Reply #24: As always, you definitely have a point, Nicho [View All]

[RufusTFirefly]

... but I'm concerned about pre-empting ourselves out of fear of the consequences.

If there's a lesson to be learned from the last 7 years, it's that each time we "play it safe," each time we worry about the votes, worry about the consequences, worry about the swing states, or worry about our chances of re-election, we get screwed.
Instead of running an anti-war candidate who echoed the sentiments of the party, we chose a bona fide war hero who voted for the IWR.
And we got screwed.
Perhaps in the interest of bipartisanship, Speaker Pelosi has kept impeachment "off the table."
And we've been screwed.
Let's face it: Anything we do is bound to be distorted, so why not do the right thing?

"I hear people say you can sit at a table with these people, negotiate with them, and they will volunteer their power away. That is a complete fantasy. You can't ‘nice’ these people to death." -- John Edwards