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Don Gates's avatar

I know we're taking shots at these folks for saying how emotionally drained they were, but most of us know how emotionally draining it can be dealing with a toddler. Now, just imagine that toddler is the President of the United States, with none of the cuteness to balance out the bad.

And this from Amanda is soooo good:

So now everyone can be clear on what Trump did during those 187 minutes. He watched TV, he lobbied senators to delay the vote count, he put a target on Pence’s back, ignored pleas for help, sat around while other leaders organized plans, and then blew the rioters a kiss on their way out the door.

I watched a clip of Hannity from around 9:12 last night, just to see what all our crazy in-laws were watching while the hearing was on, and it was guests Jim Banks and Stephen Miller; Banks insisting that the hearings were actually exonerating Trump; Hannity engaging in some bizarre whataboutism regarding the unlawful Carter Page FISA warrants, saying falsely that no one had been held accountable for them; and Miller arguing that the hearings are completely political, and it's just politicians trying to smear Donald Trump because he was such an amazing president. And that was only about 5 minutes of the entire program.

Liz Cheney's final statement was legendary. Says this Democrat.

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suzc's avatar

I am sure they were as drained as they are tone-deaf.

And never forget they are Trump LOYALISTS! It took attempted murder of VP and Speaker and desecration of the CAPITOL for them to have had enough.

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sld's avatar

Hannity. Banks. Miller. And of course, Hawley. They'd succumb to the allure. The allure?

Read the classic parlor game: "Who Goes Nazi?" by Dorothy Thompson. Harpers Magazine (August, 1941).

https://harpers.org/archive/1941/08/who-goes-nazi/

PS Pick almost any Trump lickspittle. They'd go.

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Kip🎗️'s avatar

There is no difference between any Trump supporter and the Germans who supported the Nazis in the 1930s. They are the exact same type of people. No different.

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Jeff the Original's avatar

As a non-stop FoxNews blogger...one of my favorite posts these days is to point out that when they criticize the hearings as having a whole lot of second hand witness testimony so they're not worth watching...

...I point out that...if they aren't actually watching the hearings but are posting an opinion about them...isn't that basically second hand testimony???

The typical response to not answer the question and do some stupid verbal attack on me and/or the Dems.

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Don Gates's avatar

You are a glutton for punishment, my friend, blogging for FoxNews non-stop. I hope there is some sort of compensation involved in this vocation.

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Jeff the Original's avatar

No compensation and it all started when...very naively...I figured that some Fox viewers would be critical of Trump in 2017. HA!

My reward is when someone actually stops and interacts thoughtfully with me and there is a good exchange of ideas and no name calling.

Hardly ever happens...

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Don Gates's avatar

Sounds like it's worth it from time to time, so that's good to hear. Keep up the good fight.

I phrased my previous response poorly; I didn't mean to make it sound like you were blogging for FoxNews, I just meant blogging FoxNews, like you originally said.

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Jeri in Tx's avatar

Thank you for watching Faux so that I didn't have to. That's truly taking one for the team!

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Don Gates's avatar

Ha, I'm not that intrepid. I just took a look at anything the network had posted on YouTube from last night once I heard this morning that, once again, they decided to run the prime time lineup instead of the hearings. Although I don't know if Tucker chose to run commercial-free again this time around.

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knowltok's avatar

On the Fox thing, my standing statement is going to be:

"There are none so blind as he who will not see. I'll take actual footage and sworn testimony over political spin on Fox."

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rlritt's avatar

They are clearly traitors owned by an anti Amerian foreigner who has used his vast wealth to try and destroy our Democracy. There are a lot of bad things you can say about Democrats

but they have just over 50% support in this country. These stupid politicians make good money and lots of perks. There job is to get manage the country not try to kill the other party. We need to start electing serious candidates, not media whores.

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Lewis Grotelueschen's avatar

Eyes and ears are poor witnesses when the soul is barbarous.

-Heraclitus

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suzc's avatar

Brilliant!!! Thanks for this quote.

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