My Friend Pam (Updated When The Spirit Moves)
My friend Pam just called me and told me to get myownself in gear because Gordon Sondland’s opening statement has been released and he’s not going under the damn bus for Donald Trump.
Pam says —
“Let the church say amen. Sondland is saying to Trump, ‘I gave you a million damn dollars for your inauguration and I ain’t saving your sorry ass again. No, sir. I’ve got more millions of dollars and I’m not spending it on lawyers so I can end up like Paul Manafort.’ Sondland ain’t just talking, he’s singing today. The Republicans were all late getting to the hearing because, Honey, they be on the phone to the White House.”
I better go turn on my teevee.
Icing on the top: Rick Perry better get his Oops! all lined up because that boy’s going to jail.
Going back in time to Oct 8th.
Be careful what you wish for.
Here’s the handwritten statement Trump made before he left for Texas.
Yep – that looks like a black Sharpie.
As expected by the other day’s pundits.
‘Donald Trump is toast’: Former Watergate prosecutor predicts Ambassador Sondland’s testimony will doom the president
Make sure you have plenty of jam.
Edit: “I don’t think he’s got much of a choice, it seems like that and those text messages, the evidence here is overwhelming,” Akerman said. “If he wants to avoid winding up in prison like Roger Stone, he’s got to come clean.”
He then went on to predict that Sondland’s decision to spill the beans would devastate Trump’s presidency.
“Donald Trump is toast,” he said. “Sondland is going to come out and tell the whole story, he’s going to detail it, he’s going to have documents to detail it, there’s no question that they were trying to get the Ukrainian government to announce an investigation into Joe Biden… and using money as appropriated by the U.S. congress to do that. Pure bribery.”
https://www.alternet.org/2019/11/donald-trump-is-toast-former-watergate-prosecutor-predicts-ambassador-sondlands-testimony-will-doom-the-president/
1“…and using money as appropriated by the U.S. congress to do that. Pure bribery.” Typical Trump–never spends a dime of his own money.
2Happy talk, keep talking happy talk, Talk about things you’d like to do, You gotta have a dream, if you don’t have a dream, How you gonna have a dream come true?
– South Pacific
3“Everyone was in the loop.”
The whole gang was just napalmed.
4I wonder if Sondland is given immunity to spill it all, will others want it too? Sondland has too much to lose.
I think Schiff will go after Pence next.
5EDIT: I wonder if Sondland WAS given immunity to spill it all…
6https://gph.is/1s201Ez
7Papa @ 5 Bingo Papa! Schiff just brought up Pence’s name, who incidentally has been trying to distance himself from all things quid pro quo.
8Papa@5, “Mother” Honey Badger may not care, but yes, we would like to know where and with whom little Mikey Dense was dining when Rudy and the boys were colluding, conspiring and committing their various crimes.
And, speaking of lunch, where and with whom is Moscow Mitch dining these days. Seems Old Scratch has more on his plate than the good old days when he only had to concern himself with making President Obama a one term president. Hey Mitch, you want those terms of yours consecutive or concurrent?
9It is pretty clear that Sondland considers himself a peer to Trump, not working for him.
No. Ain’t no way that Sondland is taking a bullet or going to jail for dear Donald.
This was supposed to be a gig to leverage contacts for more hotel deals down the road.
10Is it too early for a small glass of schadenfreude? Asking for a friend.
11Not only did Sondland just toss Pence under the bus, he backed the bus up over him, just to be sure!
Congratulations President Pelosi!
12Nunes is not wearing his happy face right now.
BREAK TIME.
13So they’re all guilty (“Guilty, guilty, guilty!”).
14What a surprise.
/s
I can’t decide if right now Sondland is thinking, “I gave Trump a million dollars so I could go through this! I’m not spending a million more on lawyers to get out of this!”
Or
“Before this happened no one had ever heard of Gordon Sondland – now I’m going down in the history books! A Million well spent!”
For some reason I keep hearing, “The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round. The people on the bus go up and down, up and down….”
15Herr Twitler’s tweeter has been vewwy vewwy quiet today, not a single twat about Sondland or today’s hearing so far, hmmm. The mangy dog ain’t barking this morning.
Is anybody watching FuxNooz [I’m tuned to PBS]. Fux’s coverage is probably a hoot, with semi-human pretzels.
This is looking like a ‘low-rider’ style bus, real low to the ground until the lifter hydraulics get it jumping around [with big monster tires too].
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump
Reminds me of the old “big-mouthed frog” joke.
16Jane & PKN @ 9,
I wouldn’t be surprised if MoscowMitch is involved. Lck him up. Lock ALL of them up.
17Papa, the only thing that would surprise us would be a Republicon in the House or Senate that isn’t complicit’
megasoid, Nunes ancestors are from a wee portion of the Iberian peninsula that never progressed to Neanderthal. His family tree arrested at the Homo heidelbergensis phase of evolution. His “smile” is as frozen as his DNA.
18WH lawn earlier: Monster redundantly shouting at the top of his lungs, from a page of notes: “I want nothing”, before walking away.
19“Iceberg, dead ahead!”
Edit: Ohio’s Jim Jordan faces a challenge from an ex-GOP farmer who voted for Trump
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-nation/2019/11/19/Chris-Gibbs-farmer-Trump-voter-to-challenge-GOP-Jim-Jordan-election/stories/201911190145
Update for Junkyard Jordan: “Iceberg, dead ahead!”
