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wnylib

(21,146 posts)
8. The real test of public support for or against
Mon Dec 2, 2019, 12:05 AM
Dec 2019

impeachment will be the Senate trial. Count on the Republican Senate to make it into a circus.

They will call for both Joe and Hunter Biden to testify. A conservative justice.appointed by a Republican will preside. All rhe BS from the House hearings will be brought up again.

And.although there already is precedence from other impeachment hearings (against some judges), they will make new rules for this one.

Whatever way the vote goes, there will be protests from the other side. It could get really ugly.

the Intelligence committee just gathered the facts Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2019 #1
That's a good point, but I'm not going to lie, I wish Schiff was... SKKY Dec 2019 #2
I was just thinking about this!! renate Dec 2019 #5
Yep malaise Dec 2019 #14
I think a lot of that depends on other factors... Xolodno Dec 2019 #3
and whether some of the 62,984,828 morons Thunderbeast Dec 2019 #4
Pretty sad that it took only 20% of the US to elect this moron. nt joost5 Dec 2019 #7
Foreign medling stole the election for the idiot onetexan Dec 2019 #13
A couple of yrs ago I put it at 19% voted Hillary, 18% voted Trump. SuprstitionAintthWay Dec 2019 #51
+1... we need election day to be a paid national holiday joost5 Dec 2019 #52
Well we can hope. And do all in our power to wnylib Dec 2019 #6
The real test of public support for or against wnylib Dec 2019 #8
"After Congress votes, you're going to see that movement grow." Hortensis Dec 2019 #28
I certainly hope you sre right, especially when wnylib Dec 2019 #31
Fingers crossed, but the press is now paying intense attention, Hortensis Dec 2019 #32
i remember reading some of the stuff thst is wnylib Dec 2019 #33
Well, we now know our party leaders didn't miss a thing Hortensis Dec 2019 #34
I have wondered the same thing. wnylib Dec 2019 #46
Enormous difference. Just imagine if they'd given us Hortensis Dec 2019 #48
Power to the (Dem) people. wnylib Dec 2019 #50
"game hasn't even gotten fast yet". tRump may be so stupid he misses chance to resign. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2019 #9
What's the "this" he'll have to turn around. He could get a vote surge out of the Senate acquittal, ancianita Dec 2019 #10
He will/would get a rise in approval from acquittal, but. Hortensis Dec 2019 #24
"But." Exactly. ancianita Dec 2019 #36
Ancianita, as said, he doesn't know how to recover from this. Hortensis Dec 2019 #40
He doesn't know how because he doesn't know what "recover" is. ancianita Dec 2019 #42
I have heard this line of thought as well Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2019 #35
I find it hard to believe that Senate Democrats aren't rock solid unified on this vote. I think if ancianita Dec 2019 #47
The *only* Democratic Senator I'm worried about is (no surprise): Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2019 #53
Not when FAUX News tells MAGA Suckers water is dry and they believe it without question uponit7771 Dec 2019 #11
From your lips to Gods ears, Douglas. SunSeeker Dec 2019 #12
And we still haven't seen the Mueller Report yet Botany Dec 2019 #15
I really hope that it does. This nightmare can't end soon enough. Initech Dec 2019 #16
The scarlet letter I stands for impeached imbecile. Mc Mike Dec 2019 #17
This historian is wrong. OliverQ Dec 2019 #18
We Shall See ProfessorGAC Dec 2019 #19
We've already seen proof of crimes, and his approval hasn't changed. OliverQ Dec 2019 #21
Disagree ProfessorGAC Dec 2019 #22
Agree. W's support fell to the 30s, then into the 20s, and Hortensis Dec 2019 #25
19.5% of the country voted for him and not even all of THEM are the cult. That 40% could be swayed. ancianita Dec 2019 #37
agree - have we learned nothing since 2016? 0rganism Dec 2019 #20
Brinkley is a pretty knowledgeable guy. True, there's a percentage of hopeless idiots The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #29
He's probably right but it may not matter fescuerescue Dec 2019 #23
Yes, the PARTY too. Republican dominoes are starting to fall, Hortensis Dec 2019 #26
I silently harbor a dread of some new drama next year that could derail all this momentum. ancianita Dec 2019 #38
:) No job for wusses for sure. The Republicans are extremely Hortensis Dec 2019 #41
I'm getting ready. It's not our first rodeo. That terrorist thing. That's what I'm talking about. ancianita Dec 2019 #43
Yes. People need to plan to be ready to spit in their faces. Hortensis Dec 2019 #44
Seriously. This, as we hippies used to say, could get heavy. ancianita Dec 2019 #45
Lol, remembering that "hippie soup." I never made it, Hortensis Dec 2019 #49
A hopeful rec. And a pragmatic maybe. dchill Dec 2019 #27
He's not going to be convicted in the Senate Bayard Dec 2019 #30
Nicole Wallace made a decent post this afternoon... Wounded Bear Dec 2019 #39
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