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Impeachment Hearing

  

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Via:  gooseisgone  •  7 years ago  •  308 comments

Impeachment Hearing
Diplomat says Trump FELT "wronged".

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"Where was the impeachable offense in that call?" Rattcliffe said.


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Sunshine
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4  Sunshine    7 years ago

Embarrassing for the Democrats...just like the Mueller and the Kavanaugh hearings.

 
 
 
CB
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4.1  CB  replied to  Sunshine @4    7 years ago

The Mueller Hearings were not embarrassing for the Democrats. Republicans simply raked truths (lacking documents/testimonies; withheld witnesses; presidential obstructions) into a shallow grave. You will rue the day that truth 'rises up' to speak on its on behalf!

 
 
 
Tacos!
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4.1.1  Tacos!  replied to  CB @4.1    7 years ago
The Mueller Hearings were not embarrassing for the Democrats.

Yeah they were. If they weren't, every single Democrat running for office would be crowing about how it drove them to start impeachment hearings. But that didn't happen, did it? A report just like it resulted in the immediate impeachment of Bill Clinton. This time, it was like a balloon deflating.

Instead, we have impeachment hearings because . . . Ukraine! Now that - after two plus years of bullshit Russia conspiracy theories - is a pretty poor substitute.

Republicans simply raked truths (lacking documents/testimonies; withheld witnesses; presidential obstructions) into a shallow grave.

Republicans don't have that power. The power lies with Democrats. Even they chose not to seek impeachment over Russian collusion. That's how you know they're embarrassed.

 
 
 
CB
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4.1.2  CB  replied to  Tacos! @4.1.1    7 years ago
If they weren't, every single Democrat running for office would be crowing about how it drove them to start impeachment hearings.But that didn't happen, did it? A report just like it resulted in the immediate impeachment of Bill Clinton.

Okay, come for me. Let's rock and roll! (Smile.)

Democrats are 'postponed' in their investigations in the court system due to the brilliance of a practiced Liar-In-Chief who stiff-armed the Special Counsel through use of obfuscation, hiding between a DOD memorandum (cowardice), warning off testimonies, and outright hiding and destruction of factual documents. Postponements end with a "day in Court," nevertheless. Justice delayed is not justice denied.

There is an important distinction between an Independent Counsel (Starr) and a Special Counsel (Mueller). Lastly, Bill Clinton did not have either the luxury, inclination, or personal constitution to deny himself from giving a proper and truthful deposition to Ken Starr.

Donald Trump weakly delivered "paper" answers to his Special Counsel, and those answers were considered insufficient in the official report. However, the Special Counsel opted to move forward without any further obfuscation from Donald J. Trump!

 
 
 
Sean Treacy
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4.1.3  Sean Treacy  replied to  CB @4.1.2    7 years ago

practiced Liar-In-Chief who stiff-armed the Special Counsel through use of obfuscation, hiding between a DOD memorandum (cowardice), warning off testimonies, and outright hiding and destruction of factual document

None of that happened. You should read the mueller report.

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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4.1.4  JohnRussell  replied to  Sean Treacy @4.1.3    7 years ago

Trump lied to Mueller, in writing, about his personal knowledge of Wikileaks releases. 

Sean, is Donald Trump an embarrassment to the United States of America, yes or no? 

 
 
 
Sean Treacy
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4.1.5  Sean Treacy  replied to  JohnRussell @4.1.4    7 years ago

Why wasn't he charged with perjury for lying under oath? Did mueller miss that?

 
 
 
Dulay
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4.1.6  Dulay  replied to  Sean Treacy @4.1.5    7 years ago

Oh that's right, you and your fellow travelers only recognize when Democrats say 'I don't know/don't recall' 

Almost every single written answer from Trump equivocated by starting with 'To the best of my recollection'...

 
 
 
CB
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4.1.7  CB  replied to  Sean Treacy @4.1.3    7 years ago

Let's start here. Have you read the Mueller Report? Because, we can do this!

