Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:27 PM
crickets (5,127 posts)
***IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY HEARING NOV 20 THREAD 7***Other streams: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212688024#post9 NYT Live Updates: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/us/politics/impeachment-hearings.html Global News Canada Live: https://globalnews.ca/news/6189777/live-trump-impeachment-hearings-sondland-day-4/ Wonkette Live: https://www.wonkette.com/the-gordon-problem-impeachment-liveblog-day-four
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crickets | Nov 20 | OP |
crickets | Nov 20 | #1 | |
ancianita | Nov 20 | #2 | |
Pacifist Patriot | Nov 20 | #4 | |
polichick | Nov 20 | #6 | |
NewJeffCT | Nov 20 | #12 | |
ancianita | Nov 20 | #32 | |
Roland99 | Nov 20 | #3 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #5 | |
elleng | Nov 20 | #13 | |
gademocrat7 | Nov 20 | #7 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #8 | |
Roland99 | Nov 20 | #10 | |
crickets | Nov 20 | #11 | |
ancianita | Nov 20 | #26 | |
Pacifist Patriot | Nov 20 | #18 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #42 | |
Pacifist Patriot | Nov 20 | #49 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #62 | |
Pacifist Patriot | Nov 20 | #65 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #74 | |
madaboutharry | Nov 20 | #9 | |
polichick | Nov 20 | #14 | |
mucifer | Nov 20 | #15 | |
elleng | Nov 20 | #16 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #17 | |
Blaukraut | Nov 20 | #21 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #19 | |
Pacifist Patriot | Nov 20 | #20 | |
The_Counsel | Nov 20 | #23 | |
Roland99 | Nov 20 | #27 | |
Mersky | Nov 20 | #22 | |
crickets | Nov 20 | #24 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #25 | |
polichick | Nov 20 | #29 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #56 | |
polichick | Nov 20 | #58 | |
Blaukraut | Nov 20 | #28 | |
madaboutharry | Nov 20 | #33 | |
Pacifist Patriot | Nov 20 | #35 | |
crickets | Nov 20 | #30 | |
Roland99 | Nov 20 | #31 | |
crickets | Nov 20 | #34 | |
ancianita | Nov 20 | #37 | |
crickets | Nov 20 | #47 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #36 | |
ancianita | Nov 20 | #38 | |
luvs2sing | Nov 20 | #39 | |
crickets | Nov 20 | #41 | |
luvs2sing | Nov 20 | #43 | |
Blaukraut | Nov 20 | #44 | |
ancianita | Nov 20 | #45 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #40 | |
meow2u3 | Nov 20 | #46 | |
nolabear | Nov 20 | #50 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #48 | |
nolabear | Nov 20 | #51 | |
Mersky | Nov 20 | #57 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #52 | |
crickets | Nov 20 | #54 | |
ancianita | Nov 20 | #59 | |
madaboutharry | Nov 20 | #61 | |
uponit7771 | Nov 20 | #73 | |
crickets | Nov 20 | #77 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #53 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #55 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #60 | |
crickets | Nov 20 | #64 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #70 | |
Bayard | Nov 20 | #72 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #63 | |
Pacifist Patriot | Nov 20 | #69 | |
JHB | Nov 20 | #76 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #78 | |
Hermit-The-Prog | Nov 20 | #103 | |
polichick | Nov 20 | #66 | |
demmiblue | Nov 20 | #67 | |
Roland99 | Nov 20 | #68 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #71 | |
crickets | Nov 20 | #75 | |
Roland99 | Nov 20 | #79 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #80 | |
Mersky | Nov 20 | #81 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #82 | |
polichick | Nov 20 | #83 | |
elleng | Nov 20 | #86 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #90 | |
Roland99 | Nov 20 | #84 | |
PuraVidaDreamin | Nov 20 | #96 | |
Roland99 | Nov 20 | #98 | |
polichick | Nov 20 | #85 | |
crickets | Nov 20 | #87 | |
Pachamama | Nov 20 | #88 | |
woodsprite | Nov 20 | #95 | |
crickets | Nov 20 | #120 | |
nolabear | Nov 20 | #89 | |
Pachamama | Nov 20 | #94 | |
crickets | Nov 20 | #102 | |
Siwsan | Nov 20 | #91 | |
nolabear | Nov 20 | #97 | |
blogslut | Nov 20 | #101 | |
MerryBlooms | Nov 20 | #104 | |
brooklynite | Nov 20 | #92 | |
crickets | Nov 20 | #105 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #93 | |
Mersky | Nov 20 | #99 | |
meow2u3 | Nov 20 | #100 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #106 | |
Siwsan | Nov 20 | #107 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #108 | |
Mersky | Nov 20 | #110 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #109 | |
Mersky | Nov 20 | #117 | |
Roland99 | Nov 20 | #111 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #114 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #112 | |
nolabear | Nov 20 | #113 | |
Siwsan | Nov 20 | #119 | |
Roland99 | Nov 20 | #115 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #116 | |
nolabear | Nov 20 | #118 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #121 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #122 | |
crickets | Nov 20 | #124 | |
mucifer | Nov 20 | #127 | |
