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A Monsoon of Manure: Why I Won't Watch Impeachment
RealClearPolitics ^ | 2/12/2021 | J. Peder Zane

Posted on 02/12/2021 7:45:16 AM PST by Onthebrink

I refuse to watch the impeachment trial as a matter of principle. To devote any attention to this charade would legitimize the corruption of our Constitution. Tuning in would be a tacit acceptance of the blizzard of BS that has buried the national discourse. At least since Donald Trump’s election in 2016, Democrats and their media allies have demanded that we view their smears and lies as high-minded pursuits of the truth. Consider:

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TOPICS: Government; History; Society
KEYWORDS: 2020election; donaldtrump; impeachment

1 posted on 02/12/2021 7:45:16 AM PST by Onthebrink
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To: Onthebrink

I have not turned it on once.


2 posted on 02/12/2021 7:45:32 AM PST by Onthebrink
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mmm peach mints made of manure. where’s marxine?


3 posted on 02/12/2021 7:48:41 AM PST by PGalt (confirmed: past peak civilization)
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To: Onthebrink

While going to college I watched practically every minute of the Watergate hearings. I haven’t watched a single minute of either impeachment trial, because they were and are star chambers and show trials that ruin the honor of what should be the freest government in history.

Today, Michelle Obama and I agree on something: reading about the impeachment trial this week, I am ashamed to be an American. I hope that this is a temporary condition, but with few exceptions I do not see anyone in government authority changing my outlook anytime soon.


4 posted on 02/12/2021 7:58:49 AM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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I have not watched any of the televised Congressional proceedings since the SALT ratification hearings... and ya know how long ago that was.

A crowd of idiots regurgitating what they THINK is relevant to the topic at hand, isn’t edifying on any level or any subject.

Repeating themselves ad nauseum and repeating each other like a bunch of self-important morons is just TOO MUCH for me, and I picked up on that within 4 minutes.

Those clowns in Congress are all infatuated with the sound of their own voices. That would be bad enough, if they actually had ANY credibility. But WITHOUT credibility, it can only appeal to clowns equally as stupid as stupid and self-important as our Congressional members.


5 posted on 02/12/2021 8:05:40 AM PST by SMARTY (“If you have ten thousand regulations, you destroy all respect for the law.” Winston Churchill)
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The Constitution was killed by both parties when they knowingly swore in an ineligible Kenyan from Indonesia.


6 posted on 02/12/2021 8:08:22 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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I was in a small cafe for lunch the other day and it was on. Volume was off or very very low. I did see the closed captioning for a few seconds.

Made me want to walk out. Very sick. Hard to accept our country is like this now.


7 posted on 02/12/2021 8:08:51 AM PST by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food. )
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There’s an impeachment?


8 posted on 02/12/2021 8:12:42 AM PST by Migraine ( Liberalism is great (until it happens to YOU).)
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I’m going to watch Trumps lawyers today.


9 posted on 02/12/2021 8:13:40 AM PST by McGavin999 (biden is not my president )
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To: Onthebrink

I have not turned it on once.


Me either. It’s bad for my blood pressure. I have read a bit of reporting on it here and there, but the last thing I want to watch is a theater of hypocrites.

He is not going to be impeached and the democrats will move on to the next phase of “get Trump.” It is bad politics.


10 posted on 02/12/2021 8:57:56 AM PST by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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I haven't watched even one second of this sham "impeachment" Stalinist show trial, because it is illegitimate.
I will It dignify it by even watching it.
11 posted on 02/12/2021 9:14:38 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: chajin

I’m not ashamed to be an American; the nation is much more than the government. I am sickened by nearly all of the current government, though, that I will admit.


12 posted on 02/12/2021 9:18:06 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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A bunch of kangaroos holding court — RAT’s revenge for 2016. MAGA is now a curse.


13 posted on 02/12/2021 9:19:57 AM PST by 353FMG
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It isn’t so much about Trump. He is just the form this particular terrorism is taking. He will survive, but America and Americans won’t.

This is about impeaching all Americans and killing our bill of rights.

We are all on trial. No exceptions will be made. Rank and file democrats supporting this who have been gaslighted will catch on way, way, too late.


14 posted on 02/12/2021 9:53:48 AM PST by katie didit
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You should have watched the last hour. The lawyers eviscerated the democrat senators and congress critters.
30 minutes of the speeches made with the word “fight”. From Bribem, Whorris, Sanders, Buttigeg, and I don’t think they missed one. It was great.


15 posted on 02/12/2021 10:12:33 AM PST by lucky american (Progressives are attac Iking our rights and y'all will sit there and take it.)
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The examples of Dem perfidy are both apropos and illustrative, however, the conclusion is wrongheaded. It has long been known that familiarity with the ways of enemies is a precondition for successful engagement.
Yes, listening to their incessant idiot blather is an insulting and infuriating experience, but not required as a daily obligation. It’s times like today’s kabuki impeachment trial that inform and educate. Besides, it’s history in the making unfolding on national TV. The results have serious consequences for the nation. Are you really too fed up with Dem lies or GOP disingenusness to take the time?


16 posted on 02/12/2021 11:26:42 AM PST by Knocker (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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