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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAh..... why is the chairman of this Jan 6th committee on CNN???
Bennie Thompson ..what the hell is he doing on TV???
Wednesdays
(17,398 posts)a kennedy
(29,694 posts)JMHO.
Chicago1980
(1,968 posts)Adam Schiff was on MSNBC...
Ocelot II
(115,806 posts)Adam Schiff was just on MSNBC.
demmiblue
(36,875 posts)AlexSFCA
(6,139 posts)a kennedy
(29,694 posts)trying a case .they wait until a verdict is in ..and I know IT ISNT A TRIAL, BUT, I do not like the committee members being on tv to talk about their business. JMHO.
AlexSFCA
(6,139 posts)there are no jury or prosecutors
Ocelot II
(115,806 posts)to the media, as Adam Schiff also just did on MSNBC. There is no judge and no jury other than the public. In fact, it's good that they did because it's important that as many people see these hearings and understand them.
bamagal62
(3,268 posts)Job is to investigate and inform the American people of what happened. Its not a trial.
Fiendish Thingy
(15,650 posts)And they only discuss information that has been made public.
AZProgressive
(29,322 posts)I have no issues myself.
a kennedy
(29,694 posts)their feelings in an on going case. AND AGAIN JUST MY HUMBLE OPINION.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)NewHendoLib
(60,018 posts)Pobeka
(4,999 posts)Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)hamsterjill
(15,223 posts)I think he was a bad choice to chair the committee and conduct the hearings on air. He comes across as folksy and slow in my opinion.
Liz Cheney was much better in her presentation.
jcgoldie
(11,636 posts)I thought he was earnest and phenomenal. "Folksy and slow"? WTF?
hamsterjill
(15,223 posts)n/t
jcgoldie
(11,636 posts)Be careful and don't say things you don't want to say.
hamsterjill
(15,223 posts)Dont put words in my mouth. I dont appreciate that one bit.
Your reply is reminiscent to me of a former DU member who loved to stir up things by race. She is no longer here. You are way off base and shouldnt be making insinuations.
Do not go there with me.
jcgoldie
(11,636 posts)Not mine.
hamsterjill
(15,223 posts)You are trying to start something and you are way off base.
Have a great evening.
CrackityJones75
(2,403 posts)Folksy and slow
..
Ouch.
hamsterjill
(15,223 posts)n/t
vanlassie
(5,681 posts)WarGamer
(12,463 posts)Kaleva
(36,325 posts)hamsterjill
(15,223 posts)But thanks for your perspective.
Kaleva
(36,325 posts)Almost like a straight man working with a more famous comic.
Retrograde
(10,143 posts)I found his opening statements succinct, and his delivery made him sound like he was talking to the American people as equals. A good choice, IMHO, if we want to win more of the current GOP base.
As for slow, compared to my Alabamian in-laws he sounds like a Manhattanite!
hamsterjill
(15,223 posts)His slow delivery just isnt my cup of tea.
nolabear
(41,990 posts)Compared to whom? Jim Jordan? Mitch McConnell? Was it the Mississippi Black cadence and aspect? He was scripted, so didnt make up what he said off the cuff. What exactly made him folksy and slow?
hamsterjill
(15,223 posts)Now Im being accused of being a racist. I just didnt like the way he gave his information. Good grief.
CrackityJones75
(2,403 posts)nolabear
(41,990 posts)I have a rather similar delivery. As do many smart, educated, capable people I know.
But my hackles aside, I know there are people who dont think the Southern accent sounds sharp enough. Sometimes being underestimated works to our advantage. 😘
jcgoldie
(11,636 posts)Did I just wander into an episode of Matlock?
Ocelot II
(115,806 posts)though "slow" in the sense of not smart couldn't be further from reality. Sam Ervin, the chair of the Senate Watergate committee, was folksy and slow, too. And he was extremely effective.
FoxNewsSucks
(10,434 posts)The more the inattentive public hears, the better for us.
They should all be on TV and give any interview they can until the criminals are all LOCKED THE FUCK UP.
underpants
(182,861 posts)a kennedy
(29,694 posts)PunkinPi
(4,875 posts)I guess CNN wants to keep him.
Hekate
(90,769 posts)mcar
(42,366 posts)Schiff was on MSNBC.
a kennedy
(29,694 posts)CrackityJones75
(2,403 posts)I think by this point in the thread your opinion and thoufbts on this should have changed.
brooklynite
(94,679 posts)jalan48
(13,879 posts)Retrograde
(10,143 posts)Why shouldn't he be on CNN?
Patton French
(762 posts)The committee members have been all over tv since then. Nothing wrong with that. Public attention is important.