 
 
 
Sean Treacy
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4.1.8  Sean Treacy  replied to  CB @4.1.7    7 years ago

Yes, you obviously haven’t.

 
 
 
CB
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4.1.9  CB  replied to  Sean Treacy @4.1.5    7 years ago

Because a DOJ memo makes charging a sitting president with a crime of little immediate value; the correct remedy is IMPEACHMENT.

 
 
 
CB
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4.1.10  CB  replied to  Sean Treacy @4.1.8    7 years ago

Don't doublespeak. Have you read the Mueller Report?

 
 
 
CB
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4.1.11  CB  replied to  Dulay @4.1.6    7 years ago

Yeah boy!

  • If Trump is one thing and one thing only its lawyered up to the gills. (You can always fit in just one more indefinitely with a good-grade of lube.)
  • If Trump is good at one thing and good at one thing only its knowing how to pick near perfect fall-guys. Republicans contort themselves and continue to "take one for the Trumpster" every time! Disturbingly amazing!
 
 
 
Sean Treacy
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4.1.13  Sean Treacy  replied to  CB @4.1.9    7 years ago

Here's the thing. Mueller didn't allege he committed perjury. You made that up. So there's no reason to rationalize why Mueller didn't charge him with a crime Mueller didn't think he committed. 

 
 
 
CB
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4.1.14  CB  replied to  Sean Treacy @4.1.13    7 years ago

I'm bringing out my megaphone: Have you read the Mueller Report?

 
 
 
It Is ME
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5  It Is ME    7 years ago

Democrats really fucked up in letting this go to the public realm of "As-Seen-On-TV" !

They sound more idiotic than they did in "Private".

All "Schifty" could be was a "Smirky wide eyed Smiley Smurf", and he then moves on to his next "Cooperating Idiot" House member !

"Castro (D)" was Great in this "Open Mic" Involvement! jrSmiley_97_smiley_image.gif

His bestest of all question was ….. "Is "Murder" Illegal". jrSmiley_103_smiley_image.jpg

 
 
 
CB
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5.1  CB  replied to  It Is ME @5    7 years ago

Rolls eyes. How did the Democrats sound in private?  Take your time explaining.

 
 
 
CB
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5.1.2  CB  replied to  It Is ME @5.1.1    7 years ago

I have no clue what you are getting at here. Mostly, it seems a waste of time and just a form of detraction. So have at it . . . go hunt!

 
 
 
Just Jim NC TttH
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6  Just Jim NC TttH    7 years ago

Did you hear Taylor talk about his own quid pro quo? Something to the tune of "You're going to need bi-partisan support for........................"

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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7  JohnRussell    7 years ago

The Great Bamboozlement is underway on Newstalkers. 

Rudy Giuliani SAID on twitter, that his efforts in Ukraine were on behalf of his CLIENT. 

I'll give you a hint. His client was not the United States of America.  The effort of the unofficial "diplomacy" in Ukraine was to get dirt on Trump's election opponent.  Trump not only knew about it, he was behind it. It is an abuse of power, an abuse of his office, and he should resign immediately. 

 
 
 
It Is ME
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7.1  It Is ME  replied to  JohnRussell @7    7 years ago
The Great Bamboozlement is underway....

…...In these hearings !

Wonder when "Schifty" is gonna release his "Unrefutably" IMPEACHABLE Evidence he's had since 2017. jrSmiley_87_smiley_image.gif

So far....all he's given is a "smiley smurf" barf PARODY !

 
 
 
Tacos!
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7.2  Tacos!  replied to  JohnRussell @7    7 years ago
to get dirt on Trump's election opponent.  Trump not only knew about it, he was behind it. It is an abuse of power, an abuse of his office, and he should resign immediately. 

How so? Since when is anyone prohibited from seeking information about an election opponent?

