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Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
Mon Dec 30, 2019, 11:58 AM Dec 2019

From Wikipedia

Three United States Presidents have been impeached: Andrew Johnson in 1868, Bill Clinton in 1998 and Donald Trump in 2019.[30][31] Neither Johnson nor Clinton were convicted by the Senate, while Trump still awaits a Senate trial. Additionally, there were efforts to impeach John Tyler and Richard Nixon (Nixon resigned before proceedings began).[32]


Thought I'd post this since a Trumper told me over Christmas he's only "half impeached"
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From Wikipedia (Original Post) Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2019 OP
Get thee to the greatest page malaise Dec 2019 #1
Lol. How's paradise today? Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2019 #4
Back in city Kingston malaise Dec 2019 #5
He finally got more votes than a Clinton! 11 Bravo Dec 2019 #14
Brilliant malaise Dec 2019 #17
..cuz trumps only half president..... samnsara Dec 2019 #2
You must have woken up generous today :) Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2019 #3
Very nice, but Wikipedia is not authoritative of anything. Odoreida Dec 2019 #6
Then maybe you need this malaise Dec 2019 #7
Funny, that's what educated people Aquaria Dec 2019 #9
Wikipedia is a great route to original information sources csziggy Dec 2019 #13
Careful. Plenty of people Aquaria Dec 2019 #10
You want to demonstrate reality, don't use Wikipedia. Odoreida Dec 2019 #12
The citation may well disappear. The fact of it will not. 11 Bravo Dec 2019 #15
The citation is not evidence ... Odoreida Dec 2019 #18
Indeed I do. Do you understand that even "hearsay" is evidence? 11 Bravo Dec 2019 #19
Isn't half impeached kind of like a little bit pregnant? Wounded Bear Dec 2019 #8
trump is not half impeached - just half assed empedocles Dec 2019 #11
Wait! I thought he was an asshat! madinmaryland Dec 2019 #16

malaise

(268,846 posts)
1. Get thee to the greatest page
Mon Dec 30, 2019, 12:03 PM
Dec 2019

so someone will link this to his twitter page

One more thing - they need to add that he had the most (as in bigliest) impeachment votes ever

 

Aquaria

(1,076 posts)
9. Funny, that's what educated people
Mon Dec 30, 2019, 01:10 PM
Dec 2019

Think that those citing Wikipedia need to be on the receiving end of.

Because nobody who respects expertise, reliability and credibility trusts Wikipedia as a source for anything.

csziggy

(34,133 posts)
13. Wikipedia is a great route to original information sources
Mon Dec 30, 2019, 03:01 PM
Dec 2019

Yes, I am lazy and will cite Wikipedia, but I do check the sources linked in the Wikipedia article. If those check out, but the information is not concisely written, I often use the Wikipedia article to provide the same information in a tighter format.

For factual information I find Wikipedia to be pretty reliable, such as the historical information cited above. For political information, such as bios of political figures or information on current issues, their articles can be very slanted or even completely inaccurate. As with any source, you have to weigh the original sources and the way the information is provided.

I do not find Wikipedia to any less reliable than many news sources - and Wikipedia does provide more accessibility to the sources to support their information than any news source I have ever seen.

 

Odoreida

(1,549 posts)
12. You want to demonstrate reality, don't use Wikipedia.
Mon Dec 30, 2019, 02:31 PM
Dec 2019

Even if you happen to be right this particular time.

For all you know, the thing you cited will disappear tomorrow.

 

Odoreida

(1,549 posts)
18. The citation is not evidence ...
Mon Dec 30, 2019, 05:26 PM
Dec 2019

... unlike that video of Nancy Pelosi, which *is* evidence.

Do you understand what "evidence" is?

11 Bravo

(23,926 posts)
19. Indeed I do. Do you understand that even "hearsay" is evidence?
Mon Dec 30, 2019, 05:35 PM
Dec 2019

Likewise, for "circumstantial" evidence.
Courts will determine how much weight to afford either of the above.
The same holds true for Wikipedia.
Now, unless you're just flinging shit, which of the facts cited in the Wiki article do you dispute?

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