Trump team lawyer Robert Ray put on a dazzling display of obscure and tenuous historical namedropping during his remarks in the Senate impeachment trial Monday.
Dershâs dream client would be John Wilkes Booth.
Desperate people do (and assert) desperate things. God Almighty!
When ya canât dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.
âOne citizenâ whose tweet he saw
Lots of capital letters and the word âperfectâ? I think I know who heâs talking about.
Iâm pretty sure historical precedent has indeed been broken by having a president who is a Russian tool.
Throw enough random obscure cites out there and people just give up on debunking them. Works in the media, though not in real courts.
Razzle Dazzle.
Only slightly OT. Spankeeâs defense team used a criminal defense scholar(?) as their constitutional expert. Actually, a criminal defense attorney.
Nuff said.
This is a simple trick that all propagandists employâŚoverwhelm the listeners/readers with so much information that they canât keep track of wtf is being said and why and what it could possibly mean in terms of the issue at hand. For the most part, this is what Mr. Trump and his supporters are always doing.
Subpoena everyone on the list and get their testimony under oath.
I can lend some shovels to assist the process servers with the subterranean members of the list.
Throw everything against the wall! See what sticks!
Just as good as a coherent case, with multiply-sourced facts, documents, and eyewitness testimony ⌠for people who are willing to cling to any tiny reed.
Exactly. Itâs been a standard Republican technique since the days of Lee Atwater.
I came here to say that, but I could only remember the part about the bullshit.
OT: I donât know if this has been posted anywhere, but dang, this deserves its own investigation and impeachment charges. And what did Barr do? Let me guessâŚnothing.
For which I say, âduhhâ. I mean, didnât we already knew this? My question is then, so what the fuck is Barr doing about it??
He forgot to name Groucho, Harpo, Chico, Zeppo and Gummo Marx.
I donât know that anyone has fleshed it out though, in all its gory details. Could be quite elucidating to have Bolton walk us through the details. Also, this:
Gish gallop.
Remember when there was consternation because Jerry Nadler was using big words that would turn the American people off?