 
 
 
cjcold
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7.2.1  cjcold  replied to  Tacos! @7.2    7 years ago

Seeking evidence is a far cry from manufacturing fake evidence using blackmail.

 
 
 
Tacos!
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7.2.2  Tacos!  replied to  cjcold @7.2.1    7 years ago
Seeking evidence is a far cry from manufacturing evidence.

I agree. There's no evidence, though, that the presidents discussed manufacturing anything. Trump asked Zelensky to "look into it." He didn't ask him to make something up.

 
 
 
cjcold
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7.2.3  cjcold  replied to  Tacos! @7.2.2    7 years ago

Please tell me that you are not that naïve.

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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7.2.4  JohnRussell  replied to  Tacos! @7.2    7 years ago

He's the fucking president of the United States and a candidate running against Biden. He cannot use his present office and powers to have a foreign government investigate his election opponents. [Deleted]

Reading some of these comments,  I am embarrassed for this site. Perrie deserves better from her conservatives. 

 
 
 
Tacos!
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7.2.5  Tacos!  replied to  cjcold @7.2.3    7 years ago
Please tell me that you are not that naïve.

Because I rely on factual evidence to make judgments instead of partisan cynicism? Yes, I guess I am that naive.

 
 
 
Tacos!
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7.2.6  Tacos!  replied to  JohnRussell @7.2.4    7 years ago
He cannot use his present office and powers to have a foreign government investigate his election opponents.

Why not? He asked the president of Ukraine to look into something the vice president did in his country. Why is that wrong? It's not like he asked another country to look into his private sex life or other personal business.

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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7.2.7  JohnRussell  replied to  Tacos! @7.2.6    7 years ago

Imagine President Obama in 2012 going to Bolivia, let's say, and asking the president of Bolivia to investigate one of Mitt Romney's business dealings in that country and find corruption in it. Oh, and, Obama wants the president of Bolivia to announce the opening of this investigation on 60 Minutes. Oh, and, if the investigation is not announced Bolivia won't be getting a trade deal with the U.S. 

Imagine that, and what "conservatives" would have said about Obama. 

The constant bamboozling that Trumpsters engage in is making many Americans accustomed to lying and cheating, and it is potentially a disaster for our country if it isnt one already. 

 
 
 
Tacos!
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7.2.8  Tacos!  replied to  JohnRussell @7.2.7    7 years ago
Imagine President Obama in 2012 going to Bolivia, let's say, and asking the president of Bolivia to investigate one of Mitt Romney's business dealings in that country and find corruption in it.

And . . . stop!

I just got through saying we aren't talking about personal business. We're talking about official public business conducted by the Vice President.

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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7.2.9  JohnRussell  replied to  Tacos! @7.2.8    7 years ago

Please tell us about the U.S. Senate investigation that is ongoing into Joe Biden in Ukraine. That would be the proper venue for such an investigation. 

Oh yeah, there isnt one and hasnt been one, even though Biden's remarks about the Ukrainian prosecutor being fired took place 23 months ago, and Trump's party has controlled the Senate all that time. 

In January 2018, Biden disclosed that during a trip to Kyiv he privately warned Ukraine’s then-president, Petro Poroshenko, and then-prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, that the U.S. would withhold $1 billion in loan guarantees if Ukraine failed to deal with corruption and remove Shokin as its prosecutor general.

For 23 months it has been public that Biden said something about the Ukrainian prosecutor. Trump waited to ask Ukraine for an investigation until Biden announced he was a candidate for president. 

If Biden did something so damaging to US interests the Senate could have been investigating all along. And up until this past January, so could have the House. But there was nothing. 

I don't think you are as naive as you act, so there is something else going on. 

 
 
 
Dulay
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7.2.10  Dulay  replied to  Tacos! @7.2.6    7 years ago
Why not? He asked the president of Ukraine to look into something the vice president did in his country. Why is that wrong?

