Politics Public Impeachment Hearings

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  1. ABM

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    Obama had just finished telling Trump he was about to give nearly 2 billion in CASH to Iran....effectively subsidizing their ongoing terrorist activities. Trump wanted to rip his arm off.
     
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    Big Mac donnie would stand no chance and weasel out because of bone spurs and then lie about it.
     
  3. ABM

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    HAHAHAHAHAHA!

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    So lemme get this straight, are you saying the House should just ignore the crimes that he commits just because his cronies in the senate will acquit him? This is some seriously messed up logic.

    How about we actually hold people in office accountable for the crimes they have committed first before deriding the process just because it's "not a good look for a country." Bribing a foreign country for aid in a political campaign in "not a good look for a country."

    Also, is everyone just going to brazenly brush aside the fact that over 20 women have accused him of assault?
     
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    What are you willing to wager?
     
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    I think you are drinking way too much weak sauce.
     
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    I didn't say that at all. Where did I say anything about ignoring crimes?

    All for holding elected officials accountable!

    I don't feel ike I have brazenly brushed anything aside, especially accusations that I didn't even mention in the first place. The guy is corrupt and a terrible person. 100 million+ thought he should be president, unfortunately.
     
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    Looks to me like the majority still support impeachment. :biglaugh: :smack:
     
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    Trump has been having one on one lunches with "soft" Republican Senators, to remind them of their oath to protect, defend, and uphold Donald Trump and to render full faith and credit to Donald Trump.

    Wasn't that the oath they took?

    Unlikely even if he shoots people on 5th Avenue that 20 Republicans would vote to convict, but he wants zero. That way he can point to it as purely partisan. The Republican Party is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Trump crime family.
     
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    It appears we do indeed have a flaw in the election/impeachment system in the Constitution.
    Trump won 32 states which gave him a rather large electoral win. While losing in 18 states and DC.
    However, even though the founders admonished not to impeach a President along partisan lines alone, we now for the first time, will do the deed actuality that way.

    Once you analyze the electoral map, it becomes clear how easy it is to undo the electoral election by impeachment.

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    I don't think it would have always been this easy in years past, but now with Coastal states being mostly Democrat by huge majorities, those same states that
    Trump failed to win, the 18 can now impeach the Republican that won election with a substantial electoral margin. Since the election is state by state election
    the difference between election and impeachment is huge. As it is pretty much by strait population count as how the Representatives are allocated.
    Even though Trump won Texas, they do have 13 Democrat Reps to help impeach the President.

    So it will take around 20 states to actually tally enough votes to impeach a President elected by 32 States.
    That is a serious flaw and now that it is recognized I doubt a Republican President will ever run a term.

    I think the Constitution needs to be amended to have the states vote with a majority required to validate the house's impeachment vote before it ever goes to the Senate for trial.
     
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    Point taken, but that number is 63 million, not 100
     
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    crandc did limit it to real Americans.
     
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    and it was around 10 million voters that didn't vote for trump when factoring in the 3rd party candidates. I have always believed that we should have a system of 1 person 1 vote and the one with the most votes wins as that's how it is done in all elections except president.
     
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    uh, President and VP are the only elections done by more than one state.
     
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    and? Doesn't change my opinion what so ever.
     
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    If this is indeed the"whistleblower" you've threatened his safety by posting this....any good real American would know better .Our laws are in place to protect his identity. I'm sure you found it elsewhere on the internet
     
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    It's only the 3rd Quarter and the momentum has shifted.
     
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    Hmmmm.... you had a bowel movement ?
     
  19. ABM

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    Really?
     
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    Or perhaps it was only gas...either way, it must have been a relief.
     

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