I'm sitting here watching the Impeachment managers and wondering

[malaise]

how anyone who is a juror would not find the Terrorist in Chief guilty as charged.
History will not absolve these people. The terrorist in chief does not only need to be banned from every office. He also needs to be in prison for the rest of his life.

[soothsayer]

1. Maybe a real trial will take care of that

[malaise]

3. I hope so

Many of us knew this was very bad from day one, but it is way worse than we suspected.

[soothsayer]

7. Yeah. I doubt they'll even get to the whole "who delayed the National guard and why " mystery

That will be fascinating in the actual trial that brings down all the players (I hope).

[DENVERPOPS]

25. Regretfully, the RepubliCONs know

that ANY jury selected will include at least one, if not more, of the 70 Million Trump Maggats...........

[KPN]

30. Yeah, this is definitely one of those cases when

you wish jury verdicts didn’t have to be unanimous or some ridiculous majority like 10 of 12 here in Oregon.

[onecaliberal]

2. The people who vote to let dump off the hook are co-conspirators.

[NCjack]

24. A criminal trial could link Trump to some Senators, especially the really stupid one (Tuby).

Make them sweat and spend a lot of money on bad lawyers.

[TwilightZone]

4. Because their jobs are more important to them than doing the right thing.

It's really no more complicated than that.

We spend way too much time trying to understand their mentality. It's utterly simple - the job is all that matters. It's priority one on a list that has only one priority. Job = money = exposure = power. That's it.

[Laelth]

10. +1 n/t

-Laelth

[mzmolly]

5. They'll hide behind the faux

constitutional argument. They're despicable.

[soothsayer]

8. It already got voted that it's constitutional

So it is (if that’s how it works)

[sfstaxprep]

11. In A Republic, Perhaps nt

[soothsayer]

13. Oh what was I thinking

They’re such democracy haters

[mzmolly]

18. Most R's voted that

it wasn't. And they'll continue to suggest they voted against conviction, because of their prior BS vote.

[soothsayer]

19. I know but it's not how it's supposed to work

[mzmolly]

21. I agree.

[wcmagumba]

6. Any decent human being would feel the same...the terrorist and his congressional suporters...

are Not decent human beings...this goes for the invading insurrectionists and much of the republican party...

[malaise]

9. These are the same people who make excuses for

mass shootings - they are not decent people - it's all a con - it's about power and wealth

[Tommymac]

42. ..

That is all.

[malaise]

43. That is all

Indeed

[Wellstone ruled]

12. As we heard during

the Vietnam and Iraqi wars,the Republican Party as well as the Conservative media pounded the Phrase,well it is only Collateral Damage,nobody really got hurt or they deserved it.

[malaise]

14. But this time they too were in danger

or maybe they know they weren't the targets

[Wellstone ruled]

17. They as Jurer's could give

a rats ass. It is in the end,Power,Privilege and Personal remuneration. It is how do I gain advantage over the other side.

The only People in that Chamber are the Dems and a hand full Rethugs that care about the how why of our Government.

[IGoToDU]

15. Me too.

I have been thinking that exact thought for quite some time now! Also--when (if ever?!? ) are the chummy connections between some Congresscritters and white supremacist groups going to be examined (i.e. Lindsey G at dinner w the Proud (of what? ) Boys?

[Nitram]

16. It makes me very angry that GOPer Senators will not be held accountable for their treason.

They are every bit as guilty as Trump if they don't vote to convict him.

[pandr32]

31. They should be held accountable

Hopefully they will be one way or another--each and every single one.

[Delmette2.0]

32. Remember their name when they come up for election.

Even local or state wide elections, commit to keeping all his supporters and co- conspritors out of any position in government.

[Nitram]

34. The problem is, the Senators who won't vote to convict represent red states that will vote for them

if they acquit, and may vote against them if they vote to convict. I would vote against them if they represented me, but it wouldn't make any difference.

[Delmette2.0]

58. You can write letters to your local newspaper editor.

You could join your local or county Democrat organization, in my state they are called Central Committees. They can do a lot to keep you informed.

[Nitram]

60. My local paper is published in Charlottesville, Virginia, which already votes Democratic.

The paper is actually rather reactionary, so I don't think a letter from me will have much effect. I just had a letter to the editor published by the Washington Post (I'm a subscriber), which I think might reach more people.

[Zorro]

20. Occam's razor

They're fascists.

[relayerbob]

22. They aren't interested in guilt

They are interested in self-preservation, power and profit. In that order

[KS Toronado]

23. Personally I hope the reQug senators vote to acquit him.

Don't get me wrong he's guilty as hell and belongs behind bars, but if reQugs acquit him it'll keep their party
disorganized going into the midterms. Plus we can use their NAY votes against them at the ballot box.

