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Corn Pop Say What!

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Most weeks for me are filled to the brim.

I like it this way.

This seven day window was a bit more than normal and the time to write started to escape.

Sadly, the Liberals will not stop talking, so my job didn’t take as long as I thought it would, as they continued to provide ammunition for the gun.

DNC Chair Tom (La Raza) Perez stated “We cannot change the rules midstream” while changing the rules midstream.

If everything goes well in November, Perez will again be unemployed and begging MSNBS for Al Sharpton’s old job.

They can both give President Trump an NAACP award and then call him a racist.

Michael (Mini Mike) Bloomberg continued to support “Diversity” as he stated minorities needed to be thrown against a wall and frisked.

Go ahead and personally try it Tiny Dancer but before you do make sure you put in your lifts.

Your fall to the pavement will be much greater and well deserved.

Furthermore it appears the pressure is getting to the little lad as it seems he is attempting suicide by courting Hillary What Difference Does it Make Clinton.

It made a difference to Seth Rich.

“Amy Klobuchar’s Rise and Elizabeth Warren Solidarity: New Hampshire Showed Women Can Win”

Punchy Amy came in a distant third (somebody had to) and Cheekbones wasn’t even on the reservation but this is what “winning” looks like to those who struggle with their own gender and whether to sit or stand in the restroom.

Joe Biden decided to parrot Hillary and tell us he didn’t feel no ways tired.

I wonder when they’ll snatch him up and throw him head first into a van.

Probably right after they find the hot sauce in his pockets.

Corn Pop say what!

Windbag Warren struck again with her attempt to use the term “redlining”.

One would think she would be careful with her “colors” but no, Pale Face Lizzie will forever be known as the ultimate Washington Redskin.

Bill Barr continued to disappoint those who believed he was an upgrade at the Attorney General position as he disregarded his boss and let the criminal McCabe off the hook.

The only people being indicted, tried, and imprisoned are President Trump supporters.

Let’s call Barr what he is.

Jeff Sessions 2.0.

Oh Jason wait for the Durham Report.

Yes we waited for the Mueller Report, the IG Report, Q, and a wide variety of promises floating through D.C.

Barr isn’t stuck in the muck.

He’s firmly entrenched as part of the Swamp.

Whether Republicans or The President admit this or not is irrelevant.

Facts are facts.

Here’s another fact.

We are with you Mr. President!

Bring US in and let The People clean up this mess!

Let us return to our current programming.

The Democrats are continuing to allow a Russian supporting Communist sympathizer to lead their Presidential race.

Even the #METOO community has nothing to say about Fantasy Rape Sanders as Katie Kouric spent more time showing us her posterior than follow up questions on Bernie who dodged her ask by saying, “Well it was a long time ago”.

If Bernie is going to be the Democratic nominee then it’s only “fair” that Cosby and Weinstein are released so Meryl Streep can take a knee, Kunta Kinte Kaepernick style, at the feet of her God.

Finally, AOClueless admitted Socialist Sanders doesn’t have a “magic wand” to create Medicare For All.

What???

Come on Liberals!

At least be consistent!

All we’ve heard is this is what the People want and YOU are going to get it for them by taxing the White Privileged One Percent.

What’s that?

You cannot figure out a way to get your hands on TWENTY-TRILLION dollars?

Finally a reality check to you clowns.

While you are temporarily connected to the real world let’s give you one more fact.

You don’t control the climate either.

No you don’t you lying dog faced pony soldiers.

Jason Kraus

www.aleadernotapolitician.com

www.freeamericanetwork.com

No Criminal Charges for McCabe

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by Daveda Gruber:

On Friday the Justice Department has indicated that it will not indict former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe on criminal charges.

An investigation into accusations from the agency’s independent watchdog that lasted almost two years found that McCabe lacked sincerity when he was questioned about leaking information to the media.

McCabe’s attorneys Michael Bromwich and David Schertler, received a letter from Justice Department attorney J.P. Cooney and Assistant U.S. Attorney Molly Gaston which said that the criminal investigation into McCabe is now closed.

Cooney and Gaston wrote, “We write to inform you that, after careful consideration, the government has decided not to pursue criminal charges against your client, Andrew G. McCabe. Based on the totality of the circumstances and all of the information known to the government at this time, we consider the matter closed.”

In statements given to media, Bromwich and Schertler confirmed that they received a phone call from the U.S. Attorney’s office in Washington, D.C.

