November 20, 2019

Nothing.


Context:

44 comments:

Phil 314 said...

OMG. Next think you know he'll be using a teleprompter for a presentation to grade schoolers.

Char Char Binks, Esq. said...

Much ado about noting.

Paul Zrimsek said...

Sgt. Schultz's voice would work pretty well too.

tim in vermont said...

I thought that the “context” was that this is what the witness told the committee today that Trump told him when he asked Trump what he wanted from Ukraine. Oh, that’s inconvenient for the impeachers, that fact. This is why I have checked out on this whole thing. This morning the S.O. tells me that Bing said that Sondiman, (sp? don’t care...) said that chicken little said that there was a "quid pro quo”

By afternoon, it’s all been debunked after Schiff, of all people, believing the news reports, I guess, asks Sondiman a direct question. Anyway, the less media I consume, the happier I am. I have made up my mind that they really do have absolutely nothing, what more can I do about any of it?

Democrats claim that that are explaining to us what Trump did, but really they are trying to convince us of what they want us to believe Trump did becasue that’s what we need to think for them to win.

Skylark out.

tcrosse said...

The Fugs expound on Meaning and Nothingness

Bay Area Guy said...

I think Michael Corleone emphatically offered that crooked Nevada Senator "nothing" in GFather 2.

James K said...

Democrats are done for
Democrats are done for
Trump has won
Trump has won

Chuck said...

And of course, Trump started insisting that he wanted "nothing" as soon as he found out that his pressure scheme had been outed and Congress had been notified. He'd been caught, and he knew it.

I really do like the Godfather references. Like Trump does ("Fredo" Cuomo.) Trump is Santino. The reckless hothead who "was a bad Don" according to his own father. And who was so easily baited into his own downfall.

Tomcc said...

Interesting. I'm not sure why he needed notes for that, but he is a busy man.

Sheridan said...

Oh my goodness, it appears that moderation has been turned-off! I'm speechless, I don't know what to say!!

Jon Ericson said...

He's baaack.

Hagar said...

Père Jacques?

If Trump had put a hold on the Ukraine aid package, a number of people would have to be notified and they would have noted it in their diaries.
I suspect that he never did, but someone (Vindman?) started a rumor that went all around the "in" crowd while no one thought to ask Trump directly about it except Sondland, and he asked in such a fashion that Trump may not have understood exactly what he was asking.
Understandably so; it would be a ticklish question to beard the President with.

Francisco D said...

Oh my goodness, it appears that moderation has been turned-off! I'm speechless, I don't know what to say!!

I know that I am not going to engage our LLR troll.

Earnest Prole said...

This angle captures the context a little better.

Michael said...

I Biden were not running for President but remained a lowly Senator would it be appropriate for the President to inquire about his meddling in the investigation of a company on whose board sat his son?

narciso said...

and sondland admitted he got his 'quid pro quo' which came from a politico piece, which probably came from ciaramella,

TerriW said...

That handwriting is wonderful. It kind of reminds me on the Disney font.

James K said...

“his pressure scheme had been outed”

Except for the small problem that it wasn’t “outed” as there's no actual evidence it ever existed. Just suppositions and innuendo.

Iman said...

I bet Schiff's eyes go wide and buggy when he sees that.

Iman said...

Sondland and Jeff Ross in the same room at the same time ever?

gilbar said...

so, What have we learned?
IF there is an Impeachment inquiry, you WILL move up in the Polls,
and your reelection is ASSURED

narciso said...

also dr. silverman from the terminator films, till 2, 3, and 5,

rcocean said...

Its like trump is a terrible actor - rehearsing lines for an awful play.

Mark said...

Pompeo looks to be the next rat to flee the sinking ship. Wonder if he will then testify.

Drago said...

Noted Liar, #StrongCNNDefender and Racist Poster LLR Chuck: "And of course, Trump started insisting that he wanted "nothing" as soon as he found out that his pressure scheme had been outed and Congress had been notified. He'd been caught, and he
knew it."

LOLOLOLOL

Trump was literally quoting Sondland's literal testimony!!

The far far left AP has already pulled their false story on this once they were challenged!

Once again, as always, LLR and Fake Conservative Chuck positions himself on the far left of the far far left!!

Oh yeah, "unexpectedly"!!

Good old "Reid Hoffman "conservative"' Chuck never fails to fail!!

Some things will never, ever, change.

Next up for Chuck: attacking republican conservative women and children.

Francisco D said...

Pompeo looks to be the next rat to flee the sinking ship. Wonder if he will then testify.

Mark,

You need to go back to troll school. It's not effective if you spout total bullshit that is easily contradicted by today's testimony. You need to add an ounce of truth to your gallon of BS.

Did you watch the testimony and only listened to what that obsessed maniac Schiff had to say. I don't think you want to be on that team of crazies.

Drago said...

The Stupid Mark: "Pompeo looks to be the next rat to flee the sinking ship. Wonder if he will then testify."

