Pence sure high-tailed out of DC as the hearings progressed!Turns out Pence was there during the bribing of Ukraine, all along.

Smart guy though. Politicians learned a long time ago that Moon Landings have always been a good safe topic for news.

and of course the Almanac posts all the negative activist photos. Can you ever be a little positive for the other side?

"[A]nd of course the Almanac posts all the negative activist photos. Can you ever be a little positive for the other side?"

Sorry sport, The Almanac ain't Breitbart.

Try again.

No, the Almanac is turning out to be a bit more like Rachel Maddow or Chris Matthews or the New York Times. Figures a Palo Alto publication would lean that way
And, by the way, no so-called witness has, as of yet, alleged there was any bribery whatsoever, let alone any other crime.

> by the way, no so-called witness has, as of yet, alleged there was any bribery whatsoever, let alone any other crime.

They are 'fact' witnesses. They are testifying to the facts.

Trump's extortion and bribery of Ukraine is obvious for anyone reading/watching the presentation of facts. Note that republicans are not challenging the facts presented. Instead, they engage in either character assassination (trump via tweet) or rambling conspiracy theories (Nunes, etc..)

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"Testifying as Either a Fact Witness or Expert Witness
A fact witness is called upon only to verify facts pertinent to the case. ... In contrast, expert witnesses are authorized to give their opinion about the case while testifying."

Example: a witness to a car crash testifies to the facts of the crash that they witnessed. They do not testify as to whether it is a case of vehicular manslaughter.

@Pensive -- You have to cut the -45 cultist some slack. AFter all, when Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Tucker Carlson et. al. tell people like West Menlo that their cut leader is absolutely blameless, they don't bother to find out if that is actually the case.

Facts, after all, are such stubborn things.

And fox won't talk about this afternoon's GOP testimony other than play an edited clip or two.

It's a bad week for the short fingered orange hairball. Wait till Sondheim gets up and recants.

uh-oh.....

We're going to war, soon.

"a witness to a car crash testifies to the facts of the crash that they witnessed. "

What an apt comparison, except it's more like a slow motion train wreck that started in 2016.

A bad day for Pence as Ambassador Sondland (million dollar contributor for purchase of ambassadorship) implicates Pence, Mulvany, Pompeo, Guilliani, Rick Perry, etc.. in the Trump extortion of Ukraine.

The rats will now proceed in an orderly fashion in abandoning ship, after turning upon each other.

All Trump apologists in these blogs may now be excused and thank their stars that it's an anonymous comment section.

Pence will claim he only "winked".

“Never write if you can speak; never speak if you can nod; never nod if you can wink”

@Menlo Voter et al: and yet you believe the person (Schift) who for two years claimed to have incontrovertible proof about Trump/Russia——that never materialized. As did Maddow, the New York Times and their ilk. NEVER MATERIALIZED and turned out to be nothing. Just like this. Want to see bribery—just look at Biden and his actions. The Pres. of Ukraine was aware of no quid pro quo. Schiff has wanted to impeach Trump from the day he was elected. Be careful what you ask for, because this sets up a great precedent for the next Democrat elected. The Republicans would have a field day with Warren and Sanders.

Nice deflection from the evidence represented this week. You hit the trifecta of false Fox fables to be used to deflect from Trump's extortion in an attempt to cheat in the 2020 election.

1. Attack Schiff, attack the media.
2. Claim the Mueller report doesn't exist (10 cases of obstruction, multiple guilty pleas and convictions, 100+ meetings with Russians, etc..)
3. Threaten to uphold the next Democratic president to constitutional norms and the law.

Okay.

And when was the last time an impeachment hearing was held where one side was not permitted to call witnesses, not allowed to ask questions and much of the process was done in secret with no transcripts released? It’s a Stalinist trial—-look it up. You might learn something. This will never get past the Senate, if it even gets that far.

West Menlo:

it will get to the Senate and go no further. Comrade McConnell will see to that. The Republicans haven't been able to question witnesses? Have you actually watched or listened to the hearings? Or just been watching Fox, which hasn't shown much of the evidence of malfeasance that has been testified to. Hint: FOX hates Democrats and you won't get anything remotely close to a straight story out of them. FOX and MSNBC have been rated as the least trustworthy and most slanted news sources.

> where one side was not permitted to call witnesses

Republicans called TWO of the witnesses yesterday, and ONE today

> not allowed to ask questions

We've seen many Republican questions (oft inane or irrelevant) over the last couple weeks.

You, sir, are off the rails. What's next? The sun rises in the West? How can you be so consistently in error?

> It’s a Stalinist trial

No, that will occur when Moscow Mitch gets his turn.

So let's see...West Menlo has nothing to offer but discredited conspiracy theories, hot takes from the alt-right media, and lots of hyperbole.

Has to be one of Devin Nunes' staffers.