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(3,678 posts)empedocles
(15,751 posts)constituencies also. Elections are won in the middle.
[Pelosi up early. Saw Schiff on Rachel last night, after very long Schiff day. Some of these people have serious energies].
uponit7771
(90,304 posts)samnsara
(17,606 posts)malaise
(268,724 posts)<snip>
Before we begin to grapple with the gravity of the impeachment inquiry that is now upon us, can we acknowledge yet again the extreme weirdness of our times? If, through the distorting mists of time, the heroes and anti-heroes of the Watergate saga seem positively Shakespearean in their statureNixon raging on the heath, his cunning satraps devising their poisoned betrayalswhat to make of todays dramatis personae of Kiev and Washington, Presidents Zelensky and Trump, one a comic actor turned fledgling statesman, the other a real-estate grifter turned . . . political grifter? Scholars of the Volodymyr Zelensky filmography will recall his appearances in Love in the Big City 2 and Rzhevsky Versus Napoleon. And they will credit his work in the television show Servant of the People, in which he played the President of Ukraine, a role that set him on the path to being the actual President of Ukraine. Zelensky is an expressive comic artist. And so it is not hard to imagine his mask of terrorized bewilderment as he held a telephone to his ear in July and listened to the ex-star of The Apprentice deliver an implicit threat to deprive his country of military aid and diplomatic standing if he failed to interfere in the 2020 U.S. Presidential election on Trumps behalf. This is our reality.
Into this reality has stepped, if belatedly, Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, Speaker of the House.
From the start, Pelosi has confronted Trump with a wry fearlessness. When, in a moment of rare self-aggrandizement, Trump referred to himself as an extremely stable genius, she replied, When the extremely stable genius starts acting more Presidential, Ill be happy to work with him on infrastructure, trade, and other issues. In an Oval Office confrontation last year, she brooked no disrespect from Trump and asked that he please not underestimate the strength that I bring to this meeting as the leader of the House Democrats. When, on another occasion, Trump referred to Pelosi as a mess, the Speaker thoughtfully suggested that the President might benefit from an intervention for the good of the country.
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Go Nancy!!
FM123
(10,053 posts)I am not a morning Joe watcher (he is not exactly my favorite guy) but for this I'm all in.
We're usually walking at this time but it's still raining
FM123
(10,053 posts)I am counting on Nancy to bring the thunder. Boom!
malaise
(268,724 posts)Woke me up at 3.00am.
Truth is our drought is finally come to an end and I think Mother Nature chose the correct week
FM123
(10,053 posts)Have a great weekend Malaise!
onetexan
(13,024 posts)the Clinton situation is a personal matter. This (Dumpster's) is about national security.
She just mentioned AG is going ROGUE!
malaise
(268,724 posts)Nancy just said the AG is going rogue -cover up of a coverup
I'm lovin' this.
onetexan
(13,024 posts)Madame Speaker Lord i hope that in the final analysis Pence is implicated and forced to resign, and we will end up with President Pelosi!!
superpatriotman
(6,247 posts)Because Im truly not sure of the answer unless youre poor, minority or a Democrat.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)that theres no time now and the dems dont want to do anything but impeach
malaise
(268,724 posts)I can just imagine the Con seething with anger as he watches this