Come on Tacos!, you're taking your 'devil's advocate' bit too far. 

IMHO, Trump didn't actually give a fuck if any investigation took place. ALL Trump wanted was 'the deliverable', the public statement that would and could be used by Solomon and Hannity ad nauseam, ad infinitum. 

The reason it's WRONG is because it is ONLY in the interest of Trump. Both of the witnesses, who are subject matter experts on Ukraine, stated as much today. 

 
 
 
Tacos!
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7.2.11  Tacos!  replied to  JohnRussell @7.2.9    7 years ago
Trump waited to ask Ukraine for an investigation until Biden announced he was a candidate for president.

Or he waited until there was a president of Ukraine who might be receptive to rooting out corruption in his country. Remember the more generic purpose of the call - to congratulate the new president.

Also, Biden announced his candidacy on April 25, and Trump and Giuliani have been chasing this story longer than that. 

On March 20, Trump tweeted about it :

“John Solomon: As Russia Collusion fades, Ukrainian plot to help Clinton emerges.”

And the media was starting to cover it.

3/27/19: HOW DONALD TRUMP AND SEAN HANNITY ARE PROMOTING THEORY UKRAINE INTERFERED IN 2016 ELECTION TO HELP HILLARY CLINTON

4/1/19: Joe Biden's 2020 Ukrainian nightmare: A closed probe is revived

4/7/19: Ukrainian to US prosecutors: Why don't you want our evidence on Democrats?

And all of this happened before Biden announced he was running for president. So it's not just something he decided to pursue only because Biden was running. I don't think it was even primarily about torpedoing Biden's campaign or potential campaign, as much as it was about fighting back against the Mueller investigation and going after Hillary Clinton.

 
 
 
Dulay
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7.2.12  Dulay  replied to  Tacos! @7.2.11    7 years ago
Or he waited until there was a president of Ukraine who might be receptive to rooting out corruption in his country. 

Well as the GOP tried so desperately to pound home today, corruption has been  'endemic' in Ukraine for a long time. 

So maybe you can explain why Trump asked for $250 million in military aid for Ukraine in his 2019 Budget released in February 2018 if he was so fucking worried about Ukrainian corruption? 

Or how about taking a crack at explaining why Trump signed the bill that included that $250 million in October 2018? 

Then could you move on to why Trump didn't file a rescission of that $250 million before the DOJ wasted all that time certifying the aid? Hell, He could have ripped off $250 million less from the DOJ by 'reprogramming' that funding. Why didn't he do any of that? 

Then could you address Trump's failure to follow the legal process for requesting legal assistance in investigations from Ukraine? 

Inquiring minds want to know...

 
 
 
CB
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7.2.13  CB  replied to  Tacos! @7.2.11    7 years ago
going after Hillary Clinton

Please humor me with a theory of the case! In the words of Tina Turner: "What's [Hillary] got to do with it?"

 
 
 
It Is ME
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7.2.15  It Is ME  replied to  JohnRussell @7.2.4    7 years ago
He's the fucking president of the United States and a candidate running against Biden.

"Sleepy" Joe Biden is the Democrats Nominee for president ?

 
 
 
katrix
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7.2.16  katrix  replied to  It Is ME @7.2.15    7 years ago

Anything is better than Deranged Dipshit Donnie.

 
 
 
It Is ME
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7.2.17  It Is ME  replied to  katrix @7.2.16    7 years ago
Anything is better than Deranged Dipshit Donnie.

Is "Your" life better or worse right now ! jrSmiley_87_smiley_image.gif

 
 
 
katrix
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7.2.18  katrix  replied to  It Is ME @7.2.17    7 years ago
Is "Your" life better or worse right now

It's about the same - the economy that Obama got going is still working for me, although Trump's tariffs will probably hurt me before long. The ACA that Obama implemented was a huge money saver when I had to quit working for a while to take care of my elderly mother; luckily, now that Trump's doing his best to destroy it, I'm back to work and have health benefits, so Trump can't currently hurt me in that regard.

