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Trump's defense team is outright lying about several things... Is that legal?

Would it be inappropriate for the Chief Justice to speak up and say, “yeah, we could rule on that” ...?

What a pillar of rectitude @MoscowMitch is!

Feral wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2020 1:44 pm What a pillar of rectitude @MoscowMitch is!

Why does his motivation matter? If he does the right thing because he's a noble statesman or because he's a chickenshit douchebag, the result is the same, right?

Feral wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2020 1:44 pm What a pillar of rectitude @MoscowMitch is!

It's interesting - while this could very well be a tactical give on McConnell's part, I'm not so sure. Any gives don't play well with the boss.

More importantly, I think adding days to the process is of great strategic benefit to the Democrats. Not only does it keep substantive arguments from being made well into the night, it also carries a lot of risk of intervening events. Every day that goes by before the final vote is tallied carries with it at least some significant possibility of further revelations/Trump outbursts/cracks in the GOP firewall.

DCHawk1 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2020 1:46 pm

Feral wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2020 1:44 pm What a pillar of rectitude @MoscowMitch is!

Why does his motivation matter? If he does the right thing because he's a noble statesman or because he's a chickenshit douchebag, the result is the same, right?

I'd think it matters a great deal to at least some of his constituents?

I already know he's the latter.

jfish26 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2020 1:54 pm

DCHawk1 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2020 1:46 pm

Feral wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2020 1:44 pm What a pillar of rectitude @MoscowMitch is!

Why does his motivation matter? If he does the right thing because he's a noble statesman or because he's a chickenshit douchebag, the result is the same, right?

I'd think it matters a great deal to at least some of his constituents?

Perhaps.

But you're assuming that A.) others in the Senate are more nobly motivated (which I doubt); and B.) that his constituents haven't already had ample opportunity to judge his character and to decide its relevance to them.

As 99 just proved...

Mjl wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2020 1:32 pm Trump's defense team is outright lying about several things... Is that legal?

You mean, like this:

Feral wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2020 3:35 pm

Mjl wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2020 1:32 pm Trump's defense team is outright lying about several things... Is that legal?

You mean, like this:

The chasm between the two sides in terms of preparedness, seriousness, integrity, professionalism and, quite frankly, intellect is something to see on display. It's like the White House's lawyers are just doing a gussied up version of the House GOP's Fox News bingo.

Blatant Lies are a core of the Republican platform.

Hypocrites much?

jfish26 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2020 3:51 pm The chasm between the two sides in terms of preparedness, seriousness, integrity, professionalism and, quite frankly, intellect is something to see on display. It's like the White House's lawyers are just doing a gussied up version of the House GOP's Fox News bingo.

^^^

Feral wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2020 3:35 pm

Mjl wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2020 1:32 pm Trump's defense team is outright lying about several things... Is that legal?

You mean, like this:

Yeah, right at that point he said that and a few other things that were just blatant lies. I think that was the one that prompted my post.