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So nervous for the hearings (Original Post) brettdale Jun 2022 OP
Whatever the truth is, matters. We will see it. jimfields33 Jun 2022 #1
I'm with you...nervous, however... agingdem Jun 2022 #2
My biggest concern is that it doesn't feel like a congressional hearing tishaLA Jun 2022 #3
I think these people are smart enough to walk the line between capturing people's attention ... Novara Jun 2022 #4
It will be a made for TV spectacle Crazyleftie Jun 2022 #5
which they will do Novara Jun 2022 #6

agingdem

(7,849 posts)
2. I'm with you...nervous, however...
Thu Jun 9, 2022, 06:06 AM
Jun 2022

if the Plastics (stick up his ass Jarod/vacant manicured Ivanka) cast themselves as Daddy's innocent victims, if Jarod claims selective amnesia ("mob, riot, breaching the Capital...when?&quot , if Ivanka portrays herself as a helpless little girl who "tried, really tried to reach big bad Daddy", my laptop goes on mute and I'll clean the bathrooms...

tishaLA

(14,176 posts)
3. My biggest concern is that it doesn't feel like a congressional hearing
Thu Jun 9, 2022, 06:30 AM
Jun 2022

they have a good former news producer to get it snappy. I hope they have it well-scripted, multimedia, and concise.

Novara

(5,841 posts)
4. I think these people are smart enough to walk the line between capturing people's attention ...
Thu Jun 9, 2022, 06:52 AM
Jun 2022

... and seriously presenting salient evidence.

Face it, it it was like a regular congressional hearing with lawmakers pontificating on one side and witnesses on the other, only the die-hards would watch. They have to reach people. I think they're smart enough to understand balance.

Crazyleftie

(458 posts)
5. It will be a made for TV spectacle
Thu Jun 9, 2022, 07:33 AM
Jun 2022

the simpler thing to do would be to issue a written report and issue recommendations to the DOJ for indictments....

Novara

(5,841 posts)
6. which they will do
Thu Jun 9, 2022, 07:35 AM
Jun 2022

Are you saying that it isn't worth presenting to the public?

Look, Mueller issued a written report but he fell very short of recommending legal action. We all know how well that written report went over.

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