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Thursday, February 6, 2020

At Least One Republican - Mitt Romney- Still Has A Spine And Moral Compass

I never thought I'd say it, or admit it, but one Republican in the Senate actually showed yesterday he has the balls and intestinal fortitude to stand up to Dictator Donnie Dotard and his cult of criminals, traitors and enablers. In a speech on the Senate floor on Wednesday, Mitt Romney said he would vote to convict Donald Trump on the first article, becoming the first senator in U. S. history to vote to remove a president of his own party in a Senate impeachment trial.See his full speech here.

Full speech: Romney speaks on senate floor, plans ... - YouTube

The Senator from Utah said:

"The grave question the constitution tasks senators to answer is whether the president committed an act so extreme and egregious that it rises to the level of a high crime and misdemeanor. Yes, he did.”

Adding:

“With my vote I will tell my children and their children that I did my duty. What the president did was wrong. Grievously wrong.”

And with those words he torpedoed the insipid meme that Trump got "total vindication: or any vindication. True, only four Senators were in attendance but the fact Romney is the first and only Senator to break with his party on an impeachment votes seals his place in history. Alas, it also means the vipers and vermin in his own party - starting with the Traitor-in-chief and his spawn and ass lickers will now come after Romney with blades drawn. After all, the Republicans have almost entirely devolved into a cult and we know what happens when members of a cult dare to disagree with the leader or the zombie members who adore him.(Donald Trump Jr has called for Mitt Romney to be expelled from the Republican party.)

Romney’s move was rightly praised by several leading Democrats including primary House impeachment manager, Adam Schiff, who had led the team that made the case for Trump’s impeachment during the trial.

Romney’s speech reportedly came as a surprise to the Dotard Traitor White House, which abruptly cancelled a planned press event with Trump and Venezuela’s opposition leader. Trump Jr, Dotard's oldest maggot spawn, who recently tried to peddle a preposterous and churlish book, e.g.

Trump Jr's Book Shows He's As Much A Lying Mudslin...

Wasted no time tweeting his deranged venom, accusing Romney of being “forever bitter that he will never be president", i.e. after losing the 2012 presidential election to Barack Obama. Don't these losers ever get off their one track moron minds that it isn't about elections, or "overturning" previous ones, but holding to some moral compass and code, say as defined by the Constitution? Of course not, because they have no moral capacity or sensibility themselves! They are simply out for their own personal gain - whether robbing the country blind with their sleazy cons and gimmicks, or violating every norm and law on which the nation is based.

Like the typical cultist he is, Donnie Jr. then called for Mitt to be expelled from the Republican Senate conference. Such a move is very unlikely, but hey, we can't put anything past these cockroaches. Joni Ernst has already vowed that within days - if Biden is elected- impeachment proceedings will begin if the Reeps regain the House. Not to be outdone, Kevin McCarthy has insisted the Dems impeachment will be "expunged" if the Reeps retake the House.

Which makes me believe McCarthy must be on some pretty potent MJ candy or maybe opioids, or a mix. So also I suspect is Lisa Murkowski, whose brain appears so addled she can't tell the good guys from bad. She actually said in a speech on the Senate floor that the chamber “should be ashamed by the rank partisanship that has been on display here,.”

Adding later: “It’s my hope that we’ve finally found bottom here.” She voted to acquit Mr. Trump.

Lady, the only thing to be ashamed of is the moral blindness and cowardice of those like yourself who would don the specious mantle of "rank partisanship" to try to find cover for your own crimes of protecting and enabling a depraved traitor. How do you even manage to sleep at night after acquitting this mutt? Must take a hell of lot of Ambien

Trump, meanwhile, tried to strike back at his moral superior, Romney, by posting an idiotic video that is as lame as he is - especially if he now believes he will transcend the black mark on his presidency.

Which will be there long after his orange offal of a body is eaten by orange (and yellow) maggots.

See also:

Impeachment | Mitch McConnell

Moscow Mitch Completes His Cover-up, but Not Without Some Hitches and Real Jeopardy Ahead

And:

Romney knew a storm was coming over his vote. How long it lasts will be up to Trump.

Thursday, January 23, 2020

Adam Schiff Delivers Performance Of A Lifetime - But It Mostly Fell On Closed Minds, Deaf Ears

Even as we learned Trump yesterday tweeted 142 times (141 of them outright lies) we got to see and hear the stirring words of Adam Schiff ringing loudly and clear in the Senate Chamber:

“You are left with no choice but to demand to hear from each witness with firsthand knowledge” of Trump’s pressure campaign, A fair trial requires nothing less.”

The historic trial, only the third of its kind in U.S. risks devolving into a farcical Potemkin sham unless the 53 Republicans pull their collective heads out of their asses and attend to the case and the arguments presented by those like Schiff. They ought to be reminded they are also on trial - along with Trump - as history suffuses the chamber including the presence in the room of John Roberts, the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme court.

