With Cory Gardner now coming out as a sure "no" vote for calling
According to GOP sources, the mood is good and most everyone expects things to wrap up by the end of the week.
However, it does sounds like the GOP is certainly willing to make the trade to hear from John Bolton, if the Democrats agree that we should also hear from Hunter and Joe Biden. It sounds like the GOP is looking for bipartisan support for calling them (which would be a huge problem for Biden). But it's obviously very unlikely that Democrats would agree to that.
Part of the problem with the Maggie Haberman NYT "leak" is that it exposes what Bolton was likely to testify to. If there is no "mystery" and he will repeat much of the same thing other people claimed to have heard or assumed or presumed, then what real good does the testimony do? If eighteen previous witnesses claiming pretty much the same thing hasn't swayed any Republicans that President Trump committed an impeachable offense, then hearing from one more isn't going to make any difference.
So why would Democrats want to extend the trial, if all it does is turn things into a Biden corruption probe? That would be a major problem for the guy that many feel has the best chance to beat Trump in November. The fact that this is even being discussed (along with the impressive presentation by the Trump defense team on the topic of the Bidens) has probably already wounded the former Vice President. Having Hunter or even Joe himself show up to be put under oath might be a fatal blow.
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Senate GOP Could Move to Quick Acquittal Vote
“Senate Republicans are eyeing a quick acquittal of President Trump that could have the trial wrap as soon as Friday,” The Hill reports.
“If GOP senators are able to defeat an effort on Friday to call new witnesses or compel new documents, Republicans are signaling they could move quickly to the final votes on acquittal.”
Dershowitz Says the Trump’s Interest is the Public Interest
“Alan Dershowitz, one of President Trump’s impeachment lawyers, pushed an extraordinarily expansive view of executive power during his trial, arguing that any action taken by the president to help his own re-election is, by definition, in the public interest,” the New York Times reports.
Said Dershowitz: “If the president does something that he thinks will help him get elected, in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment.”
The assertion amounted to an argument that even if all of Democrats’ impeachment allegations are true — that Mr. Trump was, in fact, seeking election advantage when he demanded that Ukraine investigate his political opponents — it would still be appropriate.”
Senate GOP Could Move to Quick Acquittal Vote
“Senate Republicans are eyeing a quick acquittal of President Trump that could have the trial wrap as soon as Friday,” The Hill reports.
“If GOP senators are able to defeat an effort on Friday to call new witnesses or compel new documents, Republicans are signaling they could move quickly to the final votes on acquittal.”
Obituaries of Those Who Opposed Nixon’s Impeachment
Just Security:
“What will the future think of President Trump and two historic votes senators must take on his impeachment? The obituaries of the Republicans who voted in favor and against the articles of impeachment for President Richard Nixon could provide some insight. How these GOP members of Congress voted in 1974 featured prominently in all of their obituaries.”
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How about their re-election attempts?
Paul Sperry
@paulsperry_
BREAKING: Eric Ciaramella,the CIA operative believed to be the "whistleblower," is captured in this 2015 photo taking notes b/t Biden adviser Michael Carpenter & NSC's Liz Zentos in WH meeting w Ukrainian officials.Carpenter later appeared w Biden in infamous "son of a bitch" vid
https://twitter.com/paulsperry_/status/1222637173889011712
Most Think Trump Did Something Wrong with Ukraine
January 29, 2020 at 5:41 pm EST
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds 53% of Americans said they are “increasingly convinced” that President Trump committed some wrongdoing in his dealing with Ukraine, while 34% said they are increasingly convinced of the president’s innocence.
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Maybe that's how the next election will fall out.
Did something wrong and lied about it and got all the GOP sycophants to lie about it too. Deplorably.
Ted Cruz
@tedcruz
Scenes from the impeachment trial: Schumer invited Lev Parnas to be his personal guest today at the trial. Minutes ago, Parnas was ejected from the gallery...because he’s wearing an ankle bracelet mandated bc he’s a criminal defendant accused of serious felonies! #CantMakeItUp
1:14 PM · Jan 29, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
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let's see...
...electronics are barred from the senate chamber...
