****GQP response thread****

[lindysalsagal]

This guy's wasting time. Blah blah blah.

[The Blue Flower]

1. Offering no legal argument whatsoever

Tangential stories that advance no argument.

[Mike 03]

2. Thank you!

I don't want to listen, but I want to see what others think.

[calguy]

12. I'm watching it only because.......

I just had major surgery a week ago today and I'm physically restricted to a recliner, so it's like what else am I going to do? Watch a rerun of the last super bowl? I'd much rather be out doing something constructive.

[KTinaY2008]

34. Me too

I had major surgery on Jan 28 and still can't get around easy. So I'm in my recliner watching this. Though I'll be asleep soon. He's boring.

I hope you heal quickly!

[barbtries]

17. I am trying to listen.

trying to get the full measure of what any average not-so-engaged American is hearing...but it's very hard to listen to this crock full of shit.

did he just quote dershowitz?!

[PirateRo]

3. Obsucation

Plus republicans today suck.

[unitedwethrive]

4. Now he is just flattering the senators.

I guess they don't have a case.

[uponit7771]

5. They're already crashing and burning, really boring doesn't counter emotional video shown by dems ..

... this guy's horrible.

[Lars39]

6. He's trying to make little jokes every once in a while.

Ain’t nobody even snickering.

[fishwax]

9. we all know what a record is, right? the thing you put the needle down on. Badumdum. This thing on?

[pandr32]

20. How utterly tasteless

I'm not watching so I check in here on occasion to see the latest, but, fer fux sake! This is an extremely serious matter and should be given solemnity.

[Lars39]

26. He just stuck his hand in his pocket for effect.

Talking about Federalist papers now...not sure how he’s going to spin this.

[barbtries]

7. I'm trying to listen.

I'm really trying. but I don't think I'll be able to continue, because bullshit gives me high blood pressure. i don't want to stroke out because republicans SUCK SO FUCKING HARD

[uponit7771]

19. +1, he's also very boring but I think that's a strategy

[pandr32]

65. Probably true

[Drum]

8. I believe they call this "riffing"

He might as well be tuning a guitar

[Beringia]

10. He is appealing to decency, which I thought it was a Dem before I finished the dishes and saw

he represents Trump.

[BlueSpot]

11. So far I've got:

1. They're getting the folks responsible (apparently trying to imply that doesn't include Trump).
2. Goldwater was a great man.
3. All you Senators sure are special. Really going on about that.

[orleans]

28. "MY senator" has a "my pillow ring" lol nt

[TruckFump]

13. He just described negligence and has no clue how it does not apply. Egads. EOM

[edhopper]

14. He's saying

they should have the courage to do the wrong thing.

Just kissing asses.

[Cirque du So-What]

15. Jerry Seinfeld he ain't

His obtuse attempts at observational humor fall flat.

[ariadne0614]

16. So far, his tactics include stroking egos, and throwing tRump's mob under the bus.

I’m sure that will be gobbled up on one hand, and spit out on the other.

[Cirque du So-What]

18. I wish he'd stop sucking his teeth

It makes me want to toss up.

[pandr32]

66. Oh, ick!

Glad I'm not watching.

[woodsprite]

21. Is this the guy who got added to tRump's team really late?

Because he just seems to be BSing the book report.

[qazplm135]

22. I've had law professors more interesting than this guy

He's not pounding the facts, the law, or even the table, he's just droning on about nothing particularly important or interesting.

[orleans]

23. omg!! this is the defense team?

holy shit.

what crap!

[pandr32]

24. Thanks for posting this thread

[Generic Other]

25. Counting coup -- The Defense opening

His balls are shrivelled.
They are pulling the abusive male victim shit on America!!!
Greasy lawyer won't get paid. Trump never pays his debts, just goes for revenge.
That guy deserves to be grabbed by the collar and shaken. My dad did this to a colonel before. He ended up in Korea. But a colonel had to send him to the front because he knew.
An NCO had the strength to pull a man up by the collar and shake him silly.
Did not care what decorations sat n his shoulder. That's my role model in life. The MPs arrested my dad, but shook his hand too.
That Trump lawyer's balls are in my dad's pocket if we are counting coup.

