I can't wait. This is like the Russia conspiracy all over again. I don't think it will happen. It will be fun if it does. I already gave up on Congress doing anything for the country before the elections.

OMG, Mister squeaky clean president, Donald Trump, is going to, somehow, be proven, once and for all, that he has violated law and has no right to be the president of the United States? Dream on! Squeaky fuckin' clean he is! No Bill, we will prove... what? That Joe Biden is an asshole? Good luck with that! I'm sure your right!

Will someone please tell the Democrats that Hillary Lost!

I'll celebrate when he's out of office. Until then, it all sounds good.

It's been long time coming

I think it's important to remember that this is an impeachment inquiry, not actual impeachment.  All that has taken place is the formalization of what has been de facto all along - Democrats are looking at whether or not there is enough evidence of impeachable offenses to carry on with the process.

Boru

When impeachment proceedings against Nixon began, only 19% of the country thought it was a good idea; that's already at 30% for trump. It backfired against the Republicans when they tried it on Clinton, but him getting blown by an intern was always a tempest in a teapot (bad form and creepy, but not a crime), which is why it didn't help the Republicans.

The question is, are these proceedings more like the ones against Nixon or like the one against Clinton?

(September 25, 2019 at 10:09 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: When impeachment proceedings against Nixon began, only 19% of the country thought it was a good idea; that's already at 30% for trump. It backfired against the Republicans when they tried it on Clinton, but him getting blown by an intern was always a tempest in a teapot (bad form and creepy, but not a crime), which is why it didn't help the Republicans.

The question is, are these proceedings more like the ones against Nixon or like the one against Clinton?

The question is not whether these proceedings are more like the ones against Nixon or like the ones against Clinton.

The question is, of those good and redeeming qualities showed by the political culture of this country in 1974 and 1996, if called upon again, which would still prove to be present?

Considering that Trump is a criminal, disgusting human being and utterly corrupt as president I'd say it's best for Republicans and Democrats and everybody else.

(September 25, 2019 at 10:21 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: Considering that Trump is a criminal, disgusting human being and utterly corrupt as president I'd say it's best for Republicans and Democrats and everybody else.

Why would it be best for the Republican Party?


Republican Party of today’s reason for being is largely to enable the same type of criminality and corruption, and it’s leaders are mostly similarly disgusting human beings.    

If that is not recognized, and this same Republican Party remains a dominant political, social, economic actor, then this country is unlikely to remain a single country, or generally possessing in noticeable degrees the favorable attributes we’ve come to take for granted over the last century, for very much longer.

(September 25, 2019 at 10:26 am)Anomalocaris Wrote: Why would it be best for the Republican Party?

Well, I did say Republicans and not Republican party because Republicans also need to breathe and just look how Trump is fanatical about lifting car emissions regulations.

But it seems it would also benefit the Republican party since:

"Trump’s takeover of GOP forces many House Republicans to head for the exits"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/...story.html