Posted on 01/21/2020 10:21:35 AM PST by Jim Robinson
Senate Impeachment Trial LIVE
Nah, they came prepared. They’re both wearing Xtra-fill Depends, but even those can only take so much of what the Democrat House managers have been off loading. They went looking for a dumpster they hadn’t used at an earlier break. . .
Business Insider — totally fake news. Several citations even mentioned in the July 25th President to President phone call, and also in today’s testimony gives the lie to this. Zelenskyy "we are just about ready to order more Javelins" which implies the current inventory has been depleted, and unless they’re using the casings for sewer pipes, they’ve been fired in the war zone, and, quoting the Ukrainian Defense Minister "Yes, the Javelins kill tanks. The Russians are scared of them!" implying they’ve been used to good effect, again in the war zone.
Storing inventory out of the combat zone is wise, concluding that means they don’t get moved to combat ares and used is stupid.
Historical note. The rule established in the 1868 Andrew Johnson impeachment allowed only water. In !958, during a judicial impeachment, Senator Everett Dirksen, then the "old man" of the Senate, was heard to opine he’d sure like to have a tall glass of milk. So, a hiatus in the proceedings were immediately called, and on a 95 to one abstention (Dirksen), there being on 96 Senators in 1958, the rules were changed to allow either water or "a tall glass of milk" during impeachment" trials.
See my post above.
As I understand it, they’re under a current ceasefire since March. . . which was why now was a good time to reconsider military aid levels. It’s also apparently why the previous Ukraine President failed to be re-elected. His negotiations left the Russians with a superior position to get the ceasefire. He was looked at as pro-Russian by many in Ukraine.
Only if your goal is winning an impeachment verdict from the Senate. What if it’s winning the next election by smearing the senators as part of the cover-up in a crime?
Is that you, Joe?
These so-called "lawyers" have forgotten their basic "Court Testimony 101" course rule: "Never ask a question from a witness in court for which you don’t already know the answer!"
They are asking the Senators to go fishing with them into hundreds of thousands of documents, hoping to pull out a treasure chest, and they want to be asking questions of new witnesses where they have no clue what responses they’re going to get!
It’s absurd on its bare face.
We are on the same page.
Anybody getting tired of these lame Democrat POWER POINTS all day?
Here is one they can use from 2012 ...........
Yep, my only exposure to the DNC talking points being pushed 24-7 is at the office where company computers default to MSN on the landing page when a browser is launched.
Such yellow journalism.
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"It reads like a classic organized crime shakedown. Shorn of its rambling character and in not so many words, this is the essence of what the president communicates. We’ve been very good to your country, very good. No other country has done as much as we have. But you know what? I don’t see much reciprocity here. I hear what you want. I have a favor I want from you though. And I’m going to say this only seven times so you better listen good.
I want you to make up dirt on my political opponent, understand. Lots of it. On this and on that. I’m going to put you in touch with people, not just any people, I am going to put you in touch with the attorney general of the United States, my Attorney General Bill Barr. He’s got the whole weight of the American law enforcement behind him. And I’m going to put you in touch with Rudy. You’re going to love him. Trust me.
You know what I’m asking. And so I’m only going to say this a few more times. In a few more ways. And by the way, don’t call me again. I’ll call you when you’ve done what I asked.
This is in sum and character what the president was trying to communicate with the president of Ukraine. It would be funny if it wasn’t such a graphic betrayal of the president’s oath of office. But as it does represent a real betrayal, there’s nothing the president says here that is in America’s interest after all."
The despicable chronic liar tried the same fairy-taling in thehouse circus, but was called out for it. Someone wake up Sekulow.
There was at least one case of a Ukrainian army ammo dump mysteriously blowning up. The stored in the west thing is a nothing burger.
Let’s not pretend this is anything other than an illegal unconstitutional coup attempt by Dems because they lost, it’s that simple. If we had an honest media we would be scorning their entire party for this shameful attack on our constitution.
I don't disagree. I want them to be short, but it doesn't mean they cannot use props to make the low info voters watching understand this disgrace.
Thanks for the excellent analysis!
It would be hilarious if it weren’t so sad.
I haven’t watched a minute of the Witch Hunt. I honestly can’t stand looking at Schiff & Nadler, never mind taking the time to listen to them. I’ll be voting for Donald Trump on 11/3/20, and absolutely nothing can change my mind.
What, no tea or coffee or other caffeinated beverages?
I think they are mainly wanting to establish that there is no Whiskey or other intoxicating substances.
yet, according to the House Democrat impeachment narrative, President Trump really wasn’t even looking for a real investigation and would have been satisfied with just the announcement that Ukraine was investigating Hunter Biden and Joe Biden!
Yeah, the Nadler theory. Nadler mumbled that a few times last night as he called the Senate treacherous. I guess Nadler can't decide whether he needs to stick with that ridiculous theory or go with "Republicans doing the bidding of Putin"
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