“It’s a little too quiet” - US Politics February 2021

at that point, tomorrow, we will start to hear bruce castor jr's very interesting theories about how trump's words that day, and on all the other days when he clearly urged his supporters to overturn the election by all means necessary, actually exonerate him. that's probably going to be reallllllllly fucking enraging

"There isn't one of you who doesn't consider the other 99 a patriot"--???

He’s not making an argument against the constitutionality of the trial either. It’s a lot of stalling and cliches.

Did he just learn how to speak within the past week?

but also deeply funny

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Patriot has become my least favorite word recently.

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yeah, he's not right now (which is really gutsy and funny sorta!)

but i'm waiting for that 2 minute bit at the end of his speaking time where he quickly argues that it's not constitutional to try an ex-president

It won’t. It will be more emotionally laden non-sequitirs.

“Trump would do anything for you guys! He’d give you the shirt off his back, it’s just who he is.”

castor just revealed the real reason for this impeachment: the house DEMOCRATS are afraid americans, because they're afraid of trump running again, because trump might win again.

and that's wrong. because america just spoke. "why are they afraid of the very people who sent them to do this job?"

Maybe some dr. seuss quotes attributed to thomas jefferson

Within about five seconds, he a) says this is all because the Democrats don't want to face Trump in another election (a really terrible line of defense), and b) reminds everyone Trump just got voted out of office.

I can only hope that Jim Downey is somewhere in the room so he can reprise his Billy Madison quote when vaporbrain is finished babbling.

now castor's argument has shifted from democrats being Afraid of americans, to democrats not thinking Americans are Smart enough to make the right decision at the election booth

wild new theory about this impeachment trial, very interesting stuff from him

Idk. It’s true that I don’t want to see him run again. He came too close for comfort this time.

Castor is REALLY bad at this? I'm not following his "why do you distrust the electorate, they just voted for a new administration" argument. Yes, we did, and Trump argued that we didn't, and then his flying monkeys attacked the Capitol.

now he is making a sort of relevant argument

and he's done.

wow. that was something else

i guess good lawyers don't want to defend trump

alright, here comes david schoen

the house DEMOCRATS are afraid americans, because they're afraid of trump running again, because trump might win again.

so he's saying the constitution was bad to explicitly license this exact remedy?

i left to take a shower and pretend to work and these dudes are still blathering on

it's good to be afraid of trump winning again. he is a malicious person who tried to overturn our democracy! it's such a weird argument

Ohhhhhh, please cry. Please. Do it. Let the tears floooow.

schoen says that his biggest emotion right now is of wanting to cry, because of the damage to the constitution that will take place (i guess he means if the trial is allowed to proceed? i'm not thinking clearly because i also very much want to cry right now)

'There is no argument - I have no idea what he is doing,' @AlanDersh on Trump's defense lawyer Bruce Castor 'talking nice' to U.S. Senators - via Newsmax TV's 'American Agenda.' https://t.co/VlT7z8drtO pic.twitter.com/7P7uVk5X19

— Newsmax (@newsmax) February 9, 2021

Schoen sounds like Wallace Shawn, Jr. 'Impeaching Donald Trump after he's already left office? Inconceivable!'

wow, he's taking the "i'm angry/outraged at the indecency of this debate even taking place!" tone, favored by the golden boy bret kavanaugh, lindsey graham, and the republicans at the last impeachment

i left to take a shower and pretend to work and these dudes are still blathering on

― superdeep borehole (harbl), Tuesday, February 9, 2021 8:53 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

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i like beer!

lol

did dershowitz turn trump down?

schoen is angry that the house impeachment managers put together an effective video production designed to persuade people. he is angry and offended on behalf of innocent americans

Pure, raw sport.

Bloodsport, even.

he also seemed to be defending Trump supporters who were so upset with the outcome of the elections, which seems like... not a good path to take

meanwhile, an update on the guy who does not fuck

Okay then. pic.twitter.com/fH2Yi7VI2I

— Robert Caruso (@robertcaruso) February 9, 2021

"Snap impeachment" SNAP!

Occam's razor suggests he is correct. xp

schoen just used the "cancelled" keyword, emphasizing it, then took a long rubio-lite drink of water to let it sink in on everyone

there was a little bit of that going on, but mostly the rioter acted on their own accord

"antifa temptresses" this is golden

i'm married to one of those temptresses, and it is wild

when you can't separate reality from fantasy, you end up sharing embarrassing fantasies

*Ominous music*

we tried to tell Lindell, "if you're going to talk about psychoactive drugs hidden in vaginas, make sure to check your phone first - if you can't find it, then you're in a dream! but if you're holding your phone, it's not a dream, so don't say it", but he wouldn't listen

so apparently there many things Trump did over the years that were impeachable

Go on...

seems like a weird thing to put out there as a defense

Remember when Charlie Sheen had a public, months-long manic episode/meltdown and its novelty made it newsworthy? Those were the days.

what is missing from this analysis is the fact that trump is a mentally unstable pathological liar who represented a threat to national security. that's why people wanted to oust him from the beginning -- they would not have talked this way about jeb or whatever. and they were proven right!