However, I'm not selfish enough to only care how things impact ME. When I see what a laughingstock Deranged Donnie has made of our country and our constitution, how he sucks up to our enemies and alienates our allies, how his childish impulses are hurting real people and hurting our diplomacy, how he is tearing this country apart and dividing us so much, how he's destroying environmental protections, how he's making all these idiots accept his lies as truth and making honesty and ethics something that half of all Americans no longer give a shit about ... makes me glad I don't have kids.

 
 
 
It Is ME
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7.2.19  It Is ME  replied to  katrix @7.2.18    7 years ago
t's about the same - the economy that Obama got going is still working for me

So...."Dipshit" hasn't hurt you one bit, but you're willing to put that on the auction block for an "Anything" ? jrSmiley_99_smiley_image.jpg

That's just GREAT ! jrSmiley_15_smiley_image.gif

" However, I'm not selfish enough to only care how things impact ME. When I see what a laughingstock Deranged Donnie has made of our country and our constitution."

And how has he done that ? jrSmiley_97_smiley_image.gif

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By letting other countries skate on their obligations?

No....That can't be it !

By wanting open borders ?

No.....that can't be it !

By wanting to raise taxes on middle class U.S. citizens for Freebies for the few ? 

No......that can't be it !

By wanting to pay for "non-Citizens" needs ?

No......that can't be it !

Maybe its taxing legal gun and ammunition sales ?

No....that's not it !

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Oh.....Oh …….Ooooooohhhhhh…… MAYBE IT'S because he doesn't want to do those simple items noted above ?

That's it.....isn't it ! jrSmiley_13_smiley_image.gif

You do know that the Preamble to the constitution says:

To " PROMOTE" the general welfare....not " PROVIDE For " the general welfare ...... Right ?

"PROMOTE" :

To Encourage, Support !

Don't see "Supply" anywhere in that definition.

 
 
 
Dulay
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7.2.20  Dulay  replied to  Tacos! @7.2.11    7 years ago
And the media was starting to cover it.

So by the 'media' you mean Solomon and Hannity who just got fired by the Hill. Got ya. 

BTFW, the Newsweek article supports the testimony that Yovanovitch WAS outspoken about corruption in Ukraine. Guess that pissed off Trump and Kent was right, you can't promote principled anti-corruption action without pissing-off corrupt people.

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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7.2.21  JohnRussell  replied to  katrix @7.2.18    7 years ago
Is "Your" life better or worse right now

This is essentially "he could shoot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue " defense, which seeks to separate Trump from his actual behavior. 

Is "Your" life better or worse right now

I have a funny feeling that not too many people who were already predisposed to back Trump answer that affirmatively. Trump policies in specific simply havent had that much effect on everyone. And of course, to wholeheartedly accept trump as an economic savior you have to assume that Hillary Clinton would have destroyed the recovery Obama started, which is simply absurd. 

 
 
 
Dulay
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7.2.23  Dulay  replied to  Release The Kraken @7.2.22    7 years ago

Solomon joined Fox News, guess he doesn't think much of his 'Independent' prospects. 

Now he and Hannity can shovel bullshit to new depths. 

 
 
 
KDMichigan
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7.2.25  KDMichigan  replied to  Dulay @7.2.20    7 years ago
 Solomon and Hannity who just got fired by the Hill. Got ya. 

Really? When did this happen? Is this some of that info that you are only privy to [deleted]

 
 
 
Dulay
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7.2.26  Dulay  replied to  Dulay @7.2.12    7 years ago

512

 
 
 
Dulay
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7.2.27  Dulay  replied to  Release The Kraken @7.2.24    7 years ago

It's not a 'story', the Hill's REAL journalists sent complaints up the chain and the management got the message and they 'parted ways' with Solomon. 