crickets | Nov 20 | #130 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #123 | |
Mersky | Nov 20 | #125 | |
Roland99 | Nov 20 | #126 | |
crickets | Nov 20 | #128 | |
mucifer | Nov 20 | #133 | |
Siwsan | Nov 20 | #129 | |
polichick | Nov 20 | #131 | |
crickets | Nov 20 | #134 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #132 | |
Roland99 | Nov 20 | #135 | |
BumRushDaShow | Nov 20 | #136 | |
crickets | Nov 20 | #137 | |
budkin | Nov 20 | #138 | |
Mersky | Nov 20 | #139 |
Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:29 PM
ancianita (12,191 posts)
2. Republicans proclaim there is "no evidence" from today's witness, Sondland.
Repubs claim their prez is being bullied by impeachment.
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Response to ancianita (Reply #2)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:30 PM
Pacifist Patriot (21,849 posts)
4. And in other news, Republicans claim 1+1purple.
Response to ancianita (Reply #2)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:30 PM
polichick (36,846 posts)
6. All they have left is gaslighting.
Response to ancianita (Reply #2)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:33 PM
NewJeffCT (54,447 posts)
12. but, I thought Trump
was the ultimate Alpha Male Man's Man He-Man?
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Response to NewJeffCT (Reply #12)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:43 PM
ancianita (12,191 posts)
32. Except that adults know the flip side of the bully boy is the victim. Thus, Putin, the predator.
Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:30 PM
Roland99 (45,717 posts)
3. Stewart, imho, helping make the case for extortion
Of course Zelensky isn’t going to say he is
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Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:30 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
5. Sondland is pushing back a bit on Stewart
believe it or not...
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Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #5)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:33 PM
elleng (93,609 posts)
13. Good. Had it muted, so didn't hear.
Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:31 PM
gademocrat7 (6,380 posts)
7. The rethugs have nothing.
Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:31 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
8. Mike Quigley (D-IL) up
Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #8)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:32 PM
Roland99 (45,717 posts)
10. You'd indict the person who pulled the fire alarm
Whistleblower claims don’t change the presidents actions
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Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #8)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:33 PM
crickets (5,127 posts)
11. I like his analogy - don't indict the guy who pulled the fire alarm -
It doesn't change body of evidence, just puts someone at risk.
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Response to crickets (Reply #11)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:40 PM
ancianita (12,191 posts)
26. GS: Noun + verb + Trump + Giuliani + Pompeo + Volker + Burisma no Biden equals no smoke or fire
Just looks that way to me, so far.
Media can only go with Sondland's opening written statement to affect public opinion; if they go with testimony, they've got equivocation, which affects public opinion, too. At least Sondland's showed up. Not sure that it's advanced the Democrats' case. |
Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #8)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:37 PM
Pacifist Patriot (21,849 posts)
18. And continuing the casting call...
How about Patton Oswalt to play Quigley?
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Response to Pacifist Patriot (Reply #18)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:51 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
42. I was thinking Robert Urich
(if he were still alive
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Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #42)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:54 PM
Pacifist Patriot (21,849 posts)
49. Goodness me!
1) You're absolutely right.
2) Holy crap, I forgot he was dead. I met him in the Atlanta airport once. Seemed like a nice guy. |
Response to Pacifist Patriot (Reply #49)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:02 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
62. His face kept coming up in my mind when I see Quigley
and had to google "1980s cop shows" to remember his name.
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Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #62)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:03 PM
Pacifist Patriot (21,849 posts)
65. LOL! That is precisely how I'd have done it.
Response to Pacifist Patriot (Reply #65)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:11 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
74. I originally considered a "young" Jack Lord
but I know he's been gone for awhile (and would have been 100 next year).
