Doesn't today prove Bolton has the goods?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

Unless they are all the greatest actors in the world...they seem to be scared of what Bolton IS gonna say. Ergo, he's got some good shit, right?

[uponit7771]

1. K&R, if Red Don had the votes he'd be crowing about it by now. I don't think its Bolton they're ...

... skeered of cause like Klein just said on Chris Hayes show Bolton isn't going to say anything different that what Red Don has already admitted to.


It's what someone will say a month before the election that makes the house reopen the case against Red Don they're skeered of.

If they don't handle it now they'll be blamed for not handling it 2 months before the election.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

6. May be. Why do I think they don't think

toward the future like that? Hell, Trump's been a loose cannon from day 1. He's committed impeachable offenses since day 1. He's just lucky NP decided not to follow up. What makes now different?

[madaboutharry]

2. He's going to say it anyway.

It’s all going to be out soon anyway. They just want the acquittal in before the shit hits the fan.

If he isn’t allowed to testify I wouldn’t put it past Bolton to hold a news conference and let it rip.

[awesomerwb1]

3. So many people have the goods

yet so many choose to/are forced to remain quiet.

The book hasn't been printed yet. Things could change. With these f-ers and russian money, anything can happen.

[Jarqui]

4. They'll do a hit job on him like they've done to everyone else

I really doubt these witnesses are going to get 67 votes for impeachment in the Senate.

So it is all about posturing for the upcoming election and retaining power at any cost so they don't go to jail

It's frightening because we really have a lawless government now. Barr & Trump will have free reign and there is nothing of substance to stop them. Barr is even defying court orders.

At this point, why will they bother to count the 2020 ballots?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

7. Barr defying court orders? Should have been brought

up at Impeachment!!!! Limiting to just Ukraine not a good decision IMHO..

[Midnightwalk]

5. They don't care about facts

My take is bolton is a hero to the war hawks in the party. Bolton painting trump as a security risk might get a rise out of that wing of the party.

That might raise the risk of some move to appease that wing.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

8. You are right. Trump Admin...whoever that is right

now, will do ANYTHING to stay in power.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

9. Doesn't prove anything, but it makes a strong case to call Bolton as witness

[Laura PourMeADrink]

10. I figured if Bolton was a true loyalist then no one

would be worried at all about what he might or might not say.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

11. It could be an act ...

GOPers are not above big theatrical schemes, but what argues against this being one is the fact that if he is called as a witness, it opens the door to others and delays the end of the trial. Getting Bolton to testify would soothe the public cries for witnesses. Even if he testifies favorably for Trump, it still opens the possibility for more witnesses and more delay. This will unhinge the orange one even more.

So, the noises being made by GOPers are probably genuine, but they don't necessarily mean that Bolton will provide sufficient push to oust the menace. The delay will provide more time for the giant beast of public temper to grow. We need that. There is a lag between the time facts emerge and the bulk of the public reacts.

[TheBlackAdder]

12. Gee, if only Bolton didn't journal and write a tell-all book while Trump was still in office. 😂

[Laura PourMeADrink]

13. Yes! So GOP weighing...allow him to testify under

oath, in a serious hearing - or - just swarm Fox and trash his book when it comes out. Duh.