Man....they (GOP) REALLY want that whistle blower don't they?

[Bromwell]

Gee, wonder why? We have gone WAY past the whistle blower but they are obsessed with getting that person out in the public and there is only one reason.

Smear, smash, trash, lie about, crush, threaten, bash, rip apart.....destroy.

Forget the facts...forget those things. Lets just lie about the messenger and confuse the rubes.

[dchill]

1. No, but their Lord and Master does.

[RKP5637]

2. Exactly!!! They want to show what happens to people that expose the tRump cult/regime. It's

absolutely incredible what a horrific lot the GOP has become.

[TruckFump]

8. What the Repukes are doing with this is kinda seems obvious.

While Trump should be bright enough to not threaten witnesses (which he is not), they are doing this for him by their repulsive conduct toward the whistle blower and those who have appeared as witnesses in these hearing.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

3. Agolf Twitler wants to make sure future whistleblowers are terrified

[Captain Zero]

4. Exactly. Intimidation of potential whistleblowers still out there

Mafia thug tactics.

[VMA131Marine]

19. I think it's even simpler than that

Trump just wants revenge! His whole mantra, learned from Roy Cohn, is if they hit you, you hit them back ten times harder. It’s killing Trump that he doesn’t know who hit him and he can’t hit back.

[Phoenix61]

5. They are worse than a baby crying for a binky. nt

[tblue37]

6. And thus to intimidate future witnesses & whistleblowers. nt

[kentuck]

7. They believe they can destroy the reputation of any one person..

But by destroying the reputation of the whistleblower, they believe they csn destroy the investigation.

[GoCubsGo]

9. It's all they have.

They're telling The Cult, "Look! Squirrel!"

[stopdiggin]

10. wait. didn't we DO this last week with DonnieJr and Breitbart?

how many times do we have to "out" the WB?

[chriscan64]

11. I am trying to follow along

They don't want to hear from anyone with second hand info, except the whistleblower who it seems is the only one they want to question. Thought experiment, let's say they get their wish and get to grill the person who for the sake of this argument admits to being politically motivated and out to get the president. So what? In no way does this change the veracity of the complaint, Trump asked Zelensky to investigate Biden on the call. Read the "transcript".

[OldRed2450]

13. It' a red herring and...

serves as intimidating future whistle blowers.

[stopdiggin]

16. and further

with the amount of evidence, and testimony, compiled -- the idea that the phone call is the key to this whole extortionist plot -- is frankly a little silly.

[OldRed2450]

12. They are intimidating potential FUTURE whistle blowers.

[Maven]

14. Because the GOP's motto is now "snitches get stitches"

They are a crime syndicate masquerading as a legitimate political party.

[Efilroft Sul]

18. They so badly want the motto to be "snitches sleep with the fishes."

Luca Brasi style.

And when someone does get seriously hurt or killed, the Republicans will publicly state, "Don't look at us, WE had nothing to do with it!"

[C_U_L8R]

15. By any measure, they are losing.

[dawg day]

17. They don't care about the actual person-

They're just like Trump, knowing there are words which are excitement-triggers for the base. The more they can say "whistleblower," the more excited the base is. Actually having the WB testify would ruin this process for them.

It's all so primal. I mean, really, they treat the base like their cavemen-- grunt the right way, and the cavemen grunt back excitedly. There's no rational thought or higher thinking going on at all. It's kind of at a primate level... not fair to other primates. Chimps and gorillas understand far more words than these people seem to.

[RKP5637]

20. Yep, they are definitely below the bottom of the barrel! n/t