...so a clomplete fucking moron brings a guest with an electronic ankle bracelet on because he's a fucking criminal.
we should look back at this event the next time some asshole democrat like mazie hirono starts blathering again about how smart liberals are.
Mark Meadows
@RepMarkMeadows
Washington Democrats know their impeachment effort is failing... so they retort to bringing in federally indicted LEV PARNAS (wearing an ankle bracelet) and suddenly disclosing a 4 month old phone call with no relevance.
They are desperate. It's right in front of you.
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Most Think Trump Did Something Wrong with Ukraine
awww...
isn't that special?
well bless their little hearts.
Trump Demands Loyalty and Inspires Very Little
January 29, 2020 at 6:27 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 7 Comments
Washington Post:
“The explosive disclosures in Bolton’s forthcoming memoir about his time in the White House — including his firsthand allegation that Trump directly tied the holdup of $391 million in military aid for Ukraine to investigations into a political rival — prompted cries of heresy and betrayal from Trump and his allies.
“But the short gestation period — less than five months — between Bolton’s September exit from the administration to his damning book manuscript underscores an uncomfortable truth for Trump: For a president who demands absolute loyalty, he inspires strikingly little of the same, with former aides, advisers and associates often turning on him with thrumming regularity.”
53% Think Trump Did Something Wrong with Ukraine
34% think he didn't
awww...
isn't that special?
well bless their little 34% hearts.
Senate GOP Will Move to Acquit Friday Night
January 29, 2020 at 4:19 pm EST
Sen. John Barrasso (R-WV)
told NBC News says the GOP’s plan would be to move to immediately acquit President Trump on Friday night if in fact the U.S. Senate votes against calling additional witnesses.
The Hill:
“It was clear to Senate Republicans on Wednesday after a morning meeting between Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) that the question of having additional witnesses is settled, and the Senate will vote Friday to wrap up the impeachment trial of President Trump.”
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Better assassinate or get a gag on Bolton real quick.
Thought I had posted that last earlier.
Democrats are going Uh-oh.
A string of newly resurfaced video clips of former national security adviser John Bolton spurred President Trump and his supporters Wednesday to highlight what they described as serious credibility questions -- raised by both Democrats and Republicans -- amid the Senate impeachment trial, as the president tweeted, "GAME OVER!"
Trump linked to an interview of Bolton in August 2019 concerning Ukraine policy. In the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty interview clip, Bolton made no mention of any illicit quid pro quo, and acknowledged, as Republicans have claimed, that "corruption" in Ukraine was a "high priority" for the Trump administration.
Bolton also called Trump's communications with Ukraine's leader "cordial," without mentioning any misconduct. It seemingly contradicted reported assertions in Bolton's forthcoming book that Trump explicitly told him he wanted to tie military aid to Ukraine to an investigation of Joe Biden.
congrats to Janefor being the first of the Three Socialist Stooges of CHT to fly the White Flag .
Acquittal vote will be Bi-partisan
Cocaine Mitch has the votes close out this Travesty.
Schiff just crapped the bed.
"Schiff later said that he would not release the transcript of an interview with the Intelligence Committee Inspector General (ICIG) about the way in which the so-called “whistleblower’s” initial complaint was handled."
He is Obtructing.
DEM's looking up
And see a quickly disappearing top of the cliff.
But great job waterboy, lots of "mistakes" but you didn't actually write them yourself. Just carried over from political_lire.
Lots of repercussions coming to a greatly damaged Democrat party.
aw geez, this is gonna be a problem since we are required to believe all the wymyn all the time -
John Bolton, during a 2005 Senate confirmation process, was accused by a female government contractor of harassing 'her relentlessly,' chasing her around a hotel, criticizing her weight and 'hinting' she was a lesbian.
Melody Townsel described his behavior in a 2005 letter to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee when he was under consideration for the UN Ambassador position.
'Mr. Bolton proceeded to chase me through the halls of a Russian hotel — throwing things at me, shoving threatening letters under my door and, generally, behaving like a madman,' she wrote.
