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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 10:58 AM Original message |
Scenario: Articles of Impeachment are introduced. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
1. We look like punks, I would imagine. |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Or Courageous |
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RiverStone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:39 AM Response to Reply #3 |
26. I vote courageous! |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. no, we look like a government functioning as it should. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. So introducing Impeachment and it being shot down decisively |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:11 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Yes it is. |
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King Coal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:20 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. And don't forget, some, are crybaby punks. Peter Pan Punks. LOL! |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:12 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Yes. Doing what's right and best for this country is always |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:21 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I'm sorry to hammer a point, but even if impeachment utterly fails, it's still government |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:22 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Yes. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:27 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I guess I would rather see House of Representatives actually accomplish things. |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:46 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. I agree. Introducing SCHIP, when bush vowed to veto it was just a big waste of time |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:52 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. No kidding. But they pretty much do that already, don't they? |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. No - because forcing President Bush to veto medical funding for children |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 01:44 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Pursuing impeachment might expose the lack of moral core in the Democratic Party? |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 01:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Well I'm a proud Democrat so I can't say I agree with your assessment of the Democratic Party. |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 02:32 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I was agreeing with your assesment that impeachment might possibly |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 02:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. ah i see the difficulty |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 09:06 PM Response to Reply #36 |
52. I doubt an impeachment would be about failed policies. It should be about crimes against |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 09:11 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. No, impeachment should be about the crimes committed, period. |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 09:16 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. All i can imagine is that some Dems are somehow complicit in some of the |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 09:34 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. At least you have a coherent argument against proceeding. |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 09:41 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. I've been an advocate for impeachment from 2000 forward. I still am. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 02:38 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Yeah, because no one knew he was a war mongering chickenshit before that |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 02:53 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. What an incoherent response |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. No, YOU are talking about an impeachment that goes down in defeat. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 03:25 PM Response to Reply #38 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #39 |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 03:52 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Than you disagree with the premise of this conversation - say that |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 06:55 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Neener neener neener |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 07:00 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. The most important thing is to waste time in grandiose gestures |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 07:07 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. If you feel that defending the Constitution is merely a "grandiose gesture," ... |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 08:02 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Laughs - I don't think there is much point in continuing this conversatin |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:25 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. yes, hammer on |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
21. Yeah... it looks so much better to do nothing. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:33 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. You are one of the sharper people on the pro impeachment side |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 09:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
58. it looks like |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 10:09 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Just cowards enabling cowards enabling outlaws. Nothing to see here. Typical flamebait. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 07:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
47. We will shine like stars for trying to reclaim the Constitution! |
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Basileus Basileon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
2. Headlines: |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
23. OMG! The Corporate media might actually smear the Democratic Party???! |
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Basileus Basileon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:34 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Yep. Therefore, it's best to spend all our precious time |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 10:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
62. "All our precious" bodily fluids?? Poor baby! |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
4. There would be an asterisk in the history books and future generations |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Maybe. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:11 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Nothing at all is going to happen to Shrub after he's out of office |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
6. You forgot the part about broadcast network covered gavel to gavel hearings |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:08 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I watched the hearings, and I haven't forgotten that part of |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
27. Yes, so then the public sees the evidence, and the public sees what their Rep does. |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
8. According to many, it doesn't matter. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
9. Good question. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
14. Scenario: 1. Articles introduced, 2. Privilige no longer applies |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:24 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. That's a fair point, though I still doubt that |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 07:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
49. Leaving to the people to enforce it should be interesting indeed! |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 07:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
48. We can't have that! |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
34. Depends on who decisively defeated the measure. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
41. We do it again. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
43. ... |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
50. It's in the H of R records n/t |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
54. If articles don't pass in the House, |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
57. None. Except that Democrats look like they have a spine, for once. (nm) |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
59. Congress still sucks? |
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