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Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:32 PM
madaboutharry (31,745 posts)
9. The disingenuous complaining and minimizing
of Trump's crimes by these republicans is just so depressing.
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Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:34 PM
polichick (36,846 posts)
14. Some of the RepubliCONs are such good liars they seem to believe their lies.
Response to polichick (Reply #14)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:34 PM
mucifer (15,334 posts)
15. that's how they win
Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:37 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
17. And Ghouliani thrown under the bus ("problematic to work with Ghouliani")
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Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #17)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:38 PM
Blaukraut (4,945 posts)
21. Again! He's been under that bus so many times, he's flat as a pancake n/t
Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:37 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
19. Stupidufuckik (R-NY) up - MUTE ALERT
Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #19)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:38 PM
Pacifist Patriot (21,849 posts)
20. Beat me to it.
Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #19)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:39 PM
The_Counsel (1,314 posts)
23. She's Still on the Now Debunked Idea That Just Because Trump Didn't Say the Words...
"quid pro quo," "bribery" or "extortion" that no evidence exists.
Whatever. ![]() |
Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #19)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:41 PM
Roland99 (45,717 posts)
27. She was completely useless just now.
Repeated everything she regurgitated yesterday
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Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:38 PM
Mersky (872 posts)
22. stewart is about the last person that should be lecturing
About fairness after stooping so low yesterday.
Then, after a bit stewart, went into how bush withheld aid to Pakistan, etc... Umm, I'm pretty sure those instances withholding of aid came with real foreign policy that involved bipartisan, Congressional support. THOSE WERE NOT FOR THE PERSONAL BENEFIT OF THE SERVING PRESIDENT. THOSE WEREN'T BRIBES TO TAKEDOWN POLITICAL OPPONENTS. Sorry for yelling. It just isn't his money to use for muddying the election. |
Response to Mersky (Reply #22)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:40 PM
crickets (5,127 posts)
24. Good points. You're yelling to the choir; don't worry about it.
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Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:40 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
25. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) up
Quoting what Drumpf said about not "knowing Sondland".
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Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #25)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:41 PM
polichick (36,846 posts)
29. Swalwell is good!
Response to polichick (Reply #29)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:59 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
56. He has been on TV all over and twitter trolling the GOP
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Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #56)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:59 PM
polichick (36,846 posts)
58. Yeah, I really enjoy him!
Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:41 PM
Blaukraut (4,945 posts)
28. They all have faces as red as tomatoes. Must be hot in there n/t
Response to Blaukraut (Reply #28)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:43 PM
madaboutharry (31,745 posts)
33. I was thinking it must be really warm in the room,
but the other day I read it was cold in the room and that Ambassador Yovanovitch sat with a blanket on her lap.
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Response to Blaukraut (Reply #28)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:44 PM
Pacifist Patriot (21,849 posts)
35. I've noticed the flushed faces and been wondering that as well.
Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:41 PM
crickets (5,127 posts)
30. Swalwell up - asking ordinary and reasonable questions
Sondland is weaseling on things like the definition of 'often.'
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Response to crickets (Reply #30)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:42 PM
Roland99 (45,717 posts)
31. "We followed the direction of the president "
Response to Roland99 (Reply #31)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:44 PM
crickets (5,127 posts)
34. Unsaid: the direction of the president through Rudy. nt
Response to crickets (Reply #30)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:46 PM
ancianita (12,191 posts)
37. Swalwell and hypothetical questions isn't a good look. Sorry, the only thing going for Dems is the
opening written statement.
It's in writing, so it is something. |
Response to ancianita (Reply #37)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:53 PM
crickets (5,127 posts)
47. It is in writing, and that may bite Sondland hard and help Dems in the end. nt
Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:45 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
36. William Hurd (R-TX) up
Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #36)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:47 PM
ancianita (12,191 posts)
38. Hurd: how do you reconcile your written opening statement and your testimony about the
president saying he wanted nothing.
GS: Yeah, it's difficult to reconcile. |
Response to ancianita (Reply #38)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:49 PM
luvs2sing (401 posts)
39. He spent the morning throwing everyone under the bus..
And has spent the afternoon pulling them out and giving them first aid. I wonder, wonder, wonder, why...hmmmmmmmmmm?
