Posted on 01/31/2020 8:31:56 PM PST by Cboldt
Marco Rubio - @marcorubio
#SenateTrial Day 10:
Final arguments 11am Monday. Final vote Wednesday at 4pm.
Last March Rep. Schiff said there was "little to be gained by putting the country through" the "wrenching experience" of a partisan impeachment.
But then they decided to do it anyway.
The House admitted they didn’t try to enforce testimony of witnesses in court because it would tie them up in litigation for a year. But then spent weeks demanding the Senate do it now. We were never going to play this stupid game with them
The same people to say "how dare Trump disagree with our intelligence professionals" are also the ones doubting the "intelligence professionals" on Soleimani planning an imminent attack.
The poll tested "stealing the election" line was also a joke. Was Trump trying to tamper with voting equipment or something? I wanted to laugh every time they said it but I think laughing was against the Senate impeachment rules
most obnoxious argument was the "I have secret information that's damning,but I can’t divulge it" Total crap. We have access to the same information & you don't have squat. If you did it would be leaked. Just like the mole at NSC illegally leaking portions of Bolton's book.
Bottom line is despite not initially wanting to do it they were bullied into impeachment by radical far left voices they are afraid of. Then they fell in love with the case & the cameras & the adoration of the media & forgot the damage impeachment inflicts on the country.
So howcome you masters of the universe in the senate didn't allow a motion to dismiss like you did with Clinton? Giving your fake opponents cover. Government is just a big WWE match, both sides taking public $$$.
Two weeks of senate in trial mode is playing the stupid game with them. Of all people, Murkowski had the balls to call the articles out as worthless. Rubio comes out after the fact. Weakling.
I'm glad Trump was acquitted, but the GOP is putting up a half-baked fight.
When did the vote to acquit happen? I miss something? I thought they adjourned till next week to allow the vote on Acquittal?
Murkowski didn’t want to do the House’s work.
Micro Rubio should have been run out of office after his first amnesty vote.
Flimsey Grahamnesty already has three.
It didn;t/. You are not dreaming. Wednesday 4pm for that vote.
But the outcome is a foregone conclusion, so the politicians have found courage.
It ain’t over ‘til it’s over.
And even then it isn't over.
But seriously, do you think the Senate has the balls to remove Trump? Carter maybe.
“So howcome you masters of the universe in the senate didn’t allow a motion to dismiss like you did with Clinton?”
because President Trump didn’t WANT a dismissal,he wanted a vote of acquittal ...
“I’m glad Trump was acquitted, but the GOP is putting up a half-baked fight.”
Trump has NOT been acquitted yet ... that vote is scheduled for Wednesday, February 5th ...
“When did the vote to acquit happen? I miss something? I thought they adjourned till next week to allow the vote on Acquittal?”
you didn’t missing anything ... Cboldt doesn’t know what the hell he’s talking about ... the vote for acquittal won’t take place until Wednesday, February 5th ...
The House Rats are already getting set to draft “New” articles of impeachment.
Just wait.
My guess is that McConnell would never allow a vote on a motion to dismiss if he knew it would fail.
It’s all beltway theater. Shortly, back to regular programming.
The House Rats are already getting set to draft “New” articles of impeachment.
Just wait.
And the do-nothing GOP Senate will go back to doing nothing to engage the ongoing CIA backed coup inside the executive branch. No witnesses, no nothing.
Just wait.
Could be true, but there is a point to be made in favor of regular process.
I bet George Zimmerman wanted the dismissal he asked for, instead of a trial.
-- Trump has NOT been acquitted yet ... --
I'm not worried about it.
to me...she got it right...that would have changed the senate forever.
Micro Rubio shouldn't have been allowed to run for re-election after he'd already announced he wasn't running. He should have been told to go punt.
Working in cahoots with their allies in the executive department. Yep.
Exactly right. The motion is not in there on purpose. The GOP did not have the nerve to declare the articles invalid, or said another way, they would have implicitly endorsed them as valid.
Not putting the principle to a test allows the senate to move on without showing its lack of principle.
You’ve got it. You’ve totally got it. I’d even bet new Articles are being drafted as we speak!
Dear Micro Rube:
FOAD...
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