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Flo Mingo

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88. I'm seeing Barr's schtick

Mon Jun 13, 2022, 11:46 AM

Jun 2022

He comes off credible by presenting cherry picked facts with heavy parsing of words that bob and weave around the fact that he was as complicit as Trump and the fact that he resigned before the shit hit the fan changes NOTHING.

I hope they prosecute him.

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SORRY! Just got here. ****1/6 Committee Hearings Day 2, thread ONE*** [View all] Scrivener7 Jun 2022 OP

So far, we learned that Rudy was "apparently inebriated." Ocelot II Jun 2022 #1

Just posted that BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #4

I was not expecting that... Ohio Joe Jun 2022 #7

aha, good that Scrivener has arrived!!! elleng Jun 2022 #2

Hi, elleng! Do you know what time they started? What did I miss? Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #6

just now; elleng Jun 2022 #11

Oh good. Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #15

Watching not quite awake yet! Nt Tree Lady Jun 2022 #3

Watching CSPAN in a teeny tiny window with work windows up all around. woodsprite Jun 2022 #5

We now get to hear Zoe Lofgren (Watergate vet) for the first time with an opening statement BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #8

Today's subject: "The false narrative that the 2020 election was quote/unquote stolen." Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #9

Why at 9am instead of prime time? They don't want live love laugh Jun 2022 #10

because people like congressmembers and the public have lives. elleng Jun 2022 #14

The Americans who can't watch also "have lives". live love laugh Jun 2022 #18

What makes you think the networks would give more prime time? Also, this can be recorded and Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #66

The Watergate hearings were almost ALL televised live during the day. People Still Watched. Tommymac Jun 2022 #148

They will see lots of clips on TV and wnylib Jun 2022 #154

Yes, I'm away from home baby sitting phylny Jun 2022 #158

People watch things differently now Sympthsical Jun 2022 #19

Thanks elleng Jun 2022 #25

because a key witness backed out an hour before the hearings were to begin..... getagrip_already Jun 2022 #24

It will be preserved and available online in many places. Ocelot II Jun 2022 #48

That's my complaint. 10am? calimary Jun 2022 #160

"The big lie was a big ripoff..." oswaldactedalone Jun 2022 #12

Loved that......👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 a kennedy Jun 2022 #17

I really like the way they are structuring this. AngryOldDem Jun 2022 #13

I think their genius is that the only ones they are aiming at CONVINCING are those who Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #20

lol DURHAM D Jun 2022 #16

Had to clean my screen after that one Flo Mingo Jun 2022 #21

The deadpan delivery was impeccable. crickets Jun 2022 #89

Oooohhhh...Ivanka and Jared are back! nolabear Jun 2022 #22

IvanRed underpants Jun 2022 #38

I'm a teacher on summer break so yeah! I'm watching! jimlup Jun 2022 #23

Bringing in FOX as evidence they believed he lost. nolabear Jun 2022 #26

Recording. Missed part since in AK so will wait to watch all AKwannabe Jun 2022 #153

Bill Stephen is an oily SOB. Nt leftieNanner Jun 2022 #27

Bwah! Deposition going back to the drunk Ghouliani BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #28

Seems to be the focus lol Lars39 Jun 2022 #31

I know, America's mayor is nothing but a damn drunk. Emile Jun 2022 #35

Some of us knew about him BEFORE he became mayor BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #44

Unfortunately I Remember that Rascist Rant. electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #138

Rudy seems to be stammering a bit in his testimony, hee. crickets Jun 2022 #99

"thank goodness for the mute/closed captions button every time tfg speaks." BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #101

And like Beetlejuice, a Ghouliani blip was shown BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #29

Bahahahah!!!! "Was there anyone in that conference who had had too much to drink?" Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #30

The infighting and bus-throwing gives me joy. nolabear Jun 2022 #36

Ginny Thomas Traildogbob Jun 2022 #121

+1, uponit7771 Jun 2022 #40

Drunk Rudy. AngryOldDem Jun 2022 #32

Sheesh - now there's a mental image I can't not see anymore... calimary Jun 2022 #162

