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TygrBright

(20,763 posts)
Fri Jan 24, 2020, 12:52 AM Jan 2020

I think Mitch is regretting at least one decision...

The whole "one camera, one feed" thing may be having an unintended consequence:

The television audience is riveted on the presentations. We realized it as we were watching tonight- there were NO distractions.

We didn't comment on any of the watching Senators' responses, we didn't wonder what that doodad on so-and-so's desk was, or anything like that.

Instead, we heard every single word of the case as it was being laid out, with no distractions, no loss of focus. We saw the logic, the connections being clearly pointed out. We saw every second of the testimony that the Senate isn't being allowed to consider (::snicker, snicker:: ).

We saw the gravity and the passion on the faces of the speakers. We heard every nuance of the irony or horror in their words.

Mitch may have done his best to keep his colleagues from hearing anything that will pierce their bubble of denial and complicity...

...but on thousands and thousands of living-room sofas, on millions of screens with an American citizen sitting in front of them...

...WE caught every word.

And I suspect that's *precisely* what the Democratic managers and the leadership had in mind.

Nice going, Mitch, you sorry bag of decaying offal.

appreciatively,
Bright

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I think Mitch is regretting at least one decision... (Original Post) TygrBright Jan 2020 OP
I sincerely hope that this is just the first of many decisions that he'll regret! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2020 #1
Like going into politics. C Moon Jan 2020 #8
EXACTLY! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2020 #11
... C Moon Jan 2020 #14
Thank you, Bright! Great post, and I do believe you're right, and I also hope MoscowMitch is having Leghorn21 Jan 2020 #2
K&R 2naSalit Jan 2020 #3
K&R fleabiscuit Jan 2020 #4
mitch isnt running this show. twitler is. mopinko Jan 2020 #5
I'm hoping phone banks are falling over from the load. Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2020 #6
That is interesting and I think you're right stopwastingmymoney Jan 2020 #7
Rope, just a liddle more rope. czarjak Jan 2020 #9
"Nice going, Mitch, you sorry bag of decaying offal." ... Jopin Klobe Jan 2020 #10
Sorry bag of decaying offal. Yes!! That's Mitch to a tee. PatrickforO Jan 2020 #12
Great observation. With luck it will bear fruit. yonder Jan 2020 #13
The House Managers have been prosecuting Trump to the nation. That's why they have TV clips, TeamPooka Jan 2020 #15
Mitch will hopefully regret KentuckyWoman Jan 2020 #16
Excellent observation...thanks Karadeniz Jan 2020 #17
when we look back on how he handled this NJCher Jan 2020 #18

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,663 posts)
1. I sincerely hope that this is just the first of many decisions that he'll regret!
Fri Jan 24, 2020, 01:00 AM
Jan 2020

Couldn't happen to a more deserving SOB.



Leghorn21

(13,525 posts)
2. Thank you, Bright! Great post, and I do believe you're right, and I also hope MoscowMitch is having
Fri Jan 24, 2020, 01:01 AM
Jan 2020

himself the worst. week. EVER

mopinko

(70,170 posts)
5. mitch isnt running this show. twitler is.
Fri Jan 24, 2020, 01:06 AM
Jan 2020

i'm getting slightly optimistic knowing that there is an idiot pulling the strings here.
if he serves up a big enough shit sandwich, mitch will jump ship.

i'm hoping for great ratings.

stopwastingmymoney

(2,042 posts)
7. That is interesting and I think you're right
Fri Jan 24, 2020, 01:56 AM
Jan 2020

I just watched Schiff’s closing but had mostly been listening before now.

You described it perfectly, I have nothing to add

PatrickforO

(14,585 posts)
12. Sorry bag of decaying offal. Yes!! That's Mitch to a tee.
Fri Jan 24, 2020, 02:14 AM
Jan 2020

Ol' Moscow Mitch.

What's that they say about the arc of history bending toward justice?

TeamPooka

(24,237 posts)
15. The House Managers have been prosecuting Trump to the nation. That's why they have TV clips,
Fri Jan 24, 2020, 03:52 AM
Jan 2020

and PowerPoint slides for gosh sakes.
The TV talking heads keep talking about how they are aiming at certain Senators but this is a TV presentation for a nationwide audience.
They are winning the hearts and minds of the voters.

KentuckyWoman

(6,689 posts)
16. Mitch will hopefully regret
Fri Jan 24, 2020, 04:11 AM
Jan 2020

Ever running for senate in the first place.

Republicans are slowly losing their stranglehold on Kentucky. Very slowly... and Mitch is directly at fault. History won't be kind.

NJCher

(35,704 posts)
18. when we look back on how he handled this
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 12:00 AM
Jan 2020

I think the assessment will be that he made a lot of mistakes. This is just one, but it's an important one. It focused the audience.

Other mistakes:

a) speaking out beforehand, saying he just wanted to get the trial over with and that he and Trump were working hand in glove.
This may be the single dumbest thing anyone ever did in the history of humankind.

b) denying Senators anything but lousy coffee and milk. I'm aware this is a Senate rule, but I think he could have done something about it.

c) Likewise, allowing for such a brief time for a dinner break.

d) Trying to rush through the proceedings. The Senate never does anything on a timely basis, according to Claire McCaskill (sp?). By setting up such a tight schedule and not being able to adhere to it, he comes off as someone who can't meet a goals.

There are other mistakes, but this is what comes to mind at this point.

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