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In reply to the discussion: This is different. It is even more "in your face" than anything that's gone before. [View all]ehrnst
(32,640 posts)I'm not recalling where I have replied to you, let alone contradicted you on anything in this thread...
It seems as though you are following me around on other threads now. Should I be flattered?
Here is my response that I gave to you:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=11996097
You stated that Nancy was "afraid" to rile up his base, as though she was a coward, and that just didn't please you at all, in the least. When one states that a woman 'fears' something, it's usually calling her weak. Whereas if a man refrains from an unwise action, or states that he fears a negative outcome from an action, it's often referred to as "being realistic."
I have said on other threads that the GOP was promising their base in 2018 that Dems would immediately impeach Trump if they took the house, in order to get them riled up to vote for GOP congresspersons. That is the kind of unneccessary riled up that none of us want. Even you have to admit that. Refusing to stoke that furnace and funding for GOP candidates might be considered a wise move, yes?
I recall being supportive of Pelosi for being realistic and throwing water on that promise while trolling DT in the process by saying "He's not worth it." Unfortunately, many men on the left felt emasculated by that as well when they found out that they weren't going to get the televised impeachment gladiator match that they were "owed" by the Speaker.
We don't need to repeat the stupid mistakes of the GOP, like the pointless "Benghazi" investigations that were clearly about throwing red meat to the base, while wasting taxpayer money on something they knew they were not going to win, AND handing their opponent a win on a silver platter. They were convinced they were going to show how weak, emotional and confused she would be under questioning, and it backfired. Spectacularly.
Handing Trump a win in an impeachment that doesn't take him out (which is what would happen WHEN the GOP Senate doesn't vote to remove him) would be an idiotic mistake of epic proportions, and would indeed rile up his base uneccessarily to defend him in 2020.
Yes, I would rather Speaker Pelosi "fear" the result of a spectacularly stupid stunt simply to soothe the anxiety of legions of Lefty men across the country who feel "disrespected" by her doing what she was chosen by her peers to do, which is use her vast experience and strategize, instead of going Clint Eastwood on Dear Leader.
She is going lead and make the hard decisions, and those who say that she's "unlikeable" or "weak and afraid" when she doesn't make them happy are unfortunately going to be left to stew in their own juice while she does her damn job.