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Response to luvs2sing (Reply #39)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:50 PM
crickets (5,127 posts)
41. I wonder if he received a casual phone call during the lunch break. Hmmm... nt
Response to crickets (Reply #41)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:51 PM
luvs2sing (401 posts)
43. Something like that. No doubt. n/t
Response to luvs2sing (Reply #39)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:52 PM
Blaukraut (4,945 posts)
44. yea, why is he walking back his already amended testimony?
When was he lying? This morning or now?
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Response to luvs2sing (Reply #39)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:53 PM
ancianita (12,191 posts)
45. He's using "no records" from Pompeo's State as the basis of his equivocation. So now it could
be Pompeo, Giuliani and Mulvaney, according to afternoon testimoney. Fall guys for Trump.
Without his equivocation, Dems already have evidence now about obstruction for Pompeo, conspiracy for Giuliani, obstruction from Mulvaney, and hard evidence from Trump himself. |
Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:50 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
40. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) up
Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #40)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:53 PM
meow2u3 (23,823 posts)
46. Castro had Mulvaney's press conference played
Response to meow2u3 (Reply #46)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:55 PM
nolabear (33,128 posts)
50. Lord, can't ANYBODY handle simple technology?
They ought to have an intern who has this down before they even try.
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Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:54 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
48. Castro replayed Mulvaney's quid pro quo presser
and forcing Sondland to admit that Mulvaney would have the direct line to Drumpf as "acting chief of staff" and his saying yes it was quid pro quo and "political influence".
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Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #48)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:56 PM
nolabear (33,128 posts)
51. Paging Mulvaney...come defend yourself!
Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #48)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:59 PM
Mersky (872 posts)
57. Sondland said that politics is always in foreign policy, but that going after
Political rivals is inappropriate.
Really would like to insert his full, exact quote here. |
Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:56 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
52. OMG Sondland claim they belived they were well in the "center lane" of proper diplomacy
Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #52)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:58 PM
crickets (5,127 posts)
54. He keeps saying that. Repetition doesn't make it true.
He really wants to come out of this smelling like a rose and it's not going to happen.
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Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #52)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:00 PM
ancianita (12,191 posts)
59. This is fizzling. Before wrap up and Brussels, I hope Schiff hits hard with evidence in spite of
Sondland.
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Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #52)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:01 PM
madaboutharry (31,745 posts)
61. Sondland bought his Ambassadorship.
He did not come up through the Foreign Service, State Department, military, etc. He has no frame of reference for what a center lane even looks like. He is a dupe who was living out a pipe dream in Europe as an Ambassador. The others wanted him in on it because he wouldn't fully understand what was going on.
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Response to madaboutharry (Reply #61)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:08 PM
uponit7771 (59,494 posts)
73. +1,Sondland is doing a good job at presenting this BUT its really hard to think he didn't know shit
... about the Biden's until the July 25 summary was released.
NOTHING ?! |
Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:57 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
53. Ratfucker (R-TX) up again
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Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:58 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
55. Denny Heck (D-WA) up
And Sondland just fucked up with his initial answer saying "certain conditions" were justified for foreign influence in our elections and then had to correct himself.
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Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:00 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
60. Heck made Sondland admit they have no evidence of anything "criminal" regarding Hunter
Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #60)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:03 PM
crickets (5,127 posts)
64. Bringing Sondland to talk about patriotic duty
in order to read out the list of names of people who won't testify, including Trump. Denny Heck is good.
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Response to crickets (Reply #64)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:06 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
70. Yup.
He nailed him.
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Response to crickets (Reply #64)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:08 PM
Bayard (6,330 posts)
72. The first time I saw Sondland go perfectly still
When Rep. Heck talked about Sondland's family.
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Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:03 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
63. GYMSUIT ALERT - MUTE
He hasn't banged the desk yet and voice is a bit softer but not sure how long that will last.
EDIT - someone shoved a new battery up his butt and he just got wound up. ![]() |
Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #63)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:06 PM
Pacifist Patriot (21,849 posts)
69. I turned down my volume control, but not enough. He must be ramping back up.
I can hear his squeals again.
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Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #63)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:12 PM
JHB (28,067 posts)
76. Gotta recycle an instant classic
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Response to JHB (Reply #76)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:20 PM
Hermit-The-Prog (10,698 posts)
103. she got him!
Telnaes is a genius.
