Beautiful day today. Love this time of year.

[Doodley]

[Ocelot II]

1. Did you miss the two impeachments where they tried very hard

to do just that?

[Doodley]

5. To repeat, four died in Benghazi and there were TEN inquiries. Two died in America

of Ebola and Republicans got more wall to wall negative attention of Obama that Democrats ever got of Trump's handling of Covid that killed over a million.

[Ocelot II]

6. Why is that the fault of the Democrats and not the media?

[Doodley]

9. Because we don't have ten inquiries into Covid for the media to report on. We haven't held

hearings into Covid and grilled Trump, as Hillary was grilled. If we did, the media would report on it.

[All Mixed Up]

11. None of those enquiries rise to the level of Trump being impeached.

So, not sure what your point is.

[H2O Man]

16. Thank you.

I could speculate, but that would risk being impolite.

[H2O Man]

15. Thank you.

[tritsofme]

2. Huh? What would constitute making him "accountable" that Democrats have not already done?

Some people are just determined to never be satisfied.

[Doodley]

3. Treat Trump as Republicans would treat a Democrat then I would be satisfied.

[tritsofme]

4. What does that actually mean though?

Or are we just making empty complaints that can never be satisfied?

[Doodley]

7. Republicans know how to draw out and magnify a small story to

redefine a candidate. Am I asking too much to expect a level playing field?

[tritsofme]

8. Yes, you are speaking in platitudes, not offering any specifics of what would constitute "accountability"

[stopdiggin]

18. you continue to focus on 'messaging' and hype

rather than your original point - which was "hold accountable"

Are you perhaps after something like the way that the House is currently holding Hunter and Joe 'accountable'? Can't really say I'm on board with that, friend! NOR - do I see the silly posturing as lending itself to, or accomplishing - anything like 'accountable'.

[Arthur_Frain]

10. Because the Democratic Party hasn't had any real power in the house or senate to speak of for years.

Any attempt would be immediately derailed, led by the maggot militia and followed by every single rethug. Seriously, when was the last time democrats had a real majority in either chamber? If you’ve got a majority with shits like Manchin or Synema on your team, you don’t have a real majority.

[stopdiggin]

12. sorry, looks like you're gonna get kinda hammered here

(and probably deservedly). Not one but two separate impeachments ... And, here's the big one - bare control of a single chamber in Congress, for all of two years ... And you're going to lay this on the Democrats?! Sorry, man - that probably won't fly 'round here.

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[muriel_volestrangler]

13. Do you think the countless inquiries that never got anywhere actually impressed independent voters?

The Republicans have to play to their moron base with inquiries bound to fail. There is not a similar benefit for Democrats.

[BeyondGeography]

14. Because Democrats are process-oriented and bar fights aren't

We’ve never come to terms with the fact that we’re dealing with crazy—and very determined—people. Our brains are wired to expect reasonable outcomes. We keep waiting for the “right” thing to happen after we’ve played the conventional game.

And we never fucking learn.

Leave it to an Republican never-Trumper to put it better than any Democrat I’ve seen so far:

Link to tweet

?s=61&t=EcvWMxA1syxTf8zqNwq-IA

Urgency. It was never treated with sufficient urgency. For the first time in American history, a President lost an election and then tried to overthrow the election. And NOBODY treated it with the urgency it required. Because what Trump did was so unprecedented, our entire political and justice systems froze, and they ALL simply waited too damn long to deal with it.

[Doodley]

17. Thank you for a constructive reply. Yes, the outrage is less than Hillary Clinton's emails. We could

lose our democracy and a lot more as a result. By the way, before reading your post I felt very trolled on this thread. Can't see where to delete a thread.

[senseandsensibility]

22. There's a powers button at the bottom of your post

that you can use to self delete. I'm not saying that you should. I saw nothing wrong with it, and I understood what you were saying.

[Doodley]

23. Thank you. I can't tell you how much I appreciate it.

[stopdiggin]

19. please define "treated with sufficient urgency"

And while at it - try keeping in mind that a majority of Republicans still think that the election was stolen.
(which means, not particularly strong allies in the "sufficient urgency" or "hold accountable" departments)

[BeyondGeography]

20. Appointing a special prosecutor for J6 on Day 2 of the AG's tenure for starters

Or if that seems too premature in June of ‘21 once he (rightly) decided for the DOJ to defend Trump in a defamation lawsuit against E. Jean Carroll. The excuse being he couldn't defend and prosecute the same person.

Jack Smith was appointed in late Nov. of 2022.

[Torchlight]

21. Maybe time for the soup to cool down a bit.