The call in question was followed by the letter notifying them that “the criminal investigation of Andrew McCabe has been closed.”

Bromwich and Schertler  added that “This means that no charges will be brought against him based on the facts underlying the Office of the Inspector General’s April 2018 report. At long last, justice has been done in this matter.”

The two went on to say, “We said at the outset of the criminal investigation, almost two years ago, that if the facts and the law determined the result, no charges would be brought. We are pleased that Andrew McCabe and his family can go on with their lives without this cloud hanging over them.”

McCabe served at the FBI for 21 years. He became the acting director in May 2017 after President Trump fired former FBI Director James Comey.

The Attorney General at the time, Jeff Sessions fired McCabe in March 2018. That came after the inspector general found he had repeatedly misstated his involvement in a leak to The Journal regarding an FBI investigation into the Clinton Foundation.

DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz released a report in 2018 that showed McCabe lacked candor with FBI Director James Comey, FBI investigators, and inspector general investigators about his authorization to leak some allegedly sensitive information to the Wall Street Journal that revealed the existence of an FBI investigation into the Clinton Foundation.

Comey said he did not permit McCabe to tell the media. Horowitz wrote that McCabe’s actions were “designed to advance his personal interests at the expense of Department leadership” and “violated the FBI’s and the Department’s media policy and constituted misconduct.”

McCabe’s legal team, on the other hand, said McCabe’s story changed because he was surprised by and unprepared for the question during his May 2017 interview. The attorneys also said that he was preoccupied with other major events. They went on to say that once Comey was fired later that day, he didn’t think about his answers again as he dealt with leading the bureau for a time.

Horowitz concluded that McCabe misled his team too.

Horowitz said, “It seems highly implausible that McCabe forgot in May what he recalled in detail during his November inspector general testimony. In our view, the evidence is substantial that it was done knowingly and intentionally.”

McCabe has maintained his innocence and said the inspector general’s conclusions relied on mis-characterizations and omissions, which included information that was said to be favorable to McCabe.

McCabe also known as Andy was allegedly the “Andy” who former FBI agent Peter Strzok and former FBI lawyer Lisa Page texted about in the famous texts between the two lovers, at the time.

Honestly, I have believed that McCabe was going to be indicted. I have alleged that Strzok, Page and McCabe were in a big part of backing the “insurance policy” that turned out to be the Russian Witch-hunt that came from the Dossier written by Christopher Steele.

Can I say that I am deeply disappointed that the people who I see as potentially guilty are all going free so far?

Why is it that most people who were investigated for being on the side of President Trump are usually indicted and some have been found guilty of crimes that are similar to the allegations against people on the left?

It appears to me that there is a distinct two tier judicial system in play here.

I can always be reached on Twitter to discuss political views.

@DavedaGruber

House Republicans Boycott Intel Hearing

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by Daveda Gruber:

On Wednesday Republicans decided to finally not stand for Democrat biased agendas and they have boycotted a public hearing.

In a powerful move of rebellion Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee accused Chairman Adam Schiff of ignoring Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act abuse.

A Justice Department inspector general report disclosed substantial misconduct of FISA applications brought about the boycotting by the GOP of the House Intelligence Subcommittee on Strategic Technologies and Advance Research or STAR, as it is referred to, to refuse to attend the hearing.

Republicans did not attend and called it a “publicity” event.

It appears that Representatives Devin Nunes, R-Calif., ranking member of the committee and Chris Stewart, R-Utah, the ranking member of the subcommittee joined their Republican colleagues in collectively standing up to Adam Schiff, D-Calif., for not holding hearings on the FISA abuse.

Republicans claim that under Schiff’s chairmanship the House Intelligence Committee has strayed far from its mandate of overseeing the Intelligence Community.

They are saying that there have been months where there has been inadequate oversight and that numerous critical issues pertinent to the Committee’s jurisdiction were ignored.

DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz issued his FISA report on December 9th which identified seventeen serious shortcomings related to the conduct of the surveillance of former Trump campaign foreign policy aide Carter Page.

Republicans have argued that the committee is exclusively in the position to consider the serious legal and policy questions that arose from Horowitz’s report.

There is a letter, written by Nunes and Stewart stating their demands and was signed by Republican Representatives Michael Conaway, Michael Turner, Brad Wenstrup, Rick Crawford, Elise Stefanik, Will Hurd, and John Ratcliffe.