Oh and BTW BF, you make up stories all of the time and we're supposed to pretend it's humor. You can pretend too can't you? 

 

 
 
 
Dulay
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7.2.30  Dulay  replied to  Release The Kraken @7.2.28    7 years ago
Still nothing on your made up statement on John Solomon? 

Gee BF, I didn't realize you were holding your breath waiting for my reply.

It's good that I don't care one way or another about yours, I would have suffocated waiting for your replies.

 
 
 
Dulay
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7.2.31  Dulay  replied to  Release The Kraken @7.2.29    7 years ago

Or what? 

 
 
 
Dulay
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7.2.33  Dulay  replied to  Release The Kraken @7.2.32    7 years ago

What no penis? 

 
 
 
Ronin2
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7.2.35  Ronin2  replied to  cjcold @7.2.1    7 years ago

After the Steele Dossier. Slink away. Just slink the damn hell away.

 
 
 
Dulay
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7.2.36  Dulay  replied to  Release The Kraken @7.2.34    7 years ago

How obtuse. 

 
 
 
KDMichigan
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7.2.37  KDMichigan  replied to  Dulay @7.2.26    7 years ago

I feel the same way about you as you do.

256

 
 
 
KDMichigan
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7.2.38  KDMichigan  replied to  Dulay @7.2.33    7 years ago
What no penis? 

Do you hear that a lot?

 
 
 
CB
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7.2.40  CB  replied to  It Is ME @7.2.17    7 years ago

Let's get rid of your specious meme 'right now':

For a proper good deed nobody blames President Donald Trump.

For having a long-term strategy of inviting our radical enemies on the world stage into our bosom without challenging them to drastically improve their national and political behavior;

for paling around with terrorist-leaders (men who justify rank murder of their enemies);

for attempting to enforce the pushing out of DACA youth into a 'no-man's land' between nations;

for not protecting and granting unlimited rights and freedom of expression (and national service) for transgendered people in the federal system;

for being an dishonest 'broker' of the American tax dollar; and,

for three years of tampering to change this country's ethos into a cult-like following unified under a dictatorial ("One-man rule"), I, we, have an A BIG PROBLEM OF NOT BEING BETTER OFF right now!

 
 
 
FLYNAVY1
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7.2.41  FLYNAVY1  replied to  Tacos! @7.2.5    7 years ago

Because I rely on factual evidence to make judgments instead of partisan cynicism?

Since when?  

Proven obstruction of justice outlined in the Muller report wasn't enough for you.

Actual statements by Trump siding with Putin/Russia over American intelligence wasn't enough for you.

Actions against our Kurdish and Ukrainian allies aren't enough for you.

No.... Facts don't matter to you Tacos.... Just the "R" by the name.

 
 
 
KDMichigan
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7.2.43  KDMichigan  replied to  KDMichigan @7.2.37    7 years ago

[Deleted]

 
 
 
FLYNAVY1
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7.2.44  FLYNAVY1  replied to    7 years ago

Ooooooohhhhh!  Way to counter my points MUVA.

Leave it to you to bring a ping pong ball to a gunfight.  Hell guess your response was an improvement over your typical "But Obama....!".

 
 
 
Dulay
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7.2.46  Dulay  replied to  dennis smith @7.2.45    7 years ago

Ditto. 

 
 
 
Dulay
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7.2.47  Dulay  replied to  Tacos! @7.2.11    7 years ago

512

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
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8  Paula Bartholomew    7 years ago

Trump claimed he would not watch and then criticizes the testimonies given.  Liar In Chief strikes again.

 
 
 
Just Jim NC TttH
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8.1  Just Jim NC TttH  replied to  Paula Bartholomew @8    7 years ago

He gets briefings you know and I am sure someone was watching, if he wasn't, and updating him on the circus.

 
 
 
Ozzwald
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8.1.1  Ozzwald  replied to  Just Jim NC TttH @8.1    7 years ago
He gets briefings you know

From FoxNews.

