From today’s Washington Post live updates, referring to Lindsay Graham:
Maybe it’s not really close because they’re trying to impeach your guy? Remember, this is the fellow that said:
and
The funniest part of the GOP pretending that the real issue is that these hearings are being done in private is that if the hearings were public, the GOP would be complaining that the Democrats were grandstanding for the cameras and that these things should be done in private.
Interesting admission by Graham that, effectively, the Clinton case was closed doors because it wasn’t a good case.
You know, when the House Republicans recieved pizza, it was that moment which broke the spell, when their protest became a brotest.
I think the spell was broken when they started playing beer pong.
You are, as usual, spot on. It’s going to be a big problem going forward.
I can’t help it, though. There’s something about Gaetz’s face that makes me want to take his lunch money.
Oh, and I forgot to include the last line of the dialogue running through my head last night:
Jordan: “Hey, it’s boring here. Race you to Kavanaugh’s!!”
There may be action on those lines, but it will depend on being able to disprove the GOP-Bros’ after-the-fact claims that they didn’t bring their phones into the SCIF.
Rep. Jackie Speier, at least, is calling for “admonishment.” House Republican SCIF stunt warrants admonition: Rep. Speier
One idea is to force the Bros to sit through classes in Security, under the auspices of the House Sergeant-at-Arms. That would make for some great visuals. But in any case, denying the Bro wish for pics and footage of their Martyrdom and Victimization (i.e. being led out in handcuffs) was a smart move by the Dems.
From WaPo, an indication that monetary aid was not the only thing trump wanted to withhold from Ukraine until they did his bidding.
That sounds like straight-up Following Vlad’s Instructions.
This leads me to wonder, again, if anything will ever come of the “translator was directed to turn over all notes of the Vlad-Donald conversation” situation:
Our Government has become a Dominos commercial.
Donald Trump would annoy even the Noid.
Would have been better if they’d ordered from Comet Ping-Pong
Like those Republicans could bear to order the Rodrigo. They would accuse the pizza of invading America and demand to see its papers.
:adjusts glasses:
…gushdurnit, where’s that thumbs-up thing?
FOX News Judge Andrew Napolitano schooled the FOX and Friends panel on the complete lack of truth in all of those pearl- clutching complaints that the Democrats are illegally running secret meetings. It was glorious to watch.
Hopefully some of the people who needed to see it actually did, since they live on a diet of FOX and Friends. Maybe not, since it aired last night, and McConnell was moaning about illegitimate and illegal secret meetings just this afternoon.
My favorite bit was when he acknowledged that Democrats are only following rules put into place by Republicans in 2015 when they had the House majority.
I think that, pretty soon, the Senate Pubbies will offer a deal: censure.
“This is small stuff, pretty standard chicanery, not to be condoned, surely, but trivial, not worthy of real impeachment, not like a knob slobbered by an intern, or anything really bad…”
- Lindsay Dovetonsils
With censure. they can deliver a firm tsk-tsk. without risking any of the goodies they sold their civic soul for. Sell it to Il Douche with "Well, this gets it all done with, no more poking around about your money, or anything, because you’ve done penance for all your sins, hallelujah! Kelly Anne will explain that “censure” pretty much means “absolute vindication”.
Closer:
'If they try you, and convict you, they will hold you in midair by your ankles and shake you until all the money falls out. The Senate will demand that you pardon yourself for everything, and the Senate will ratify it, just like it says in the Constitution."
It would be smart and reasonable for him to accept. Therein lies my hope.
Honest question: what does censure mean to Donald Trump? Would it change anything for him?
You mean, would it be just and proper? No, it isn’t hara-kiri in the Rose Garden…
Snark free answer, no. Kinda the main selling point, for him. But it has that grave and solemn air about it, so maybe someone might thinks some serious shit was done. But for the guys who are stuck with his base, it might work. They maybe can’t win with him, but without his base, they have even less chance. I’d feel sorry for them if my empathy extended to vermin.
Do the Senate rules dictate which wrist gets slapped, or would he get to choose?