[malaise]

35. Yes - they will all be naked when they vote to acquit

That's the truth

[hibbing]

26. They always get away with the worst n/t

[BeerBarrelPolka]

27. My Major Concern

My major concern is that this will inspire MAGAts that may be called for jury duty, to purposely stonewall and go against one's better judgement in a real world courtroom. They are seeing the repubs doing it in real time.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

28. Members of the Radical RepubliQan Reich vote party over all else.

DeadDon should be tried in multiple venues for crimes against humanity, multiple conspiracies, inciting insurrection, depraved indifference to human life, murder, embezzlement.

[stillcool]

29. the worst part of this impeachment trial...

is that those that choreographed this whole thing are not even mentioned. The GOP is lawless, beholden only to their power.

[Rabrrrrrr]

33. And everyone in the jury was a victim of the defendant, too - which will make their not-guilty vote

even more reprehensible.

[malaise]

37. Precisely

Ignominy awaits the 'collective pack'.

[FailureToCommunicate]

45. Victims sure, but a number of them were also co-conspiritors.

[Lunabell]

36. My fucking senator isn't even paying attention.

Apparently Prick Scott is looking at a map of Asia instead of doing his due diligence.

[malaise]

39. Well he thought robbing Medicare and Medicare

was no biggie and look where it got him

[Lonestarblue]

38. If McConnell had even the slightest loyalty to the law, he would vote to convict.

And thus give other Senators the freedom to vote the same. McConnell just got reelected. In six years, if he even chooses to run again, voters in ruby red Kentucky will have moved on to someone other than Trump, who could very well be bankrupt or in the middle of dementia. At least four Republican Senators are retiring. A McConnell vote to convict could sway them to vote to convict as well. His votes also frees Senators like Collins and Murkowski to vote to convict.

Trump has power with his base, but Republicans can speak the truth about Trump and the election and deny him at least some of his base. The second thing they could do is get rid of Ronna McDaniel and wrest control of the RNC purse strings from Trump. Republicans have options. Perhaps they’re just too lazy to take them.

[LaMouffette]

40. I saw one of my senators on TV two nights ago stating that the trial was unconstitutional.

In other words, he was already planning to vote to acquit before the Senate trial had begun.

He is such a coward, and "unconstitutional" is the lie that he plans to hide behind. I'm sure other senators will do the same. Anything to appease their Trump-humper voters.

[ancianita]

41. And the crazy thing is that it's the Democrats who are making the conservative argument!

To the very people who present themselves to their constituents as conservatives!

[Cozmo]

44. Prison is too good for him. Can't help but envision all that I think he deserves

[spanone]

46. He should be convicted in a criminal court. Impeachment is too kind for him.

[malaise]

47. And die in prison

Jackie Speiers is on M$NBComcast now. She is clearly reliving Jonestown with the terrorist in chief as Jm Jones

[spanone]

48. Brilliant!!!!!

[malaise]

49. Just put this on for some levity

Dem have fi get a beating and dem cyan det away

[OneBlueSky]

50. Convicted or not, this presentation means the end of Trumpism as we know it . . .

people are going to grow tired of Donald J. Trump faster than Repug senators can imagine . . .

a year from now, those "not guilty" voters will find that they've hitched their wagons to the wrong horse . . . he'll be nothing but a worn out old nag -- if he's even alive . . .

good job, managers . . . you've laid the story out in a way that history will remember it forever . . .

[malaise]

52. Agree - he's finished

This was a masterful presentation

[Evolve Dammit]

53. Respectfully I don't agree. I wish that were so, but they ain't going away. "Standing by..."

[malaise]

56. He sure has gathered the lumpen

and the racists. Many will head back to prison but some of the guards and othe so called security officials are in their camp.

[Evolve Dammit]

51. Amen Malaise. If he's not, there will be more coded calls to the heavily armed psychos. Hell, he

could do it from prison. He has that kind of hold, unbelievably. The footage in the impeachment hearing is even more disturbing than what we witnessed Jan. 6. They are a violent, deranged "base."

[malaise]

54. He'll soon croak

He has serious medical issues and his ego can't survive this humiliation/
The sooner the better. He's a full blown sociopath on steroids.

[Evolve Dammit]

57. Here's hoping

[Duppers]

55. K & R

Damn straight, "for life."

[dlk]

59. When you're a co-conspirator, it's amazing what you'll overlook

Saving their own skins is uppermost in their minds, not justice.