'John Bolton hounded me in such an appalling way that I eventually retreated to my hotel room and stayed there. Mr. Bolton, of course, then routinely visited me there to pound on the door and shout threats,' she added.
'He made unconscionable comments about my weight, my wardrobe and, with a couple of team leaders, my sexuality, hinting that I was a lesbian (for the record, I'm not),' she noted.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7943135/John-Bolton-accused-harassing-government-contractor.html
i mean, since the democrats are doing the kavanaugh thing with this impeachment thing, we're supposed to follow the ENTIRE kavanaugh script including the believe all wymyn thing, right?
help me out here liberals. i'm trying to keep up with all your asinine bullshit societal rules and you sure as fuck don't make it easy.
well, son of a bitch!!!...
Separately, Fox News has identified clips of Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., now the lead House impeachment manager, in which he says Bolton had a distinct "lack of credibility" and was prone to "conspiracy theories." This week, Schiff said Bolton needed to testify in the impeachment trial as an important and believable witness.
"This is someone who's likely to exaggerate the dangerous impulses of the president toward belligerence, his proclivity to act without thinking, and his love of conspiracy theories," Schiff told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on March 22, 2018, when Trump named Bolton national security adviser.
"And I'll, you know, just add one data point to what you were talking about earlier, John Bolton once suggested on Fox News that the Russian hack of the DNC [Democratic National Committee] was a false flag operation that had been conducted by the Obama administration," he said. "So, you add that kind of thinking to [former U.S. attorney] Joe diGenova and you have another big dose of unreality in the White House."
Schiff made similar arguments back in May 2005, saying in an interview with CNN's "Crossfire" that Bolton was "more focused on the next job than doing well at the last job" when he was up for nomination as ambassador to the United Nations under then-President George W. Bush.
"And particularly given the history, where we've had the politicizing of intelligence over WMD [weapons of mass destruction], why we would pick someone who the very same issue has been raised repeatedly, and that is John Bolton's politicization of the intelligence he got on Cuba and other issues, why we would want someone with that lack of credibility, I can't understand," Schiff had said.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schiff-bolton-lack-credibility-senate-impeachment-trial
The Three Socialist Stooges of CHT are not going to like the next 7 days.
RRB again hits a walk off grand slam .
Collectively the Three Socialist Stooges of CHT are snow white, over 75 years old, broke and broken and stupid.
From rrb's article above (an actual video, not FAKE NEWS from CNN, MSNBC or MSM)
“If I had to say something I knew was false to protect American national security, I would do it," Bolton said in an interview with Fox Business in 2010.
And what would he do to get back at someone who fired him and simultaneously enriches himself with book sales ?
No wonder FAKE NEWS media is getting crushed. And I hope Trumps defense team plays these videos in response to a question today. And also nail Schiff with his obvious lie not to know the whistleblower from prior inconsistent statements and actions. He needs to testify under oath. And consequences. Congressmen should not be able to so blatantly lie and feed the FAKE NEWS media with such critical importance (such as his Trump/Russia collusion lies).
Devastating to dem's and their search for the "truth"
This all really started with Biden and Anita Hill and hopefully it ends with Biden and Schiff. What a chapter of history that will be. Along with the Obama Crime Syndicate.
well son of a bitch, AGAIN!!!...
Ukrainian ex-Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin has demanded that the State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) open criminal proceedings against former U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden for illegal influence on him as the prosecutor general of Ukraine.
"I ask you to register a criminal offense against me in the Unified Register of Pretrial Investigations by a U.S. citizen, Joseph Biden, which happened on the territory of Ukraine and abroad, namely, interference with the activities of a law enforcement officer, the responsibility for which is provided for in Part 2 of Article 343 of Ukraine's Criminal Code. Immediately start a pretrial investigation and give written instructions to SBI investigators," Shokin said in a statement to the acting SBI director delivered by Shokin's lawyers.
Shokin said he agreed to resign as prosecutor general of Ukraine due to Biden pressure.
"During the last months of 2015 and the first of 2016, Joseph Biden, using his official position, personally paid official visits to Ukraine several times with the aim of holding negotiations with the state leaders on my removal from my post. As a result, he curtailed an objective investigation criminal proceedings on the facts of unlawful activities of persons associated with the company Burisma Holdings Limited (Cyprus), including the son of the specified high-ranking official," Shokin said.
