At least he balanced it by inserting an article that should have been in your post.

Defeats the purpose of quoting, ROFL.

yeah, well, maybe .... then I should have added "and does Trump get to choose which one".

The Senate becomes the jury, and yes, most of them are laymen -- just like any jury of "peers of the accused", found in most court rooms in the US. The proceedings are presided over by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, so there's definitely a judge there (and it's not the Senate).

If Trump were to be found guilty, he would be booted out of office, in which case Pence would become President. What would be really interesting is a situation where Pence, the Vice President, were to be dragged into this whole mess and also be impeached, found guilty, and kicked out, then the next-in-line to become President (according to the Constitution of the United States) would be the Speaker of the House of Representatives -- who is none other than Nancy Pelosi...

There was a chance of this situation -- the Speaker becoming President -- happening when impeachment investigations of Nixon started. In that instance, the Vice President, Spiro T. Agnew, was convicted of tax evasion (unrelated to the impeachment enquiries) and resigned. Had Nixon been impeached, convicted, and removed from office at that time, before a new Vice President could come into office, the Speaker would have become President. However, Nixon replaced Agnew with the very popular House minority leader, Gerald Ford, and shortly afterwards resigned before an impeachment vote could be held.

Ah the innocence. I can quote you saying anything I like.
See what I mean?

Hey, my post, my champagne

Ah, the wonders of automated spell checkers.

Ah, when irony is not being recognized.

Did you see my "quote" of 22yards post?

Week after week Trump and the GOP have been complaining about the impeachment hearings being held in secret, private sessions.

Today, "President Trump said there should be no public hearings in the impeachment inquiry as he railed against the process unfolding in the House."

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Typical Trump chaos
I assume he is worried about having his dirty washing revealed in public!

Meanwhile;
Read the transcripts!!

"Sometimes I feel like screaming, "Everybody knows that Trump is as crooked as a broken nose and as dumb as a fencepost. Just quit shitting around and get him the out of there." - Stephen King

In other news, anyone see Jeff Sessions hostage tape? I am embarrassed for him, Spanky publicly humiliated him and Sessions puts together a vid fawning over him and promising to be a good boy, spineless weasel.

The Dems seem to be backing off trying to force reluctant witnesses to attend the House impeachment process but it is not clear why?

I wonder if they hope to call them to the Senate impeachment trial as witnesses which seems to have a stronger process for forcing attendance?

How quickly things change

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BTW, Trump also claims not to know;

• Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman: Trump's National Security Council's top Ukraine expert.
• Former Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch
• Bill Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine
• Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman: business associates of Rudy Giuliani

Growing factional splits in the GOP support!
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Nowt stranger than folks

Heres a good reason for the Amis to curl up on the couch at home with a hot chocolate and watch the Trump " crimi " unfold

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/n...-s/2554694001/

Another judge rules against Trump
Presumably, Trump could now try a New York court but they are unlikely to rule against a new NY State law requiring sight of Trump's tax returns.

Meanwhile on the topic of corruption claims in Ukraine gas industry
And finally, there are now 20 GOP members of the House who will not stand for reelection next year. It cannot be much fun being in the House minority in these highly political times especially when your strategy is changed by the daily tweet!

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Widely rumoured Haley is playing to replace Pence as Vice President. If Trump gets the chop then she would be on a fast track to being President.
She will make a better job of it than Donnie, but then so would Donald Duck!

Nikki Hayley in 90 seconds.

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Meanwhile, the GOP keep complaining that impeachment witnesses do not have first-hand knowledge (BTW, not entirely true.) while continuing to support Trump blocking of witnesses with first-hand knowledge.

Chad Wolf is now the acting Homeland Security secretary making him the fifth person to lead the third-largest department in the federal government under President Donald Trump. Spanky is incredibly bad at filling jobs with suitable people and makes it worse by firing people before he has identified a a good replacement.

Hasn't the supreme court got better things to do than make a ruling on tax returns?

John Cleese offered a good analogy this week about the futility of talking to Spanky's followers, comparing them to people who think pro wrestling is real.

If they can’t see it when it’s right under their nose, I have no idea how they’re going to realize how wrong they are.

Anyone watching Nunes Intelligence Committee opening statement? who is the intended audience for this tripe? you'd have to be a moron to fall for this stuff

Triump's wonderful, best entertainmentr on telly by far !!