Until the committee gives priority to the important issues in the Horowitz report, Republican Members feel that they cannot support distractions from core responsibilities.

Horowitz had confirmed in his report that the FBI’s FISA applications to monitor Page heavily relied on the unverified Trump dossier and news reports rooted in dossier author Christopher Steele’s unverified research.

Still, under Schiff’s chairmanship these issues and errors have not been investigated although Schiff had acknowledged the misconduct at the time and stressed that bureau leadership was moving to implement the IG’s recommendations.

It has become evident that Democratic lawmakers are more interested in staying on their own agenda of investigating President Trump and his associates rather than dealing with more prevalent issues.

Laws have been broken by people in high positions in the FBI and DOJ and Democrats with Schiff at the helm are simply ignoring it.

I can always be reached on Twitter to discuss political views.

@DavedaGruber

California Bill to Ban Stays at Trump Hotels

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by Daveda Gruber:

California lawmakers, in the eyes of many, do not appear to be doing very well on lawmaking. A new bill that is being proposed will not disappoint those who think that the laws being created are not very good ones.

Democratic state Assemblyman Evan Low introduced a bill that would prohibit state agencies from spending taxpayer’s money at any hotel that is owned by President Trump or his family.

Low has given a statement which declares that employees of any state agency, the legislature, the judicial council and the University of California and California State University systems could not spend money at any Trump owned hotel while traveling for work.

Low’s statement said, “Public officials, at any level, should not profit off the constituents that they were elected to serve and represent. No branch of government is above the Constitution, and this legislation will ensure that California taxpayers are not further exploited by Donald Trump’s violations of the emoluments clause.”

The bill refers to President Trump as the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and does not mention the president by name but Trump happens to be the only president in American history who owns hotels.

The bill reads, “This bill would prohibit a state agency, as defined, from paying, reimbursing an employee, providing a per diem allowance, or contracting for the cost of lodging, procuring a good or service, or any other expense at a lodging establishment where the owner, as specified, is the President of the United States.”

State employees are allotted $90 per night for hotel stays and quite honestly, Trump hotels and resorts exceed that amount. Of course, if lawmakers wish to spend more of their own money, they could stay at a Trump hotel.

Only one state worker, since 2016, has booked a stay at a Trump hotel.

Other states, other than California, have lawmakers who have stayed in Trump resorts. Forty-seven state officials that include twenty Republican governors made sixty-four visits to Trump owned properties since Trump took office. At least ninety members of Congress visited Trump properties one hundred and eighty-eight times since January of 2017.

It is not the first time that California has put restrictions on travel by state employees.

There are other states that are restricted from state employee travel. Attorney General Xavier Becerra in 2017 added Texas, Alabama, South Dakota and Kentucky to the list of North Carolina, Kansas, Mississippi and Tennessee, which were already on the list. The states which are restricted because of claims that those states have laws that discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

I don’t know how you, my readers, project yourselves when traveling or just going about your daily routines, but I don’t wear a sign on myself that says that I am a straight woman.

I’ll assume most gay people do not wear signs that show their sexual preference so why is this law needed?

I assume some states are not crazy about gay rights parades but then I don’t believe that those parades are actually appropriate for children to see.

In my opinion, what is done behind closed doors between two consenting adults, is their own business.

I can always be reached on Twitter to discuss your political views.

@DavedaGruber

You Get a Delegate and You Get a Delegate!

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The Kick Off to this week was found on Super Bowl Sunday as one of the San Francisco 49ers decided to proclaim, before the game started, that he wouldn’t be going to the White House.

You are correct Richard Sherman.

The Chiefs will go instead.

No Elizabeth Warren, you are not invited.

President Trump sent congratulations to Kansas, and many who cannot read a map, or read in general, jumped all over Social Media to proclaim his choice of State to be incorrect.

For the record Kansas City is the third largest city in KANSAS but don’t let the facts get in the way of Progressive piggishness.

The halftime show was billed as Latino and Hispanic women of strength.

I’d ask which one, Latino or Hispanic, but by the time the gyrating and humping was over one of the women of strength had become a Columbian and then an Arab because of the way she used her tongue.

I’m sure Ahab was thrilled.

I guess the other one didn’t have any new moves so she remained Jenny from the Flock.

You cannot make this stuff up!

The collective absurdity of the Democrat-Liberal-Progressive is monstrous and apparently without end. I read a comment on a post recently that stated “If you are still voting Democrat you are either stupid beyond hope or horribly evil.”

