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ITA janterry Apr 2019 #1
Yes... sacto95834 Apr 2019 #172
And if we don't, it suggests that Trump's transgressions are less important than Bill Clinton's. flor-de-jasmim Apr 2019 #2
IMO, the Mueller report may open the floodgates. Eyeball_Kid Apr 2019 #133
I agree with most of what you said leftieNanner Apr 2019 #170
I think you're right, and he can't escape. mountain grammy Apr 2019 #174
Let's do it. watoos Apr 2019 #3
No - How it goes DownriverDem Apr 2019 #58
Clinton was impeached in 1998 Blecht Apr 2019 #130
A sham impeachment in Clinton's case Generic Other Apr 2019 #134
The impeachment was two years after Clinton's re-election, beginning in December of 1968. hedda_foil Apr 2019 #146
I stand corrected Generic Other Apr 2019 #163
Abso-effing-lutely!!! hedda_foil Apr 2019 #177
Respectfully, I think this analysis suffers from a few omissions and logical fallacies. better Apr 2019 #153
Additional fact check dpibel Apr 2019 #160
People weren't so enraged. MoonRiver Apr 2019 #188
same here..ive been holding off on sending Tom Steyers 'Need To Impeach' postcards... samnsara Apr 2019 #4
"KING" is wrong........ MyOwnPeace Apr 2019 #5
I mean king (or Queen) in the political power sense, a monarch not bound by law or custom. Celerity Apr 2019 #10
imperator crazytown Apr 2019 #46
works for me, I like the Roman allusion as well Celerity Apr 2019 #111
And, another king, Angus was just on CNN, saying Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2019 #47
I think your reference to king was very appropriate mtnsnake Apr 2019 #181
I've change my mind as well. Vinca Apr 2019 #6
Why can't Congress hold hearings but not call them impeachment? Funtatlaguy Apr 2019 #7
There is no reason at all that they can't. That's what I think they should be doing now. ehrnst Apr 2019 #8
They need all the underlying evidence including grand jury testimony in order boston bean Apr 2019 #66
Is someone finally acknowledging that these things take time? ehrnst Apr 2019 #68
It's not just the Mueller scope; Trump's crimes are far more widespread. lagomorph777 Apr 2019 #127
+1 Make it all public (and go to subjects way beyond the Mueller scope). lagomorph777 Apr 2019 #126
Investigations DownriverDem Apr 2019 #64
Indeed. (nt) ehrnst Apr 2019 #70
It's not a binary choice (Impeach/Don't Impeach) Either way, FIRST INVESTIGATE. lagomorph777 Apr 2019 #122
Research isn't part of the impeachment reasoning process, which appears to be straightforward: Pope George Ringo II Apr 2019 #131
Every minute we wait, the affect is diminished. Nothing Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2019 #138
Yes, that's pretty much the problem with impeachment in a nutshell. Pope George Ringo II Apr 2019 #141
What? Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2019 #142
You want to forego the exposure of investigation. Pope George Ringo II Apr 2019 #161
Head count time. Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2019 #136
Sounds like you are expecting the very, worst of our Democratic leaders. ehrnst Apr 2019 #9
and your lack of concern is duly noted Celerity Apr 2019 #11
+1, Some posters are making it their duty to be concerned with as much condescension as possible uponit7771 Apr 2019 #14
... ehrnst Apr 2019 #20
Something very fishy about the "never impeachment" mantras. Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2019 #51
Because the Senate! BeyondGeography Apr 2019 #60
Yes. To every one of the 22 pose: "so you think Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2019 #71
Let the people see Moscow Mitch work for Putin's whore !! uponit7771 Apr 2019 #81
It doesn't take a lot of imagination, does it? BeyondGeography Apr 2019 #86
+1 uponit7771 Apr 2019 #95
+1,000,000 Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2019 #150
THIS !!! I've already thrown a red flag about the amount of FUD pettifogging impeachment. uponit7771 Apr 2019 #67
What would take so long? Like realistically, say we Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2019 #76
I am 100% with you !!! It would NOT take long at all if you went the simple seemingly slam dunk uponit7771 Apr 2019 #79
Well, alrighty then. You say it's that simple and quick, so clearly it must be. ehrnst Apr 2019 #91
Why do people say it would take so long? Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2019 #92
+1, this poster has no proof that it would take long uponit7771 Apr 2019 #97
Didn't the GOP bring impeachment to a vote in the Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2019 #106
+1 uponit7771 Apr 2019 #113
Hoyer said no yesterday. CNN saying left in our party Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2019 #135
Ugh...CNN just said Hoyer said impeachment wouldn't be worth it. Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2019 #107
Cummings said on MJ we can look at impeachment. I know he's not the leader but there's uponit7771 Apr 2019 #151
There's gotta be some end to this. If not just drop Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2019 #154
