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PerhapsSoHat RetweetedFIONA HILL UPDATES: We begin with Matt Gaetz barging into the room and this tense exchange in which Schiff tells him to "absent yourself."
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NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Now I'm older, tanned, and my face is showing it's age. Plus I'm y'all just like them as well.
Why couldn't I look like George Clooney? No, you're a misfit from Full Metal Jacket and a Nazi stooge from west Florida....
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Varaddem
(432 posts)I dont think he was on that committee,So not allowed in a closed hearing
Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)Last edited Fri Nov 8, 2019, 07:51 PM - Edit history (1)
Nicholson did it in the Shining, too.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)mountain grammy
(26,614 posts)trueblue2007
(17,205 posts)RainCaster
(10,865 posts)I suppose it might work as a toothpick, though.
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)Raster
(20,998 posts)The Weenie has no weenie.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,669 posts)It's a nice way of saying "Get your ugly ass out of my hearing," just as "Bless your heart" means "Holy crap, you're stupid!"
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,669 posts)Response to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #7)
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,669 posts)There are censure mechanisms, but right now there are bigger fish to fry. I wouldn't want to let the likes of Gaetz cause the distraction and attention he obviously wants to cause.
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bottomofthehill
(8,329 posts)bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)Remember a few weeks ago when all those Republicans barged into that testimony? Some of them were reportedly asking Capitol police to arrest them. They want the image of them being handcuffed and dragged out, because it makes them look like victims.
It's also why Gaetz said "You're going to have someone remove me from the hearing?" He was hoping they would drag him out because of the visual.
colorado_ufo
(5,733 posts)"Walk away."
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C_U_L8R
(44,997 posts)What doofuses.
Or is it doofi?
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Sorry, I have been using that word a lot lately, because it just describes them so well. I really just hate them with a passion.
C_U_L8R
(44,997 posts)MontanaMama
(23,307 posts)You made me laugh so hard at this. I'm using that word a lot lately too.
OMGWTF
(3,950 posts)lastlib
(23,208 posts)"futhermuckers" works!
"Mufflers"...close enough but still deniable.
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)llmart
(15,536 posts)I can't believe how much swearing I've done since these motherfuckers stole our democracy.
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)MontanaMama
(23,307 posts)But he's waaaaayy too classy.
Delmette2.0
(4,164 posts)And yes, Schiff is too classy and respectful.
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)It is OK.
MFGsunny
(2,356 posts)crickets
(25,962 posts)come off sounding like big ol' toolboxes in the moment. It's stunning how little self-awareness on their parts was involved in that exchange. Kudos to Schiff, the adult in the room.
SergeStorms
(19,192 posts)The fuckwit in the Oval Office, and no one else.
crickets
(25,962 posts)yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)Boom!
Hassler
(3,370 posts)dmr
(28,347 posts)Or did he plop himself down daring the Chairman to have him physically ousted? Of course this is exactly what the Soviet-enablers want: to look like victims, and create distractions.
I hate to imagine the antics they will play once this all goes public.
catrose
(5,065 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Then there's a gap, then Gaetz is magically gone. I think Gym Jordan told him to leave.
dmr
(28,347 posts)Penalizing will help keep them in check. Yay!
groundloop
(11,518 posts)FoxNewsSucks
(10,429 posts)That's probably best. Any time Gaetz or any other MFer makes a spectacle, Schiff should just look at the ranking member and say "he's burning up YOUR time, do you want him to stay?"
N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,715 posts)Comic relief but in a dark way.
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Karadeniz
(22,493 posts)eggplant
(3,911 posts)JohnnyRingo
(18,624 posts)I assume it was just a distraction that he wanted entered into the record, but I'd like to know just how trivial and pathetic it was.
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)Are like 2 spoiled children doing anything they can to get attention.
Adam got Jordans attention by taking time away from Republicans. Matt as soon gone.
Both Schiff and Pelosi seem to be very good at handling children temper tantrums.
My grandson used to cower everyone with his in the floor tantrums. At a family gathering I stood up, walked over looked down at him, started laughing. You should have seen his darting eyes. I could read them. Why is she laughing at me?The parents and Grandmother got mad at me. But from that day on all I had to do when I could see what he was doing was to start laughing, making fun, bring him right out of his sulks.
Today he is an Honors College student.
Chuck laughed at Trump when he accepted blame for the shut down.
Trump is against a wall of experienced litigators.
NotASurfer
(2,149 posts)Rep. Trafficant was expelled in 2002 for accepting bribes from his friendly neighborhood crime syndicate. Rep. Myers, 1980, for accepting a bribe to lobby on behalf of a foreign national for asylum in the US. And a slew of Representatives who backed Confederate secession during the Civil war.
Only applied in extreme cases where the Representative is looking at criminal prosecution and should, if they have any shreds of conscience left, resign. It feels like there ought to be some applicability of the first two with respect to a few GOPsters in office today.