Posted on 01/24/2020 4:11:00 AM PST by Kaslin
Our media elites arrogantly lecture about our democracy being undermined by robotic propaganda, but do they ever listen to themselves talk about the Democrats? Somehow, they think their robotic propaganda is just the "truth." The press came to witness the Senate impeachment trial, and Rep. Adam Schiff had them at hello.
No member of Congress has been more dramatically partisan in this war on the Trump presidency than Schiff. Did you know he's the second coming of Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg? Check out this list of the media's responses to his opening statement at the trial.
1."I think it'll go down as one of the great performances ... He just shreds the other side every time he gets up," claimed MSNBC's Jonathan Alter.
2. On CNN, Wolf Blitzer declared it was "a very, very powerful and forceful speech ... a very, very strong case from Adam Schiff."
3. CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin called it "dazzling ... really remarkable" and said, "It was the second-best courtroom address, since it's like a courtroom, that I ever heard."
4. On Twitter, Washington Post reporter Greg Miller oozed, "the way he has handled impeachment will leave a mark on history, exceeding nearly all contemporaries."
5. Washington Post writer Jennifer Rubin wrote a valentine to Schiff's "grand slam" with the headline "Adam Schiff's Brilliant Presentation Is Knocking Down Excuses to Acquit."
6. ABC's Terry Moran said: "It was meticulous and well-organized. It was grounded in evidence, which he recited and arranged ... in a comprehensive narrative. At times, he tried to rise to a level of eloquence and stir a sense of responsibility for the Senate."
. MSNBC's Jason Johnson insisted Schiff wasn't just talking to senators: "He was speaking to 100 years in the future. This is a speech that kids are going to be giving in 2060 ... at university projects."
8. CNN's Paul Begala seconded that emotion: "I believe what Adam Schiff said yesterday is going to be studied 40 or 50 years from now."
9. MSNBC lovebirds Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski echoed each other in adoring Schiff's "virtuoso performance."
Then these people wonder why Americans watch Fox News instead! To love Schiff's case, you have to believe that a single phone call from the president to the Ukrainian president is somehow an impeachable offense on the level of abuse of power and obstruction of the House.
What's entirely missing from this tsunami of saccharine sentiments is an important counterargument. Schiff has lied and manipulated this entire process. Schiff's staff was working with the "whistleblower" in August, before his complaint was filed. But then Schiff lied shamelessly on MSNBC on Sept. 17, saying, "We have not spoken directly with the whistleblower." Two days later, he lied again when he thanked Michael Atkinson, the inspector general for the intelligence community, without whom he "might not have even known there was a whistleblower complaint."
The "fact-checkers" actually tagged Schiff on this, but how serious was their evaluation? Consider this: PolitiFact was founded in 2007, and this was the first time it has ever found an error in his statements. Since 2012, Sen. Ted Cruz has been subjected to 143 fact-checks, while Schiff has two.
The dishonesty of Schiff emerged again during the trial, as when he mischaracterized text messages from Ukraine-scandal figure Lev Parnas to Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani. As usual, the Schiff-adoring networks skipped right over his lies.
But they lecture us about the integrity of democracy.
This insane hate cult is insulting our intelligence folks.
A hundred years from now people will still be wondering why President Occasional Cortex built that bridge to Bermuda.
The civil trial analogy is a good one, in this case. The last time I served on a civil jury, the case was blown apart by one of the PLAINTIFF’s witnesses on the stand ... while being questioned by the plaintiff’s attorney! LOL.
What was that circular TURD on the top of Schitts head? Right there in the middle, a layered turd, slightly different color than the rest of his hair.
Was it an electronic device shaped like a turd? Was it an AI access port? (I’m watching “Emergence”). Was it just a faggy hairdo?
I CAN’T be the only one that noticed it!
Schitt for brains has actual SCHITT on his brain.
“That’s what it is... forced on the Senate and the country by moron Republicans afraid of what the Democrat media would say about them if they went straight to dismissal and a vote of acquittal.”
I’ve changed my view on that after watching or being aware of what the Democrats have done in their many (TOO MANY) hours of facetime.
Instead of proving their case, they have proven that THEY HAVE NO CASE.
I believe they have LOST Senators over this. With a razor thin margin and no assured tie breaker (Roberts instead of Pence), this could be yuge on a vote to dismiss (50+1). The vote to convict (67), non existent.
Too funny - Schiff is the one that ensured millions tuned out before they really got started...
Well, in a way, it was impressive. We may disagree with the content, but the presentation style and manner were good. If one from our side had turned in a similar performance, we would be singing praises also.
Are you quoting Democrat Media there? All I heard was a deranged homosexual desperately repeating a conspiracy rant, attempting to convince others as much as he was trying to convince himself.
Mileage may vary.
Rich! May it be so with the Demonrats.
Should have used “ “ around that! Or “supposed “!
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