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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCharlie Pierce FTW (again):
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a29196287/democrats-impeach-donald-trump-ukraine-international-corruption/First, the president* and his administration* are willing to run their bluffs and spread their bluster until he brings the temple down on his own head. They are not going to cooperate. They are not going to provide documents. They are not going to respond to subpoenas.
Second, the Republicans in Congress are completely with the program and utterly hopeless as possible allies, and the Republicans in the administration* are a hapless chorus of cowards.
Third, the Department of Justice is utterly corrupt and utterly in the bag for a renegade presidency*.
Fourth, any action against this president* is going to have to come from the Democrats, and it's going to have to be fierce and unilateral. They are going to have to stop caring about "dividing the country." They are going to have to stop caring whether or not Max Rose gets reelected in 2020. They are going to have to come out, fiercely and unilaterally, against international bribery and extortion from the Oval Office as legitimate strategies in domestic political campaigns. What might happen is no longer relevant. The crisis is what is happening, right now, in plain view.. (emphasis mine)
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Charlie Pierce FTW (again): (Original Post)
volstork
Sep 2019
OP
And people like Obama and Bush are going to have to come off the sidelines and do what is right.
Pepsidog
Sep 2019
#4
bullwinkle428
(20,627 posts)1. All I can say is "FUCK, YES!" K&R.
BigmanPigman
(51,432 posts)2. Hear hear!
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,041 posts)3. there's a rat in the pantry, stop worrying about the fox outside
Pepsidog
(6,252 posts)4. And people like Obama and Bush are going to have to come off the sidelines and do what is right.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)5. Mr. Pierce nails it again.
corbettkroehler
(1,898 posts)7. Tell 'Em, Charlie! Preach! (n/t)
eppur_se_muova
(36,227 posts)8. May as well make that Department of Justice* as well. nt
bucolic_frolic
(42,679 posts)9. How many Republicans want to run on a ticket with Trump next year?
or should that be, how many Republicans who aren't retiring?
alwaysinasnit
(5,038 posts)10. Edmond Burke quote
"The Only Thing Necessary for the Triumph of Evil is that Good Men Do Nothing."
diva77
(7,606 posts)11. They are going to have to do something about election fraud, especially rigged computerized voting
if they punt on impeachment and hope that elections will fix everything.
Poiuyt
(18,087 posts)12. Nothing will happen on that front as long as Republicans control the Senate
NCLefty
(3,678 posts)13. I can't stop shaking my head about all of this.
The stakes are so big.