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It's the go to line for black conservatives whenever they are called out on the carpet.As you said it's bullshit.

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Impeachment is more of a political process than a legal one and we know Senate Repubs wil acquit, giving Trump a bragging point just before an election.

We are currently in impeachment foreplay; enjoy it. Remember that Nixon never was impeached. It was the ongoing investigations that eroded his support and brought him down.

As for getting the courts involved, that just logical. The courts have powers that Congress does not have and vice versa. Having both going after Trump is a good thing.

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That would be true if your argument were valid. It isn't.

The right thing to do is to defeat Trump and the Repubs. We can do that in 2020--with luck we can take the Senate. For that to happen we need Trump on the ticket to maximize liberals and protest turnout.

The Repubs, moderate or otherwise, will never own anything.

If the Senate is killing everything out of the House, why add impeachment to the list of things to be killed?

The investigations and scandals can be on the news every night. Again, that's what brought down Nixon, no impeachment.

Impeaching Trump would energize his base.

Dems need to fight like junkyard dogs, but they should do it strategically and Pelosi knows how to do that better than we do.

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We are in impeachment foreplay and Pelosi is the best.

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Go to the far right of your name and hover the mouse. If you click the down arrow you will see options to block or flag. You can block anyone. Flagging requires a reason.

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They can borrow some great signs from the Brits, though they may need to translate "wanker."

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i worry waiting will prove to be a pyrrhic victory.

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I worry about that too. I just don't think that we stand a chance of even a Pyrrhic victory if we jump to impeachment now. If we can't count on the Senate to do their job -- which is all but guaranteed with McConnell in charge -- then we need the public overwhelmingly on board for impeachment, so that at least Republicans will suffer some actual blowback for acquitting Trump.

To be sure our side is sold on impeachment, and also to be sure there is a chunk of Republicans who will never be sold. But then there are the people in the middle who maybe don't pay much attention to politics, or who are still swayed by voices telling them that it's just partisan attacks, or who simply haven't noticed what a bastard Trump is because he's not affecting them in any direct way. They need to see that Trump is a traitor. Kind of like how, for a brief period during the Kavanaugh hearings, a lot of white women were honestly shocked to discover how anti-women the Republicans really are. Once in a while, when people get a good look at the Republicans, they still know enough to be outraged.

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i hear it's gonna be replaced with Truk-Nutz™

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Agreed. Dems need to put on steel-toed shit kicking boots and never, ever, take them off again.

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Apparently Frank Oz is now working as Tiffany's fashion consultant.

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I was just another who laughed at romanceI said it was not for meThen you made your entrance and right at a glanceI knew it was meant to beNever thought I'd fall, but now I hear love callI'm getting sentimental over youThings you say and do just thrill me through and throughI'm getting sentimental over youI thought I was happy, I could live without loveNow I must admit, love is all I'm thinking ofWon't you please be kind, and just make up your mindThat you'll be sweet and gentle, be gentle with meBecause I'm sentimental over you

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BTDubs, you smiters are doing a bang up job, thanks. Really cleaned up the joint.

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He does not have the je ne sais quoi charisma of a dead rat.

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What can I do to speed up Drumpf's stroke? Thinking of sending McDonald's gift certificates to the White House...

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