Rudy's level of intoxication. Bluepinky Jun 2022 #33

I think it's safe to assume.... SergeStorms Jun 2022 #155

Major Giuliani's inebriation is a big deal. Baitball Blogger Jun 2022 #34

He was probably under the influence later on, too. AngryOldDem Jun 2022 #42

I suspect that inebriation is behind a lot of bad ideas that Baitball Blogger Jun 2022 #54

So the drunk guy was telling them all what to do and the rest of them were too cowardly Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #37

He was telling Trump what Trump wanted to hear. AngryOldDem Jun 2022 #47

It may have been the first time he ever lost anything that he couldn't cheat his way to winning. Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #50

I'm sure he was. AngryOldDem Jun 2022 #55

As the great Omar Devone Little once said, "Fools love a fool." Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #58

Dear Guggly Muggly Flo Mingo Jun 2022 #39

Right? Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #41

Say what you will about Democrats, we're great at the arts! nolabear Jun 2022 #52

Whatever captures people's attention and makes them think. AngryOldDem Jun 2022 #60

IKR? I'm shocked how ignorant people are. nolabear Jun 2022 #65

It's a textbook illustration of great messaging Flo Mingo Jun 2022 #70

That photo of Stepian! nolabear Jun 2022 #72

Stepien's lawyer just admitted Biden won the election. Bluepinky Jun 2022 #43

This guy is the digital politics editor from FOX NEWS! (Stierwalt, I think his name is.) Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #46

That interchange where the question "Who won the election?" was directly asked crickets Jun 2022 #106

Definition of red mirage: the color of drunk Rudy's cheeks during a bender. Bluepinky Jun 2022 #45

Fox political director explaining the red mirage berniesandersmittens Jun 2022 #49

His comment "Mike Pence sounding like a normal Republican that night" crickets Jun 2022 #122

Never heard the term "red mirage" before Sympthsical Jun 2022 #51

I'm watching at my desk but I'm also working ... Novara Jun 2022 #53

"The president.... understands how many times to go to the well on a particular topic." Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #56

It was all predicted Johnny2X2X Jun 2022 #57

And that's happening again right now. Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #68

Fox Editor Stirewalt is now questioned on how, at the Decision Desk, he knew AZ would go for Biden. ancianita Jun 2022 #59

i wonder why he winked when he was finished - to give the nuts something to chew on? certainot Jun 2022 #150

LOL! Stirewalt pandering to FOX while bludgeoning TFG. nolabear Jun 2022 #61

There are a lot of these little clues that the republiQan powers-that-be are tentatively Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #64

They never realize that they can easily be the next course in the meal. nolabear Jun 2022 #67

I think the fact that FOXNews decided to start airing these hearings is an example. Midnight Writer Jun 2022 #123

So Fox anticipated the "red mirage" Mersky Jun 2022 #62

OMG this guy's testimony reminds me of this similar thing BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #63

"Realistic legal challenges... Ohio Joe Jun 2022 #69

That photo of the look on Stepien's face! nolabear Jun 2022 #71

I don't know who picked that still but BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #76

This guy was never in any doubt that tfg is a moron and a liar, and yet he worked for him. Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #73

the picture is being painted... Takket Jun 2022 #74

They are doing an amazing job of getting this testimony in, even though they thought Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #75

A team of staffers likely pulled an all nighter. Hard working spooky3 Jun 2022 #84

Is anyone counting how many times Bill Stepien says DURHAM D Jun 2022 #77

LOL BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #80

I went though Traildogbob Jun 2022 #127

And that's another BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #132

Nailed it Traildogbob Jun 2022 #144

Like, STOP! I bit my tongue for 16years working with a college educated woman who txwhitedove Jun 2022 #149

Hee hee BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #152

I still cringe when I hear it. Lonestarblue Jun 2022 #156

"tough English teachers, most of whom loved diagramming" BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #157

My *fifth grade* English teacher diagrammed sentences for hours on end, crickets Jun 2022 #161

Like how the campaign was structurally and fiscally deficient Mersky Jun 2022 #86

