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GutBomb posted:Why are the Rs focusing so much on talking about TV ratings? Nearly every time they get a turn they are hammering on the fact that the ratings are low. Who gives a poo poo? It’s not an entertainment program. Or I guess to them everything is? Trump cares about ratings, very much; to him it's proof that people agree with him, or, really, that he himself is worthwhile as a person, as far as I can tell. So the Rs are reassuring him that this Democrat Witch Hunt does not have good ratings for its Democrat Witches. (They may also be reassuring Fox News viewers that it's not just them who didn't watch the hearings.)
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GutBomb posted:Why are the Rs focusing so much on talking about TV ratings? Nearly every time they get a turn they are hammering on the fact that the ratings are low. Who gives a poo poo? It’s not an entertainment program. Or I guess to them everything is? I assume, like everything else, they think/know if they say it enough it becomes truth in the eyes of many people, especially their constituents. If enough people think it's too boring to get ratings, then there most not be anything particularly bad, so no reason to spend time reading about it.
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GutBomb posted:Why are the Rs focusing so much on talking about TV ratings? Nearly every time they get a turn they are hammering on the fact that the ratings are low. Who gives a poo poo? It’s not an entertainment program. Or I guess to them everything is? To generate sound bites for pushing a narrative that the hearings aren't worth watching.
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this guy has the tone of someone angrily demanding a server take back the steak that came out medium-well instead of well
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sexpig by night posted:their whole thing is just shouting 'NO ONE ACTUALLY CARES' despite constant polling trends showing otherwise I'm just trying to decide at what point they shifted from trying to convince others to trying to convince themselves.
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Nov 20, 2019 01:07
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so many of these ohio gop jerks
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Nov 20, 2019 01:08
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sinburger posted:To generate sound bites for pushing a narrative that the hearings aren't worth watching. I mean yeah I get that but is anyone really manipulated by that?  Of course they are
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Nov 20, 2019 01:10
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Speier's "Thank you Ambassador Volker! But for you, as a private citizen, with your own personal phone, sending all these text messages, we would have nothing!" is an extremely good own
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Nov 20, 2019 01:11
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GutBomb posted:I mean yeah I get that but is anyone really manipulated by that? Once Fox news distills it down to a completely fair an balanced summary of the impeachment hearings, the usual 30ish% of the US that votes R no matter what will totally buy it up.
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https://twitter.com/petridishes/status/1196945106651226112 impeachgate? waterpeachment?
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https://twitter.com/biannagolodryga/status/1196945406409752577 we'll see whether this is a lie later this week when she's up reminder that Fiona Hill's review of vindman, as she was leaving, was quote:“‘Alex is a top one percent military officer and the best army officer I have worked with in my 15 years of government service... He is brilliant, unflappable, and exercises excellent judgment."
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Nov 20, 2019 01:22
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"Henry II never said to kill that priest, is that correct?"
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Nov 20, 2019 01:27
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"Are you loyal to the president?" :thinks: :shakes head "no": "yes"
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Nov 20, 2019 01:31
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swalwell with the single most effective sixty seconds of questioning of the day
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Nov 20, 2019 01:33
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poo poo. Swalwell just nailed Morrison to the loving wall.
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Ugh, this Hurd questioning... "Did you ever hear about how the thief was going to spend their money?"
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Nov 20, 2019 01:36
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Wow, they're throwing Rudy under the bus SO hard right now. please release the skeletons rudy
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eke out posted:swalwell with the single most effective sixty seconds of questioning of the day This absolutely. He took the "A Few Good Men" tactic. Q. Your job is implement the foreign policy of the president, correct? A. My job is to obey all lawful orders yes. Q. And the president's stated policy here was to investigate Biden and Burisma for corruption, correct? A. Yes. Q. Then why didn't you follow up on that in any way? A. durrrr
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Phil Moscowitz posted:This absolutely. it was some straight up "caught you in a trap" poo poo and i can't believe he actually executed it correctly
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Rauros posted:so many of these ohio gop jerks Yes it is sad. Ohio has Marcia Fudge and Sherrod Brown. Marcia is part of the Progressive Caucus in a heavily gerrymandered district so that the rest of Ohio can be GOP.
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Nov 20, 2019 01:40
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sim posted:Ugh, this Hurd questioning... "Did you ever hear about how the thief was going to spend their money?" On the other hand it prompted Volker to say, regarding Sondland, that he cared about Ukraine and he just wanted to be helpful, which... well, it didn't get a laugh from anyone I guess? Then there was this though: "Did you have a clear understanding of what Sondland and Giuliani were doing?" "I can't say I had a clear understanding, I thought Sondland and I were on the same team" "So you didn't have a clear understanding, do you think the Ukrainians did?" "No" I guess this could, theoretically, illustrate that the Ukrainians just didn't know that Sondland was.... swanning about on his own authority? or something? (Also nice swipe at Vindman on the way out, Hurd, what the hell.)
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eke out posted:it was some straight up "caught you in a trap" poo poo and i can't believe he actually executed it correctly I’ve been watching it all and Swalwell was absolutely the best cross exam by far.
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Nov 20, 2019 01:41
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I started watching around Swalwell’s cross examination. Morrison looks as if he knows he’s hosed at this point.
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Nov 20, 2019 01:47
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Nov 20, 2019 01:48
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"President Trump didn't specifically say he wanted Biden investigated for his re-election campaign, therefor it's fine!"
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Nov 20, 2019 01:49
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"President Trump didn't say "investigate my 2020 opponent", or the year 2020, or even that he was planning on running for re-election, right? So obviously he only wants Biden's son investigated, not Biden himself, right right?" 
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LtStorm posted:Wait, that lady next to Morrison is his counsel? Huh. Women can lawyer too.
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zonohedron posted:"President Trump didn't say "investigate my 2020 opponent", or the year 2020, or even that he was planning on running for re-election, right? So obviously he only wants Biden's son investigated, not Biden himself, right right?" I think Trump just wanted a "but her emails!", and at this point he already has it. He won't get removed from office, and if Biden is the nominee in 2020 he'll hammer on it for six months and people will buy it. I wouldn't be surprised if Barr announced a formal investigation in October 2020 just so we can all do the time warp again.
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Nov 20, 2019 01:57
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Nov 20, 2019 01:58
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gently caress Him Jordon
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highme posted:Women can lawyer too. Shocking! Yeah, I guess I thought she was Fiona Hill and was sitting quietly until her turn in the hot seat came up. One of the camera angles on CSPAN3 is from her side so I could see her, Morrison, and Volker lined up but didn't notice Volker's lawyer on his other side.
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SchrodingersCat posted:I think Trump just wanted a "but her emails!", and at this point he already has it. Is your gimmick to be as pessimistic as humanly possible? They got Volkner to admit there was nothing on Biden and everyone besides chuds look at Barr with complete and utter contempt
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