# Jan 6 Hearings Follow-Along & Commentary Thread (Starts Jun 9, 2022) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 9, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940 "2022-06-09T22:34:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/461 "2022-06-16T17:08:50Z")
dye to mark someone is the answer. i also thought from the warning in the document, it would spray not schmear. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/462 "2022-06-16T17:26:45Z")
God, Luttig is so boring to listen to. He takes very long pauses between every third or fourth word. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/463 "2022-06-16T17:27:23Z")
Jeez Luttig! Listening… to him talk… is like… torture! ETA: Nija’d ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/464 "2022-06-16T17:31:47Z")
I was afraid he was going to have a heart attack and keel over like the psychiatrist in _Office Space._ ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/465 "2022-06-16T17:32:58Z")
He reminds me of the slow talker from the episode of Night Court where they had to process a large number of cases before midnight. ---
**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/466 "2022-06-16T17:33:35Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > > [@Dahnlor](#): > > > > I am disappointed that the graphic does not include the viewership for either of Obama’s inaugurations. > > Here’s a graph with all the inaugurations from 1969: > > [U.S. presidential inaugurations - number of viewers 1969-2021 | Statista](https://www.statista.com/statistics/250929/us-presidential-inauguration-viewer-numbers/) > > Reagan’s first inauguration had the highest viewership in that group at 41.8 mil. Obama’s first is next at 37.93. Carter is 3rd and Biden is 4th. Interesting how ratings jump significantly every time a new president is elected, and drops significantly when re-elected. Except for Bush, who had been his predecessor’s VP. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/467 "2022-06-16T17:37:09Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I was afraid he was going to have a heart attack and keel over like the psychiatrist in _Office Space._ Ok, this cracked me right up. Thanks for the laugh during these enormously weighty proceedings! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/468 "2022-06-16T17:45:22Z")
Eh, it’s over. Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/469 "2022-06-16T17:45:31Z")
Okay, in all seriousness, either Luttig is carefully measuring every word so that there’s no possibility of someone mistaking what he says and accusing him of perjuring himself, or he’s a former stroke victim. If the latter, I’m deeply sorry for complaining. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/470 "2022-06-16T17:47:25Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > How about Dewey, Cheetham & Howe? What about Boyd? > [@sciurophobic](#): > > He reminds me of the slow talker from the episode of Night Court where they had to process a large number of cases before midnight. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/tFADFSI7Z4Q/maxresdefault.jpg "Night Court - C'mon, Speedy!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFADFSI7Z4Q) ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/471 "2022-06-16T17:48:06Z")
that is my thinking as well ekedolphin. his speech reminds me of someone who has to concentrate to get words correct and out. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/472 "2022-06-16T17:49:35Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > Don could always appear before the committee and clear up any misunderstandings. Somehow I doubt, “Man woman person camera TV,” is going to do the job. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/473 "2022-06-16T17:49:41Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > that is my thinking as well ekedolphin. his speech reminds me of someone who has to concentrate to get words correct and out . For those of us who are not able to watch live, how’s the _substance_ of what he’s saying? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/474 "2022-06-16T17:50:46Z")
The substance is substantive. He’s made it very clear that Pence did not have the authority to do anything other than open and count the votes. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/475 "2022-06-16T17:51:41Z")
good, he is giving good, clear answers. just very slowly and carefully. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/476 "2022-06-16T18:06:11Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > his speech reminds me of someone who has to concentrate to get words correct and out. Or of someone who really doesn’t want to be there and is scared to death that he might incriminate himself. He seems to be going faster now. Maybe it just takes a while for the oil to warm up and get to all the moving parts. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/477 "2022-06-16T18:06:20Z")
An old Southernism: “You hear how slow I’m talkin’? That’s how slow I’m thinkin’.” ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/478 "2022-06-16T18:07:33Z")
Boy, Luttig really didn’t like that “unartfully written” comment. lol ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/479 "2022-06-16T18:08:23Z")
I like how they keep pointing out that Al Gore could have pulled the same Vice President stunt in 2000, were this legal. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/480 "2022-06-16T18:17:44Z")
or quayle should you want a republican version. judge lutting speaking is like a mix of wm shatner and alan rickman. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940.md?page=25)