Looks like a done deal. Late last night I heard that Lamar (many years ago when he was running for prez he took to calling himself Lamar! but I guess that was the exuberance of youth) had decided that there was no point in calling witnesses. Kind of odd. he is retiring, has nothing to lose, could have gone out standing up for something.
That leaves John Bolton standing out alone, like the cheese. What is his game? What was his game more like it. If he was standing up for something he believed in why didn't he say something when it might have made a difference? Did he want to keep his ties with the republican party? That's gone. All his old supporters are trashing him with vigor. He will never work in this town again. Was he concerned about sales of his book? Trump has a hold on that and it will never see the light of day. He was sort of, kind of, a little bit of, a hero for the dems because we are in total defeat over this and grasping at straws. But now that he is ineffectual well, we never really liked him anyway. Well as they like to say about friendship in DC, I hope he has a dog.
It's likely I am grasping at straws but I see a silver lining this snowy morning. I pretty much knew that we were never going to toss him out of office. What I was hoping for was a big todo that would result in a blow to the reps come election day. A lot of folks aren't watching this very closely and just hearing that the Trumpists would not allow witnesses might strike them as unfair. Then there is Dershowitz's absurd theory that the prez can do no wrong. That might stick in some craws.
Pretty slim hopes but linings are not very thick.
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