Yep, drop the whole damn thing if it's going nowhere. I think Pelosi is going to look at the polls uponit7771 Apr 2019 #158
A false dillema for the win... ehrnst Apr 2019 #17
there is nothing subtle about the menace we face, in both the short and long term event horizons Celerity Apr 2019 #24
And now we have a red herring. ehrnst Apr 2019 #28
I profoundly disagree with your stance and your mischaracterisation of both my intent Celerity Apr 2019 #36
You are, of course, entitled to those sesquipedalian expressions of your pique. ehrnst Apr 2019 #48
Ah, the things I see from many of a certain stripe. Celerity Apr 2019 #56
I call em as I see em. ehrnst Apr 2019 #65
'I call em as I see em.' Celerity Apr 2019 #73
Nah, you sly one you ... no you don't. The sophistry on this issue is oozing those are ... uponit7771 Apr 2019 #80
Nailed it, didn't I? ehrnst Apr 2019 #85
lol ... you nailed a FUD tag, that's about it. uponit7771 Apr 2019 #96
Tag, you're it. ehrnst Apr 2019 #121
Your post is still 100% spot on. Just ignore the shade! Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2019 #55
Because It Is The Right Thing To Do! McKim Apr 2019 #98
If Dems are a "battered wife" they kicked the abusers ass last November... ehrnst Apr 2019 #124
Impeachment would at least gimp him uponit7771 Apr 2019 #12
At this point, more likely Democrats. (nt) ehrnst Apr 2019 #22
Will impeachment proceedings cause you to not vote in 2020? watoos Apr 2019 #32
Where to start.... ehrnst Apr 2019 #53
No it's not a rhetorical question, you can't guarantee Red Don wont win so it's irresponsible ... uponit7771 Apr 2019 #77
That's the definition of 'rhetorical question,' - one that you already have your answer for... ehrnst Apr 2019 #83
You claimed Red Don can be impeached in a second term. Keep up with your own words uponit7771 Apr 2019 #100
No... *Watoos* said that DT *couldn't* be impeached in a second term. ehrnst Apr 2019 #108
This is false, now you're just making crap up uponit7771 Apr 2019 #112
No, I clarifying what has been said. ehrnst Apr 2019 #120
You wont even quote what you're "clarifying", you made it up uponit7771 Apr 2019 #152
So no con to impeachment. Good. Scariest idea Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2019 #90
What does "no con to impeachment" mean? ehrnst Apr 2019 #110
Blind faith. It's not like something's gonna change. I mean Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2019 #149
Not applicable to my post... ehrnst Apr 2019 #165
Impeaching Barr on the other hand crazytown Apr 2019 #49
That is indeed another matter. And perhaps a better strategy.(nt) ehrnst Apr 2019 #74
This is false and you know it, stop with the FUD ehrnst others have already noticed your pettifoggin uponit7771 Apr 2019 #69
Like that! At the very least, who in the world, even Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2019 #59
Agreed. I see it like this: Girard442 Apr 2019 #13
+1, its hard for the cops to say "they got away with it" when they did nothing to stop them uponit7771 Apr 2019 #15
And we have the false dilema of "if we don't impeach, we are doing NOTHING!!" ehrnst Apr 2019 #23
You are pettifogging a foundational moral, legal holding to account and erecting an Celerity Apr 2019 #26
********** THIS !!!! *********** (New word for the day "Pettifogging" :-) ) uponit7771 Apr 2019 #31
A pettifog is a smaller version of a bigamist. Girard442 Apr 2019 #184
Hit the nail on the head, didn't I? ehrnst Apr 2019 #33
I am NOT a sir, and I do NOT need a thesaurus to express myself in a varied, substantial way Celerity Apr 2019 #42
When you know the "nothing" is relative. I already expect sophistry from some :rolleyes: uponit7771 Apr 2019 #27
Tbh BigOleDummy Apr 2019 #30
I'm calling out the bashing of Democrats that isn't valid. ehrnst Apr 2019 #34
No one is bashing Pelosi, watoos Apr 2019 #38
I didn't say that you were bashing Pelosi. ehrnst Apr 2019 #45
At least one has been an accomplice to this very same thing with another criminal president FiveGoodMen Apr 2019 #167
VERY well stated Celerity. FailureToCommunicate Apr 2019 #16
I have been in favor of impeachment mnhtnbb Apr 2019 #18
Well said mainstreetonce Apr 2019 #19
You're absolutely correct..."use it or lose it forever." ElementaryPenguin Apr 2019 #21
Tie impeachment around the necks of Republicans who shielded The MFer-#45. NCjack Apr 2019 #25
I'm now thinking we should use impeachment as the warm-up act..... lastlib Apr 2019 #29
+1, we don't have to move for conviction or even removal just get the information out there to uponit7771 Apr 2019 #35
Agreed BigOleDummy Apr 2019 #37
Also, remember that Barr promised to release watoos Apr 2019 #41
GOTV for a Congress that shirked its duty is a losing slogan Ponietz Apr 2019 #39
Do these assholes samplegirl Apr 2019 #40
Yes watoos Apr 2019 #43
They think they do. Reality bites. SammyWinstonJack Apr 2019 #54
Totally durablend Apr 2019 #57
No, they think Red Don was elected fair and square until yesterday uponit7771 Apr 2019 #82
