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In reply to the discussion: This is what happens when impeachment is "off the table." [View all]YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)96. Well we're certainly not going to get any justice with another Clinton administration. Count on it.
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This is what happens when impeachment is "off the table." [View all]
Fantastic Anarchist
Jun 2014
OP
I'm not so sure that the Senate at the time, and given charges that actually were serious,
maddiemom
Jun 2014
#113
And they only hold one half of one branch of government (well, two with the SC) ...
Fantastic Anarchist
Jun 2014
#38
They won't actually do it. What they will try to do is make political hay from this
totodeinhere
Jun 2014
#14
Exactly, which is just as effective as if they actually impeached him.
Fantastic Anarchist
Jun 2014
#39
Yea, but the Democrats do not have to allow them the control of the message, they
Jefferson23
Jun 2014
#49
It was an observation, not an excuse. If I were an excuser, I would not have posted Reply #11.
merrily
Jun 2014
#29
" I fail to see how that is significantly different than what has actually happened,"
merrily
Jun 2014
#91
As Stewart might, say, "You seem nice." Please see replies 29, 58, 60, 89 and 91.
merrily
Jun 2014
#92
No, as opposed to mutally-assured, near total destruction. Please see Reply 92
merrily
Jun 2014
#106
No, they were ugly. They tortured. They lied the country into a war. Not acting is complicity.
grahamhgreen
Jun 2014
#120
It might be nice if former Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders said few words on her behalf.
merrily
Jun 2014
#62
Thankfully more and more of the rest of the world hold Cheney/Bush more to account than
maddiemom
Jun 2014
#117
Several posts on this thread make clear why that did not happen and will never happen.
merrily
Jun 2014
#93
Again, have you read the thread? And, with all due respect, if you really believe it's a FACT that
merrily
Jun 2014
#133
And because, when it comes to their behavior, we really don't have an "opposition party" ...
Fantastic Anarchist
Jun 2014
#53
This is one thing I've NEVER forgiven Pelosi for, and have not had much use for her since.
Ghost in the Machine
Jun 2014
#59
Honestly, I think they were grooming JEB long before they were the shrub, but JEB blew it in Florida
Ghost in the Machine
Jun 2014
#86
This should make it firm that NEVER AGAIN will we "look forward" for a Republican official!
cascadiance
Jun 2014
#127
Well we're certainly not going to get any justice with another Clinton administration. Count on it.
YOHABLO
Jun 2014
#96
I don't think the OP is suggesting attempting retroactive impeachment. As has been noted upthread,
merrily
Jun 2014
#110
Whether the President actually wanted to look forward as he did, or, alternatively,
Enthusiast
Jun 2014
#100
Both parties have enough on each other and Clinton and Obama each followed in the footsteps
merrily
Jun 2014
#111
Criminal prosecution for crimes such as TORTURING INNOCENT PEOPLE, would have been an easy place to
grahamhgreen
Jun 2014
#121
I really don't have any evidence pointing me to believe that these same republicans wouldn't...
LanternWaste
Jun 2014
#122
What would have been your plan for getting the 67 votes needed to convict in the Senate?
bluestateguy
Jun 2014
#126