EricHiggin said:
sundin13 said:
Your analogy is lost on me.
That said, I have to add, if the Republicans actually cared to hear from Hunter Biden, they didn't need any Democratic support. The fact that he was not called showed that he never truly mattered, or at least that the Republicans didn't care about justice or the process, they just wanted to put a lid on it. Their primary objective from day one was a coverup. If they couldn't have that, they would have a circus. The trial was a farce.
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The Reps could have done whatever they want for the most part, sure. Trump could more often as well. The problem is that anytime they do anything, it's going to get used against them in some way. They can't help but spend time figuring out what's worth the negative press and what's not. No different than the Dems.
Bolton obviously wasn't all that important either then. If he was the key to impeaching Trump for good, then why did the Dems just back off and let America down, just so Biden didn't have to waste his time for no reason in the Senate? 'Orange Hitler' is now going to 'cripple' America because of this, and the Dems could have stopped it. Why didn't they? Hunter is more important than the rest of America and those she helps and protects worldwide?
Hunter wasn't called because nobody else needed to be called. When you set up a case, you get all your ducks in a row, and so does the defense. You then exchange info and build your case against them. Then you go to trial. The trial covers this and only this. There is no new evidence or testimony that get's brought in out of nowhere, other than in extremely rare circumstances. If the Dems required Bolton, etc, to testify to make their case, they needed to do it prior to impeaching Trump. Since they were able to convince enough people in the House based on the evidence they had to impeach Trump, then more evidence obviously wasn't very important beyond that, otherwise they would have fought for it, instead of just pointing fingers at the Senate. It's not the Senates job to build the House's case for them, it's their job to analyze it and come to a conclusion.
The Dems and MSM are certainly doing a bang up job of covering up then.
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First of all, press shouldn't be a prime concern. I was listening to some tapes from the Nixon impeachment where Republicans (his own party) were speaking about how they would follow every lead, no matter where it led them or how politically damaging it was. That was because justice and county stood ahead of party. This lack of sorted priorities is exactly the thing that I am lambasting the modern Republican party for, so it hardly serves as a defense.
As for whether Bolton was important, you have to look at Trump's defense. Repeatedly, his lawyers and Republicans stated that no witness could state that Trump directly tied military aid to the investigations. Why? Why would they say that repeatedly if it wasn't important? That may be a trick question, because that fact is of fairly self evident importance, both to the outcome of the trial and to the understanding of the American people of the actions of our President.
Now, lets speak briefly about Hunter Biden. You say that the Democrats backed off and "could have stopped it". I call bullshit. Let us quickly check the vote counts for witnesses, and, yup, 100% of Democrats voted in favor of witnesses. However, even if this was a sticking point, it doesn't matter. A court should not accept an injustice, and calling Hunter Biden and turning the court into a circus would be an injustice. He did not have anything to contribute and as such, he should not have been called. The same does not ring true for Bolton.
You also speak about the trial. Again, I'd like to call bullshit. In every impeachment trial in the senate, witnesses have been called. Often, these were new witnesses. There is no necessity to call 100% of witnesses before the case enters the Senate. This is completely made up and does not fit within any historical precedent. This is nonsense and does not hold any water under the slightest of scrutiny. It is shameful that this was used so frequently throughout the trial and it shows how little those involved actually care, when they are pulling out these bullshit excuses.