The purpose of Impeachment.

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  1. Hoosier8

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    The dems have claimed that they can impeach for anything and are now trying to prove it with the fastest on record with the thinnest of evidence. They think adding pages makes the evidence thicker.
     
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    Attempting to block Congressionally approved funding would be an impeachable offense.
     
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    Well, for one, there is no evidence to support abuse of power other than screeching democrats and of the dems are going to charge a President for contempt of Congress for protecting the separation of powers without using the normal process of going to court then anything goes.
     
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    To be clear the president is not an agent of congress.

    There is a modicum of truth there.
     
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    That would be approaching the speed with which the Democrats dig up impeachable offenses!
     
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    Hey! Hey! Hey! Don't give them anymore impeachable offenses. They got more than they can keep track of now.
     
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    After listening to all the heartfelt comments by Pelosi about how hard this is. The entire partisan process in opposition to previous statements by prominent democrats shows what a charade this is.
     
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    Sounds like a threat to me. I'll volunteer to be first on his list. I'd love for him to come after me. It would make my day, so to speak.
     
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    In this case an Impeachment does far more than remove an office holder. This Impeachment delves into the very core of our Constitution and the Ethics that it entails. This one is absolutely required if only to reset standards that have been degraded to the point of becoming meaningless and returning the Republic to something respectable and the founders would be proud of, or at least recognize.
     
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    Actually he is. What powers does he have that haven't been approved by Congress and/or are subject to Congressional oversight?
     
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    He's done more than enough to justify impeachment, conviction and removal from office. No President, before Trump, has claimed blanket immunity from Congressional oversight based on "separation of powers." In fact, that's the reason for impeachment.
     
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    They never did stand for it they merely wrap themselves in it to distract the gullible from their abuse of it.
     
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    Does not surprise me in the least, other than Begala admitting it. Though that was confirmed maybe inadvertently by Pelosi the other day when she directly called president Trump an imposter. That can only mean that Pelosi, et al, do not believe that Trump is a duly elected president. There was talk of impeachment even before the election, and open talk within two days after the election when impeachment would have been physically impossible. If you are going to effect a coup you cannot begin too soon.
     
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    He could...he didn't.
     
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    You mean like being elected by the people and the dems screaming impeachment from day one.

    The reason you go to court is to settle those issues. The dem clown show is in such a hurry that they are bypassing process in favor of a show while doing a 180 on their own principles.
     
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    That is the hyper-partisan party line to be parroted, of course, however feeble.

    In reality, we have a relentlessly unpopular POTUS who covertly pressured a foreign nation, by withholding vital funds, to give credibility to a crackpot, self-serving fantasy, and to target an American citizen, against whom there is no evidence, for a criminal investigation that would damage a political rival.

    Failing to fulfill Constitutional responsibilities under those circumstances would accrue to the repute of neither Party.

    Ideally, there should be a mutual effort to ascertain the truth, but that is being obstructed by a refusal to cooperate, a desperate attempt to gag witnesses in-the-know, the furtive concealment of pertinent documents, and adult behavior such as calling the House Chairman of the Intelligence Committee "Schitt", in an unusual display of high-mindedness.

    Given the inevitability of impeachment based upon multiple expert testimonies and the Senate's token trial, a better-informed electorate will serve as the real jury.
     
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    What I learned from Wednesday's hearings is that leftists hacks don't give a tinker's dam what the truth is all they care about is getting their own way. But then I didn't really learn that yesterday, it's been obvious to anyone paying attention for decades.
     
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    This of course is the typical leftist bird dookie thrown out as though some one with a functioning brain should actually believe it.
     
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    Granted he does execute the laws that congress passes (and he approves... usually) but that does not make him an agent. He is not beholden like all agents are. Only he can arrange treaties, nominate ambassadors, cabinet officers, and judges. Only he can appoint close advisors. Only he can direct the entire military albeit with some oversight. Only he can handle foreign affairs. Etc.
     
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    If it upsets you that more Americans support impeachment based upon the evidence, Fake Don will bray "Exoneration!" when he gets his automatic pass by McConnell et al and, as previously noted, a better-informed electorate will get to issue its in November, 2020.
     
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    And according to all four “witnesses” on 12/4/19 (three Democratic, one Republican) what Trump did was no worse than what other presidents have done, specifically: Washington, Lincoln, FDR, Kennedy, Johnson, Clinton, and Obama. Nixon wasn’t named, but his name would be added to that list.

    All four said the presidents listed above should have been impeached given the standard the Dems are using today with Trump.
     
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    Couldn't have said it better myself.
     
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    I just don't feel this all working out for you guys.

    It's just to dumb. Democrats are sounding worse then 9/11 truthers
     
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    ,,, But sending blankets to fight tanks warrants a Nobel Prize. No money was withheld behind a legal time threshold. Ukraine got their javelin missiles without delay just as they got the blankets Obama sent.
     
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