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Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:03 PM
polichick (36,846 posts)
66. Jordan really gets off on the sound of his own voice! lol
Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:04 PM
demmiblue (23,473 posts)
67. Jim Jordan parroting Putin talking points:
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Response to demmiblue (Reply #67)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:06 PM
Roland99 (45,717 posts)
68. Gym ignoring that Zelensky isn't going to admit pressure
He wanted to get the meeting in the WH
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Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:07 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
71. GYMSUIT's battery turned off. Peter Welch (D-VT) up.
Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:11 PM
crickets (5,127 posts)
75. Welch is pointing out that holding back the aid put people's lives on the line. Good.
Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:13 PM
Roland99 (45,717 posts)
79. Maloney (D-NY) up now
Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:13 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
80. Sean Maloney (D-NY) up
Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:14 PM
Mersky (872 posts)
81. Oh, c'mon, Gymmy. Murphy brought up the withholding of aid days after it had already
Been reported in the media. Of course it was a topic, but that doesn’t make the quid pro quo scheme some bipartisan arrangement.
CNN reported the aid holdup on Aug 30 & the meeting of Murphy and johnson with Zelensky happened on Sept 5. |
Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:16 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
82. Maloney made Sondland admit who would "benefit" from "investigations"
where "investigations" = "Bidens".
Maloney got the applause!!!! Maloney doing a GYMSUIT on him!! ![]() |
Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:16 PM
polichick (36,846 posts)
83. Sondland is terrified of Trump.
Response to polichick (Reply #83)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:17 PM
elleng (93,609 posts)
86. they all are.
Response to polichick (Reply #83)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:18 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
90. He's wealthy enough not to care about Drumpf
but he is probably more worried about going the way of Manafort.
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Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:17 PM
Roland99 (45,717 posts)
84. Sondland. I've been very forthright. Maloney - this is your third time here!!
Silence abounds |
Response to Roland99 (Reply #84)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:19 PM
PuraVidaDreamin (3,778 posts)
96. WoW this guy was great!
Who is he and from where does he hail?
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Response to PuraVidaDreamin (Reply #96)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:19 PM
Roland99 (45,717 posts)
98. He's from NY
Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:17 PM
polichick (36,846 posts)
85. Love Maloney!
Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:17 PM
crickets (5,127 posts)
87. Sondland's insistence on EVERY TIME saying
"I don't want to characterize"
"I know now, but I didn't know then" "I understand your hypothetical" "With 20 20 hindsight" "Burisma not Biden" is annoying. I am SO GLAD Maloney finally nailed him on this. He HAS NOT been forthright. |
Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:17 PM
Pachamama (13,775 posts)
88. Maloney!!!!!
Wow.....
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Response to Pachamama (Reply #88)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:18 PM
woodsprite (9,465 posts)
95. Yup! Nailed his balls to the chair! nt
Response to Pachamama (Reply #88)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:32 PM
crickets (5,127 posts)
120. Gonna park the video here, cuz it's amazing...
Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:18 PM
nolabear (33,128 posts)
89. Boy did Maloney wipe the smile off of Sondland's face!
Let's not forget he is trying to cover his ass.
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Response to nolabear (Reply #89)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:18 PM
Pachamama (13,775 posts)
94. That was amazing....
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Response to nolabear (Reply #89)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:20 PM
crickets (5,127 posts)
102. Sondland thinks he got away with "please be clear about what you're asking"
but what he really got was a potential perjury charge. Refusing to answer a question when you know the answer is as bad as making up an answer. Both answers are untrue.
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Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:18 PM
Siwsan (13,624 posts)
91. Congressman Maloney just took my breath away.
Wow. No holds barred.
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Response to Siwsan (Reply #91)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:19 PM
nolabear (33,128 posts)
97. I'm so glad. It was getting way too chummy. Sondland is NOT our friend.
And he's getting more self important as this goes on.
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Response to Siwsan (Reply #91)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:20 PM
blogslut (33,592 posts)
101. That was for the books
stunning
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Response to Siwsan (Reply #91)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:21 PM
MerryBlooms (7,868 posts)
104. I think Maloney is fed up with all the republican tap dancing and Sondland
trying to cya with all his not recalling bs.
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Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:18 PM
brooklynite (56,219 posts)
92. Sean Patrick Maloney gets Sondland to say Trump would benefit from Biden investigation: applause!
Response to brooklynite (Reply #92)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:22 PM
crickets (5,127 posts)
105. It's incredible the effort that took - it shouldn't have if Sondland were an honest man. nt
Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:18 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
93. Val Demmings (D-FL) up
Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:19 PM
Mersky (872 posts)
99. Maloney - this is real life
I hope Maloney gets more time or someone tracks back onto where he was going with that.