Yes and yes.

Between coin flips and a broken app the only thing left for the Democrats in Iowa was for everyone to take a victory lap, proclaim they all shocked the world, and head to New Hampshire.

Punchy participation trophies for all.

It appears Common Core math has struck again.

As this was happening Mini Mike instructed his paid propagandists at Bloomberg News to write more garbage about President Trump and then proceeded to purchase many millions more of television and radio ads.

Bloomberg and Tom Steyer.

Billionaires spending hundreds of millions trying to be as tall as The Donald.

Someone get those two a booster seat and a sippy cup.

Throw Putin in there and it appears Little Man Complex is a real thing.

I’m sure Obama would do nicely in this group due to his “flexibility”.

The State Of The Union became front and center but before it was given, everyone from the Press outlets, except CNN, was invited in for an off the record briefing.

The White House didn’t want to say it but that move had to be made to guarantee Hillary didn’t see it first.

During the SOTU the collective IQ of 24 known as Democratic Congresswomen broke out in cultural misappropriation wearing all white while trying to understand President Trump’s usage of facts, history, and polysyllabic verbiage.

The only thing missing was their hoods.

Even with the Pelosi Paper Tantrum and the I’m Taking My Toys And Going Home Bartender, the classic Progressive moment came when the Governor of Michigan stood up and stated that the roads in her State were so bad they needed a child to fill the potholes.

She said this with PRIDE.

This behavior supported and brought to you Chipotle, Nike, and Kunta Kinte Kaepernick where you are one burrito or a pair of shoes away from projectile vomiting, child labor, and/or the Coronavirus.

Finally, the Senate finished with their melodrama and got down to business.

Everyone including VoMit Delecto Romney voted as expected and the latest shot in the dark by the Liberals was cast aside like Ilhan Omar’s husband when her brother became available.

Oh Jason you cannot say that!

I just did.

Jason Kraus

www.aleadernotapolitician.com

www.freeamericanetwork.com

Chess Not Checkers

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Recently someone said to me that they were born in the wrong century.

I just smiled and told them there has never been a better time to be alive.

The combination of technology and the growth of the animal known as Human has allowed for incredible discoveries and inventions.

At the blink of an eye we can communicate with others around the country, nay, the world.

Information can be deciphered, corrected if need be, and it usually needs to be, and shared at a moments notice.

Electricity, the Internet, the eventual reality of Space Travel.

Truly amazing things yet we sit here today in the greatest country in the history of Man being dictated to by a bunch of soulless clowns who struggle to maintain sobriety on a daily basis.

We are being told that laws are selective, borders don’t matter, genders are fluid depending upon how much tofu one had in a twenty-four hour period, inanimate objects commit assaults, and that sanctuary must be provided to Mexicans, Russians, Chinese, Indians, Pakistanis, etc., but Americans have to suck it up and live on the streets.

The parasites telling us these things are known as Representatives and Senators and they think we are Pawns in their struggle to become Kings and Queens.

We are not.

We are not the Pawns, the Rooks, the Knights, or the Bishops.

We certainly aren’t Kings and Queens.

We are the BOARD.

We are the ones that afford the movement of the pieces, in which direction they are allowed, and ultimately who gets to play.

We decide when the game starts and when it is completed, and as I say this, I want to be clear.

If now, or in the future, the Senate is able to collect 67 votes and removes our piece, one President Donald J. Trump, we will come and clear the board.

We won’t be coming to march, talk, or clean up the trash.

We will be coming to TAKE THE TRASH OUT!

In one word.

Checkmate.

So call or don’t call your little witnesses, you little Pawns, in our game.

None of these people matter, to those of us, who do.

There is a saying I very much enjoy.

Aim small miss small.

I will say this much to you putrid chicken pecking pissants in Congress.

You won’t have to worry about our aim as you’ll be experiencing the whites of our eyes.

Up close and personal, and the rage that will rain down on you, will be more than you can bear.

So continue to lie, cheat, steal, and ignore us.

That pounding you hear coming from the floorboards isn’t Poe, your imagination, or your conscience, as we know you don’t possess one.

That pounding you hear is America coming to cleanse her Jeffersonian soul.

The Patriots have given enough.

67 votes and it’ll be the Tyrants turn.

There is a trial happening right now.

Yours.

