This is the third impeachment investigation during my lifetime

[struggle4progress]

I've noticed neither Nixon nor Clinton used the bully pulpit to threaten civil war

[Sherman A1]

1. Same here

We will see how it goes.

[TomSlick]

9. Yeah, me too.

[Moostache]

2. Good point...

I'm not sure about Andrew Johnson, but given the proximity to the actual Civil War of his presidency, I would highly doubt that he wanted to remind people of that either.

Only the current usurper is scumbag enough to sink to such depths...but if one lives in the gutter, is it really "sinking" or just "continuing to exist"?

[MineralMan]

3. Exactly.

That's a very important point, indeed.

[Poiuyt]

4. I think that's because all previous presidents actually loved America

I believe that even Nixon wanted to do what was best for America. He was just using corrupt ways to do it. Trump, on the other hand, only cares about himself.

[struggle4progress]

5. Nixon was a complicated mess: he was part self-pitying and paranoid, part corrupt criminal,

part patriot, part skilled political operative. There's no good way to distill him down to a single flavor

Trump, however, is well-described as a narcissist

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. Same with me.

It's pretty astounding when you think of it, because there had only been one before Nixon.

[shraby]

7. Same here, and I'm still angry about the Nixon pardon.

[customerserviceguy]

8. I fully expect

that Trump will agitate for secession of the red states upon leaving office, especially if it is from impeachment or electoral defeat.

Also, partisanship has grown so much during our lifetimes that impeachment is at least discussed with each new president, and will probably be attempted every 20-25 years by Congress.

We used to be one nation united, but I fear that unity is seriously imperiled.