 
 
 
Tacos!
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8.2  Tacos!  replied to  Paula Bartholomew @8    7 years ago

Pretty sure he was hanging out with the president of Turkey because the two came out for a press conference immediately following the hearing. But if you have other information, by all means . . . 

 
 
 
Ender
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8.2.1  Ender  replied to  Tacos! @8.2    7 years ago

His new best buddy. He is in love again...

 
 
 
katrix
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8.3  katrix  replied to  Paula Bartholomew @8    7 years ago

He also claimed he wanted transparency, while telling all his toadies not to testify and whining now that the hearings are open.

 
 
 
Tacos!
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9  Tacos!    7 years ago

That was embarrassing. The best, first witnesses in this "crisis" offered hearsay testimony of third-hand rumors of things that they thought could happen but never actually happened. Congress has set aside real business for this nonsense all so they can declare a scandal around Trump leading into the election. 

 
 
 
Sean Treacy
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9.1  Sean Treacy  replied to  Tacos! @9    7 years ago
e best, first witnesses in this "crisis" offered hearsay testimony of third-hand rumors of things

I can't believe that was the opening witness.
They needed to start with a bang to develop momentum  and they went with a witness who Jordan leveled in two minutes. 

 
 
 
It Is ME
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9.2  It Is ME  replied to  Tacos! @9    7 years ago
The best, first witnesses in this "crisis" offered hearsay testimony of third-hand rumors of things that they thought could happen but never actually happened.

While they were eating in a restaurant ! jrSmiley_18_smiley_image.gif

 
 
 
Tacos!
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11  Tacos!    7 years ago

I think my favorite moment so far was when - after allowing blatant hearsay testimony for like 45 minutes - Schiff interrupts the Republican examination to caution the witnesses against answering questions based on facts not in evidence. i.e., he's objecting. As if we were in a trial. And the Republican asking questions is like, "Oh, now we're using the Federal Rules of Evidence?"

And apparently the answer is yes, we are, but only when Republicans are asking questions. What a joke these proceedings are!

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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11.1  JohnRussell  replied to  Tacos! @11    7 years ago

Tacos, tell us again how you really dont like and support Trump.  I havent had a good laugh in a few minutes. 

 
 
 
Tacos!
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11.1.1  Tacos!  replied to  JohnRussell @11.1    7 years ago

[Deleted.] I come into your seeds to discuss the topic. Never once have I come into your seeds to attack you personally, but that's all you want to do with me. And apparently, you're proud of it.

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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11.1.2  JohnRussell  replied to  Tacos! @11.1.1    7 years ago

I don't appreciate bamboozling on these forums. I guess that is my problem. 

 
 
 
katrix
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11.1.5  katrix  replied to    7 years ago

I think someone who apparently has never read a fact in his life, but spouts off in here all the time claiming to know what's going on (anything to support the most despicable person ever elected as president) is an embarrassment to this forum. And to our country.

Instead of constantly demanding proof which you never read, and posting utter bullshit, why not try doing some actual research before you post?

 
 
 
Greg Jones
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11.1.6  Greg Jones  replied to  katrix @11.1.5    7 years ago

Easily triggered it appears. Wally's truthful observations really seem to set some people off.

 
 
 
katrix
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11.1.7  katrix  replied to  Greg Jones @11.1.6    7 years ago

Both you and Wally have been spouting the same BS for a few years, and none of your claims have yet to come true.

But keep pretending you have some kind of inside scoop and know what's going to happen before it happens; your credibility is already shot.

Rather hilarious that your TDS makes you think that expecting people to actually read facts is somehow "being triggered" - and that utter bullshit is "truthful observations." Actually it's not hilarious - it's pathetic and despicable.

 
 
 
Dulay
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11.2  Dulay  replied to  Tacos! @11    7 years ago

Wow, that's an utterly delusional version of what was said. Well done.

