January 04, 2019
Impeachment is a two-edged sword, or should be
Timothy Birdnow
Conservatives are clueless about how to fight fire with fire. When we are in power we take no steps to punish our enemies, but the Left most assuredly does (by the way, I have almost stopped using the word liberal as there are virtually none left; the Democrats are now hard leftists.) At any rate, on the very first day the Democrats took control of the House of Representatives they have introduced articles of impeachment against President Trump.
From the Fox article:
To quote Casey Stengel, doesn't anybody know how to play this game?
It's simple really; the Republicans should introduce articles of impeachment against some Democrat. They can't win, you say? That's the argument made by Republicans and it misses the whole point; these are not serious allegations but political theater, and intended to show the stupidity of the charges against the President. I would suggest impeaching Hillary and Bill Clinton. Neither are still in office but both are receiving pensions that can be taken away, plus the impeachment articles will bring back unpleasant memories to the public.
The whole point is not to succeed in the impeachment but to put the Democrats on the defensive. That is how they aprooach these things; always attacking, never defending. Our side is the perpetually bullied, like the kid who hides from the big upper classmen so as not to wind up with a wedgie and no lunch money. That has to change.
Tit for tat. That is the fundamental reality of politics, but the GOP won't follow that rule. It amazes me; it's like watching a high school football team playing against the NFL. Republicans are rank amateurs, and not especially talented ones at that.
Conservatives are clueless about how to fight fire with fire. When we are in power we take no steps to punish our enemies, but the Left most assuredly does (by the way, I have almost stopped using the word liberal as there are virtually none left; the Democrats are now hard leftists.) At any rate, on the very first day the Democrats took control of the House of Representatives they have introduced articles of impeachment against President Trump.
From the Fox article:
Rep. Brad Sherman is reintroducing the impeachment articles that he first filed in 2017 with Democratic co-sponsor Rep. Al Green of Texas, a spokesman said.
"He will be introducing the same articles he introduced last year once the House is in session this afternoon,†Sherman spokesman Shane Seaver told Fox News.
The move is one of several indications that despite the go-slow approach of Democratic leadership, some in the rank-and-file will be eager to launch impeachment proceedings now that they're in the majority. A Detroit Free Press op-ed co-authored by incoming Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib, of Michigan, said the House does not need to wait for the outcome of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe "before moving forward now with an inquiry in the U.S. House of Representatives on whether the president has committed impeachable 'high crimes and misdemeanors' against the state: abuse of power and abuse of the public trust."
"He will be introducing the same articles he introduced last year once the House is in session this afternoon,†Sherman spokesman Shane Seaver told Fox News.
The move is one of several indications that despite the go-slow approach of Democratic leadership, some in the rank-and-file will be eager to launch impeachment proceedings now that they're in the majority. A Detroit Free Press op-ed co-authored by incoming Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib, of Michigan, said the House does not need to wait for the outcome of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe "before moving forward now with an inquiry in the U.S. House of Representatives on whether the president has committed impeachable 'high crimes and misdemeanors' against the state: abuse of power and abuse of the public trust."
To quote Casey Stengel, doesn't anybody know how to play this game?
It's simple really; the Republicans should introduce articles of impeachment against some Democrat. They can't win, you say? That's the argument made by Republicans and it misses the whole point; these are not serious allegations but political theater, and intended to show the stupidity of the charges against the President. I would suggest impeaching Hillary and Bill Clinton. Neither are still in office but both are receiving pensions that can be taken away, plus the impeachment articles will bring back unpleasant memories to the public.
The whole point is not to succeed in the impeachment but to put the Democrats on the defensive. That is how they aprooach these things; always attacking, never defending. Our side is the perpetually bullied, like the kid who hides from the big upper classmen so as not to wind up with a wedgie and no lunch money. That has to change.
Tit for tat. That is the fundamental reality of politics, but the GOP won't follow that rule. It amazes me; it's like watching a high school football team playing against the NFL. Republicans are rank amateurs, and not especially talented ones at that.
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