Thread by @Gettingtrump

had some requests to make the latest @Gettingtrump post a 'thread'; it's gonna be a few paragraphs but here it is; thanks @FKTVis and the lovely Alexandra Bruce...

1) Having fun so far?

This is the only actual issue at hand. Is this comic opera/Kabuki theater providing any real entertainment? Because it certainly isn't moving the ball towards removing a sitting president.

The answer is mixed.

2) It does have it's chuckles, chortles and even a few outright laughs. However, much more likely is the eye rolling and groans the Democrat House managers provide. The big problem for progressives is being 'nimble' and 'thinking on their feet'.

3) This is why they marry a limited talking point infused narrative ('witnesses and documents' the new mantra) and repeat it endlessly. This is their antiquated process of having every aspect 'focus group tested' first, and tailoring their dialogue to these protocols.

4) Maybe 5 years ago this worked. No longer.

5) The sheer speed -and volume of information moves so damn fast now that last week's focus group opinions are now ancient history. For the Dems, the arthritic talking point -'witnesses and documents' was mentioned literally dozens of times this afternoon- is now an ankle chain

6) The measured response of the GOP team (which is decidedly mediocre in reality) makes the constant hysteria of their members seem not only desperate but even silly. They have nothing, and probably even know it.

7)

Yet they insist on repeating not only falsehoods, but ones that are ridiculous in the abstract.

8) Does any US citizen care whether Ukraine got it's military aid after a 45 day hold? And that somehow a president concerned about corruption in a notoriously crooked part of the planet isn't somehow a good thing?

The answer is no.

9) This whole charade is aimed at those who paid billions to buy the House and want their impeachment, which they see as some sort of a 'moral victory' for their side. Like Speaker Pelosi infamously said: 'he is impeached FOREVER'.

8) Problem with that is he will also be ACQUITTED forever. That's all history really counts; Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton dodged a far more lethal bullet, and Nixon cheated the hangman by resigning.

9) From a purely historic standpoint this has some interest; after all three impeachments in 250+ years is rare, indeed. Then again this writer has alrady chronicled TWO of them and that is two more than should have ever happened.

10) Right. Even though Clinton was a liar, a creep, and a disgrace as a president, Monica Lewinsky is a far piece from a Whitewater investigation. Sure he committed 11 felonies, and that is why he got impeached.

But the country had no stomach to nullify an election over it.

11) The supposed misdeeds of Donald J Trump are not misdeeds at all. They are going after him for what his counsel calls -nicely- 'policy differences'.

Really? What was the first clue? Talk about understatements.

12) They are going after him because he is ruining their decades long scam of knocking over countries, raping their resources and selling influence in change for personal wealth and power. They also know he is aware of their own actions.

11) That they were criminal in nature, too. This explains the hysteria over the Bidens. Does anyone really believe they did not profit off of their interference in another country's affairs? The evidence is right in front of your eyes.

12) The opposition just ignores it. 'Don't look here', they say. It's been 'debunked' you know. They never say by whom, other than 'no credible source' (who? CNN? MSNBC?) has given it a thumbs up.

13) None of this comes as a real surprise to the visitors to this site.

What is new is the the end is obviously near. While many Dems -and some shaky RINO's- want more witnesses (only the ones they call, of course) there is a sense of weariness over the entire senate.

14) The GOP wants to move on; they have work to do. The Dems are a mixed bag; the House managers really think this is ginchy stuff; they love appearing important and the camera time. They are also utterly unaware of how bad they actually come across.

15) That is the result of the bubble they live in. They think the rest of the country really doesn't exist, anyway. 'Flyover country' full of rubes, as Don Lemon pointed out the other night on CNN.

16) Others would like very much to return to the campaign trail. Sanders has a shot at the nomination (supposedly; they will block him yet again) and Klobuchar and Warren are chafing at the bit to see just who gets the VP nod

17) Still others have tough elections coming up. You wouldn't want to be Doug Jones (D, Alabama) right now. He is pretty much screwed no matter how he votes. Manchin and Sinima are going to save their jobs and exonerate the president.

18) Would Romney like to see POTUS removed? Of course he would. DJT is a threat to his cult. But he has zero help; even Collins and Murkowski are prepared to abandon him.

Then there is the deeper issue.

19) Is this actually a designed trap for the Dems to walk into? That this will get them to expose their vulnerable underbelly?

There is plenty of evidence that this just might be the case.

20) If indeed this is all a hoax, that the Dems have 'projected' their criminal activity on the president, well then this seems to tee that right up.

21) t is a fact Ukraine and the previous government was horribly corrupt. Poroshenko, who was supported by the previous administration, was thrown out of office. He wasn't simply defeated.

22) Zelensky won seventy three percent of the vote. That is an abject rejection of a despised figure. Yet Ambassador Yovanovich, Vindman, and other state department employees were in close contact with him and supported him until the very end.

23) POTUS was well aware of all this

24) His only desire was to see if this situation had been rectified. He knew Yovanovich was no good, but allowed Pompeo and Bolton to wrangle the issue. DJT is a very smart and savvy fellow.

25) Bolton was far more circumspect about the issue back then. He thought the call between POTUS and Zelensky was 'cordial'. That runs contrary to what the NY Times is saying about his new manuscript.

26) Some think Bolton is working as an agent for POTUS. He sure does seem to be following the 'Steve Bannon model'. He, too had a famous 'falling out', as did Jeff Sessions. But they are all of a sudden very much in the president's corner.

27) If this is indeed a counter intelligence operation -which this author believes to be the case- then this scenario fits perfectly.

28) How this ultimately ends is pure guesswork. But an embarrassed congress just might pull the plug on it Friday. The Dems will scream 'cover up' -they have already threatened that- but it could be the best outcome for them.

29) Certainly calling witnesses won't be a savior. There are the Bidens and some fellow named 'Eric'. None will be welcomed by the opposition. As such, acquittal is a fait accompli'.

30) However, acquitting this president will NOT stop what is about to come. Justice will be delivered, and it will change the way things are done...