Posted on 04/22/2019 10:56:18 AM PDT by Red Badger
The Democrats, having unwisely invested enormous political capital in the ability of special counsel Robert Mueller to produce some pretext for impeaching President Trump, now face a choice between two evils. Most of the legacy media, the far left wing of their own caucus, and an obsessive megadonor all insist that Mueller provided enough ammunition for impeachment. But recent surveys, including new polls conducted after the full Mueller report was released, show that most voters are against ousting Trump. Consequently, the Democrats will inevitably be forced to alienate some crucial constituency no matter which course they choose on impeachment.
The most difficult to appease may be the Fourth Estate. From the big dailies to the major broadcast and cable outlets to the most widely read blogs, the journalistic malpractice that plagued Russiagate continues unabated despite the collapse of the collusion hoax and the absence of evidence that the President committed obstruction of justice. Since the Mueller report was released, the New York Times ran a column titled, “In a Functional Country, We Would Be on the Road to Impeachment,” the Week published a piece titled, “The president must be impeached,” and the Washington Post ran an op-ed titled, “Why impeachment is imperative.” The latter effusion begins as follows:
Democrats’ fear of a backlash at the polls is no reason to avoid their constitutional responsibility to begin a formal impeachment proceeding against President Trump. This is a complex decision, but given the evidence presented in special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report, it is not a difficult one. The special counsel did not have a pathway to hold Trump accountable for obstruction of justice. Congress does.
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This is gonna hurt the moronic college degree white college yoot vote for the dems.
You think the Repukes don’t want impeachment?
A few, like Romney and his ilk.
All it takes is a simple majority in the House to ‘Impeach’, but there’s not enough Dem/RINO votes in the Senate to actually do it.....................
They are certainly crazy and everyone will see that.
Constitutional responsibility vs. unenlightened self-interest. Ha.
It’s your duty to walk the plank! Those aren’t sharks down there - they are dolphins. Go ahead, my Democrat friends, walk the plank and go swim with the dolphins . . .
None of them want Trump there.
They don’t have the balls to do anything about it out in the open though. They are Republicans after all.
They are content to let the Dems do it.
None of them defends Trump.
Except maybe for Lindsey of all people.
Wanna bet? They'll come up with some "crime" that will have lawmakers screaming for Trump's removal. I can see it happening, and I can also see his supporters sitting on their hands (and guns) were it to occur.
The special counsel did not have a pathway to hold Trump accountable for obstruction of justice.
For two and a half year with an unlimited budget and manpower Mueller could not find a ham sandwich to indict for collusion.
In the end there was no crime. So first the left has to explain how you can “obstruct justice” when the investigation continued until Mueller could not beat the dead horse any longer.
Granted, IMPEACHMENT is a political act. But before a party attempt to remove a sitting President they better make sure they have the support of the people. Currently they don’t.
The left was able to run Nixon out of town but they were smarter that the current croup of nimrods in Congress. And they were also fortunate in that they still controlled the media.
Today the mainstream media is not the only voice. Also, President Trump has a strong base that is not going to be turned. Third the economy is doing well (it’s the economy, stupid).
The Democrats control the House so they can Impeach the President. The Senate can read polls, and they can see the support the President has. They will not vote to remove the President.
Failing to remove the President will push the left even further from sanity. They would lash out and their target will most likely be Democrats.
Impeachment is a lose lose sitution for the Democrats.
I think people forget you don’t need to be guilty of a crime for impeachment.
Impeachment isn’t a punishment.
Impeachment doesn’t indicate a crime.
Impeachment is about behavior unbecoming a public official. It the beginning of a cleansing of the post.
Thus it becomes about personal opinion and perspective. (Obviously, usually politicized.) You really do need a solid majority of the electoral branch all on the same page. That only happens when the behavior is truly egregious beyond a political ideology.
That’s not going on here.
Impeached for what? I smell a huge backfire.
Impeached for obstruction..................
For obstructing Hilliary from becoming president.................
This is all about ‘payback’ for Clinton’s 1998 impeachment................
I’ve talked to people who don’t believe BJ was impeached, because he wasn’t REMOVED.
Ignorant toadies.................
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