Just goes to show how rotten and corrupt to the core those in government are.
Otherwise, it becomes a party-line vote and nothing happens except the GOP gets egg on their faces.
The GOP has total access to the media, microphones and cameras...
Let me get this straight kev.
Instead of doing what is right and honorable, demanding this inept corrupt individual step down, resign or demand his removal, they all stand in silence, allowing this harmful destructive president to continue as if nothing has happened. Leaving hundreds of millions of Americans holding the bag and totally compromising even their health care.
And you're all worried about the wealthy insiders in the GOP appearing to have egg on their faces?
Yeah, silly me for assuming that politicians would consider the political implications of a political action.
Implications? God forbid!!
You already said, they fear having egg on their faces Mr. Kevkrom...Can't have that, can we kev?
We don't want to damage their precious make-up with egg on their faces, do we Kev?
The powerful elite in the GOP might look bad, huh kev!
Someone on CNN might make fun of them, right kev?
You’re quaint.
You really think Congress - and the GOP Congress at that - is there to fight for truth and justice? The CEO example doesn’t apply precisely because government is a monopoly, and does not answer to the shareholders or the market. (A prime reason why the government should never be allowed to “manage” any part of the economy, without even needing getting in to any notions of liberty.)
They’re politicians. They don’t do anything without considering the potential political consequences, especially not something as big and drastic as impeachment.
While his personal approval is as low as it’s ever been, the GOP also knows that the one thing that can rescue Obama is an attack on him directly. There are too many people who are still emotionally invested in Obama as a concept, and they will reflexively switch to defending him if he’s attacked personally. This isn’t theory, it’s happened every time the GOP has taken the offensive against Obama the man, as opposed to Obama’s policies and impacts.
In that light, impeachment - without the support of enough Democrats to ensure it will likely be successful in the Senate - is political suicide, something career politicians try to avoid, for some odd reason.
I don’t give a damn about them and their careers, or their backers, but you’re fooling yourself if you think they’re all of a sudden going to flush their political careers down the toilet just to send a message about “the right thing”. That’s naivety to an astonishing degree. And blustering about it or attacking me for pointing out the simple truth only reinforces that naivety.