You might want to review the rambling, multifaceted, conspiracy filled question that Castor asked.  

Schiff NEVER objected to one question asked by anyone during the hearing. 

Just STOP.

 
 
 
Ender
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11.2.1  Ender  replied to  Dulay @11.2    7 years ago

What got me was one ass kept asking questions then wouldn't let the witness answer. Kept talking over him. Then asking a different question before he was allowed to answer the first. Then saying, Ok, that was not a question. Then ramble on about something else.

I felt Schiff gave them a lot of leeway.

 
 
 
Dulay
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11.2.2  Dulay  replied to  Ender @11.2.1    7 years ago
I felt Schiff gave them a lot of leeway.

He did the same in the depositions. The only time he put his foot down was when they tried to out the whistleblower. The only time he paused their bullshit today was when Castor threw out a loaded question and tried to slip in a DNC conspiracy, Schiff warned Taylor not to assume that facts not in evidence are truthful. That was for Taylor's own protection. 

 
 
 
Tacos!
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11.2.3  Tacos!  replied to  Dulay @11.2    7 years ago
Just STOP.

or what?

 
 
 
Dulay
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11.2.4  Dulay  replied to  Tacos! @11.2.3    7 years ago
or what?

Oh my bad Tacos!, you just keep on keepin on spewing bullshit comments to your heart's content. 

Please proceed. 

 
 
 
CB
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11.2.5  CB  replied to  Dulay @11.2.2    7 years ago

It was a good call. Ambassador Taylor appeared perplexed as to rather a staff lawyer could give him a 'pig in its own blanket' free! LOL!

Schiff: smart!

 
 
 
Tacos!
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11.2.7  Tacos!  replied to  Tessylo @11.2.6    7 years ago

You would know.

 
 
 
Tacos!
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11.2.9  Tacos!  replied to  Tessylo @11.2.8    7 years ago

No, you would know.

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Greg Jones
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11.2.10  Greg Jones  replied to  Dulay @11.2    7 years ago

There was a left wing conspiracy going on, and Barr and Durham are right now in the process of getting to the bottom of it.

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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11.2.12  JohnRussell  replied to  Greg Jones @11.2.10    7 years ago
There was a left wing conspiracy going on,

LOL. Hardly a sillier comment could be made. It would be almost impossible. 

Supposedly Barr and Durham are looking into the US intelligence agencies .  Is it your belief that the CIA is "left wing?"

You are just mouthing ridiculous right wing media talking points. 

 
 
 
Dulay
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11.2.14  Dulay  replied to  Greg Jones @11.2.10    7 years ago

You know this how? Has the DOJ released the documentation required to lawfully request legal assistance from Ukraine? Got a link to that? 

Or did you hear on Hannity that they're doing it extra-judiciously? 

BTW, you know that the DOJ put out a press release that stated that Trump hasn't asked Barr to do any kind of investigation into Ukraine right? 

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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11.2.15  JohnRussell  replied to  Dulay @11.2.14    7 years ago

It would take an intelligent person, at the most, 15 or 20 minutes to understand why Trump wanted Ukraine to get involved with his demands. 

Trump has been led to believe, through conservative media conspiracy theories, that Ukraine was behind all the interference in the 2016 election. These conservative conspiracy theories have been almost entirely disproven. This nonsense appeals to Trump though, because it makes him believe that he would have won the popular vote in 2016 if not for ..... Ukraine. 

Then there is the desire to have Biden called corrupt. This is the Trump playbook - accuse others of being what you are yourself. He is easily the most corrupt national politician in the lifetime of anyone alive today.  Rather than face that reality, he wants to shift attention to someone else, in this case Joe Biden. 

His devotion to ridiculous conspiracies was relatively harmless to him until he tried to get the new government of Ukraine involved in his insanity.  

 
 
 
1stwarrior
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