Just after 1pm, Adam Schiff stepped to a lectern between the tables to narrate the sordid story of Trump’s wrongdoing. Schiff and the other 6 House impeachment managers laid out their case in stages, to powerful effect. (At least for anyone of normal sentience - as opposed to the Repuke kool aid drinkers and Dotard asslickers like Lindsey Graham). In meticulous detail they presented Trump’s corrupt scheme in narrative form, with a factual chronology and video of past witness testimony, to move thereafter to a description of the constitutional framework for impeachment.

But Schiff's presentation blew everyone away with its powerful combination of appeal to the Constitution, Senators' moral conscience and the future welfare of the nation. At a break in the trial, the minority leader, Chuck Schumer, called Schiff’s performance “a tour de force”. He said:

“I think a good number of my Republican colleagues for the first time heard the argument against the president – powerfully, succinctly and completely– and I hope that can begin to change minds,”

Both wifey and I concurred that Mr. Schiff delivered an argument for the ages, in clear, concise terms given he had to bring all the evidence to bear on Trump's extortion of the Ukrainian president and his subsequent obstruction. Hell, the orange, pus-filled maggot even bragged while still in Davos of his crime, keeping the materials hidden, e.g.

Trump brags: ‘We have all the material, they don’t’

Polling released on Wednesday by the Pew Research Center indicated public backing for the Democratic call for witnesses and found that 70% of respondents said Trump “definitely or probably acted unethically” while 51% said Trump “should be removed from office”.

“We’re trying this case over two juries,” Schiff said. “The Senate and the American people.”

But have any Republican Senators been moved to action? Hardly!

“I didn’t hear anything new today,” said Republican Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania.

Errr... were you really conscious then, Toomey, or on an MJ candy high?

“I haven’t heard any evidence in there that the president’s done anything wrong,” said Josh Hawley of Missouri.

Then you need to take remedial American Government classes again, Hawley, with emphasis on Article 1 of the Constitution.

Lisa Murkowski, (R-Alaska) then reportedly chafed at Jerry Nadler's remark that any Senator who refuses to allow witnesses is effectively assisting Trump in the "cover up". Miffed at any such suggestion, Murkowski whined: "I am very offended! I took it as very offensive since I am listening attentively and working hard to ensure a fair process."

Spare me the faux offense, Senator. If you are not prepared to allow witnesses - especially relevant ones to this supposed trial - then all you're doing is posturing for FOX News zombies. And that also means, logically, you are assisting in Trump's obstruction! Which also means collaborating in the cover up. (See news link above how he bragged about withholding materials.)

Meanwhile, Lindsey Graham yelped about a "crusade" by the Dems to get his master, Dotard. After seeing this dishonorable puke cry, bark and barf, one had to wonder if he was missing his latest Trump ass lick fix. Or maybe he's on some kind of brain -frying junk, given he also congratulated Schiff on a "job well done". Which is it, Lindsey?

With the majority leader, Mitch McConnell, having succeeded the night before in winning approval for a speedy trial, the House prosecutors have limited time in which to plant seeds of doubt in Republican minds about the conduct of the president. But for realists, the odds of getting any such seeds planted are about the same as Tau Ceti aliens abducting Dotard before he leaves bellows another lie.

There is also the issue here of Mitch McConnell's "rules" which appear to have any force at all. One often beheld the Senate Repukes visibly frustrated at the long hours of the trial, appearing at times to be on the verge of mild mutiny, openly flouting rules requiring them to remain at their desks and instead circulating in a cloakroom off the Senate floor. They drew no rebuke from Roberts. My take? Roberts correctly saw the truth was gradually infiltrating their neurons risking about one trillion neural embolisms - so gave the Reeptards a break.

The seven House managers selected to present the articles of impeachment have about 16 remaining hours spread over two days to present their case to convict and remove Trump from office. Then the Dotard team has its opportunity to rebut the charges. Translation: Jay Sekulow and Co. will strain to see how many lies and concocted bullshit they can come up with (mainly using Russian tropes) to appease their master, Dotard - and to hell with the Constitution and country.

Trump of course is not expected to appear at his own trial. He bragged in Davos he'd like to come, but of course those are the empty words of a con man. You take everything this twit says or tweets with less than a National Enquirer headline.

Moderate Republican senators (e.g. Susan Collins, Murkowski, Cory Gardner, and Mitt Romney ) have made cooperative noises and also expressed discomfort with rushing the proceedings. But this is likely all political posturing - especially for those up for re-election - like the weasels Gardner and Collins. Point: none of the "moderates" voted with Democrats on several motions on Tuesday that would have cleared the way for new witnesses and testimony. Clearly, Trump has their brains and spines locked up firmly in the remote recesses of his fat behind - never to see the clear light of day.

Winding up his oratory, Schiff warned that democracy was on the line. “Our future is not assured. A fair trial, with impartial consideration of all of the evidence against the president, is how we keep our republic.”

As Ben Franklin once told a woman who asked what kind of government we had: "A Republic, if you can keep it." Right now it appears that owing to the cowardice of the Republicans, and their placing party over nation, we may not keep it - but lose it to an authoritarian Trumpocracy.

See also:

Adam Schiff

Adam Schiff: A True Hero for Our Times

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