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Split Thread A second impeachment

I also wonder what "impeachable offense" McConnell has in mind. It makes a difference in the language the House adopts.

Republican House members speaking up is good - they could just keep their mouths shut, knowing that their votes aren't needed. A fair number of them may be hearing from their constituents, and not just the Democratic ones.
 
Stacyhs said:
And he wasn't a sociopathic malignant narcissist either.
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Whoah! Whoever thought they would be saying that Nixon was the more evenly keeled man than another president? Until Trump came along Nixon was the very Platonic Form of the Crazy President.
 
A headline I'm looking forward to seeing as soon as tomorrow:

IIMPEACHED

dudalb said:
To use a old Southern expression for Mo Brooks:

"The child just ain't right".
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He didn't even get the particular phrase right -- it's "kick ass and take names", not "take names and kick some ass".
 
angrysoba said:
Whoah! Whoever thought they would be saying that Nixon was the more evenly keeled man than another president? Until Trump came along Nixon was the very Platonic Form of the Crazy President.
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I never thought he was crazy. Evil, maybe, but not crazy.
 
angrysoba said:
Whoah! Whoever thought they would be saying that Nixon was the more evenly keeled man than another president? Until Trump came along Nixon was the very Platonic Form of the Crazy President.
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Basic rule is "it can always get worse". In this case, in 4 years there will be republican contender for presidency worse than Trump. Let it sink in.
 
Minoosh said:
Isn't that how Nixon was persuaded to resign? But then again, Nixon was a hell of a lot savvier than Trump.
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Not really. Nixon had lost the SCOTUS decision US v Nixon and the White House tapes were turned over and then the smoking gun tape was being played on the news. IIRC,The House Committee overseeing the investigation had just voted to send the Articles of Impeachment to the floor.

Then a bunch of Republican Senators went to the White House and told Nixon that his support had dissapeared and when the articles of impeachment made it to the Senate he would be convicted. He resigned the next day effective the day after that. Then after saying goodbye to the White House Staff and boarding AF1 his Presidency was over and Gerald Ford took the oath of office.
 
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Captain_Swoop said:
In Rules Committee hearing, Jim Jordan opposes using 25A to remove Trump saying, "we should use this time to bring the nation together."
Chairman McGovern asks Jordan if he will say Biden "won fair and square."
Jordan refuses to say this.
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January 2021 in a nutshell.

ETA: Paul2 ninjas a little too close for comfort.
 
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angrysoba said:
Whoah! Whoever thought they would be saying that Nixon was the more evenly keeled man than another president? Until Trump came along Nixon was the very Platonic Form of the Crazy President.
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Whoever thought we'd be saying that Dubya was the more competent president than another president?
 
MoscowMitch throws Trump under the bus

Mitch has been cited by the NY Times as approving of the second Impeachment, believing that it will "make it easier to purge him from the Republican party..."

Is this the "Senate goes to Nixon moment of the Trump regime?
 
I've lost track of the article (just saw the headline) but didn't he also say he wouldn't vote for a Senate conviction.
Kinda kills the idea he's being reasonable. It's historic as a second House slap on the wrist, but it hardly shows T the door. [emoji20]
 
ChristianProgressive said:
Mitch has been cited by the NY Times as approving of the second Impeachment
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This was discussed in one of the other threads....

If this is the same article that was referred to there, then some of us are... skeptical. (Moscow Mitch didn't publically say he supported impeachment, but it was something reported second hand, which could mean some misinterpretation.) And even if he does support impeachment privately, there is no guarantee that would translate to an actual impeachment, as McConnell might think there are still too many drawbacks strategically to support such a vote.
 
I'm kind of amused that all the reporters act like they have this well placed source when it's perfectly obvious that Mitch had his press officer work the phones on background. Multiple outlets broke it at the same time. It might have even been a group text.
 
Craig4 said:
I'm kind of amused that all the reporters act like they have this well placed source when it's perfectly obvious that Mitch had his press officer work the phones on background. Multiple outlets broke it at the same time. It might have even been a group text.
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I had a feeling that the source was McConnell.
 
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