Jason Kraus

www.aleadernotapolitician.com

www.freeamericanetwork.com

Where’s Docs of 18th House Impeachment Inquiry Witness?

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by Daveda Gruber:

It appears that we understand that the House had witnesses during the impeachment hearings. Lead manager Adam Schiff D-Ca., has brought up the seventeen witnesses quite a few times.

As a matter of fact, along with Schiff, other managers have brought up these seventeen witness who were interviewed during the House’s secret depositions.

Why is the eighteenth witness never brought up? Michael Atkinson, who is the intelligence community’s inspector general, has firsthand knowledge of the origins of the whistleblower complaint that led to the impeachment.

The members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence interviewed Atkinson under oath. Unfortunately, they are not allowed to give any information on that deposition.

Republicans wanted that information to be heard in the Senate trail but it was denied to them.

The information in the testimony was heard by Representative John Ratcliffe, R-Tx., and the transcript of the questioning is 179 pages long and Republicans demanded that it be put into evidence.

That did not happen. The idea was rejected by Schiff It is alleged that the briefing with Atkinson was not conducted with the other two committees involved in the impeachment investigation, which are the Foreign Affairs and Oversight and Reform committees, and for that reason it did not qualify as a deposition.

You can see why Schiff got the nickname “Shifty Schiff” as he was the one who did the questioning and deciding which committee heard or did not hear testimony.

Ratcliff calls the “Q and A” period a deposition or a transcribed interview. Whatever it is described as, I’d like to see it and so would the American people.

The information allegedly holds information that could exonerate President Trump of the crimes the House determined would impeach the president.

During one of the breaks in the trial, Senator Joni Ernst, R-Ia., said House Democrats should have submitted the transcript.

Ernst said, “We should be allowed to take a look at that, but again they have stated numerous times in their brief they had overwhelming evidence, it would be so clear to everyone, and I haven’t seen that yet.”

I believe more people should be aware of this witness and the Democrats’ need to hide what he said and that they felt so strongly not to divulge it because it was not going to help their case.

Somewhere in the basement of Congress allegedly lies possible exoneration documentation of a duly elected president but Schiff and his cohorts have them well hidden.

Every American should be disgusted over this cherry picking of witness and documents that get brought into evidence. I don’t feel badly at all that more witnesses were denied by a Senate vote.

Karma can be a bitch!

I can always be reached on Twitter. Please reach out to discuss your views with me but never tell me how or what to write. Thank you.

@DavedaGruber

Sen. Paul Blocked by Justice Roberts

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by Daveda Gruber:

Holding the gavel in the Senate impeachment trial is Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts and he just made a move that blocked a question from Senator Rand Paul R-Ky., that would have revealed the whistleblower.

The impeachment proceedings against President Donald J. Trump started its journey with a whistleblower filing a complaint.

Roberts had allegedly initially sought to block even general questions of the intelligence community whistleblower but then Republicans threatened a vote rebuking Roberts on the record.

Roberts then allegedly backed down and decided to disallow mentioning the whistleblower’s name but not other information.

It is alleged that Paul’s voice raised and his displeasure was noted by reporters and Senators.

Paul said, “If I have to fight for recognition, I will.”

Paul may have not been satisfied with this. He did try to force the matter during the question and answer session that began on Thursday afternoon.

On Thursday afternoon, early into the proceedings, Roberts refused to read the first question presented in writing by Senator Paul.

Paul tweeted out this:

Under the Constitution Roberts presides over the impeachment trial. His authority is not defined. Democrats may even attempt a motion that would give Roberts the unprecedented power to approve or reject witnesses.

Whistleblowers are protected under federal law from retaliation in the workplace but does not ensure their anonymity.

Mark Zaid, the attorney for the whistleblower, in 2017 stated that a “coup” had started against the president from within the administration, and that CNN’s coverage would play a “key role” in the effort.

Years before the Ukraine call in question in this impeachment trial, Zaid has openly solicited intelligence to help him get rid of Trump.

Zaid has acknowledged that the whistleblower had contact with a prominent Democratic presidential contender. There have been reports that alleged that he had served closely with former Vice President Joe Biden when he was in office.

I’m still watching this circus and it’s getting more and more disturbing. How many clowns can there be in D.C.? Too many, I believe.

I can always be reached on Twitter. Please reach out to discuss your views with me but never tell me how or what to write. Thank you.

