Impeachment

Timothy Birdnow

So, what were the results of the impeachment vote? Not a single Republican voted to impeach the President, and three Democrats crossed party lines to vote against. That is impressive, given the strict party discipline employed by the Democrats. Those three will wind up working as greeters at Walmart, unless Pelosi gave them sepecial dispensations prior. That's how it works; you obey or you lose everything. They take your committee assignments, move you into a broom closet for an office, and cut off your re-election funding. Nobody remembers who you are by the time you lose your seat.

The Republicans do not work that way. It's often said the GOP caucus is like herding a clowder of cats.

According to Fox News:

Reps. Jeff Van Drew, D-N.J., and Collin Peterson, D-Minn., voted against both articles of impeachment. Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, voted in favor of impeaching Trump on abuse of power, but not on obstruction of Congress.

Another Democrat, presidential candidate and Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, voted "present" on both impeachment resolutions.

This illustrates the power of the Democratic "leadership" - better described as the Central Committee.  Tulsi Gabbard was afraid to vote no.

Van Drew is switching parties, by the way.

Nevertrumper Justin Amash, who quit the GOP, voted to impeach, naturally.

The final tally:


The Donkeys didn't even get a straight partyline vote in favor of impeachment.

When Bill Clinton was impeached the Democrats stormed out of the hall en masse and held a rally on the steps of the Capitol building. It does not appear the Republicans did anything comparable. Granted, it was a late night vote, but still, they should have registered their displeasure in a very visual way.

Our side has to learn how to do politics. We should ahve had people interrupting the proceedings the way the Democrats did in the Kavanaugh auto da fe. I know; the argument is we look like the grownups. But we should have had some people in there protesting and then being disavowed by the GOP. That's how the Democrats do this. And it usually works for them.

I couldn't find any flash polls on the impeachment with a Google search.  Strange.

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