2019 11:17:19 AM PDT by Verbosus (/* No Comment */)
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To: detective

In my first career as a bank examiner, we were instructed to NEVER call someone a liar. The preferred method was to logically lay out clear fact such that the only conclusion that could possibly be reached was that a person was clearly a liar.

I know from personally using this method that it works, although in the political arena, the media could carve up such an exchange to promote a different conclusion.


56 posted on 04/10/2019 11:20:41 AM PDT by RatRipper
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To: Mr Rogers

All right minded people thought it.


57 posted on 04/10/2019 11:27:48 AM PDT by CaptainK ('No collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker')
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To: detective

Good on her. She dished it right back to these bloviating hypocrites.


58 posted on 04/10/2019 11:31:10 AM PDT by BadLands59
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To: detective

Lieu said he doesn’t know Ms. Owens.
He knows her now. What a coward.


59 posted on 04/10/2019 11:34:47 AM PDT by wardamneagle
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To: BitWielder1
Lieu quoted Owens out of context, misrepresented what she meant and Nadler failed to parse what Owens said and latched on to a trigger word instead.

Nadler shouldn't be blamed. After all, he was deafened by the dog-whistle.

60 posted on 04/10/2019 12:01:10 PM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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