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  • #76
    Originally posted by JimLamebrain View Post
    The reason dems haven't filed articles of impeachment as of yet is because they want all the evidence out there, and they want the american people, for the good of the country, to be fully informed before actually impeaching.
    But the evidence is "out there". Mueller's report was publicly released. It's "in the wild". Anybody can read it and see for themselves. Rachael Maddow could be spoon-feeding direct quotes from Mueller's report to her low-information audience. Democrats could be on C-Span right now reading directly from Mueller's report in an impeachment hearing.

    "We can't impeach the president because the public is not adequately informed" has to be one of the dumbest excuses you've ever come up with.
    Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
    But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
    Than a fool in the eyes of God


    From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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    • #77
      Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
      Actually.... This just in....

      Executive Privilege Fight Inches Democrats Closer To Impeachment

      If House Democrats ultimately begin impeachment proceedings against President Trump, last week will be remembered as one of the pivotal turning points.

      Trump's decision to invoke executive privilege over the full report by special counsel Robert Mueller is prompting impeachment skeptics like Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., to reconsider.

      "I have to be honest with you, I once said I would be the last person standing against impeachment, and now, I'm squatting," Cleaver told NPR.

      While some Democrats hope the Judiciary Committee's decision to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt will force the administration back to the negotiation table, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders made clear the president will not budge on his executive privilege claim over the Mueller report. "This is fully consistent with that precedent and it is fully consistent with the president actually upholding the law," Sanders told reporters last week.

      .....

      Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., does not share that hesitation. "I understand the big picture is winning in 2020, and I don't really understand totally the calculus about not proceeding with impeachment," he said. "I think there's merit to putting the scarlet letter 'I' on his breast, because he deserves it."
      But if the report is locked down by executive privilege then the only thing they have to go on is Barr's letter which gives them no grounds for impeachment, so... water they gonna do?
      Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
      But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
      Than a fool in the eyes of God


      From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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      • #78
        Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
        Actually.... This just in....

        Executive Privilege Fight Inches Democrats Closer To Impeachment

        If House Democrats ultimately begin impeachment proceedings against President Trump, last week will be remembered as one of the pivotal turning points.

        Trump's decision to invoke executive privilege over the full report by special counsel Robert Mueller is prompting impeachment skeptics like Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., to reconsider.

        "I have to be honest with you, I once said I would be the last person standing against impeachment, and now, I'm squatting," Cleaver told NPR.

        While some Democrats hope the Judiciary Committee's decision to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt will force the administration back to the negotiation table, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders made clear the president will not budge on his executive privilege claim over the Mueller report. "This is fully consistent with that precedent and it is fully consistent with the president actually upholding the law," Sanders told reporters last week.

        .....

        Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., does not share that hesitation. "I understand the big picture is winning in 2020, and I don't really understand totally the calculus about not proceeding with impeachment," he said. "I think there's merit to putting the scarlet letter 'I' on his breast, because he deserves it."
        Yes, thinking people know the President deserves to be impeached, but many in congress, some disagree, feel it is best to make the need for impeachment clear to you before doing so. Trumps obvious and continued obstruction is beginning to change some minds on that.

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        • #79
          Originally posted by JimL View Post
          Yes, thinking people know the President deserves to be impeached....
          But I thought that was YOUR opinion, too.
          The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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          • #80
            Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
            But the evidence is "out there". Mueller's report was publicly released. It's "in the wild". Anybody can read it and see for themselves. Rachael Maddow could be spoon-feeding direct quotes from Mueller's report to her low-information audience. Democrats could be on C-Span right now reading directly from Mueller's report in an impeachment hearing.

            "We can't impeach the president because the public is not adequately informed" has to be one of the dumbest excuses you've ever come up with.
            I didn't say that they can't impeach, I said they believe, for the good of the country, it more prudent to better inform low-information deniers like yourself before they file for impeachment.

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            • #81
              Originally posted by JimLamebrain View Post
              ...low-information deniers like yourself...
              I appreciate the irony.
              Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
              But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
              Than a fool in the eyes of God


              From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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              • #82
                Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
                I appreciate the irony.
                It was a good laugh.
                The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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