House Impeachment Inquiry

[TragicMonkey]

Even if that noble goal was their aim, an impeachment trial in the Senate is not going to achieve this. It could even enhance Trumps chances at the next election.

Which magic powers are you using to arrive at this certain knowledge of the future? The Akashic Record? Time travel? Molybdomancy? Please say it's molybdomancy, it's so picturesque a practice and a real shame it's dying out!

 

[The Great Zaganza]

If Mitch lets the trial drag on,. Americans will wonder why - completely innocent people don't have a year in court. And, of course, they won't get anything done.

 

[Beelzebuddy]

If Mitch lets the trial drag on,. Americans will wonder why - completely innocent people don't have a year in court. And, of course, they won't get anything done.

He wouldn't. The second he gets control of the thing he'll vote to acquit and start the sheep bleating INNOCENT! INNOCENT!

 

[psionl0]

Which magic powers are you using to arrive at this certain knowledge of the future? The Akashic Record? Time travel? Molybdomancy? Please say it's molybdomancy, it's so picturesque a practice and a real shame it's dying out!

Something much simpler. The Senate is controlled by Republicans.

 

[Marcus]

This blog has several excerpts, along with some commentary:

https://althouse.blogspot.com/2019/09/trumps-getting-impeached-i-defy-you-to.html

That was amazingly condescending. I wouldn't be surprised if The Trump campaign passes it around during the election to drum up support.

 

[Beelzebuddy]

That was amazingly condescending. I wouldn't be surprised if The Trump campaign passes it around during the election to drum up support.

What do you think that is? Reading insult into out of context quotes is a finely honed skill of theirs.

 

[Genesius]

Which magic powers are you using to arrive at this certain knowledge of the future? The Akashic Record? Time travel? Molybdomancy? Please say it's molybdomancy, it's so picturesque a practice and a real shame it's dying out!

I assumed "molybdomancy" was just a fever dream produced by TM's diseased brain. Then Dr. Google showed me otherwise.

Today was not wasted - I learned something new. Thanks, TM!

 

[Segnosaur]

If Mitch lets the trial drag on,. Americans will wonder why - completely innocent people don't have a year in court.

Would Mitch want the trial to drag on? The longer it extends into the election cycle, the more voters will be reminded that "Oh yeah, that Trump guy is corrupt and the Republicans are defending him". If the Trial is ended sooner, at least they have a chance to rebuild the brand.

And, of course, they won't get anything done.

And how would that differ from now, when Moscow mitch regularly ignores bills passed by the house?

 

[The Great Zaganza]

Psion suggested that Mitch might want to make a spectacle out of the trial to embarrass Democrats, and use that in the 2020 elections.
I find this unlikely.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

This. Even if they personally like Trump, and they think he is the greatest president there ever will be, if they consider him a liability in their reelection or election they will turn on him in a heartbeat.

Problem of course is that Trump is not such a liability.

Yet.

 

[wasapi]

stupid question #137

What was it about Hunter Biden that Trump was hoping would be dirt?

 

[Stacyhs]

What was it about Hunter Biden that Trump was hoping would be dirt?

It's discussed here:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...we-know-about-joe-and-hunter-biden-in-ukraine

 

[The Great Zaganza]

What was it about Hunter Biden that Trump was hoping would be dirt?

given that he also thought Clinton's emails were on a server in Ukraine, I assume he was looking for proof that Hunter was smuggling babies into Washington to be sacrificed and eaten by Democrats.

 

[theprestige]

What do you think that is? Reading insult into out of context quotes is a finely honed skill of theirs.

Have you read the opinion piece we're talking about? It really is amazingly condescending. Reading it in context does nothing to rehabilitate it.

 

[psionl0]

Psion suggested that Mitch might want to make a spectacle out of the trial to embarrass Democrats, and use that in the 2020 elections.
I find this unlikely.

It's not often that somebody accurately summarizes my position.

I don't know the odds but the risk is there.

 

[dudalb]

I think the Dems know they won't get a convicntion.
What they are hoping for is that the evidence against Trump is so strong that they can take the case to the voter that ,basically, Trump is guilty as hell and got off because of a fixed jury.

 

[Belz...]

I don't believe she's jeopardizing anything. I believe she's playing the same savvy game of "advance Nancy Pelosi's political career" that she's been playing for most of her adult life. If she's stepping down in 2021, she's doing it because it's part of her plan.

A plan for what? Speaking engagements in the afterlife?

She's stepping down. She's not advancing her career.

 

[TragicMonkey]

A plan for what? Speaking engagements in the afterlife?

She's stepping down. She's not advancing her career.

I heard Pelosi is writing a rock opera and plans to have it ready for Broadway before she turns 90.

 

[Segnosaur]

(I'm assuming you were joking about this, but I'll treat it like a serious idea for a second)...

Well, if you want to be a CT: if both Trump and Pence get impeached, Pelosi becomes President...

Nice to think about, but I don't think it would work that way.

I don't think there's anything that allows Trump and Pence to be impeached simultaneously. So if Trump gets thrown out, Pence becomes president. But he gets to pick a new vice president (subject to confirmation), and that person becomes the new second-in-line.

Not sure what happens though if, in a Pence-as president solution, who becomes the next in line if Pence has selected a vice president but they have not been confirmed. Is there an 'acting' vice president status? Does the U.S. effectively lack a vice president until the confirmation? Could they impeach/convict Trump, then turn around and impeach a president pence the next day before he can pick a VP?

 

[theprestige]

A plan for what? Speaking engagements in the afterlife?

She's stepping down. She's not advancing her career.

Every good career advancement plan includes a retirement strategy. She'll want to wrap up her career clean, with her reputation, her legacy, and her relationships all intact.

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ETA: I found this article (sorry about the source, feel free to find a better one if you like):

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/articl...has-agreed-to-step-down-by-2022-to-secure-the

She's stepping down as Speaker in 2022. She's not actually ending her political career. According to this article, it actually looks like stepping down as speaker is in fact a career move. The House Democrats would like a younger face in that role. So they've agreed to re-elect her as Speaker in this term, in exchange for her agreeing to go back to being a regular Rep after that. Career-wise, this is a lot more savvy than digging in her heels and trying to hang onto the office of Speaker, and antagonizing her party in the process.