Impeach!
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5% is now being pumped all over the media as historic bipartisanship. Explain that to me please. Seriously.
Sure. None of the other impeachments got a single vote from the President’s party.
Okay. I was just thinking how much it would fail by in the Senate if the percentages held. Kind of like historic but set to fail big time in the Senate. That would be a complete sentence.
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Of the four impeachments we’ve had in our history, this is the only one that will age well.
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However, the rushed push for impeachment, with no discussion, no evidence, etc reeks of nothing but partisanship and hatred.
We all witnessed it. Every one of us.
And this is how you remove a president? No deliberation, no evidence, no discussion?
Just do it!
This is dangerous territory.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@george-k Removal occurs or doesn’t, in the Senate. And there’s a trial.
This is an indictment in a sense. If the entire grand jury are among your victims, it won’t take long for them to agree to move forward with charges.
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@aqua-letifer said in Impeach!:
This is dangerous territory.
Like "coup attempt" dangerous?
Bill McGurn (WSJ): "If you throw a rock through a window, you have more consideration that what happened here. Impeachment has been cheapened, to the point that it becomes normal."
(paraphrasing)
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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Bill McGurn (WSJ): "If you throw a rock through a window, you have more consideration that what happened here. Impeachment has been cheapened, to the point that it becomes normal."
(paraphrasing)I agree about the first impeachment, not the second.
A rock wasn't thrown through the Capitol window. A mob was shouting to hang Mike Pence. They tried to trample cops to death. They brought homemade napalm and molotov cocktails to the nation's capital. Pipe bombs were planted at DNC and RNC. They came and did these things because Trump egged them on. He said he loved these people.
Please love yourself.
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@aqua-letifer said in Impeach!:
They came and did these things because Trump egged them on. He said he loved these people.
See, that's sort of my point. From a purely legal standpoint, that's pretty thin gruel. He never said, "you should do this," and that's the legal standard for inciting violence.
But, we're talking political, not legal, and that's my point. Anyone can, and will, mark my words, drum up an exta-legal, political reason to impeach a president.
Again, other than the symbolism, what's the point? What will be accomplished other than a (cheap) moral victory? At what cost to political behavior going forward?
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@aqua-letifer said in Impeach!:
Again, other than the symbolism, what's the point?
They went easy on Hitler after his attempt to flip the government and look what happened.
And Trump is no longer president in 7 days. Who's going easy on him?
I really don't see your point. Are you suggesting that he will take the presidency in the future?
And you went full Godwin. Never go full Godwin.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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Incidentally, they didn't go easy on Hitler. They put him in jail.
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And Trump is no longer president in 7 days. Who's going easy on him?
You seem to be suggesting it? Do you believe he truly did nothing wrong?
I really don't see your point. Are you suggesting that he will take the presidency in the future?
This is what the process is, this is how you determine the legality of his actions. I think that's what needs to happen.
And you went full Godwin. Never go full Godwin.
I didn't. Somewhere between Congress hiding in bunkers, pipe bombs, a Capitol invasion and the National Guard being called to sleep at the Capitol until the inauguration, we're already in Godwin territory.
The best way to ensure that eventually we repeat the mistakes of the late 30s is tell ourselves it can never happen again, and laugh when any comparison is made.
Please love yourself.
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@aqua-letifer said in Impeach!:
This is what the process is, this is how you determine the legality of his actions. I think that's what needs to happen.
What process? Please tell us about what evidence was presented, what direct and cross examination occurred. This is an indictment, not a conviction. as Jon points out. If you're going to go into legality, rather than politics, well, that's a much higher bar.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
