[[The adults are finally getting a chance to speak.]]
Liberal hacks just had 23 hours of nonsense- and now they are out dominating the press giving interviews- so their nonsense will continue for days-
The media is going to be the media. If they covered Trump fairly, we would have never reached an impeachment hearing as the democrats have NO case. NO facts. No quid pro quo. NO crime. NOTHING.
I just finished watching it and it was effective, to the point, and addressed to the jury (not the media). Schiff’s case is weak and is geared to a sycophant media who will treat it like a kitten with milk.
At this point, the important people to whom this was addressed today were sitting in that room. The “jurors”.
Monday will be interesting because Trump and his team face a real stark choice at this point in the proceeding. They have “won” the case in the Senate, but will they put forth a case to the public and become aggressive or will they simply continue to answer the democrat charges point by point.
The “witness” question has pretty much been answered as the Senators do not want to remain locked down watching paint dry for many more weeks.
I am ready to see an aggressive attack from the Trump team on the whole process and the players. However, I also see the merits in a quick vote and dismissal and appreciate the arguments of some that “this” hearing might not be the forum in which to attack this farce.
Sadly, the second tact to just get it over with quickly will have to rely on the “King of Empty Promises” (aka Lindsey Graham) to actually hold hearings instead of make hollow threats and promises on Fox News. I have zero faith in Graham to do anything he has promised because he has done NOTHING to this point other than make promises.
Graham would do well to hold a single hearing and invite one person..... Devin Nunes, who cannot hold a hearing in the house as he is in the minority. He would do well to schedule a second hearing and request that Peter Schweizer appear to discuss what he found in his own book. Based on that, he can schedule Rudy to appear and put his cards on the table instead of teasing them as a follow-up to Schweizer.
Based on his history, Graham will not do any of this because he is part of the cover-up and I will no longer be fooled by him. I would love for him to prove me wrong, but I doubt he will.
Trump is no dummy and he has to be ticked off. I bet he sees the game Lindsey is playing just as we do. Trump is going to have to do the calculation above and I hope he follows his instincts and ATTACKS.
The republicans have 24 hours total to make their case. The house mangers presented their case with a 2 to 3 hour endless loop until time expired. I suspect Trump's lawyers will make better use of their time. I doubt they will even use all 24 hours allotted to them.