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Before we get down to it… I have to say something about Tom Brady…as in the old guy can still spin a football. Green Bay is my favorite team and my goodness we could see an Aaron Rodgers vs. Tom Brady matchup in the NFC playoffs. Can’t wait.
What we’ve seen in the last several years is support of the statement I make time and time again on my blog…PLAYER MAKES THE COACH. It would somewhat appear to me Tom Brady has shown he could have won in a big way in New England without Bill Belichick. What has Greg Popovich done in San Antonio since Timmy Duncan hung up his snickers? How many rings do you think Phil would have won without Michael and Kobe? PLAYER MAKES THE COACH.
Now…. on to Smerconish Sunday. Michael didn’t use my poll question yesterday which was… ‘Should Donald Trump Be Prosecuted For Felony Murder? So what I’m going to do is come back to that next week after we’ve seen if Mike Pence has the balls the invoke the 25th Amendment or if the Dems in the House have everything in place to impeach Donald Trump and get a Senate conviction.
It doesn’t matter to me which lane is taken just as long as Trump is convicted be it either in an impeachment trial or by federal prosecutors for his criminal and disgraceful involvement as to what transpired at our Nation’s capitol this Wednesday.
If I were Joe Biden–I’d put my eggs in the Merrick Garland basket and try to convict this punk for his role as the leader in the event which put in motion the death of five human beings. For this reason…you can control jurisdiction if you go this route and have the possibilty of having an impartial jury hear the evidence. In the United States Senate…no way. Hakeem Jeffries and Adam Schiff would still just be pissing into the wind with the for the most part still gutless GOP senators.
Jurisdiction is everything. Ask O.J. Simpson if you doubt me.
To me the mosting chilling poll which I saw this week-end was a poll which ask the question of Republican voters only…’Do you support the actions of Donald Trump on the insurrection of our Nation’s capitol’?
Of the respondents…46% responded yes. Ball game. It’s obvious to me regardless of how good a courtroom lawyer you are you’re not winning a conviction from that jury pool. You’re not winning a Seante conviction because those will be the people on the phone lines jamming the lines of the GOP senate office througout the country in support of Donald Trump.
It wouldn’t matter if Vince Bugliosi had Donald Trump on video lynching Mike Pence on Pennsylvania Avenue. You are not getting a conviction in that venue with that jury pool. That isn’t going to happen. No way and Alan Dershowitz knows it. And let’s be clear…Dershowitz isn’t the complete f–king idiot which goes by the name of Ted Cruz. Not every Harvard Law grad is a complete dumbass.
Trust me…I’m an honors graduate of the Bob Jackson School of Law…that scenario is not going to end well.
So…if I were Joe Biden what I would do is huddle with Merrick Garland and put a prosecution team together of Judge Garland, Hakeem Jeffries, and Doug Jones in place and try Donald Trump in federal court where at least all the evidence will be viewed by the what ‘could’ be an impartial jury which will weigh the evidence in a responsible manner.
I’d drop Schiff from the team even though he’s a good lawyer. His prissy demeanor might turn off some jurors while Doug Jones with his home spun demeanor might win over some hesitant jurors. Bob Jackson School of Law Rule #1… make the jury like you. Then they’ll start listening to your evidence.
That much at the minimum…is what should be done to give the families of the five murder victims some hope that they’re going to get the best possible option for justice from our legal options available.
In ending, Michael’s question was excellent. Smerconish’s National Question of the Week was…”After January 20th will Donald Trump still be the face of National Republican Party?
Just under 50,000 people responded which is an all-time record for the question of the week.
The results…63% said no. 37% said yes. But keep in mind many who voted in this poll were Democrats and Independents so from an emperical standpoint you don’t get a pure stain of the idiocy from GOP voters only.
Have a nice Sunday and enjoy cheering on your favorite NFL team. LET’S GO PACKERS!
A special blessing to Timmy Russert and his father up in heaven. Dudes—your Buffalo Bills are going to the second round. Pick up a copy of Tim’s book about his father some time if you want an aspirational read about what the American Dream should be.