Posted on 05/31/2019 1:09:47 PM PDT by Red Badger
Tom Brokaw earlier this morning… [On MSNBC]
“The great, great difference is it was so much more methodical then on both parties. They knew how serious this was. This was not just, ‘Oh, let’s put it on the calendar for Monday.’ An impeachment means that we remove the president from office. And there’s no more dramatic instance in the American Constitution or in the American political way of life than doing that. So, they went at it, both parties, in the most methodical, thoughtful way, and so they crossed every ’t’ and dotted every ‘i.’ They had discussions back and forth in public and privately. Now they just throw the word around like, ‘Let’s take a break and have an impeachment.’ I think that’s really, really inappropriate. And I think it cheapens the process, frankly.”
Brokaw’s monologue came just after Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson had been on the same show, befuddled that an impeachment hadn’t already taken place. Robinson was there to talk about his latest column, wherein he asked what exactly would Trump have to do to get impeached — as though removing a nationally elected president was a simple errand like picking up the dry cleaning or writing a lazy column.
“I’ve been back and forth on the wisdom of taking that step, but there’s one question that nags me,” wrote Robinson. “If the impeachment clause of the Constitution wasn’t written for a president like Trump, then why is it there?”
Impeachment, according to Robinson, is the “moral” thing to do.
Lest there remain any doubt that liberals in the national media work in concert (or at least borrow ideas when they get low), Charles Blow at the New York Times wrote just one day before Robinson, “What the hell is it going to take, Democrats?! What evidence and impetus would compel you to do the job the Constitution, patriotism and morality dictate?”
There’s a reason impeachment and removal of a president is a political process and not a criminal one. It requires a clear reason beyond reproach (like a crime by the president), overwhelming public support, and the certitude that both chambers of Congress can follow through.
Democrats don’t even have one of these three things.
Polls conducted after Mueller’s final report was released show that a majority of Americans — up to 61%, according to a CNN survey — are against impeachment and removal.
Impeachment is, of course, only half of the equation. Democrats can impeach without expecting Trump’s removal. And this is precisely what Brokaw was talking about — impeachment as a weapon to embarrass and, yes, harass a political opponent.
The hysteria from Robinson, Blow and others in the media over Democrats who have yet to embark on what should be a deadly serious constitutional procedure tells you everything you need to know about how little regard they have for American democracy.
Impeachment has become their plaything.
“If the impeachment clause of the Constitution wasn’t written for a president like Trump, then why is it there?”
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Wow. Trump hater much?
Well, Tommy Boy, you did your part to create the unhinged left.
Are we recoiling in horror after we helped create Frankenstein’s monster???
“If the impeachment clause of the Constitution wasn’t written for a president like Trump, then why is it there?” = “Orangemanbad! Orangemanbad! I don’t know why you don’t see that! Orangemanbad!”
Impeachment does nothing. It is conviction that removes a person from office.
Well, that should quiet things down.
BrokAw obviously is an extremist leftie partisan. Full
Of hate for America and the American people. But if he thinks the American people will let them get away with impeaching an innocent man, he’s crazy. And note he hasn’t even got a jaywalking conviction on trump. Nothing.
“Impeachment does nothing. It is conviction that removes a person from office.”
I’ve spoken with serious leftists who believe BJ Clinton wasn’t impeached because he wasn’t REMOVED.
Tommy Blow Hard? Tommy Blow Gun? Tommy Blow ———? He must be very proud pf his family name to keep it.
He is a good spokesperson for our domestic enemies.
Wrong. A president can be impeached without being removed. Clinton comes to mind.
He and everyone else is a spokesman for Wall Street.
And Andrew Johnson..................a Democrat..........
Amazing. Jaw dropping on the floor. Tommie bought a clue somewhere?
“Constitution, patriotism and morality”
They hate the Constitution and patriotism and have no morals.
No, it’s that polling has shown that most Americans, even DRMs, are sick of this.
Not true. Brokaw, you're still a moron.
I bet 95% of democrat voters agree with Brokaw.
I bet 95% of the new democrat Congress members agree, too.
“It’s the moral thing to do.” WTH ?
Brokaw is right and I’m glad he said it. They are throwing around the word as a means to harass and embarrass. They have cheapened a very serious process.
Brokejaw is tired of impeachment talk. He wants action.
You’re so right! Why do people just think it means removal from office? . It’s “a charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office.”
However, depending if there’s an acquittal or found guilty - it may lead to removal.
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