Shokin said Biden demanded that he be fired in exchange for the unhindered provision of Ukraine with a U.S. state guarantee in the amount of $1 billion.
Shokin said Biden's actions can be considered as pressure according to the scientific and legal conclusion of the International Law Association of April 18, 2017, provided by Doctor of Law, Professor [Oleksandr] Merezhko, currently Vice President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
Facts about Biden's illegal influence against Shokin are confirmed by the results of an independent international journalistic investigation, named "UkraineGate," conducted and published by the French Internet publication Les-Crises.fr.
https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/638150-amp.html
This all really started with Biden and Anita Hill and hopefully it ends with Biden and Schiff. What a chapter of history that will be. Along with the Obama Crime Syndicate.
if schiff was pulling this shit on behalf of the GOP, democrats would make absolutely sure he died in fucking prison.
* ends with Biden Bolton and Schiff
rrb said...
if schiff was pulling this shit on behalf of the GOP, democrats would make absolutely sure he died in fucking prison.
as he should if he is held accountable and a fair jury is found.
Not a 95% politically biased dem jury in Washington DC where a "jury of his peers" would never reach an unanimous verdict to do that.
rrb said...
well son of a bitch, AGAIN!!!...
Ukrainian ex-Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin has demanded that the State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) open criminal proceedings against former U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden for illegal influence on him as the prosecutor general of Ukraine.
Maybe Biden can really get in shape for Corn Pop by working out in prison.
And eventually even even join a Team Obama football team there.
Not a smidgen of corruption but rather a mountain.
ALX
@alx
How much longer is Adam Schiff going to pretend that he doesn’t know Eric Ciaramella is the Whistleblower and that he hired two of his former NSC colleagues, Abigail Grace & Sean Misko as aides?
One of them was hired the same month that the Whistleblower submitted his complaint.
The truth will eventually get out, especially with a 2020 trifecta of Republican House, Senate and President. And America really can be great again.
The shit that President Trump has had to overcome is crazy.
😊Blogger KansasDemocrat said...
Alky had to run, he can't debate, never has been able to.
it's interesting. the alky proclaims himself to be the most well-informed political prognosticator on this blog. his knowledge of American history and civics knows no bounds. couple that with his 137 IQ - (or is it 138?) and you would think that you find yourself in the presence of greatness. and his political predictions? let's just say that they are without equal.
so you would think that he would possess at least a basic knowledge of the existence of a treaty between the US and ukraine that was signed between our two nations specifically to address the investigation and prosecution of criminal activity and corruption.
in fact, this specific treaty has been referenced countless times in discussions regarding the impeachment fiasco.
i find myself at a loss for words to describe just how ignorant and downright fucking stupid the alky proves himself to be with every comment that he manages to post without the aid of a plagiarized copy/paste.😊RRB
Listening to this crock of shit yesterday from Dershowitz was as inane as the typical Lil Scotty bullshit!!!!! Convoluted, twisted and rambling and a typical Harvard discussion in the class room that goes no where....Jowls and company must think the American voter is in Somalia and has no idea what is going on....With 75% of voters wanting witnesses.....do you think this will be a positive for those vulnerable senators in Nov????? Me thinks Jowls thinks time will heal all wounds is in effect!!!!! IOW's it will be interest when the next D is POTUS how will the R"s react when biden says it was in the national interest!!!!!! BWAAAAAAAAA!!!! Capitulating to trump is all you suckers do.....paybacks will be a bitch!!!!!
Attorneys argue that nearly any action is not impeachable if it’s in the public interest
The assertion from Alan Dershowitz, one of the attorneys representing President Trump, seemed to take GOP senators by surprise, and few were willing to embrace his argument.
By Erica Werner, Karoun Demirjian and Elise Viebeck
Ukrainian ex-Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin has demanded that the State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) open criminal proceedings against former U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden for illegal influence on him as the prosecutor general of Ukraine.
BWAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!! That's like me saying you need to be deported to russia because of your stupidy!!!!!! Stupid even for a moron like you!!!!!
Good Morning Dennis , I hope you are well.
Cory Gardener has said he's seen enough. That is a no vote on witnesses.
After a meeting with Cocaine Mitch Murkowski was tight lipped. She's probably a no vote.
Mitch is going to let Collins slide because she's in a tight race, probably a yes vote.
And Romney being and asshole is a definite yes vote.
Maybe Biden can really get in shape for Corn Pop by working out in prison.
ol' quid pro joe should be tossing corn pop's salad...
heh.
Maggie Haberman and her "bombshell" article in the New York Times about John Bolton's manuscript, and claims that he holds information that could convict the president, should be completely ignored or mocked for what it is: planted opposition strategy. It is an indisputable fact that Haberman was used by the Hillary Clinton campaign to "plant" stories favorable to Clinton in the press. John Podesta's hacked emails prove it. For those of you who have forgotten, here's what campaign staff said about Haberman. (Emphasis mine.)
Placing a Story
As discussed on our call, we are all in agreement that the time is right place a story with a friendly journalist in the coming days that positions us a little more transparently while achieving the above goals.
Who: For something like this, especially in the absence of us teasing things out to others, we feel that it's important to go with what is safe and what has worked in the past, and to a publication that will reach industry people for recruitment purposes.
We have has [sic] a very good relationship with Maggie Haberman of Politico over the last year. We have had her tee up stories for us before and have never been disappointed. While we should have a larger conversation in the near future about a broader strategy for reengaging the beat press that covers HRC, for this we think we can achieve our objective and do the most shaping by going to Maggie.
Democrats can do the "most shaping" of their narrative by going to Maggie. Isn't that special? Now, fast-forward to Haberman's latest "bombshell" about John Bolton's manuscript that was perfectly timed to disrupt the Senate impeachment hearings. The release of the allegations was maximized to cause the maximum upset and chaos possible right at the beginning of the Senate trial. Does anyone think that was an accident? Haberman is a literal known operative for the Democrat Party. She is the one they go to when they want a story "placed." Anyone using anything she writes for any purpose other than to line a birdcage or wrap fish should be ashamed of themselves.
https://pjmedia.com/trending/wikileaks-proved-maggie-haberman-is-a-dem-operative-and-her-nyt-expose-should-go-in-the-garbage/
https://pjmedia.com/trending/wikileaks-prove
Again the dumb fucking idiot of NY posting a BULLSHIT opinion from a completely fake source!!!!!!! God you should read shit before posting, but that is presuming you can actually read!!!!!!!! BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! Yep....you are very special...LOOLOLOL
Blogger Commonsense said...
Cory Gardener has said he's seen enough.
BWAAAAAAA!!!! We'll see how that works out for him in Novelmber.....Fuck the country his new motto.....
ESAD goat fucker....hope you recover from your stupidity.....!!!!!
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Republicans Say Nothing Is Impeachable
January 30, 2020 at 8:33 am EST
Jonathan Bernstein:
“The impeachment trial of President Trump moved to questions from senators on Wednesday. It wasn’t an encouraging day.
“The president’s lawyers moved closer than ever to simply embracing the idea that the president can do whatever he wants. Alan Dershowitz even went so far as to argue that since presidents always think that their re-election is in the national interest,they cannot be legitimately impeached for any use of their powers of office to aid that re-election. This would have been good news for Richard Nixon. And surprising news to pretty much everyone throughout U.S. history.
“It appears more and more that even if the House managers serving as the impeachment prosecutors are eventually allowed to call one or more witnesses, the trial will end after establishing the principles that the president may use the powers of the office any way he or she wishes to without constraint, and that presidents will no longer have any legal obligation to submit to congressional oversight.”
So much for checks and balances. We once had a republic.
HEIL, TRUMP!
Only Alky says this shut here.
"So much for checks and balances. We once had a republic.
HEIL, TRUMP!"
Blogger KansasDemocrat said...
Only Alky says this shut here.
BWAAAAAAAA!!!! And I bet you wonder why I call you a dumbass goat fucker!!!!!!!!!!
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