Posted on 05/29/2019 1:34:36 PM PDT by Kaslin
RUSH: So, I just checked the email during the break, and I got an interesting email from a listener, interestingly enough, out on the feces-strewn streets of San Francisco. It was, “Rush, you might be missing this. Isn’t it true, Rush, that the president probably would benefit from being impeached?” Meaning: Wouldn’t that revive and coalesce his base? “And isn’t that why the Democrats haven’t really done it, because they know that the public is opposed to it.” All the polling data shows the public is not in favor of impeachment, and additional polling data shows that most Americans want this investigation dropped and everybody just move on.
We had those polls yesterday. So the emailer said, “Could Barr be a secret weapon for Trump by this statement encouraging them to go ahead and impeach him?” Well, let’s look at that. I guess it’s strangely possible, I suppose, because one thing is happening now, and this is kind of… I have to tell you, it’s interesting. The Democrats and their impeachment talk has all been (for the most part) behind closed doors. Pelosi’s been trying to shelve it. She’s been trying to tamp it down.
Whenever Pelosi starts speaking publicly about it, she tries to convince anybody that, “Naw, naw, that’s just talk. We’re not thinking of doing it.” Now here comes Mueller, and he essentially says, “Look, my guidelines over here at the DOJ say I can’t go ahead and charge this creep. You’re gonna have to do it in Congress.” That’s basically what his message is. His message is, “The guidelines here says I can’t do it. So the remedy for this kind of behavior by the president is Congress.” He meant impeachment. So now what’s happening?
Now you’ve got all these Democrats coming out from behind closed doors and behind the woodwork and they’re openly demanding it now. Nadler, Fauxcahontas, Kamala Harris. It’s added pressure on Pelosi to now do this, to go ahead and impeach Trump. Now, her instincts are not to do it, but this report… Nadler and these guys can’t help themselves. But then you have to ask yourself a question: Impeach him for what? Mueller did not mention any crimes. All Mueller did was say, “We couldn’t exonerate him,” but Mueller didn’t mention any crimes.
There’s certainly no crimes of collusion, and there’s no stated crimes in obstruction. Now, the House can impeach for anything they want to try for. Don’t misunderstand. But the objective here would be to get a conviction in the Senate, and you’re gonna have to come up with something, and Mueller did not give them anything other than, “Sorry, we can’t get him from here.” You follow me on this? Am I making sense? Mueller essentially says to Pelosi, “Look, you want to get the guy; I want to get the guy. But I can’t get him from here because I am hemmed in by rules. You gotta do it.”
Nadler and Schiff and the rest of these yokels got the message. “Okay! We’ll do it!” Now they’re demanding it. Nadler’s gonna have a press conference at 2 o’clock. These Democrats can’t help themselves. They can’t shut up. They’re now talking about impeachment, and Pelosi may lose control of this. You’re then brought back to: Okay, impeach him for what? “Well, we don’t like the guy, and he might have colluded, and he might have obstructed, and he…”
(laughing) But there’s nothing in the report that’s criminal. But, again, impeachment’s political. So it doesn’t matter in terms of starting this. The Democrats can impeach him for anything. Getting the conviction in the Senate is the key, and if you’re not gonna get that, then you don’t start the whole process. It’s the whole thing about, “If you’re gonna take a shot at the king, you better kill him.”
They are going to try to remove the President and instead will touch off a Civil War. Its an Outrage.
When the public understands that impeachment is just lynching an innocent man, they aren’t going to support it.
I think the backlash will be historic.
I don’t think anyone knows whether it would help him or not.
You can’t generalize from the one example of the Clinton impeachment.
Everything else is noise.
Deep state really wants President Trump gone.
The Senate didn't even get a simple majority on either charge, much less 67 votes needed to convict.
So everyone says "it can't happen" because of this example.
In the Trump impeachment case the Dems start with a base of 47 who will all vote guilty. So 20 GOPers will have to vote Guilty too, to remove him.
It's easy to get 10 Republicans to cross the line, 20 is a stretch but probably not completely out of reach. A while ago I made a speculative list, many Freepers commented on it, added and subtracted people to it. It's possible, in a way that everyone already knew that Clinton would not be convicted. Again, there was a Block vote for Clinton being found Not Guilty by Dems.
Does *anyone* believe that the GOP will block vote against Trump's impeachment? Anyone? Bueller?
It's good to see how nearly accurate they were.
I hate to differ..in the contrary...the RATS have all the tools at their disposal to eradicate this president! We live in a different era then when Clintons ruled the presidency! Our country is so divided that honestly I don’t know which way the pendulum will swing in this case!! Read somewhere the documents President Trump requested to be declassified and made public are being withheld from Mr. Barr declaring an inside battle between him and those who control those documents! This explains why they haven’t been release as of yet!! The swamp would rather go out in a blaze of glory then give the incriminating evidence against the swamp creatures to the public!! The swamp is very very deep! And very very demonic! They rather sink/kill this country off then to give the American people the victory!
Other than Mittens, MooCowSki and Collins, who?
Im sure you’ll trot out a list of people you think aren’t pure enough so you can be “concerned” but McConnell wouldn’t have said, “it’s over, we WILL quash any impeachment” if he didn’t have the votes.
When the public understands that impeachment is just lynching an innocent man, they aren’t going to support it.
I think the backlash will be historic.
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I do hope you’re right. I hope and pray the electorate will see this sham for what it really is......PROTECTING THE ELITES AND CORRUPT IN HIGH PLACES and hope they can get rid of the ONLY PERSON WITH GUTS TO STOP THEM!!!!
So did Bonnie and Clyde, but in the end they were through.
Assuming that's the case then I can see impeachment not hurting the President and possibly even helping him...and other Republican candidates as well.
We already have evidence of this, Trump was elected by the people. If the Dems impeach they will alienate more than they will attract middle of the road voters.
“I don’t think anyone knows whether it would help him or not.
You can’t generalize from the one example of the Clinton impeachment.”
You’re showing a healthy amount of common sense there. I agree.
‘If the behavior and acts of the democrats were not bad enough, the republicans refusal to intervene or engage is conclusive.’
An excellent analysis, i heartily agree. we are already post America and well into America 2.
We already have evidence of this, Trump was elected by the people. If the Dems impeach they will alienate more than they will attract middle of the road voters.
That’s what I’m praying for.......(and hoping)......:)
It is my understanding from a post read here that McConnel already has stated Impeachment is dead in the Senate. So why bother? I kind of hope they do impeach in the House because it will drive Trump home with a Grand Slam EV count in the 2020 race. Hell, we may even get him for an additional term after his second if we push it!!!!
So sick of these evil, soulless bastards.
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