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Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:20 PM
meow2u3 (23,823 posts)
100. Congressman Maloney got applause from the gallery
Maloney got Sundland to admit that Trump would be the one to benefit from the fabricated investigation into the Bidens.
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Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:22 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
106. Val Demmings (D-FL) running through the record during May in the media
re: Ghouliani blabbing about Burisma and Hunter Biden and asking him why he wouldn't have known about that back in May vs "later".
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Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:24 PM
Siwsan (13,624 posts)
107. Sondham has SMS (Selective Memory Syndrome)
Really, REALLY obvious.
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Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:24 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
108. Demmings just gave him that "you're bullshitting me" look
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Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #108)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:25 PM
Mersky (872 posts)
110. Yup
He's being a bullshitter this afternoon.
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Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:24 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
109. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) up
Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #109)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:31 PM
Mersky (872 posts)
117. Ooooo... He just got Sondland
To volley back to giuliani's Oct 14 statement to the press that Sondland was in charge of the Ukraine deal
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Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:29 PM
Roland99 (45,717 posts)
111. Have the Repukes fled?
Response to Roland99 (Reply #111)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:30 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
114. There aren't that many on the committee since they lost a bunch in 2018
I expect the newer ones are long gone.
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Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:29 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
112. Sondland against throws Ghouliani under the bus
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Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:29 PM
nolabear (33,128 posts)
113. Krishnamoorthi is playing Sondland like a cheap fiddle.
I'm beginning to think Sondland's not that bright.
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Response to nolabear (Reply #113)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:31 PM
Siwsan (13,624 posts)
119. Skills in business to not necessarily translate well to skills in government or diplomacy
Ego tends to be a problem. IMHO, of course.
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Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:30 PM
Roland99 (45,717 posts)
115. MOOnes closing with calling it a conspiracy theory
Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:30 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
116. MOO MOO ALERT - MUTE (closing statement)
Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:31 PM
nolabear (33,128 posts)
118. *sigh* Here goes Nunes, bitching, whining, obfuscating, doing what he does best.
Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:33 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
121. MOO MOO needs to go back to the farm with the rest of the GOP animals.
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Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:34 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
122. Schiff up - CLOSING STATEMENT
Response to BumRushDaShow (Reply #122)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:36 PM
crickets (5,127 posts)
124. Too bad the questions ran long today. Looks like Gordo probably missed his plane. Boohoo. nt
Response to crickets (Reply #124)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:38 PM
mucifer (15,334 posts)
127. he could probably buy his own effing plane I don't really care
Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:35 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
123. Schiff is going to make Drumpf throw Ghouliani under the bus
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Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:36 PM
Mersky (872 posts)
125. Preposterous mooing
Desperate nefarious claim Ukraine doesn't support impeachment whistleblower gave birth (to a calf) Obama no answers no hear no see no tell.
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Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:36 PM
Roland99 (45,717 posts)
126. Schiff - so much for the Ukrainians did not know.
You (GS) testified that you told them of the quid pro quo
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Response to Roland99 (Reply #126)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:39 PM
crickets (5,127 posts)
128. Sondland is not happy about his own testimony that Schiff is reading back
to him. This man is no poker player. He looks ticked off.
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Response to crickets (Reply #128)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:43 PM
mucifer (15,334 posts)
133. sondland really is scumb I hope they get him on perjury
Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:39 PM
Siwsan (13,624 posts)
129. I suspect Sondland might not want to spend one more day on this side of the pond
And, he's out of water!
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Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:40 PM
polichick (36,846 posts)
131. Great summary by Schiff!
Response to polichick (Reply #131)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:45 PM
crickets (5,127 posts)
134. "Is there any accountability?"
Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:43 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
132. Sondland squirming like a kid in a chair.
Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:47 PM
Roland99 (45,717 posts)
135. Schiff again stating the whistleblower didn't cause trumps actions
Ending with applause
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Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:47 PM
BumRushDaShow (51,532 posts)
136. ADJOURNED AND APPLAUSE
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Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:47 PM
crickets (5,127 posts)
137. Another standing ovation - this time for Schiff
Well deserved!
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Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:49 PM
budkin (4,057 posts)
138. Once again Ladies and Gentlemen.... ADAM MF'ING SCHIFF!!!
GIVE IT UP!!!
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Response to crickets (Original post)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:50 PM
Mersky (872 posts)
139. Eloquent and great summary.
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