Friday Fun: Highlights & Lowlights of Michael Cohen Hearing

 Posted by at 9:53 am  Politics
Mar 082019
 

It was just this past week that Michael Cohen began the serious process of taking down Twitler – in both open and closed House hearings – under oath.

The Twitter reactions from his televised testimony on Thursday the 27th were still pouring in last Friday, so I decided to postpone coverage until this week to see some of the more interesting ones – so let’s get started.

Cohen opened with his prepared and profoundly strong statement.

 

About the only difference I could detect between the hideous performance of Rep. Gym Jordan (R-OH) from that of Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) is that Meadows had a suitcoat on.

Meadows opened with “I-have-a-black-person-who-worked-for-Trump-that-I’ll-use-as­-a-PROP-to-prove-he’s-not-a-racist” routine.

But Cohen countered him expertly with being the son of a Holocaust survivor.

When Rep. Gosar (R-AZ) went with his over-sized “Liar Liar Pants On Fire” poster …

MSNBC threw some excellent shade his way:

For some, like Rep. Steube (R-FL), a check for $35,000.00 SIGNED by Trump just wasn’t enough evidence to convince him Trump was paying hush money to porn star, Stormy Daniels.  But Cohen handled him well.

Rep. Clay (Sweater-Vest) Higgins (R-LA) is a good example of the level of incompetent, ignorant scum that runs rampant in the republican party.

Of note is that Higgins, prior to being elected, was a policeman who was forced to resign because of, among other transgressions, beating a suspect while handcuffed.

There were moments of humor – one provided by Rep. Massie (R-KY) asking Cohen if anyone had offered to pay for his lawyers.

Here’s an accurate summary of how the media covered the hearings:

No, I didn’t forget Rep. Gym Jordan’s disastrous role in the hearings.  But he got so much coverage during them, and then later on SNL, I thought it’d be redundant.

Most likely our collective reaction to his “performance” is best summed up by Rep. Plaskett (D-VI) eye-roll commentary during one of his numerous interruptions of Cohen.

I don’t know how good you are at speechreading (and sadly she’s turned too far for me to make out her first piece of advice), but on her second turn she’s clearly telling Jordan: “Why don’t YOU be quiet?”

One of the saddest consequences of the Twitler years is that it forces us to root for folks we normally wouldn’t.

In closing, surprisingly enough on ABC’s “This Week” Sunday show, Chris Christie actually provided the most accurate – and problematic analysis –for the republicans’ dealing with their entire line of questioning:

That bears repeating:

“There hasn’t been one Republican yet who’s tried to defend the president on substance.  I think that’s something that should be concerning to the White House.”

As Twitler frequently says: “Let’s see what happens”.  And my bet is it will NOT be good for him!

 

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  11 Responses to “Friday Fun: Highlights & Lowlights of Michael Cohen Hearing”

  1. TomCat says:
    March 8, 2019 at 11:11 am

    I can’t say that this was fun, but it sure was well done! 03

  2. Joanne Dixon says:
    March 8, 2019 at 12:12 pm

    Cross posted to Care2 HERE

    • Joanne Dixon says:
      March 8, 2019 at 12:46 pm

      Not much to say about most of these things that you and/or Twitter hasn’t already said. It did occur to me that Higgins might very well never have heard of Cohen before he testified. Like his constituents, he gets his “news” from Fox. That may even have been a factor in his being elected in the first place.

      I honestly don’t have a problem rooting for people who have made mistakes, or even been evil, IF they are now doing the absolute best they can to undo them. (I do have problems rooting for someone like Chris Christie, who seems to have conveniently forgotten the damage he has done … or never thought it was damage in the first place. I realize you are not “rooting” for him either, just quoting the one thing he has said that makes sense.)

  3. Freya says:
    March 8, 2019 at 12:28 pm

    Every other news service reports on Cohen’s accusations against tRump, but all Faux News can dig up is crap about a cheeseburger (hamberder?) emoji. More evidence that the goofs who run Faux News took too many hockey pucks to the forehead in their youth.

  4. P Bowen says:
    March 8, 2019 at 1:41 pm

    I was glued to the TV, watching and listening to Cohen. WOW!
    Good smack down on the Kyle Griffin tweet. Loved the shade on Gosar. The media coverage was telling. Except Faux. lol Excellent post, Nameless. Thanks!

  5. Animae says:
    March 8, 2019 at 3:01 pm

    Thanx Joanne 🌺 & SoINeedAName 

  6. Lynn Squance says:
    March 8, 2019 at 7:22 pm

    “… on her second turn she’s clearly telling Jordan: “Why don’t YOU be quiet?”” — I think in the first she said “STFU” but thought better of those exact words.  She certainly got Jim Jordan’s attention but like the ignorant twit he is, he did not heed her advice.

    As to Wolfkin’s tweet, I certainly would not put Comey with Cohen.  Comey, like the rest of us, is not perfect but he has a whole lot more integrity and smarts.

    Over all, Cohen did quite well with the stupidity and arrogance of the Republicans in the room.  I don’t know if that means Cohen is really smart or if Republicans are really dumb especially when they are trying to defend the indefensible . . . Trump!

    Good one Nameless!22

    • SoINeedAName says:
      March 8, 2019 at 7:31 pm

      I fully agree w/ your assessment of Comey-Cohen.  It was the only Tweet I could find conveying how Twitler has so turned our world upside-down & inside-out.

      We probably all have mixed emotions WRT Comey: Re-Opening the Hillary investigations DAYS before the election was terrible.  But he did piss Twitler off enough to get himself fired – so there’s some redeeming value there.

      • Lynn Squance says:
        March 9, 2019 at 6:48 pm

        If you read Comey’s “A Higher Loyalty”, you’ll see where he derived his decision of Clinton’s email — a basically damned if he does, and damned if he does not decision.  I have also seen several fairly long interviews with him and his response is always the same in this matter.  He definitely struggled with the decision.  I highly recommend reading his book. 

  7. Lona Goudswaard says:
    March 8, 2019 at 10:36 pm

    Thanks for this excellent “review” of the Cohen hearing, Nameless. i learned a lot of new things about that hearing, including some understanding why Cohen was Drumpf’s fixer for so many years. At first sight, Cohen looks a little dumb, especially with his mouth slightly ajar, but there’s a lot of street-wiseness to him and a quick wit. That must have come in very handy working for Drumpf.

  8. Mich D. says:
    March 9, 2019 at 5:13 pm

    Excellent!  Damn, I never thought I’d like anything Pinocchio ever said, but it is on the money!!

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