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In reply to the discussion: My first impulse was to make this a very angry and indignant post about how betrayed [View all]WeekiWater
(3,259 posts)71. I believe this to be an overreaction.
Pelosi isn't currently going forward with impeachment. That says nothing about the coming months. We just started investigations in the house. We literally just started them. Impeachment is also being talked about often. Rank and file are doing their job of making people more comfortable with the idea. Because you think something doesn't mean everyone else does. Then there is the Mueller Report. We have invested heavily in the image that it will be a part of the vehicle for impeachment.
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My first impulse was to make this a very angry and indignant post about how betrayed [View all]
Atticus
Mar 2019
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Even if that is truly what she thinks, Pelosi would have been better off just saying "she won't rule
alwaysinasnit
Mar 2019
#5
Nancy is right. Do you really think impeachment would be successful at this time? It wouldn't
UniteFightBack
Mar 2019
#6
After the failure to convict Bill Clinton in the Senate, the GOP completely fell apart ... remember?
FiveGoodMen
Mar 2019
#75
I didn't realize until last night when they showed a clip of pelosi back in bush era. She was
Laura PourMeADrink
Mar 2019
#81
I am aware of all the arguments against impeachment. They are not necessarily wrong,
Atticus
Mar 2019
#16
Everything I've seen so far leads me to believe that Senate Republicans will not bail on Trump
EarlG
Mar 2019
#22
I have never insisted that Trump be impeached NOW, despite the fact there are several crimes
Atticus
Mar 2019
#32
Agree completely. Politics aside...do the right thing. Heard last night that one advantage
Laura PourMeADrink
Mar 2019
#82
This is about Pelosi's saying the 1st Branch can't remove him, so it's up to Mueller & SCOTUS.
ancianita
Mar 2019
#25
Thanks for your kind words. As mentioned elsewhere, I have never insisted that we
Atticus
Mar 2019
#42
This is my opinion and I have been a loyal never but a Democratic voter since 1971.
PufPuf23
Mar 2019
#56