Politics IMPEACHMENT 2020: THE BIG SNOOZE

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  1. Hoopguru

    Hoopguru Well-Known Member

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    Clinton lied under oath. And you are right the sex part wasn't worthy enough for impeachment, and either was lying under oath.
     
  2. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    Only the lying part was considered in the impeachment of Clinton. However, the lie wasn't considered an impeachable lie by more than 1/3 of the Senators because it was about sex and not matters of State.
     
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    My point is that there is so much bad blood between the two parties I not optimistic there will ever be again a bipartisan impeachment. Unless a representation of independents libertarians can help mediate & conciliate common ground and issues and policies. Especially the radicals on both sides would rather fight to the death than compromise.
    24/7 news, internet and a take no prisoner mentality, has to be challenged by a group that want compromise and a spirit of working together with bi partisan efforts, that do not breed hate and discourse.
     
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    That wouldn't fly is this climate if you have the majority on your side you stand a great chance of skating.

    We are going for Korean b b q at K Town in SE Portland. Se Portland Korean BBQ is the best! lol
     
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    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    We went out for Korean BBQ last night, Chinese New Years. Went to a newer Korean restaurant in Tanasbourne, Hillsboro. Took our best friends out. Word to the wise, don't go there. Food was okay but far from excellent. Service was not too good, also, although they pretended to fawn over us because my wife's best friend whom I call sister as she calls me brother, is a notable Korean personality in the Korean community. We dropped nearly $200 there but we won't be going back.
    We don't eat Korean on the East side except maybe once every 4 or 5 years so can't comment on Korean restaurants over there. We have a couple favorites in Beaverton. All in all, I'd say Korean restaurants mirror American restaurants in that they're all putting out less desirable food than they used to put out.
    My 'sister' probably knows the best restaurants of any style, especially Korean, on the East side. She and her husband eat out often and usually at the best restaurants of any genre, their favorites being El Gaucho and Fogo de Chão.
    We've eaten twice at El Gaucho and were greatly disappointed in their steaks. We've eaten four times at Fogo de Chão and found them to be okay but not spectacular.
    If you want great American steak I recommend either The Ringside on West Burnside or Ruth's Chris Steakhouse in downtown near the Hilton. In the old days you'd be required to wear coat and tie but now I've seen people come in in blue jeans as long as you've got a shirt and shoes.
    Our favorite Korean restaurants on the West side are Kkoki Korean BBQ on 10325 SW Canyon Rd and DJK Korean restaurant on 12275 SW Canyon Rd.
    A note on Korean restaurants. The most common food in Korea, and in my opinion, the most delicious, is Doenjang Jjigae (Korean soybean paste stew) similiar to Japanese Miso soup. In Korea it is always served with clams, probably manila clams, as the only meat. Here in the U.S.A. that has gone away and they now stick bits of beer or even hamburger in it rather than the clams. This ruins it in my opinion. It simply must be served with clams only. Other ingredients are the fermented, cooked and mashed soy beans, tofu, water, jalapenos and slices of zucchini squash. This is eaten with plain white sticky rice which most Koreans mix with their Doenjang Jjigae and eat with a spoon. When you order any kind of Korean main course all kinds of Korean side dishes of mostly different kinds of kimchi accompany. Our side dishes were not too good except for the most common one, Baechu Kimchi (Chinese cabage Kimchi) which was okay. A pickled slices of Korean radish in a sweet and sour liquid and my favorite kimchi, Oyee (cucumber kimchee). You've got to experiment with the different side dishes and see which ones you like and ask for extras of those kinds. Extra sticky rice means extra money, so be aware of that.
    The restaurant last night had a large assortment of beers but I didn't really care for any of them. I preferred a Kirin or a Tsing Tao but they had neither. I settled on a Sapporo which was too hoppy for me. Had to leave some of it 'cause I couldn't stand it that much.
     
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    The Bolton book is making things more interesting
     
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    Yup, a LOT more interesting.
     
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    Strange seeing a prosecutor off one president in an impeachment trial defend a president in another.
     
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    "Shifty", Trump's favorite epithet for Adam Schiff, is a classic anti-Semitic slur. The Least Racist Person in the Country is very fond of such slurs. Some of his supporters have gone beyond the implication. Pastor Rick Wiles, for example, called impeachment a "Jew Coup" against the great Christian president.
     
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    Kenneth Starr argued impeachment is too divisive.
     
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    I think his argument was that impeachment has become too politicized and is now used too often. It's a party vs. party event as opposed to something the Constitution contemplated would only be used to remove presidents who had committed crimes that made them unfit to continue to hold office until the next election. Good thought, IMO, but I think that ship has sailed.
     
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    It sailed specifically because of Ken Starr. What an absurd hypocrite he is.

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    Aren’t they all?
     
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko Staff Member Global Moderator

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    All special prosecutors? All lawyers? All Trump's defenders? All humans? All mammals? All life forms in the Federation?

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    I was thinking Washington political types, but feel free to fill in the blank as you see fit. Not really looking for an OT debate tonight.
     
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Yes you are.

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    This is untrue in both cases.

    Nixon wasn't even impeached.
     
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    No, it's not.

    Tight-fisted, cheap, shrewd, miserly are classics.

    Shifty implies dishonesty/trickery, more likely to be applied to slurring Gypsies, used-car saleswomen or POLITICIANS, especially known liars whose name is Schiff.

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    Nixon's lack of impeachment has nothing to do with the requirements of an impeachment inquiry. I think it was Goldwater who told Nixon that he was soon to be impeached and that he would be convicted in the Senate unless Nixon resigned from the Presidency.
    Nixon's future was set one way or the other. Nixon wisely chose resignation.
     
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    Adam Schiff’s financial alliances paint a pretty clear picture about why his eyes bug the fuck out when someone says the word “Russia.” The military defense contractors who are his biggest donors seem to have been making the same unfounded claims for years, and cashing in when politicians act on those claims.
     
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