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Impeachment Is Not the Issue, It's the 2020 Election: Democrats drive the narrative because so many Republicans in Congress are gullible.
American Thinker ^ | 01/16/2020 | Bill Livingstone

Posted on 01/16/2020 7:09:21 AM PST by SeekAndFind

If you listen to Republicans, the impeachment of President Trump is a “bizarre strategy,” a partisan political blunder by the Democrats, doomed to fail in the Senate, and already backfiring. As evidence, the “hit job” has energized the Republican base, boosted GOP fundraising and, come November, will cause House Democrats in Trump districts to lose re-election.

To think House Democrats actually believe Trump committed impeachable offenses grossly underestimates their political acumen. The Democrats regularly run circles around the Republicans. While the latter jumps pieces on a checkerboard, the Democrats are thinking three steps ahead, looking to checkmate the king.

The Republicans mistakenly believe the issue is always about the stated issue. They ignore political strategist Saul Alinsky, author of Rules for Radicals, who stated, “The issue is never the issue.” For Democrats, impeaching the president has never been the issue. The issue is the 2020 election.

Here’s the political map facing the Democrats. The economy is roaring, unemployment is at an all-time low for black Americans, Hispanic Americans, and women – key Democrat voting groups. Trump is hugely popular with his base, attracting enormous crowds at rallies. He’s moving his agenda forward, getting trade deals done, expanding the economy, building the wall, destroying terrorists.

What do the Democrats offer voters in response? High taxes, open borders, gun confiscation, abolishing ICE, uprooting the electoral college, restricting free speech, a Green New Deal, free health care for illegal aliens, scrubbing bail for crimes, and more – all loony left issues that scare the bejesus out of middle America. Making matters worse, the leading Democrat presidential candidates are a bust, uninspiring talking heads who can barely muster a respectable crowd in far-left districts.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2020; democrats; impeachment; republicans
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So how do Democrats hope to win in November? By making Trump the issue. By demonizing the president to such an extent that voters will turn against him despite his successes.


1 posted on 01/16/2020 7:09:21 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Republicans in Congress are gullible

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They are also weak and feckless.


2 posted on 01/16/2020 7:12:11 AM PST by Starboard
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To: SeekAndFind

The Mueller investigation was about the Rats taking the House in 2018.


3 posted on 01/16/2020 7:13:38 AM PST by HighSierra5
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To: SeekAndFind

Except that isn’t happening and isn’t going to. Trump’s base doesn’t care about the Brown Shirt Media. In fact Trump’s base loathes them. So the only people who pay the Brown Shirt Media any attention are already addicted to the Kool Aid. The media whores would do well to learn from heroin pushers. Once you have them hooked you can throttle back on the Active Ingredient.


4 posted on 01/16/2020 7:14:03 AM PST by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Breaking news: GAO Report finds Trump violated Law by withholding aid to Ukraine.
Throw some gas on that fire.....


5 posted on 01/16/2020 7:14:34 AM PST by griswold3 (Democratic Socialism is Slavery by Mob Rule)
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To: SeekAndFind

Make that headline “So Many Republicans are RINOs.”

A couple days ago, I ventured over to yahoo.com (yeah, I know) just to see how left they were these days on their Trump reporting. Landed on an impeachment article about Nancy not sending it over to the Senate. There was not one comment that didn’t laugh at her and they’d handed Trump the election on a silver platter.


6 posted on 01/16/2020 7:14:53 AM PST by bgill
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To: SeekAndFind

The author is right. Impeachment is NOT the issue. This entire Schiff Show is NOT about President Trump. If it was, the Senate would have voted to remove him already and Mike Pence would be in the Oval Office.

This really is all about a classic power struggle between the Dems in the House and the Repubs in the Senate.

President Trump is just the pawn they are using to try and gain advantage.


7 posted on 01/16/2020 7:16:28 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (As a matter of fact, I DID only read the excerpt. OK, I intended to. Next time for sure.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The Republicans have a chance to redeem themselves next week at the farce impeachment trial. If they fail to defend the President the GOP will deserve the fate that all feckless cowards have received down through history: Extinction.


8 posted on 01/16/2020 7:18:00 AM PST by TTFlyer
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To: HighSierra5

And the Impeachment Charade is about taking the Senate.
I agree with Van and Rev. Al that there is no one on the Dem stage that could take on DJT.


9 posted on 01/16/2020 7:19:30 AM PST by griswold3 (Democratic Socialism is Slavery by Mob Rule)
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”They are also weak and feckless.”

Which is why I’m not nearly as confident in the outcome of the Senate trial as most folks seem to be. There are enough weak and frightened ‘Pubs in the upper chamber to screw things up royally. And that says nothing of never-Trumpers and the stupidly pedantic trouble-makers like Rand Paul and Mike Lee.
10 posted on 01/16/2020 7:20:02 AM PST by LIConFem (I will no longer accept the things I cannot change. it's time to change the things I cannot acc)
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GAO finds Trump administration broke law by withholding aid from Ukraine

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/478557-gao-finds-trump-administration-broke-law-by-withholding-aid-from

Crap - here go the RINOs - this was planned all along


11 posted on 01/16/2020 7:20:11 AM PST by bob_esb
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To: Starboard
I'd say not gullible but complicit. Many repubs are feckless poltroons who are mainly feathering their (and their extended family's) nest. Pathetic.
12 posted on 01/16/2020 7:21:33 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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...how do Democrats hope to win in November? By making Trump the issue. By demonizing the president to such an extent that voters will turn against him despite his successes.

Same strategy as HRC. Her idea was to make Trump the evil one. She failed, and this cabal of fake news and Democrats (redundant) will fail too.

13 posted on 01/16/2020 7:24:01 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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“Republicans in Congress are gullible”

Yup. They’re allowing a trial so as to be “fair”. They’ve drank the dem koolaid, without even being aware of it.

What a bunch of idiots.


14 posted on 01/16/2020 7:25:13 AM PST by JPJones (More Tariffs, less income tax.)
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To: bob_esb

Based on House witness testimony

The aid actually wasn’t withheld


15 posted on 01/16/2020 7:25:35 AM PST by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! Merry Christmas! In God We Trust! Hi)
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To: SeekAndFind

The legitimacy of an Impeachment is gone, completely gone.

It is a joke. The Democrats want us to accept it as legit and we should not.


16 posted on 01/16/2020 7:25:40 AM PST by dhs12345
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To: SeekAndFind

ARE there Republicans in Congress?


17 posted on 01/16/2020 7:26:57 AM PST by SMARTY ("Nobility is defined by the demands it makes on us - by obligations, not by rights".)
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To: Starboard
My money is on corrupt, which is why I think Trump is in danger of being removed.
18 posted on 01/16/2020 7:27:10 AM PST by Major Matt Mason (Q = Quidam.)
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Democrats fight dirty, Republicans “fight fair.” When will Republicans realize that Democrats think that Republicans are fools... and they are if they don’t fight back.


19 posted on 01/16/2020 7:27:58 AM PST by dhs12345
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It’s not that Repukes are gullible. It’s that many of them in Congress are vulnerable if there is a real investigation because they’re part of the Swamp Cabal, and just as guilty of treasonous crimes against this country as the Democrats are!


20 posted on 01/16/2020 7:33:33 AM PST by dowcaet
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