LOLOLOLOLOL

The walls are closing in! Again! You dont know what Mueller and Schiff-ty and the Hoax "Whistleblower" know!

This time for sure!!

Jim at said...

I sure wish we had a transcript we could all read to find out what really happened.

narciso said...

it's whatever fits on his cue card, its rather maddening the level to which they lie, I grok orwell's notion about telling the truth, is a revolutionary act in a time of deceit,

Drago said...

Gee, I guess the lefties/dems/LLR-lefties 25th Amendment and Emoluments fever dreams remain crushed!!

stevew said...

@Chuck: fair assertion, now to prove it true, and then to define it as an impeachable offense.

daskol said...

"They said he was not in a good mood--I'm always in a good mood, I don't know what that is."

That's a hilarious fucking line, with an absolutely perfect emphatic delivery. That whole bit about not knowing Sondland well, seems like a nice guy, supported other candidates and came in late, man was that something. He's a communications tour de force.

The Vault Dweller said...

So given Trump's background in show business, and his previous actions with regards to the press pool, (taking conferences in front of helicopters etc. to intentionally cut the press out), I suspect that Trump is fairly adept at optics and this photo op was planned. I mean, it would be irresistible to any journalist there right? A chance to get a picture of his apparent notes for his address. Apparently unbeknownst to Trump, a hidden look behind the scenes. And what does that image reveal? What message does it attach to Trump regarding Ukraine? "I want nothing. I want nothing. I want no quid pro quo. Tell Zelensky to do the right thing." And this image will get tons of play on the internet and media. And it is all positive regarding Trump and his actions regarding Ukraine.

It reminds me of hidden shot of Trumps notes when he was hearing from the Parkland Highschool kids in regards to the shooting that took place. Those notes said something like, "What do you want me to most know about your experience?" "What can we do to help you feel safe?" and "I hear you." There another 'photo-op' associates a message of caring, listening, and empathy with President Trump.

As Scott Adams says, visual persuasion is some of the best around. And both instances there is a photo with written words that have fairly politically optimum messages on them and they are associated with President Trump.

Birkel said...

The Vault Dweller:

You never had a chance to respond RE: Hong Kong protesters. So I will repeat that my 1944 Warsaw riots reference was to a group of people who waited for a "better time" to object to totalitarian violence.

You still have that chance.

effinayright said...

Olive Garden is now offering Squid Pro Quo. You can wash it down with a Subpoena Colada.

The Vault Dweller said...

@Birkel

I checked back on that post the other day, but didn't want to respond since a new day had already rolled over, and I didn't want to keep commenting on an old post.

I can kind of only repeat what I said before. The situation in Warsaw seems orders of magnitude worse than what is going on in Hong Kong. So taking dramatic action seems more appropriate in Warsaw than in Hong Kong. Does that mean I know the situation better than the people of Hong Kong? No. But it also doesn't mean that the people of Hong Kong are correct in their assumptions of the situation, even though they are the ones experiencing it directly. I can only make my judgment based on how I perceive the different likelihoods of responses to actions play out. And currently they look pretty dim to me regarding the future of the Hong Kong people taking current action. If there was more widespread support for more freedoms across China then maybe it would be different.

I will say this that if the Hong Kongers continue their protest and then face a brutal crackdown from the government, there is enough media attention and new technology on the field that it would be nearly impossible for Beijing to keep it under wraps from their populace. And an event like that could turn up the heat on revolutionary movements in Hong Kong and across mainland China over the next 10, 15, 20 years. Because no one likes living under a brutal government. And it would be cognitively jarring to the Chinese who are very nationalistic. If China is so great with such a long history of greatness, why did it have to brutally crackdown on its own citizens? But it is my sense that the mainlanders in China have a fair degree of resentment to Hong Kongers currently, because there is a perception that Hong Kongers think they are better than mainlanders. So I don't think a crackdown would trigger much current response from other Chinese citizens.

But hey, I could be wrong too.

Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...

Quid pro nihil ?

walter said...

wholelottasplainin' said...
Olive Garden is now offering Squid Pro Quo. You can wash it down with a Subpoena Colada.
---
Meshes with the after sesdion tabling of Repub subpoena requests.

walter said...

Picture Schiff's biggest surveying the Repubs out of session Schiffting the unannounced vote to an opportune moment.

Mark said...

Drago, Pompeo will be out with 3 months
What would you like to bet?

I would bet never posting here again and volunteering to have Althouse permaban me if wrong. Will you?

Doug said...

I am with Mark on that bet, Drago

Rusty said...

TVD
In light of Tiananmen Square I think they are taking the only course left to them in face of a totalitarian force. They may ultimately be doomed but fighting for your natural rights either in Warsaw or Hong Kong or Tehran is never a wrong thing to do.

Birches said...

I know our media will laugh and laugh. And yeah, it is funny because it looks so juvenile and single minded, but by the clip I saw from last night, Joe Biden could have used a note like that. He can't get his words out.

Anonymous said...

Drago, as usual, doesn't show up to back up his statements or stand behind his words.

What a joke. Nothing more than hot air.