Posted on 12/21/2019 2:32:09 PM PST by powermill
Who might deliver us from this national train wreck? Who could restore a sense of balance to the Senate trial so that, whatever its outcome, it doesn’t feed Trump’s false narrative of victimization and populist rage? There’s one obvious answer: Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee and custodian of what remains of his party’s moral and political balance.
History is knocking on Romney’s door. This is his moment to step away from a president who holds him in contempt and to speak for principle — by insisting that the Senate conduct an actual trial and weigh the House’s allegations that Trump abused power and obstructed Congress. This simple stand for an impartial trial (if backed by several more brave Republicans) would restore sanity to this process. Trump would probably still be acquitted, but it wouldn’t be in a firestorm of partisan rage…
You’re probably sick of quotes from the Federalist Papers, but try just one more, from Alexander Hamilton about the Senate’s role in impeachment: “Where else than in the Senate could have been found a tribunal sufficiently dignified, or sufficiently independent? What other body would be likely to feel confidence enough in its own situation, to preserve, unawed and uninfluenced, the necessary impartiality between an individual accused, and the representatives of the people, his accusers?”
Read that passage carefully, Sen. Romney. Hamilton is talking across the centuries to you.
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Trump’s false narrative of victimization and populist rage?
Having just witnessed THREE YEARS of the most vicious
slander of a President in my life I understand populist
rage!
The liberal left and their minions in the press should
be glad we haven’t dragged them out into the street
and hanged them from lamp posts, should they keep up
this madness...
He sure got castigated for that stunt, didn’t he?
What trial? They haven’haven’t received the aricles yet. So what is this old fool saying?
I was going to post a very similar comment
although this kind of article could very well have been written by Hot Airs Analpundit
custodian of what remains of his party’s moral and political balance
What unmitigated Bullshit !!
Somebody is definitely hitting the crack pipe waaaaayyyy too hard.
Reid and the Mormon Mafia have given their orders.
“Do anything you can to stop Trump”
It explains why Flake came out hiding.
Mitt Romney has no purpose in life except to be a malcontent and spoiler. Mitt hates Trump and the 65 million people in this country who voted for him. Mitt used the name Pierre Delecto on Twitter so he could say nasty things about the President and not be caught. A horrible gift from UTAH.
Mentally retching at this.
Back in 2012, these same people were calling Romney “Hitler”.
“Hopefully they realize that if they vote to remove the President, they will forever be voted out of the majority and serve under a Democrat president.”
they know that, they even know that they can’t afford to not have a unanimous vote or the fake stream enemedia will proclaim the vote to conflict as bipartisan AND will undercut the effort of 100% of the GOP who voted against impeachment in the House ... in other words, any GOP Senator who votes to convict is throwing their GOP House colleagues under the bus ...
so, despite all the bullshit and clickbait and all of the nattering nabobs of negativism and other assorted trolls on FR, my prediction is that if/when there’s a trial, the GOP Senate will vote unanimously for acquittal ...
Get voted out? You mean with our same vote they just invalidated? If they neutralize the election, -every- remedy the founders provided us is on the table.
Indeed. Might one ask if there would be blood in the streets? It’s happened before. Feels like things may be getting to that point, unfortunately.
Mitt sucks hard
Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee and custodian of what remains of his party’s globalist open borders wing.
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Bush League Republicans MUST become extinct before the Republic does.
Mitt the balance to counter partisan extremism.
There’s actually no answer for an idea like that.
Mike Lee, the other Senator from Utah was on TV a couple of days ago and was asked if any Republican Senator would vote for impeachment. He said no. I thought if anyone knew how Mitt would vote it would be him.
Allahpundit wants Pierre Dilecto to instigate his own Ides of March. Have at it.
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