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EffieBlack

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54. I don't think this colloquy went as well for you as you think it did

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Thu May 23, 2019, 10:54 PM

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Robert Mueller is no patriot if he refuses to testify at an open hearing. [View all] milestogo May 2019 OP

It is offensive that he thinks testifying in an open hearing is "political." SunSeeker May 2019 #1

Where does it say in the Constitution that all Congressional testimony must be televised? StarfishSaver May 2019 #6

1st Am. press freedom & Congress has Constitutionally mandated oversight powers. SunSeeker May 2019 #20

The First Amendment doesn't require that Congress conduct all of its hearings in public StarfishSaver May 2019 #21

Well of course there are exceptions for national security. That is not a justification here. SunSeeker May 2019 #27

Congress has closed hearings all the time. Do every one of those hearings violate the Constitution? StarfishSaver May 2019 #37

Of course not. But this one would, for the reasons I stated above. SunSeeker May 2019 #41

Because of that clause in the Constitution that reads "The right of a free press shall not be StarfishSaver May 2019 #45

You're welcome. SunSeeker May 2019 #49

I don't think this colloquy went as well for you as you think it did EffieBlack May 2019 #54

I don't think this colloquy went as well for your friend as you think it did. nt SunSeeker May 2019 #58

Bless your heart. nt Dr Hobbitstein May 2019 #94

I think you got it wrong Instant Liberal May 2019 #18

What more would he divulge in a closed hearing? SunSeeker May 2019 #22

No he won't. kstewart33 May 2019 #25

They would redact anything that could compromise national security, as they do with any other StarfishSaver May 2019 #39

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music May 2019 #34

Yes! Very high-minded some people. nt emmaverybo May 2019 #86

Tried warnin peeps not to trust that ahole & caught shit for it but the results speak for themselves InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #32

If the transcript of his testimony is going to be procon May 2019 #2

He doesn't want to be on television news. milestogo May 2019 #3

WTF is wrong with these people who think there's still some magical Guy Whitey Corngood May 2019 #4

His career will be TARNISHED if he does not testify in public. nt UniteFightBack May 2019 #5

No, actually it won't StarfishSaver May 2019 #8

In my eyes IT WILL. DONE. nt UniteFightBack May 2019 #10

Ok StarfishSaver May 2019 #23

Can we get over the Muelle is a savior bullshit. He's a Republican dem4decades May 2019 #7

Nailed it! Very simple redstateblues May 2019 #56

Our Democracy is not in peril. Its dead GusBob May 2019 #9

Seems to have a fatal disease doesn't it? nRepublicans triron May 2019 #64

He's a decorated marine who fought in Vietnam... cynatnite May 2019 #11

The present moment is the most important moment of his life and how he responds to it milestogo May 2019 #12

Then don't accuse him of not being a patriot after the decades of service... cynatnite May 2019 #13

I just said that. milestogo May 2019 #14

If you didn't mean patriot, you shouldn't have used it in the first place.n/t cynatnite May 2019 #15

Well maybe we should have a poll on gratuitous insults. Here's my vote: take it back. Hekate May 2019 #28

Just curious but what did fighting in Vietnam do for our country? SammyWinstonJack May 2019 #40

Did you actually type that out and then hit POST so that other people could see it? StarfishSaver May 2019 #47

Wow. EffieBlack May 2019 #51

It killed 58,000 US soldiers Beringia May 2019 #68

I agree, the only heroes from Vietnam were folks like John Kerry, draftees, Hoyt May 2019 #98

Thank you for the breath of awareness in this sea of anger, vituperative ignorance, which I see as emmaverybo May 2019 #48

Thank you for stating this....I was going to say the exact same thing. Pachamama May 2019 #88

I completely understand why he doesn't want cameras present, which is all he's really requesting. napi21 May 2019 #16

Who will read through a transcript. kstewart33 May 2019 #33

You assume that the American public is as eager to hear from Mueller as you are StarfishSaver May 2019 #42

A public willing only to pay attention to what they see on live television EffieBlack May 2019 #52

I'd read the transcript way before I'd watch. Codeine May 2019 #55

Me, too StarfishSaver May 2019 #57

This message was self-deleted by its author Cetacea May 2019 #62

I expect all news channels will at least read the highlights. The casble channels will read more napi21 May 2019 #60

Not sure why Robert Mueller testifying about a report he's already published EffieBlack May 2019 #67

+1000 Thekaspervote May 2019 #83

This StarfishSaver May 2019 #91

Do you feel better having said that? Stinky The Clown May 2019 #17

I'm not sure you understand what patriotism means. Instant Liberal May 2019 #19

And Fox won't do the same with a transcript? kstewart33 May 2019 #30

Mueller also testified many times in private. StarfishSaver May 2019 #43

Thank you. Though we should not have to defend such a man, you did it well. emmaverybo May 2019 #50

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I said when the report came out...it was a disappointment. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #24

Maybe he hopes to retain just a shred of personal privacy Hekate May 2019 #26

We're not asking him about his love life. nt SunSeeker May 2019 #31

Mueller is a Reagan Republican first. And they never speak publicly against... JoeOtterbein May 2019 #29

I have no problem reading a transcript. watoos May 2019 #35

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I'm fine with him testifying in a closed hearing that Democrats are part of. Hoyt May 2019 #36

We need to get the truth out. That is the whole point of these hearings. SunSeeker May 2019 #65

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music May 2019 #78

Ignorant white wing GOPers are going to hear what the want, and it will favor trump. Mueller Hoyt May 2019 #95

And when he doesn't say, "Trump is a traitor and I'm on my way to arrest him," the people demanding EffieBlack May 2019 #96

Just what we needed right now - another wedge Leith May 2019 #38

Thank you StarfishSaver May 2019 #44

This evening, I am going for gentle humor Leith May 2019 #46

Confused... longime demolurker May 2019 #70

Thanks! I needed that right about now. smirkymonkey May 2019 #53

It eliminates the grand standing by the repugs radical noodle May 2019 #59

It eliminates getting the truth out there. How many people have read the Mueller Report? SunSeeker May 2019 #63

I think it depends on the public radical noodle May 2019 #66

After reading his Report, I don't have high hopes for that. SunSeeker May 2019 #69

Strange radical noodle May 2019 #71

The problem was he bent over backwards for Trump when he should not have. SunSeeker May 2019 #72

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music May 2019 #79

Trust him? Billy Ray Joe Bob. May 2019 #61

It is a big mistake Meowmee May 2019 #73

sorry I do not agree..... chillfactor May 2019 #74

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music May 2019 #80

Nice Freudian slip typo. Yes, the transcipts would be "dead." SunSeeker May 2019 #82

They said on Rachael's show marlakay May 2019 #75

He needs to testify publicly and closed door hearing is next to useless standingtall May 2019 #81

It's only useless if you don't understand the point of congressional testimony StarfishSaver May 2019 #92

It will be absolutely useless in this situation without his public testimony congress standingtall May 2019 #93

Who is going to be sooo convinced following public testimony that are not already that dotard is a Thekaspervote May 2019 #84

By your logic, we shouldn't do any oversight hearings. Good luck with that. SunSeeker May 2019 #85

Oh honest to Gawd. Just get him on the record! What is the problem? He's done more than emmaverybo May 2019 #87

These are Kardashian times where so many folks live and die by the TV FM123 May 2019 #89

If you take a job investigating a clown, at some point you're going to have to go to the circus. milestogo May 2019 #90

Taking a job investigating clowns doesn't mean you have to ride around in the clown car with them EffieBlack May 2019 #97