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zoux posted:I guess Hillary is going to let the D committee members take the "this is a political farce" angle and just be the devoted public servant humbly answering questions That's probably the right tack to take - if she attacks the committee without one of the members loving up first, she won't win the media narrative on it. Like someone said upthread, this is going to be reported as a good faith effort until someone breaks the narrative. (Assumedly someone won't be able to help themselves.)
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Crain posted:1) gently caress you Gowdy. This whole thing deserves nothing but Short Shrift you ratfuck. I think it's pretty common for the microphone to be off outside of specifically answering - wouldn't want to get caught saying something incriminating on a hot mic, especially when the lawyer whispers instruction if he does.
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zoux posted:The person that said that up thread sounds extremely wise. LOL my bad. Yes, that. Also, Congressman Roskam and his bitchy remarks on Hillary having the audacity to have notes are...um...an interesting start.
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Conservatives on Twitter in a frothing rage that Hillary didn't refer to Tab 31. This is quite a thing.
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Martha Roby trying to get in a dig and run out of time doing it, but Hillary is not going to let that happen.
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Rep. Westmoreland only wants "yes" or "no" answers because time. Certainly it has nothing to do with avoiding nuance, NO SIR.
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Homeboy's voice is putting me to sleep. I hate to make fun of a regional accent, but Christ.
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Mo_Steel posted:Westmoreland lets Hillary paint him as someone who hates our thankless men and women working in security. Watching her always forces me to remember how good Obama was in-campaign to defeat her. I know she's not the world's greatest campaigner, but she's generally pretty hard to catch off-guard/knock off her perch.
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I can't believe how badly she dropkicked Pompeo on his way out of questioning, holy poo poo
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Tatum Girlparts posted:I can't believe she 'dropkicked' him by just asking 'so who exactly are you accusing of meeting with terrorist leaders?' and revealing he was just making poo poo up I just loved the immediate silence, change of facial expression, and "WELL MY TIME SEEMS TO BE..."
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Oct 22, 2015 17:24
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Jim Jordan is my favorite crazy on this panel; strap in.
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Oct 22, 2015 17:33
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WHY NOT JUST SPEAK PLAIN? Jim Jordan is way out of his depth; he is my shining star.
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Oct 22, 2015 17:47
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Softball question here for her to tee off on before Gowdy questions.
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Oct 22, 2015 17:56
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Holy poo poo, this is a massacre.
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Oct 22, 2015 17:58
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Boosted_C5 posted:Reading this thread is amazing. Like some sort of art exhibit. What kind of homer watches this and thinks Hillary looks good or is winning? She's a complete joke, and the fact that her inquisitors are sad D-list GOP stooges doesn't change that. She is demonstrably dishonest AND incompetent. "We've DEFINITELY got her this time! Why can't anyone see it!?"
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Oct 22, 2015 18:10
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Tatum Girlparts posted:I like that it feels like Gowdy legitimately forgot she was a lawyer for a minute because she just spent this whole questioning getting him to on record say poo poo like 'these cables were actually from intelligence sources not Sid' and now she's just repeating what he's agreed with. He's already puffed up about how "we might come from different backgrounds, because in a courtroom..."
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Suddenly, Gowdy seems in a hurry to break for lunch.
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Oct 22, 2015 18:15
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Absolute demolition of Gowdy to end that round, holy gently caress.
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Oct 22, 2015 18:20
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The CNN camera on Trey Gowdy sitting in his chair alone.
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Oct 22, 2015 19:06
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zoux posted:Has anyone seen anything from the right saying that this is a disaster or are they all cleaving to the company line? It's literally been the opposite of this thread; they think the committee's been EXPOSING her.
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zoux posted:What was the motion for, I missed it. To release the Blumenthal transcript; a SHOCKING party line vote.
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This is a loving poo poo show; clerk misreports 13 votes even after the vote.
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zoux posted:What you think it was a conspiracy? They gently caress up vote totals all the time. Huh? I'm not sure "LOL you can't figure out the count on your party line vote on a committee with 7 and 5 members respectively." leads to "CONSPIRACY!" It's funny in conjunction with Gowdy trying to run the vote, then telling people how to vote, then Jordan not voting when asked, etc. Re: Gowdy - I see we're back to "DO YOU NEED TO SEE YOUR NOTES?"
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Inglonias posted:Good god, how much longer is this going to take? Much, much longer.
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"He was the ambassador...."
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Oct 22, 2015 19:53
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Adam Smith already referencing the McFaul tweet.
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Von Sloneker posted:Ahahaa Shep Smith: "I don't see how all this talk of Sid Blumenthal helps us get to the truth of 'hashtag Benghazi.'" He's pretty much rolling his eyes at all of this. I don't know what Shep Smith has on Ailes, because he often just goes out and says "This is loving stupid, let's talk about Candy Crush/True Blood."
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Oct 22, 2015 20:58
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The stacks of papers are GLARING PROOF. - caller
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Oct 22, 2015 21:03
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Stereotype posted:Someone called her stupid dumb and retarded (because she is) and she is mad about it I'm guilty of doing this in my frustration with people's obviously terrible viewpoints, but I guess I can see how absolutely frustrating it must be to see horror and outrage and blah blah blah someplace, and have people respond with "LOL what the gently caress is wrong with you? Read something."
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CNN has just said that some of the Republicans have said they're only about half or so done....
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Oct 22, 2015 22:02
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This is starting to feel like a victory lap; I was thinking she might come out tired/with lower energy.
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I guess I know it isn't rational and that it's a stupid question, but why on Earth has nobody in the Republican party been able to sit everyone else down and stop burning political energy on making their enemies stronger? Isn't there anyone left in this party who can recognize an ambush, or at the very least, the weak political floor below them as they're walking along? This just seems to call attention to their lack of competence when they're actually pretty good at hiding it with silence if they need to.
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Oct 22, 2015 22:21
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Unless posted:let me take you back to what america was like on November 5th, 2008, and what the Republicans thought they had to do to survive... I know, I know, but gently caress is it baffling that nobody can just yell "NOOOOOOOOO"
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"We give up - can't you just tell us where you hosed up and how to attack you?" The question is the right one and a fair one, but after so long, it doesn't have the effect of having her admit faults early on.
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Oct 22, 2015 22:30
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Jim Jordan is insufferable; I love his rounds of questioning so much.
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Oct 22, 2015 22:52
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Jim Jordan has no ability to comprehend the sentence he is attempting to launch a full-scale attack on.
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Oct 22, 2015 22:55
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Is there any word yet on why the Republicans believe "This was a terrorist attack" and "some have blamed a video" are mutually exclusive? Hell, even "this began with a protest".
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Oct 22, 2015 22:57
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STAC Goat posted:I wonder if when this guy goes home does he just laugh and tell his wife what a wacky day he had or is he sincere and he just keeps yelling and being angry.
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:They are desperate to make something stick. Kro-Bar posted:They're desperately trying to get a sound-bite out of Hillary. They don't care about what actually happened. It's just the weirdness of the positions that baffles me; like I don't understand why it can't be both or all three things. The meatloaf/brussels sprouts post is a good example of me trying to parse through it.
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