(01-29-2020, 05:52 PM)MalabarJag Wrote:

(01-29-2020, 01:52 PM)mikesez Wrote: The Kavanaugh hearings were a debacle, and it was 100% the Democrats' fault.
They brought in a witness with vague memories of having a bad time with Kavanaugh when they were teenagers.  These allegations were not relevant to the question of if Kavanaugh the adult was the right person to be a judge.
They were allowed to call whatever witness they wanted, and they called an irrelevant witness. 
I don't think the Democrats should be allowed to call any irrelevant witness here, or ever again. 
But is John Bolton an irrelevant witness?
What about Mulvaney?

We don't know whether or not Bolton is an irrelevant witness. Even if not, it's easy to spin something in his testimony to open the path for the new Julie Swetnick.

Sorry Dems, you had your chance. You wasted it with Kavanaugh. No second chances for purveyors of false information. No "I'll only call credible witnesses this time," especially after the numerous lies Schiff has been putting forth.

The Republicans aren't being asked to just "allow witnesses". Chuck Schumer has a specific list of four witnesses, and Mitch McConnell could allow a separate vote on each one. 
In fact I think the judiciary committee worked the same way. The only reason you saw a blasey-ford on the stand was because a couple of Republican senators voted to allow her specifically as a witness, after the Democrats begged and moaned.
Swetnik was not brought to the stand.

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