[SayitAintSo]

27. Absolutely... seems like a filibuster killing time

Because the vote is already cast. Trying to give the Republicans as much cover as possible.

[spanone]

29. So this asshole is going to blame this on partisanship. Fuck him.

He obviously didn't watch the film.

trump is being punished for political reasons....G A S L I G H T I N G to the nth degree

[KewlKat]

30. I changed the channel when the GQP started...just had breakfast and went to keep it down.

[Irish_Dem]

37. I have it on mute, so I can see the idiot, but don't have to listen to his crap.

[Generic Other]

31. BREAKING: President Trump requests use of Airforce One if forced to appear in Congress_

"If they want to impeach me as President they'll have to let me travel as President."

Link to tweet

OMG of OMGs.

[KewlKat]

40. Dumbass really asked for this? Not the onion?

[Squinch]

44. Easy solution: tell him no, and subpoena his ass.

[pandr32]

69. Absolutely

Gawd--what utter gall he has.

[Generic Other]

81. From my private video vault of clips NSFW and lame

https://vimeo.com/120953045 From my private video vault that I never finished because of slight audio, etc. issues.

[Generic Other]

82. From my private video vault of clips NSFW and lame

https://vimeo.com/120953045 From my private video vault that I never finished because of slight audio, etc. issues.

[Etherealoc1]

32. Geez

This cannot be their defense.

[spanone]

35. This guys a shyster...to go into the Senate Chamber and lecture these esteemed egos.

another pathetic sycophant doing trump's bidding

[nolabear]

33. Thanks for the second thread.

He’s been godawful so far.

[nolabear]

36. All this "something happened" business. I'd better NEVER hear

That “some people did something” criticism bullshit again.

[BlueSpot]

38. Getting into some thinly veiled threats now

This is pathetic.

Edit for those not watching: He's going on about future elections, court actions, etc.

[crickets]

42. Apparently he thinks the nation will come to a halt because of impeachment.

His argument boils down to: we can never have impeachments because they're too much trouble.

[ooky]

39. So, I guess all this word salad amounts to a defense that

“it’s a partisan impeachment”?

What utter nonsense.

[Montauk6]

41. Did he just warn Eric Holder?

Are they gonna also play the Tan Suit Card while they're at it or just reopen the Benghazi case?

[crickets]

43. "This attack on the Constitution will not prevail."

What? Impeaching trump is not an attack on the Constitution. This argument is all about projection.

[Montauk6]

45. Ohhhhh, OK, I get it now....

TRUMP must've written this guy's speech.

[Montauk6]

46. BECAUSE NEITHER FORD NOR CARTER NOR BUSH SR. CLAIMED THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN, YOU ASS!!!...

That's the friggin' difference. Geez....

[Mersky]

47. This is a collage of disjoint, soundbite crappola

A robust argument is not being attempted. I wonder who is paying him by the word, because we know it isn’t tRump?!

[nolabear]

48. Boy, with friends like these...

That one term “voted them out when they ducked up” argument was a beut.

[IcyPeas]

49. Mafiosi lawyer is up

[Mersky]

50. Oh geez, all that for that

He was removed by the voters and so why am I even here? - Is the nutmeat of castor’s blather. 🥜

[crickets]

51. Up now: David Schoen

Civil and criminal and defense lawyer; met with Epstein to discuss his case days before Epstein's death.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

52. Is he get paid by the word or by how boring he is?

it's working and Trump ain't paying a dime for this.

[pandr32]

72. Well, you get what you pay for

[Greywing]

53. It seems to me that he is only making the case for impeachment

A constitutional lawyer her aint. They seem to all be civil and criminal defense lawyers.

What the hell was all that about voters being smart enough to chose to change ... this is about a former president inciting a riot in order to deny the will of the voters and his refusal to accept the election results.

[BlueSpot]

54. This new guy sure yells a lot

Last edited Tue Feb 9, 2021, 06:16 PM - Edit history (1)

Dems are mean, and this is just going to further divide the country. Yawn.

