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It begins.
Author: Raine    Date: 11/13/2019 13:58:50

Today is the beginning of the open testimony in the tRump impeachment inquiry. I'll admit it, I am nervous.

I have full expectations that the Republicans will pull as many stunts as they can get away with. They are clearly in total denial that the occupant of the White house admitted to extorting the President of Ukraine for political purposes.

Law professor Joyce Vance writes in Time magazine that all of the defenses the administration and supports have thrown at the wall will fail. For Example, that claim that the call to the leader of Ukraine was "perfect":
The Reality: Despite what Trump has claimed repeatedly, anyone who followed the president’s directive to “read the transcript”— actually a memo of the conversation that at least one witness has told Congress excluded some pertinent information — knows that even this sanitized version of the President’s call exposes the scheme to public view. Rudy Giuliani, Energy Secretary Rick Perry, and Trump appointees Ambassador to the E.U. Gordon Sondland and Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker worked toward the call where Trump would tell Zelensky, “I would like you to do us a favor” and ask for the announcement of an investigation that everyone now knows was about Joe Biden and his son. Trump was intent on extracting the favor before he would permit the purchase of American military equipment and release over $400 million in aid to Ukraine, which suffered the loss of 13,000 people in five years during the conflict with Russia, and agree to meet with Zelensky. Far from a perfect call, it was a scheme to have a foreign country intervene in our election. It was so far off the mark that when White House officials learned about it, they stashed the record of it on a highly classified server, apparently in hopes it wouldn’t come to light. You don’t have to cover up legitimate government operations.


What amazes me most this morning is that this is the second time in my adult life that we are witnessing a president facing impeachment. We've been told that this somber occasion is a rarity, and it is. For the good of our Nation's future, I hope it is the last in my lifetime.

So, here we go.

and

Raine
 
 

37 comments (Latest Comment: 11/13/2019 20:07:50 by BobR)
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Comment by wickedpam on 11/13/2019 14:15:49
Morning

Yep, also bracing for stuntage too.

Comment by trojanrabbit on 11/13/2019 14:18:39
Morning

Decisions, decisions.

I have two TiVo tuners I can probably devote to this. One is going to CSPAN-3. Not sure if I’ll record anyone else. I have a BIG problem giving any time to MSNBC as long as Joe and Mika remain there.

There almost 1TB of space waiting to be filled. Come on Gym Jordan! Make the rest of America see just what kind of perverted reprobate you are.

Comment by trojanrabbit on 11/13/2019 14:20:37
Also wonder what kind of stunts Erdogan’s goons will try to pull today.

Comment by Scoopster on 11/13/2019 14:26:44
Mornin' errybody!



Comment by Raine on 11/13/2019 14:29:25
Quote by trojanrabbit:
Also wonder what kind of stunts Erdogan’s goons will try to pull today.

half the City is shut down to traffic.

Comment by trojanrabbit on 11/13/2019 14:29:34
According to Kyle Griffin, George ConArtist will be taking part on MSNBC for their coverage.

So that clinches it. Fuck the ConArtists and fuck MSNBC.

Comment by Raine on 11/13/2019 14:30:20


Morning everyone~

Comment by trojanrabbit on 11/13/2019 14:32:26
I had a nice drive into work this morning playing David Frye’s “Richard Nixon: A Fantasy”. Put me in the proper mood.

Comment by Raine on 11/13/2019 14:47:51
Whelp....

ok, then.


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Comment by Scoopster on 11/13/2019 14:48:39
What the.. he hasn't had a fucking career since like 1992!

Comment by Raine on 11/13/2019 14:50:27
Quote by trojanrabbit:
I had a nice drive into work this morning playing David Frye’s “Richard Nixon: A Fantasy”. Put me in the proper mood.


I'll be watching via WaPo.

Comment by trojanrabbit on 11/13/2019 14:57:21
University of Florida’s Student Body President about to get impeached for spending $50K to get Half-Scoop to speak....per Washington Post.

Comment by BobR on 11/13/2019 15:24:52
wow - Nunes is just flat-out lying

Comment by Raine on 11/13/2019 15:26:12
Quote by BobR:
wow - Nunes is just flat-out lying

Seriously!

The testimony will not jive with his bs.


Comment by Scoopster on 11/13/2019 15:35:55
The Republicans are going hardcore trying to out the whistleblower.

Comment by Raine on 11/13/2019 15:50:56
This testimony is amazing.

Comment by Raine on 11/13/2019 15:59:30
I am really amazed at what I am learning from Ambassador Kent.

Comment by Raine on 11/13/2019 16:02:53
Taylor really sounds like Cronkite.

Comment by Raine on 11/13/2019 16:27:30
Truth Bomb.






Comment by Raine on 11/13/2019 16:52:12




Comment by Raine on 11/13/2019 16:55:26
Gym Jordon reportedly has left the hearing.

Comment by Raine on 11/13/2019 16:57:44
I am seriously shockedf at what I am hearing. He was willing to not just withhold assistance, he was willing to let a democray die for his political pursuits.

Comment by wickedpam on 11/13/2019 16:59:29
Quote by Raine:
Gym Jordon reportedly has left the hearing.


Same with Mark Meadows supposedly.

Comment by Raine on 11/13/2019 17:12:41
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Raine:
Gym Jordon reportedly has left the hearing.


Same with Mark Meadows supposedly.

They are such unpatriotic assknobs.

Comment by Mondobubba on 11/13/2019 18:15:48
Jesus this line of questions is making my ear and eyeholes bleed. What a useless pile of shit.

Comment by Mondobubba on 11/13/2019 18:23:15
Quote by BobR:
wow - Nunes is just flat-out lying


As a friend of mine pointed out, Devin Nunes is busy suing a fake cow from Twitter.

Comment by Raine on 11/13/2019 19:00:50
YAAS





Comment by Raine on 11/13/2019 19:01:19
Quote by Mondobubba:
Jesus this line of questions is making my ear and eyeholes bleed. What a useless pile of shit.

It's insanity.

Comment by BobR on 11/13/2019 19:16:00
oh please - the Ukranian's problems are Obama's fault?

what a load of horseshit

Comment by BobR on 11/13/2019 19:24:12
Republicans jabbering, but not really asking questions

Comment by Raine on 11/13/2019 19:31:21
These two men may be saving our republic.






Comment by Raine on 11/13/2019 19:32:03
Quote by BobR:
oh please - the Ukranian's problems are Obama's fault?

what a load of horseshit

cannot stand the dishonesty of these people.



Comment by Raine on 11/13/2019 19:33:04
Quote by BobR:
oh please - the Ukranian's problems are Obama's fault?

what a load of horseshit

Straw and the reach have pulled many a steroidal Gym Jordan Muscle.

Comment by Raine on 11/13/2019 19:34:50
Regarding the Javelins and the Obama Administration, did the GOP pass laws asking them to be sent as part of an aid package? I mean, the GOP was the majority at the time, no?


I am trying to understand this line of thinking.



Comment by Raine on 11/13/2019 19:53:00
RIP B. Elwin


Comment by BobR on 11/13/2019 20:06:00
Quote by Raine:
RIP B. Elwin



Comment by BobR on 11/13/2019 20:07:50
Gym Jordan trying to spin the yarn that tRumpy was withholding the military aid to see how legitimate Ukraine's new leader was.

So I guess asking him for dirt on Biden was part of the test?