Posted on 05/18/2018 12:07:36 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Democratic leaders are right to caution their members and candidates against talking up impeachment. There is the obvious political consideration that impeachment is disfavored, at least now, by many voters, especially those in red states where Democrats need to hang on to precious Senate seats. But there is something more important, both for the party fighting against the erosion of democratic norms and for the country: We cannot normalize impeachment.
Rep. Adam Schiff of California, ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, writes that “it is clear that if President (Donald) Trump participated in a conspiracy to defraud the United States during the campaign by colluding with the Russians, there is a historical basis for the Senate to remove him from office. It is even more clear that if he committed the offense of obstruction of justice while in office, that would provide a legal basis for removal.” Saying there is a basis for impeachment does not, however, mean it is the wise course of action....
(Excerpt) Read more at sltrib.com ...
The opinion leaders of the Democrat party see the impeachment talk is starting to work against them. The independents do not want to see a duly elected president forced out of office because of a conspiracy of deep state operatives against him.
The country is doing great, positive things are happening in foreign relations, and the economy is breaking records. Very hard to run against all this success.
Democratic leaders are right to caution their members and candidates against talking up impeachment.
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Since that would lead to Civil War II and it’s not hard to guess who would win THAT conflict, I can understand why they’re backing off.
Liberals are morons. They would never figure it out, but they support impeaching a President for simply winning an election. They’d freak if we returned the impeachment to their candidate they’ve shown Trump.
Sounds like a song
How will she know it’s time to impee-eech
She’s filled with hate with every Trump Tweet...
Jennifer Rubin is indeed the Queen of Never Trumpers. She and Steve Schmidt should totally date.
I was here on FR for the last impeachment dance.
All Clinton's defenders were embarrassed, with the exception of Larry Flynt.
President Trump's defenders are ENRAGED. We literally have blood in our eye.
They should skin that impeachment smokewagon, and see what happens.
If BO didn’t get impeached for all the crimes and abuse of power that he did, then no one should ever be impeached.
In Civil War II, it'll be the Democrats versus the Deplorables and their allies, the Russians.
The Russians in their serried ranks of 20, dressed in snappy steel & copper uniforms...
You need a high crime or misdemeanor that’s about something other than lying about sex.
LOL! She’s on the far right in WashingtonPost World.
We haven’t seen a Jennifer article that wasn’t crazy, deluded, hallucinatory, or just plain nuts. Why is she published anyway? Can’t the paper fibd a more sensible liberal ? ( yes, I know, oxymoronic term, ha! But it’s still an obvious question)
Are those real women, or trans? I don’t usually indulge in ad hominems, but DANG!
Liberal? She’s the conservative columnist for the Washington Post!
Jennifer Rubin on the left, Fran Lebowitz on the right. Both born female, as far as I know.
Quite frankly, I think Mad Max Maxine should be impeached for being a flaming asshole.
>>>Especially since Shiffy pulled that opinion out of his piehole<<<
The Exit, not the Entrance.
That picture of Jennifer Rubin reminds me that Large Mouth Bass season opens this month.
In this case a pseudo Conservative, carrying water for the hard Left.
Read the comments at the Trib site. For the very first time I think true Civil War is possible.
“the party fighting against the erosion of democratic norms....”
I guess she thinks that’s the Democrat party?
The party that is currently refusing to accept the results of an election because they lost?
The party that win elections only through deceit, exploitation and division?
The party that embraces the anti-democratic protection racket of socialism?
Amazing
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