Edit: Ohio’s Jim Jordan faces a challenge from an ex-GOP farmer who voted for Trump. We can only hope.
– Gymshorts, we hardly knew ye…
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-nation/2019/11/19/Chris-Gibbs-farmer-Trump-voter-to-challenge-GOP-Jim-Jordan-election/stories/201911190145
20Double post – My bad.
21It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
22The five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.
Edit: ‘Unusual’: Reporters mystified as a large swath of ‘deflated’ Republicans go missing during Sondland testimony
Edit: Almost all of the GOP minority on the House Intelligence Committee left the hearing room as each party’s counsel questioned Sondland in 45-minute sessions.
John R Parkinson
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@jparkABC
Unusual that most Rs left room during this round of Dem questions. Only Jordan, Ratcliffe with GOP counsel Steve Castor – and now Nunes returns to dais. No lawmakers seated in viewing area either.
https://www.alternet.org/2019/11/unusual-reporters-mystified-as-a-large-swath-of-deflated-republicans-go-missing-during-sondland-testimony/
23I believe it was Nunes who told Sondland on last Saturday a worker from the agency in charge of Foreign Aid was questioned deep in the basement of some government building nearby. Nunes seemed to imply there was some kind of unreleased revelation which occurred, however, all that came to mind for me at the moment was, “really, you’re going to go with the Jabba The Hut drops a guy through the trap door into the dungeon” plot?
C’mon Devin.
24What kind of genius needs to write such simple thoughts so he doesn’t forget them?
25Lazrgirl @ 25,
Can you say dementia? I’m surprised he graduated from crayons.
26@Lazrgirl 25 @Papa 26
27Did you ever see an angry child with a marker or crayon in its fist? Bold strokes. His anger on this day surpassed all other “bad” days and he threw a fit. Would not be surprised if there were broken furniture or dinnerware or even cowering staff left after jumping on Marine One.
megasoid @ 27,
Scary to think that’s what is sitting in the oval office with way too much power to do whatever he wants and no one would stop him. G-d help us!
28Late inning relief shuts out the side.
Let’s not go there’: Impeachment hearing erupts in applause as Rep. Jackie Speier hits back at GOP congressman over Trump’s lies
During Wednesday’s impeachment hearing, one of the things Rep. Jackie Speier of California discussed was the legal protections enjoyed by whistleblowers. Speier referenced a Washington Post article dealing with the laws governing the disclosures of whistleblowers.
In that article, the Post gave House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff’s (D-CA) claim that whistleblowers have a “statutory right” to anonymity “between two and three Pinocchios.”
When GOP Rep. Mike Conaway of Texas interrupted Speier to relay the Post’s Pinocchio test on that particular claim, the Democratic representative swiftly shut him down.
“Well, the president of the United States has five Pinocchios on a daily basis,” Speier told Conaway. “So, let’s not go there.”
https://www.alternet.org/2019/11/lets-not-go-there-impeachment-hearing-erupts-in-applause-as-rep-jackie-speier-hits-back-at-gop-congressman-over-trumps-lies/
29I saw the picture of that note and thought it had to be made up. What a total loser – he wants nothing, let’s let him out of office and into jail and he can have his wish!
30That looks like the kind of reminder that a small child or a senile old person would write.
31A Sharpie? Yes. His handwriting? No.
32Next Pompeo…
https://www.alternet.org/2019/11/mike-pompeo-called-on-to-resign-or-be-impeached-himself/
33Warren’s new health care plan and the impeachment inquiry are set to take center stage.
The debate is taking place as the Democratic race has hit a holding pattern: two new candidates, Deval Patrick and Michael Bloomberg, have recently signaled plans to jump in, while polling has remained relatively steady for the rest of the field.
Poll prattle Poll prattle Poll prattle Poll prattle Poll prattle
Wednesday’s debate marks a key opportunity for candidates who aren’t polling as highly to attempt a breakout moment, as well as a chance for the frontrunners to further establish themselves. Candidates are expected to duke it out over health care once more in light of Warren’s new plan to fund for Medicare-for-all — and the ongoing impeachment inquiry is set to hang over the whole night.
https://www.vox.com/2019/11/19/20967137/november-democratic-debate-how-to-watch-start-time-live-stream
34The note says “this is the final word from the pres of the US.
35Don’t we all wish that was true!
Papa@26:
36He just graduated from the taste of crayons to the pleasing aroma of Sharpies.
As we know, trump is the healthiest individual in the history of the world and obviously has perfect vision, too. Amazing genes.
37Buttermilk Sky @37: at least two people who deal with the visually-impaired have suggested that Trump is effectively blind without glasses, which he tries to never wear. Points include the giant font used on the teleprompter (when he uses one), his inability or unwillingness to read anything, his signing international agreements w/o paying attention to where he should sign, the way he wanders off-base when giving speeches, etc.
Others claim it’s mental: senile dementia, rampant narcissim, paranoid psychopathy.
Me? I think it’s all the above. Big bold letters for the eyesight, and having to write down such simplistic “ideas” to not forget them. Plus, he had to write down one 3-word sentence twice in a row to not lose his alleged train of thought.
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