Posted on 09/24/2019 3:35:05 PM PDT by tcrlaf
On Tuesday evening Nancy Pelosi made one of the most colossal blunders in the modern history of American electoral politics. Rejecting the accumulated wisdom of a long and successful career in the House of Representatives, she set aside her own instincts and announced the beginning of formal impeachment proceedings against President Trump on the basis of a third-hand rumor about a phone call with the president of a Eurasian republic.
Pelosi knows this will not be popular. She knows more than that. She knows that it will be a disaster for the Democratic Party, that it will inflame the president's base and inspire even his most lukewarm supporters with a sense of outrage.
She knows that in states like Michigan, upon which her party's chances in 2020 will depend, the question of impeachment does not poll well.
She knows, further, that Joe Biden will not be able to spend the next 14 or so months refusing to answer questions about the activities of his son, Hunter, in Ukraine, and that increased scrutiny of the vice president's record in office will not rebound to his credit. She and her fellow Democratic leaders had better hope that someone like Elizabeth Warren manages to steal the nomination away from him before this defines his candidacy the way that Hillary Clinton's emails and paid speechmaking did during and after the 2016 primaries.
Why? Because her hand has been forced. The same members of her caucus who have clamored for Trump's impeachment on the basis of his immigration policy, his non-existent collusion with Russian authorities during the last presidential election, and his ownership of various hotels have once again lighted upon high crimes and misdemeanors.
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Hahahahah!!
Does Biden know his party thru him under the bus and rolled over him back and forth?
It’s to bring back the question of Obama and what he meant when he was caught on a hot mic talking to Medvedev.
“She is attempting a coup.
With that, there is not excuse to not arrest and charge her with sedition.
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ABSOLUTELY THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And the rest of the swamp that have been in on ALL this for near 3yrs!!!!!!!!!!
Nah. Her turn to get trashed is coming up.
Gotta make everyone in the clown car non-electible which paves the way for Big Mike the Wookie... that last name of Obummer is this decade’s drug of choice for the dems... one decade ago, the drug of choice was Xlintoon.
A forced error, with the rat base clamoring for it and pressuring her members she didn’t have much of a choice.
They may well decide not to go ahead with charges.
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