The more accurate description...
We WON 223 seats(three less than the previous election) and lost 211 seats after doing the right thing, which was the third best House result for Republicans since 1948.
And you think that's a problem.
So then what's the point in having 226 seats instead of 223 seats if you can't use your majority to do the right thing?
How many seat majority are you waiting for? 250?
300?
And God forbid we do the right thing when we have 300 seats and then we lose three seats after that.
What would your reaction be then?
That we shouldn't have impeached because we *gasp* lost three seats and are down to 297???
And of course there is no guaranty that we wouldn't have lost three seats anyway if we didn't impeach, because then your base becomes lethargic and doesn't turn out.
“The more accurate description... “
No, it’s not more accurate, it just serves your narrative better.
“And you think that’s a problem.”
I think losing seats to Democrats is a problem, yes.
“So then what’s the point in having 226 seats instead of 223 seats if you can’t use your majority to do the right thing?
How many seat majority are you waiting for? 250?
300?
And God forbid we do the right thing when we have 300 seats and then we lose three seats after that.
What would your reaction be then?
That we shouldn’t have impeached because we *gasp* lost three seats and are down to 297???”
I don’t care how many seat majority we have, or how many seats we lose. If we can’t accomplish anything that advances our goals through impeachment, then we shouldn’t pursue it.
“And of course there is no guaranty that we wouldn’t have lost three seats anyway if we didn’t impeach, because then your base becomes lethargic and doesn’t turn out.”
I’ve never said that we lost three seats due to the impeachment. I was responding to a different poster’s claim that the election of Bush in 2000 was evidence of some energized base after the impeachment, and pointing out that the full electoral results do not really support that notion.
You see, the only potential benefit the pro-impeachment crowd can come up with is that we can “energize the base” with impeachment. Yet, they have no evidence to offer that this would actually be the case.