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In reply to the discussion: Nancy Pelosi is a fugging genius [View all]Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)84. Another "I regret that I can only rec this thread once" thread
Damn straight, Malaise.
I kept my mouth shut during the impatient days...I'm one of the people who was thinking "IMPEACH THE MF" while watching him scowl at his inauguration.
No matter how much I wanted to bang that drum, I kept thinking "She'll do it when the timing is right."
And YES...there are 10 accounts of obstruction in the Mueller report,
And YES...MUCH of the public hasn't read it, and YES...the MAGAts and probably a large number of "undecideds" see the 4 page Barr whitewash memo AS "The Mueller Report." NO COLLUSION! NO OBSTRUCTION! FULL EXONERATION!
But the Ukraine call?
Pretty damned simple, pretty damned condemning, and pretty well corroborated across the boards.
She knew what she was doing.
That was enough.
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true, I am geoblocked here in the EU from many US sites and links due to our GDPR
Celerity
Oct 2019
#9
+1000. She never said it was off the table, despite the protestations and handwringing
ehrnst
Oct 2019
#37
It sounds like you are lumping anyone who had or has any reservations about impeachment
ehrnst
Oct 2019
#98
Ya, don't believe that at all. Where does it say you have to have bipartisan support.? Don't care
Laura PourMeADrink
Oct 2019
#113
"I" don't have to have bipartisan support. Pelosi stated that it was one condition for impeachment.
ehrnst
Oct 2019
#114
It wasn't the dissent... it was the ugly insults and sexist comments and ageism...
NurseJackie
Oct 2019
#32
LOL. Surely you must know that I know that you know we both know better than that
StarfishSaver
Oct 2019
#78
You missed the point. Critique of no action, delayed action is completely
Laura PourMeADrink
Oct 2019
#118
From what I've seen it's not a vote on impeachment, it's a vote on a process resolution.
CaptainTruth
Oct 2019
#24
Exactly. But the Republicans, with an eager assist by some DUers, will try to spin it that way
StarfishSaver
Oct 2019
#36
Every step in these proceeding have been carefully calculated. I wish we could go back again...
George II
Oct 2019
#31
Here is Speaker Pelosi's latest tweet - what they are to vote on are rules for the next phase
BumRushDaShow
Oct 2019
#41