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Impeachment Backfire (IMPEACHMENT HELD HOSTAGE - DAY 33)
Spectator ^ | 1/18/20 | Dov Fischer

Posted on 01/19/2021 2:13:25 AM PST by Libloather

**SNIP**

The impeachment of Andrew Johnson was mean-spirited and personal. He did no wrong, no high crime and misdemeanor. But impeachment hardly is about justice; in presidential politics, it is about raw politics. The Republicans had the power, the control. They had crushed the slave-owning Democrats who would give birth to the Ku Klux Klan. The Democrats were always the party of slavery, and even in our own lives they elevated a Ku Klux Klan leader, Robert Byrd, to lead them.

**SNIP**

The Democrats irresponsibly have just done something that perhaps is all but unprecedented in American history: they charged, tried, and convicted a person - the impeachment phase of the political drama - in less than a day. If impeachments are meant to be fit in during a coffee break, why did the last one drag on so long? Why did Clinton’s and Johnson’s? Last year’s annual Trump impeachment took weeks of testimony from witnesses all over the place. Remember their names - all your favorites - from last time? Kurt Volker. Marie Yovanovitch. Fiona Hill. George Kent. Gordon Sondland. Bill Taylor. Laura Cooper. Alex Vindman. His medals. Catherine Croft. It went on and on and on. If they had not shut it down for Christmas, Kato Kaelin would have been next.

But this time it was Darkness at Noon: instead of pretending honesty, Pelosi and her Democrats did the impeachment as Josef Stalin conducted his show trials in the Soviet Union: first declare the guilt, then type up some charges, and then vote to convict without so much as a meaningful hearing. She did not even bother with the souvenir pens - presumably just ink-refill cartridges this time.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: backfire; house; impeachment; pelosi
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To: bcr100

Good grief!

Now you’re a liar and a plagiarist...just like #BeijingBiden.

You truly behave like a 6 year old brat with an IQ lower than bowling ball.

Now slither back under your rock & back to your mommie you despicable coward!

Your stalking is duly noted...and will be reported if you continue.


41 posted on 02/05/2021 5:08:03 AM PST by newfreep (“Leftism, under all of its brand names, is a severe, violent & evil mental disorder.”)
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To: newfreep

LOL! A true Karen. You responded to me first with insults and can’t take it when you get them back. A fake Trump supporter. We see your BS Soros bot. President Trump will win in the end.


42 posted on 02/05/2021 12:40:29 PM PST by bcr100 (Its)
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To: bcr100

Good grief...you are one sick crazy quook...even for a 6 year brat!

The next reply will be reported.


43 posted on 02/05/2021 2:06:34 PM PST by newfreep (“Leftism, under all of its brand names, is a severe, violent & evil mental disorder.”)
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To: newfreep

After I report your Soros bot.


44 posted on 02/05/2021 2:09:23 PM PST by bcr100 (ht)
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