That seat was mighty hot. AngryOldDem Jun 2022 #105

did you hear that bombshell??????????????????? Takket Jun 2022 #78

He knew ALL of it. ALL of it was blatant lies. Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #79

'The president got rid of team normal' Ohio Joe Jun 2022 #81

Malignant narcissists don't give a damn what they wreck, be it a country or democracy. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2022 #140

They showed a clip of a drunk Ghouliani on Faux Snooze BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #82

Rudy spewed the wildest claims, just lied his face off. crickets Jun 2022 #131

It seems that of the clips that they were showing BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #135

Well, he did give them plenty of rope to work with. 😏 crickets Jun 2022 #142

I don't think that Rudy has many moments wnylib Jun 2022 #159

First witness dismissed and now focusing on Barr's testimony BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #83

I'm seeing Barr's schtick Flo Mingo Jun 2022 #88

He has a lot of experience BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #95

He's the poster child for fixers Flo Mingo Jun 2022 #104

+infinity BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #108

I am actually surprised that Bill Barr knows what DURHAM D Jun 2022 #85

Also, I'll remember where I was when I heard Barr say the word bullshit. Mersky Jun 2022 #91

He has said it quite a few times BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #97

Haven't watched the first night in-full, yet Mersky Jun 2022 #109

I think he may have said it once in a clip from the previous hearing BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #112

Yep, gonna rewind and take that all in Mersky Jun 2022 #115

Barr has been shoveling bullshit for decades. He knows it when he smells it. Midnight Writer Jun 2022 #124

Barr should have been discounting the claims publicly from the moment they were spoken. Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #87

+1000000 crickets Jun 2022 #136

How did somebody that full of s**t Marthe48 Jun 2022 #90

Barr: "If he really believes this stuff, he has really lost contact with reality." Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #92

Barr dishing 2000 Mules, Lars39 Jun 2022 #93

Dominions loving this, rolf miyazaki Jun 2022 #94

Oooooh! Laughing at Disouza's movie! nolabear Jun 2022 #96

Barr just gave the words that will be Chump's defense. kairos12 Jun 2022 #98

He's always been "detached from reality." AngryOldDem Jun 2022 #102

That's what we should use in all interactions with Trumpers... OneGrassRoot Jun 2022 #107

I just have an image of Trump... AngryOldDem Jun 2022 #119

Barr also made a point of saying that he told them "The Department (of Justice) crickets Jun 2022 #143

Peter Navarro mentioned! Lars39 Jun 2022 #100

Guiliani was drunk. What is Navarro's excuse? Midnight Writer Jun 2022 #128

Yeah, really. Lars39 Jun 2022 #130

One of the things this is making me feel is overwhelming relief that all these republiQans are now Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #103

good grief. Mick Mulvaney just tweeted this IcyPeas Jun 2022 #110

OMG. There goes a rat off the ship now! Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #113

Wish I had Traildogbob Jun 2022 #133

LOL! I think we'll get that picture in the next few days and weeks. Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #137

Wow. That's what trying to save your own ass looks like Novara Jun 2022 #120

Aw, bless. It's a little late for him to try this now. nt crickets Jun 2022 #146

I live in Detroit area... Takket Jun 2022 #111

LOL! They were so insane they'd believe anything. nolabear Jun 2022 #117

****NOW IN 10 MINUTE RECESS**** BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #114

**** LET'S GO TO THREAD #2 WHILE THEY'RE ON THE BREAK. HERE'S THE LINK: **** Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #116

untill that floating fat man is brought in chains b4 the commitie , i aint. AllaN01Bear Jun 2022 #118

Your loss. These testimonies are awesome. Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #126

Watching! BlueJac Jun 2022 #125

**** LET'S GO TO THREAD #2 WHILE THEY'RE ON THE BREAK. HERE'S THE LINK: *** Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #129

Maybe time for thread 2? berniesandersmittens Jun 2022 #134

Yes, I agree. Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #139

it is amazing how much time and money was wasted......... Takket Jun 2022 #141

...on the public's dime. nt wiggs Jun 2022 #151

This message was self-deleted by its author Takket Jun 2022 #145

Come on over to the new thread. Link is a couple of posts up. Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #147