Posted on 12/04/2019 6:08:35 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
I think all of us here have enough of a healthy skepticism about polls to take any of them with a grain of salt. (Very credible arguments have been made that it was Bill Clinton’s impeachment that cost Al Gore the 2000 election.)
"The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present."
That being said, it is the duty of every Senator to participate in and vote on whether to convict or not. For any to advocate Senators not participate or vote is disgusting beyond belief!
And the end of any Republican senator who plays along.
If it gets to them, he’ll have already been impeached. They may not vote to convict in a Senate trial but he will have been impeached.
Other times I'll come across a poster who I recognize as rational and insightful, but often restating and/or rephrasing in their own words areas of common agreement.
Then, there is the holy grail, where a good commenter posts a great post that adds an entirely new twist to an issue that makes perfect sense. Typically, my reaction is: why didn't I think of that? LOL
And so it comes to the point where I raise my glass, and say "well played sir". Whether a senator is "compelled to return back home for important state engagements", or actually goes on the Senate floor to cast an anti-American vote, the public perception (as well as outcome) is identical.
Two other observations: One, the entire deep state edifice is playing with fire; the House especially, but so too the Senate. This is a watershed event in American history, one that Trump supporters may feel there's no returning to the status quo of GOPe/uni-party control.
Two, are we to believe Trump has no ammunition, no effective counter? Isn't a prime doctrine in (military) conflict that the enemy also has a say? Well, the proglibs have been fully exposing their hands - do they have anything left? As for Trump, he hasn't even really begun to fight. Doesn't he get to have a say as all the military strategists will dutifully opine?
There are other Senate rules that force attendance during impeachment, authorizing arrest.
More of the Never Trumper butt hurt DC Political Consultant fantasy land vomit. The people pushing this nonsense have zero access or influence.
The 20th Amendment has zero to do with the situation you used as your example. It addresses a situation where a president-elect could not be sworn in. There is no need for a concession in that circumstance. If Bush had conceded to Gore in 2000, Gore would have been president-elect. If he had been unable to be sworn in for any reason, Joe Lieberman would have become acting president in that circumstance.
You are straying very far from your original point, and are being ridiculous in the process.
That'd be a grand slam by the RATs and RINOs.
How do you do that? From what I read and hear, the Governor of Georgia is about to appoint what is at least a RINO, in spite of the people protesting.
The GOP is breaking fun raising records off this impeachment scam. Not one GOP member in the US House defected. The polling data make it clear which way the public is going.
Impeachment is a tar baby the Dems have grasped to their bosom and cannot let go. It slow motion political suicide for them.
The GOP-E is not going to suddenly decide to join with them. Professional politicians like US Senators worked very hard to get their jobs. They are not going to throw it all away just to vent their dislike for Trump.
Successful politicians learn quickly you have to deal with lots of people you dislike to get, and stay, elected. If they cannot do that, they never get elected in the 1st place.
This fantasy land nonsense being pushed to the Fake News by DC political consults still butt hurt Trump trashed them in 2016 is pure unmitigated BS.
it as likely to happen as space aliens landing on the White House lawn to announce they are annexing Earth and humans have 1 month to vacate the premises
Politicians crave power. Trump’s coattails are the only chance they have to get what they lust for. There isn’t a single one of those low character charlatans that wouldn’t welcome Trump to fill an arena for them.
If Trump simply asked, my husband and I would book a flight today and be in DC for him, whenever he finally asks.
Post of the day! Thank you.
By the time of the next election, the voters will have forgotten about it. Besides, they will have more important things such as Monday Night Football and their favorite soap operas to be concerned about.
The guns are still on their rests.
They will move and lock on target when it is time.
He appointment her because the RNC Senate Committee wants her.
She can self fund her campaign and they have convinced themselves that “women are leaving the GA GOP”. It an idiot move totally devoid of sound data analysis. It just the latest bit of idiocy our weak minded Gov has sucked up from the morons in the DC Political Consultant class.
The “logic” in GA has to do with election strategy locally not some dark plot to “get Trump”
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