@DavedaGruber

Nadler Will Not be at the Entire Senate Trial

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by Daveda Gruber:

It appears the Representative Jerrold Nadler, D-NY., has personal issues that come before a Senate trial.

Nadler has chosen to be with his wife Joyce Miller, in New York and did not travel back to Capitol Hill.

Nadler is the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and is one of the managers who were placed into the impeachment trial in the Senate by Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, but he chose to stay and support his wife who is suffering from pancreatic cancer.

Miller was diagnosed with the disease in December. Nadler has also missed a day of preparation of the articles of impeachment on Dec. 17, 2019  for what was called a family emergency.

Nadler said, “On Monday, I will be in New York with her to meet with doctors, determine a path forward, and begin her treatment. I am sorry to miss some of the Senate impeachment trial, which is of critical importance to our democracy.

He went on to say, “I plan to return to Washington late Monday and appreciate the support of my colleagues and staff as I take this time to be with my wife and begin the long fight against her cancer. She has undergone surgery and is taking further steps to address the spread of the cancer.”

Pancreatic cancer can move through the body quickly and in some cases is considered to be fatal. Miller was diagnosed with the disease in December.

Nadler and Miller were married in December of 1976 while the couple were students. Nadler had just been elected to the New York State Assembly and Miller has held positions on several New York City and New York state government boards. She has also taught at Columbia University in Manhattan.

I am not one to judge others but I can tell you that if a member of my family had been diagnosed with a potentially fatal disease, I’d stay by their side.

I’m sure that most people hope that Nadler can spend some quality time with his wife during this difficult period.

I guess Nadler will let his wife face the bulk of this treatment for this horrible form of cancer mostly on her own.

Nadler is due back in Washington late Monday.

I can always be reached on Twitter. Please reach out to discuss your views with me but never tell me how or what to write. Thank you.

@DavedaGruber

Did President Trump Commit a Crime?

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by Daveda Gruber:

Many of those who are watching or paying attention to the impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump have formed some sort of opinion as to how all the research, time and money will come together and turn out in the end.

So far, we who have some intelligence have noticed the lack of first hand information given by witnesses. That seems to be clear.

The other thing we seemed to have noticed is repetition by the left, especially by Adam Schiff, D-Ca., the lead manager.

Unfortunately, the Democrats seemed to have carefully planned that the words or talking points that they wanted to be heard by the public, were heard at prime time hours.

The mainstream media do play a big role in putting information into people’s heads. People don’t have to understand what a TV is telling them, as long as they get the general drift of the information. If every time they look at the screen viewers are being told that President Trump did horrible things, they start to get brainwashed into thinking that he must have done something bad.

The charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, which are the charges that the House impeached Trump on in December have no fact and actually seem vague, to say the least.

There have been no impeachable offenses mentioned. There is no treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors to be found by sane and intelligent human beings.

I didn’t see criminal-like conduct being alleged except in outright lies made by Schiff. I did also see that there were at least four managers, who voted against military aid to Ukraine in the past, get themselves in a tizzy about Trump allegedly withholding military aid that was not, in fact, held back.

I saw managers show and read from the transcript of the now famous, Ukraine phone call but it was never referred to in its entirety ony select sections were read to the public at large out of context.

On Monday, we will start to hear the president’s defense team try to explain this whole mess. I started briefly on Saturday but TV rating are not good on Saturday afternoon and I’m relieved that the president’s team had that figured out.

After the defense finishes its response to the hours on end of testimony that truly has no actual substance, there will be voting.

The charges against the president will either be dismissed because of insufficient evidence or witnesses will be called.

It would take four Republican senators to join the Democratic minority voting  to seek witnesses. Republicans in general don’t want witnesses.

Honestly, if there is no case, you don’t call witnesses. But if there are witnesses, who would they be? Well that depends if the Democrats get their own way and after a hypothetical decision is reached to call witnesses, Democrats will want those who may help their case.

But then GOP leaders should want witnesses too, in that case, and if played right, this game of chess could abstractly be played to give better odds to one side over the other.

Which side will have the edge? We’ll all have to wait and see but from the short the Saturday preview, I did notice a professionalism from the right, mostly I noted Jay Sekulow’s demeanor as apposed to fair facts that were simply non-existent in the voices of Adman Schiff, Jerrold Nadler D-NY., et al.

This coming week should be interesting and possibly even gratifying. Let’s see how this chess game pays out.

I’m love to hear your opinions. You can always find me on Twitter.

@DavedaGruber