To impeach, or not to impeach

[David Horn]

(11-20-2019, 03:33 AM)Classic-Xer Wrote:

(11-19-2019, 03:09 PM)David Horn Wrote: There's also the minor matter of overwhelming evidence of impeachable offenses.  Trump's clearly guilty of bribery and extortion, and he's also guilty of accepting (even soliciting) emoluments.  Both are defined offenses in the US Constitution.  If there has ever been a POTUS who deserves to be impeached and convicted, it's Trump.  If Trump gets a pass on this, the flood gates are fully open for misbehavior on a colossal scale, and the next offender may not be a GOPper..

Dude, a crime must occur before one can be formally impeached or legally convicted of a committing a crime in America. Lets see, the whistle blower isn't technically a whistle blower and the so called whistle blower isn't even a witness because of concerns relating to their personal well being. Oh, what I've heard about the whistle blower and their connection to those who are in charge of impeaching Trump and connection to other interesting stuff and a partisan coup to remove Trump ain't good in general.

Just so you know: impeachment does not have to be for criminal activity. I think that bar has been fully met, but it's not mandatory. Bribery and extortion are both Federal crimes. The violation of the emoluments clause is also criminal, though punishment is undefined. And what is it about the whistleblower anyway? Republicans loved them when they reported Fast and Furious and Bengasi.

C-Xer Wrote:What you numb skulls don't seem to understand is the other half of the country has an interest in outcome of the next election and the bulk of the Republican base cares as much about following or sticking to rules as the blues these days. The table is now set and now we are going find out what the blues are truly made of over the next few years. Like I've said, the blues ain't seen nothing yet.

OK, but don't mortgage the house placing bets.