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Posted on 01/02/2020 9:31:53 AM PST by jazusamo
Congressional Democrats have fiercely criticized Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and other top Republicans in recent weeks for what they say is a lack of impartiality regarding President Trump’s looming trial in the Senate.
But the proceedings of the last impeachment have proved a recurring headache for some of these Democrats, whose past comments on then-President Bill Clinton's trial have come back to haunt them -- and in some cases undercut their message today.
From Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, both from New York, congressional Democrats are being reminded that they once made comments eerily similar to those being uttered now by their Republican colleagues -- and vice-versa.
Schumer recently lambasted McConnell for telling Fox News’ Sean Hannity that he will be “coordinating" with the White House and "there will be no difference between the president's position and our position as to how to handle this."
McConnell was also criticized for telling reporters last month he would not be “an impartial juror” in any Trump trial -- which is in a holding pattern as Speaker Nancy Pelosi sits on articles of impeachment for now.
Schumer said recently he is “utterly amazed” by McConnell’s comments and labeled them an “astounding admission of partisanship” during a speech on the Senate floor.
Turning back the clock 20 years, however, shows Schumer making comments similar to those of the current Senate majority leader.
During a 1999 appearance on CNN's "Larry King Live," Schumer – who was beginning his first term in the Senate – indicated he already had a “pre-opinion” on how he would vote in Clinton’s trial and argued that the Senate’s role was not the same as a jury’s role in a standard criminal trial.
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What?!
The Democrats are naked hypocrites who will say anything they think will advance them regardless of what they said 5 seconds prior?
Who knew!?
Lying hypocrite, thy name is Democrat.
Stalinists lie. Always
This is a soft coup
20 years ago they were seriously arguing perjury was forgivable if it was about sex.
Today Democrats are seriously arguing asking questions about corruption in Ukraine is an impeachable offense if it affects Democrat political interests.
Geez.
Just goes to show how long these Swamprats have been in office and why we need to implement term limits.
-—no —they’re not “haunted”—hypocrisy is second nature to the Democraps-—
Chuck U has been around as long as Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.
You’re dead on the mark.
Professional politicians are not there for the good of the country or the people but for themselves.
I love the videos of Tubby and Lulu..
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Federalist #65 - Alexander Hamilton:
A well-constituted court for the trial of impeachments is an object not more to be desired than difficult to be obtained in a government wholly elective. The subjects of its jurisdiction are those offenses which proceed from the misconduct of public men, or, in other words, from the abuse or violation of some public trust. They are of a nature which may with peculiar propriety be denominated POLITICAL, as they relate chiefly to injuries done immediately to the society itself. The prosecution of them, for this reason, will seldom fail to agitate the passions of the whole community, and to divide it into parties more or less friendly or inimical to the accused. In many cases it will connect itself with the pre-existing factions, and will enlist all their animosities, partialities, influence, and interest on one side or on the other; and in such cases there will always be the greatest danger that the decision will be regulated more by the comparative strength of parties, than by the real demonstrations of innocence or guilt.The delicacy and magnitude of a trust which so deeply concerns the political reputation and existence of every man engaged in the administration of public affairs, speak for themselves. The difficulty of placing it rightly, in a government resting entirely on the basis of periodical elections, will as readily be perceived, when it is considered that the most conspicuous characters in it will, from that circumstance, be too often the leaders or the tools of the most cunning or the most numerous faction, and on this account, can hardly be expected to possess the requisite neutrality towards those whose conduct may be the subject of scrutiny.
-PJ
The ‘Progressives’ have an Alternate Reality where they can ignore any evidence of their misdeeds with impunity.
Perjury isn’t a felony until we “deem” it is. They were able to get Clinton off the hook because he lied to protect himself.
They show no such generosity to President Trump. What’s all this BS about being impartial, you kemosabe Democrats?
You were very partial on behalf of President Clinton.
They also have a complete lack of shame which they can exercise with impunity, thanks to the complicit msm. They don’t have to care about integrity, and these days they don’t even have to pretend to have any, because the complicit media will always present the left as being correct just because they are the left, no matter what they actually do.
Funny how they always excoriated those who said “My country right or wrong”, while they operate on the premise “my party right or wrong”.
Democrats have no standards. If they had standards, they wouldn’t be Democrats.
I honestly can’t understand how anyone can vote for them.
Hypocrisy is one of the main qualities of a leftie.
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