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[rubecube]

Can someone explain to me why the Dems refused to call witnesses? Just classic Democratic incompetence or was there a 4D chess move behind it that I'm missing?

[Amethyst]

Originally Posted by rubecube

Can someone explain to me why the Dems refused to call witnesses? Just classic Democratic incompetence or was there a 4D chess move behind it that I'm missing?

They knew they weren't going to win, so they decided to wrap it up ASAP, so it wouldn't interfere with Biden's plans. Or at least that's what they said on TV....

[#-3]

Originally Posted by rubecube

Can someone explain to me why the Dems refused to call witnesses? Just classic Democratic incompetence or was there a 4D chess move behind it that I'm missing?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandolini%27s_law

I f you control the pulpit, know when to give to people, especially when they aren't fighting a fair game.

[Yoho]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1360852878831849472

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by Yoho

https://twitter.com/user/status/1360852878831849472

What am I really watching? An unhinged lawyer making claims that a reporter is trying to fact check and he just keeps saying “there is more”? Sorry, who is getting murdered here?? That’s all we’ve heard from that side this entire time. “There is more, but we can’t show you” bla blah blah. More bull####.

I’ll be honest, I stopped 4 minutes in because I can’t handle listening to these whiny babies anymore. So if someone wants to list out any sort of rational argument this maniac is trying to make, ill gladly read it.

Not to mention the yahoo who tweeted it...

[Senator Clay Davis]

Originally Posted by rubecube

Can someone explain to me why the Dems refused to call witnesses? Just classic Democratic incompetence or was there a 4D chess move behind it that I'm missing?

Beyond the result being locked in I would guess the GOP threatened to turn witnesses into a quasi-fillibuster by simply calling endless witnesses, no matter how trivial, to drag this out forever. Whole trial was another textbook example of how completely broken America is, in any other Western nation such a trial would be taken seriously because the incident in question is a complete embarrassment to the country. Instead we got to watch a 78th rate Saul Goodman representing the defendant. God Bless America.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers

What am I really watching? An unhinged lawyer making claims that a reporter is trying to fact check and he just keeps saying “there is more”? Sorry, who is getting murdered here?? That’s all we’ve heard from that side this entire time. “There is more, but we can’t show you” bla blah blah. More bull####.

I’ll be honest, I stopped 4 minutes in because I can’t handle listening to these whiny babies anymore. So if someone wants to list out any sort of rational argument this maniac is trying to make, ill gladly read it.

Not to mention the yahoo who tweeted it...

You have to remember how detached from reality conservatives have become. Like for instance they spent all day Friday trying to convince everyone that Gina Carano actually won by going from the biggest franchise on Earth to direct to streaming movies with Ben Shapiro, Kirk Cameron and Kevin Sorbo. These people don't want to live in the real world anymore.

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers

What am I really watching? An unhinged lawyer making claims that a reporter is trying to fact check and he just keeps saying “there is more”? Sorry, who is getting murdered here?? That’s all we’ve heard from that side this entire time. “There is more, but we can’t show you” bla blah blah. More bull####.

I’ll be honest, I stopped 4 minutes in because I can’t handle listening to these whiny babies anymore. So if someone wants to list out any sort of rational argument this maniac is trying to make, ill gladly read it.

Not to mention the yahoo who tweeted it...

I mean, you could have guessed it was going to be a little divorced from reality based on the poster who shared it too.

[Harry Lime]

I realize that it was the entirety of Biden's platform during the election, but I struggle to see a way forward for the American political system, top to bottom. Every body touched by it loses their damn minds.

[Major Major]

Originally Posted by Yoho

https://twitter.com/user/status/1360852878831849472

He misheard the question and then misquoted her when she rightly asked why is he flipping out. Pretty embarrassing stuff especially when his gripe is misrepresenting evidence. Obviously there is no legal ramifications in an interview, only the expose yourself as dum dum ramifications.

After misquoting her, he then goes on to say "you gotta live by your words... The media needs to start living by the truth, not create a narrative"

What a disaster this guy is... Misquote someone for all to hear, accuse them of not living by their words (that are made up by them for the effect of creating a narrative) then accuse them of fabricating a false narrative. Tough to see how anyone wouldn't dismiss this as BS.

[Scroopy Noopers]

I certainly didn’t ask to be PM’d “answers” to my mostly rhetorical post. Feel free to post them here for all to read if you want to stand behind that buffoon.

[Skyceman]

Originally Posted by Yoho

https://twitter.com/user/status/1360852878831849472

I'm no Trumper but I can't say I disagree with his point. There is too much political bias (on both sides) seeping into the news these days.

[Harry Lime]

Most major media outlets are owned by a few billionaires or conglomerates, who then ply political parties to increase personal influence and wealth, using the outlets to develop public support or to cloud an issue and make sure it never makes the news cycle.

The press is perhaps the most important part of a functioning democracy, and America does not have a free press.

[Major Major]

Originally Posted by Skyceman

I'm no Trumper but I can't say I disagree with his point. There is too much political bias (on both sides) seeping into the news these days.

But he made the point independently from the interview itself and in order to do that he needed to misquote her to prove his point. So he's actually contributed to false narrative rather than standing against it, and he's not afraid to alter the truth to convince people of his point... Exactly what he was so disgusted about from the trial.

[Manhattanboy]

Originally Posted by Skyceman

I'm no Trumper but I can't say I disagree with his point. There is too much political bias (on both sides) seeping into the news these days.

Agreed, I can't watch CNN or FOX News. he was right about PBS.

His mic toss at the end was good.

[Cali Panthers Fan]

*groan*

It's important to know the slant you are likely to receive from any media source, but their record on fact based reporting and reliability is what's most important.

Here, I feel like I need to post this every few weeks or so just to drive the point home. You will note that CNN is nowhere near the same bracket as Fox News. *Further note the difference between web and TV. Fox on TV is horrible.

[Yoho]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

I mean, you could have guessed it was going to be a little divorced from reality based on the poster who shared it too.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by Major Major

He misheard the question and then misquoted her when she rightly asked why is he flipping out. Pretty embarrassing stuff especially when his gripe is misrepresenting evidence. Obviously there is no legal ramifications in an interview, only the expose yourself as dum dum ramifications.

After misquoting her, he then goes on to say "you gotta live by your words... The media needs to start living by the truth, not create a narrative"

What a disaster this guy is... Misquote someone for all to hear, accuse them of not living by their words (that are made up by them for the effect of creating a narrative) then accuse them of fabricating a false narrative. Tough to see how anyone wouldn't dismiss this as BS.

Ironically by way of blind partisanship.

[Harry Lime]

Reuters has always been a bit of the gold standard. Not like those left wing nutjobs at the weather network.

[HockeyIlliterate]

I’m surprised that The Weather Channel is shown on the Media Bias chart, and I seriously question their reliability score.

They said we’d see 4” of snow last night, and I woke up to only 1”.

Might as well be Fox News to me.