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The Inevitability of the Trump Impeachment

 
Casper 2018-12-27 18:41:04 

An impeachment process against President Trump now seems inescapable. Unless the president resigns, the pressure by the public on the Democratic leaders to begin an impeachment process next year will only increase. Too many people think in terms of stasis: How things are is how they will remain. They don’t take into account that opinion moves with events.


Whether or not there’s already enough evidence to impeach Mr. Trump - I think there is - we will learn what the special counsel, Robert Mueller, has found, even if his investigation is cut short. A significant number of Republican candidates didn’t want to run with Mr. Trump in the midterms, and the results of those elections didn’t exactly strengthen his standing within his party. His political status, weak for some time, is now hurtling downhill.



The word “impeachment” has been thrown around with abandon. The frivolous impeachment of President Bill Clinton helped to define it as a form of political revenge. But it is far more important and serious than that: It has a critical role in the functioning of our democracy.


Lost in all the discussion about possible lawbreaking by Mr. Trump is the fact that impeachment wasn’t intended only for crimes. For example, in 1974 the House Judiciary Committee charged Richard Nixon with, among other things, abusing power by using the I.R.S. against his political enemies. The committee also held the president accountable for misdeeds by his aides and for failing to honor the oath of office’s pledge that a president must “take care that the laws be faithfully executed.”


The current presidential crisis seems to have only two possible outcomes. If Mr. Trump sees criminal charges coming at him and members of his family, he may feel trapped. This would leave him the choice of resigning or trying to fight congressional removal. But the latter is highly risky.

 
nickoutr 2018-12-27 19:56:23 

In reply to Casper
wishful thinking again ... you guys will never learn

big grin

 
Runs 2018-12-27 20:11:42 

Special counsel Robert Mueller has reportedly obtained a “nude selfie” in the course of his investigation in Russian election meddling. lol

 
Ewart 2018-12-27 21:53:55 

In reply to Runs

shock wink lol lol lol lol


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che 2018-12-27 21:59:00 

In reply to Casper

lol lol lol

Yuh playin vix like a fiddle

 
Dan_De_Lyan 2018-12-27 23:44:05 

In reply to Runs

found it

 
Casper 2018-12-28 00:37:54 

In reply to Dan_De_Lyan

Please call Stormy for verification of the “small hands”.

 
Casper 2018-12-28 00:43:50 

In reply to che

Che, Vix is my “howdy partner”. He knows Trump is going down, but he likes to be a bit contrarian.

 
nitro 2018-12-28 06:04:49 

You are just jealous The President is getting so much sweet pussy!