I'm not even going to speculate on why one hand has to hold the top of his head when he takes a drink of water.

Edited to add: I saw the other post explaining the hand on his head thing: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215079049

[nolabear]

55. I see the knuckle breaker has arrived.

Not a shred of defense so far.

[crickets]

56. Schoen is accusing Democrats of abusing impeachment for political gain.

This, while Senators have already decided to clear trump of insurrection for political reasons before even hearing the testimony. Wow.

[superpatriotman]

57. BEWARE1!1!

Nt

[ismnotwasm]

58. Did they just whine about a 16 hour presentation?

After what they put Hillary Clinton through? Clown shoes man.

[haele]

59. Just got back from lunch after watching the opening of school-drop-out-rock...

Was I hearing Mr. "Just a small town Pennsylvania DA" Castor subtly threaten Senators with Trump's constituency in red states. He went on for a good five or ten minutes on how Senator Sasse was facing trouble in Nebraska because of his recent stances.
Then he went on with how the Democrats were obviously still afraid of T****?

Got the slightest whiff of Mob Lawyer there.

Haele
Editedd because I don't care who T****s lawyers are, but still need to get the names right.

[Mersky]

60. Pursue impeachment looonnng after blah,blah,blah leaves office...

Dude. I haven’t even had to change water filters since the insurrection. Haven’t had to open a new bag of dog food. I still haven’t properly completed the video game I started before Jan 6.

This angry man is pissing me off.

[spanone]

61. So their video shows politicians talking about impeaching a president....bad president

[Kali]

62. complete with dramatic music

[BlueIdaho]

73. Sinister music... nt.

[BlueSpot]

64. He broke his own case with that video

He was trying to say use of impeachment is willy-nilly. Instead, given the number of calls for impeachment over the four years of the term, the fact it only actually happened twice shows a lot of restraint.

[crickets]

67. 👆 This.

[EndlessWire]

63. The defense so far

1. No jurisdiction
2. No investigation
3. The ends justify the means (insurrection)
4. Repubs will try to impeach any and all former
office holders
5. Denial of rights
6. Intent to impeach
7. Misinterpretation of Constitution

...

[PRETZEL]

68. I'm only listening,

but is this one of Trump's lawyers arguing for the nee to have witnesses?

Is this guy really wishing for something he might come to regret?

[BlueSpot]

70. You are correct

He said the articles of impeachment were rushed because there were no hearing and no witnesses. But seems to also be talking about witnesses in general being required for fairness. Obviously, he wasn't part of the team at the 1st impeachment where no witnesses were allowed by the Senate!

[BlueIdaho]

71. Red is fussing and fuming and gulping water

Did he help himself to some of Donny’s Peruvian marching powder before he took up his rant?

[Greywing]

74. Wait a minute ... is he arguing that impeachment is unconstitutional?

He absolutely knows nothing about Constitutional law!!!! He's confusing criminal law with impeachment which has nothing to do with civil or criminal law.

[orleans]

75. WHY IS THIS ASS STILL TALKKING???? ARGHHHHHHH nt

[Mersky]

76. Ugh, good he's done shoehorning the impeachment process into regular court proceedings

That isn’t what the Constitution allows for, so they need to get over it.

If mcconnell hadn’t recessed the Senate until January 19th, the Constitutional remedies for dealing with a pResident that pumped-up and directed violent mobs to the Capitol might have satisfied his artificial requirements. If this was a court of law and I was a lawyer, I’d argue his requirements are unreasonable for starters. I mean, just because he lost his job does not mean he didn’t commit the acts being alleged or shouldn’t be held to account for them.

[crickets]

77. Taking the vote now.

I'm still amazed they're having a vote on the Constitutionality of this, but whatever. If anything, this should be a good indication of how they'll vote later.

[KewlKat]

78. 3 rethugs so far

[Mersky]

79. As to the who-has-a-spine today vote

cornyn is apparently a tall pile of jello.

[Mersky]

80. 56-44 YAY!!!!

[Politicub]

83. I was listening on the radio and tuned in to someone reading a poem

And it was a rather shitty reading, too.

My first thought was, “quit your bullshit.”