Where did you hear that his fans changed their mind about him 'yesterday?' ehrnst Apr 2019 #89
I know some of his fans that changed their mind yesterday. uponit7771 Apr 2019 #94
So by "they" you mean "a few fans that you know," not "they" as in any more than that. ehrnst Apr 2019 #115
Yes. They want an authoritarian alpha male who will banish all ehrnst Apr 2019 #87
Sure, as long as it's THEIR dictator. They all seem to think this will last forever. catbyte Apr 2019 #102
Impeachment proceedings now would hurt our 2020 chances. thesquanderer Apr 2019 #44
impeachment only takes a simple House majority, conviction and removal is where the 67 vote Senate Celerity Apr 2019 #50
I don't understand this logic durablend Apr 2019 #61
Yes, his argument either way is "the Dems are just out to get me" but... thesquanderer Apr 2019 #75
That narrative you posted has been out there for some time. watoos Apr 2019 #62
please see post #75 thesquanderer Apr 2019 #78
There's no evidence of this, were do you get this from? uponit7771 Apr 2019 #84
Remember, Clinton's impeachment backfired on the Republicans. thesquanderer Apr 2019 #101
Because Clinton was relatively popular with republicans. It was republicans who didn't uponit7771 Apr 2019 #114
The public wasn't in favor then, and they're not in favor now. thesquanderer Apr 2019 #132
How so? watoos Apr 2019 #118
Look at 1998. thesquanderer Apr 2019 #139
But wait, there might still be a "good Republican" who can help us! doompatrol39 Apr 2019 #52
Without "Good Republicans" in the Senate ehrnst Apr 2019 #128
He's going to say that no matter what doompatrol39 Apr 2019 #155
Again... I will defer to those Democratic leaders with decades of experience ehrnst Apr 2019 #159
Lawrence O'Donnell said about the "politics" pdsimdars Apr 2019 #63
For the "never-impeachers", it is incredibly dangerous to assume bullwinkle428 Apr 2019 #72
Tom Cotton perhaps, he is one smart and evil fuck, plus a vet and a fundie radical Celerity Apr 2019 #117
Welcome to the club! InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2019 #88
I'm on the fence but from a pragmatic standpoint look at this excerpt from nate silver's 538 chat jcgoldie Apr 2019 #93
This is a HARD PASS from me. For those of us who lived through Clinton's acquittal Baltimike Apr 2019 #99
Its false equivalency to compare Red Don to Clinton on POLLING alone. Clinton was relatively uponit7771 Apr 2019 #103
It's false equivalency to compare impeachment w popularity on the other side Baltimike Apr 2019 #105
The House should not even consider what the Senate will or will not do. honest.abe Apr 2019 #140
Yes they should. Baltimike Apr 2019 #143
Nope... if impeachment fails once, they can re-impeach.. honest.abe Apr 2019 #144
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure...that'll happen Baltimike Apr 2019 #145
We shall see... I think Nancy is coming around to my thinking. honest.abe Apr 2019 #147
Oh we will ALL be coming around to your way of thinking... Baltimike Apr 2019 #157
The Republicans are blowing up their own party. Trump, via Mitch, is packing the court with ultra in2herbs Apr 2019 #104
Illiberal democracy (Orban, Trump,Matteo Salvini, etc. and their ilk/minions are the new template) Celerity Apr 2019 #109
Congressional Democrats have several jobs to do...one of those jobs is. Checks and balances. world wide wally Apr 2019 #116
Investigate... expose his criminality radical noodle Apr 2019 #119
Why should we care about his base? watoos Apr 2019 #125
Exactly. honest.abe Apr 2019 #148
I never said that he isn't worse than Nixon radical noodle Apr 2019 #156
I couldn't... myohmy2 Apr 2019 #123
Yes, let the Rs who vote to acquit after all the evidence has been presented treestar Apr 2019 #129
Well said. honest.abe Apr 2019 #137
Well said, well written The Liberal Lion Apr 2019 #162
Yes, we should. But so tired of dems having to be the adults in the room and battle for wiggs Apr 2019 #164
The House has a duty to impeach; if it doesn't, it will suppress the Dem vote in 2020. SunSeeker Apr 2019 #166
I wholeheartedly agree. In addition I think it's a winning strategy. Pobeka Apr 2019 #168
Impeach even if it causes us to lose the White House & Senate in 2020? CaptainTruth Apr 2019 #169
Kick orangecrush Apr 2019 #171
Well said proud patriot Apr 2019 #173
I wholeheartedly agree aintitfunny Apr 2019 #175
If Hillary Clinton had been sworn in as President Mr.Bill Apr 2019 #176
"Impeachable" versus necessity. TryLogic Apr 2019 #178
Or the Speaker of the House FiveGoodMen Apr 2019 #183
Pardon my Latin, but. . ."GOPus Delendus Est" DinahMoeHum Apr 2019 #179
Starting to agree Pepsidog Apr 2019 #180
Eloquent. BlancheSplanchnik Apr 2019 #182
same here..i was always wanting to wait til we got all the facts but hell we have them NOW samnsara Apr 2019 #185
Putin's puppet is a national security threat suegeo Apr 2019 #186
It's got to be done. argyl Apr 2019 #187
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