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1. i agree it's broken, but we do need some check on a tyrannical president.
Mon Apr 22, 2019, 05:46 PM
Apr 2019

so there has to be some mechanism to remove a horrible president, whether it's via impeachment or no confidence or recall or whatever.

there has to be some mechanism.


something that would have helped in this case would be a genuine "independent counsel", rather than a "special counsel", i.e., a counsel that could investigate a sitting president and bring charges without being in the chain of command under the president.

unfortunately, republicans corrupted this by investigating bill clinton practically his entire presidency and it was done away with. then donald fraud comes along and takes full advantage of his ability to interfere....

i agree it's broken, but we do need some check on a tyrannical president. unblock Apr 2019 #1
The mechanism would be Mueller indicting and the FBI arresting Takket Apr 2019 #3
My problem with this is that we don't have that check now though ck4829 Apr 2019 #4
Got a better chance of being hit by lightning AncientGeezer Apr 2019 #2
All starts with words, put it out there. Ask why ck4829 Apr 2019 #5
Really? I can't think of anything less worthy of discussion. onenote Apr 2019 #6
Yet here we are discussing "QAnon", anti-vaxxer nonsense, school shootings being staged, etc. ck4829 Apr 2019 #7
Because, among many reasons, those things don't require a constitutional amendment? onenote Apr 2019 #8
We can't amend the Constitution anymore? ck4829 Apr 2019 #9
Not for something as absurd as repealing the impeachment clause. onenote Apr 2019 #17
It's absurd. Equally absurd, we will have a Democratic potus again someday and all of the sudden... ck4829 Apr 2019 #18
And I'm genuinely curious, what are some other reasons of those "many reasons"? ck4829 Apr 2019 #13
Replace it with specific crimes that can get a sitting president thrown in jail. FiveGoodMen Apr 2019 #10
That could work. I still suggest start with "Remove it" and see what media and politicians ck4829 Apr 2019 #11
I'm also willing to have a "Trump Bar" for future presidents ck4829 Apr 2019 #15
That's the logic of a ten year old. Codeine Apr 2019 #12
At least that's logic ck4829 Apr 2019 #14
How many U.S. Presidents have been impeached and removed? MineralMan Apr 2019 #16
The president controls the department of justice. qdouble Apr 2019 #19
Well that would be something. fescuerescue Apr 2019 #20
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