I have an idea..

This impeachment is not going the way ya'all had hoped it would...

Okay, let's be really honest and stop with the utter nonsensical and ridiculous notion that you have any idea what everyone else is thinking. Your incessant modus operandi wherein you invent fake quotes and claim to know what everyone is thinking is asinine... honestly.

Honestly: I did not think Nancy Pelosi would allow Trump to be impeached, and then Trump left her no choice but to impeach him. Trump will be impeached by the House. The spineless GOP in the Senate were never going to remove him regardless.

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Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I’m just a caveman. I fell on some ice and later got thawed out by some of your scientists. Your world frightens and confuses me! Sometimes the honking horns of your traffic make me want to get out of my BMW.. and runoff into the hills, or wherever.. Sometimes when I get a message on my fax machine, I wonder: “Did little demons get inside and type it?” I don’t know! My primitive mind can’t grasp these concepts. But there is one thing I do know – when a man like my client slips and falls on a sidewalk in front of a public library, then he is entitled to no less than two million in compensatory damages, and two million in punitive damages.Thank you.

~phil hartman

I am a simple ground-pounding knuckle dragger...

I am at a loss to divine point..

Care to enlighten me??

I didn't mean to imply that, outside of Chris' hypotheticals, no one over the age of 55 need be considered for vice-president by the Dems!

Just was looking at pictures of lines (or should I say queues?) at polling places in London in the rain. There are no umbrellas in the pictures. Stiff if damp upper lips. Landslide for Tories, it looks. A landslide, and the observation of no umbrellas, dredges up a "war" story from an old man.

Early morning May 1, 1997, a young woman and I landed at Gatwick, and took the train in to Victoria. As we walked out, surprise: it was raining. We turned around so I could buy an umbrella. As we were heading back towards the doors: an explosion. We stood aside and watched the stampede out, and when the smoke made it to us, we walked out. The official word was an explosion in the kitchen of a restaurant.

Later we found out it had been, in all likelihood, the work of the IRA. That day was the election that swept Tony Blair and Labour into power for the first time in two decades, and the outcome of which the Irish Republican Army was convinced was going to be adverse to its antiquated and dangerous interests (and they were right).

That night, walking back from dinner in the Notting Hill area on what had become a lovely evening, we encountered blocked streets, at one of which my Korean-American companion said, "smell the tear gas?", encountered men with barets and M-16's around Kensington Palace, and saw activity around Royal Albert. We walked back to Victoria peacefully via a lovely stroll through the park, and took a train back to the hotel at Gatwick airport.

The next morning, none of the newspapers in the lounge carried a single word about any unpleasantness in London the previous day and evening. Officially, none of it had happened. The quiet walk through the park probably did happen; although we weren't sure.

And the exit Polls in the UK deal another death blow to the forces of globalization and anti-brexit agendas...

Words like "Mandate" and "Landslide" and "Clear Majority" are being bandied about...

I tell ya, my friends..

The writing is on the wall...

Let's play a game called LET'S BE HONEST..

I'll start..

LET'S BE HONEST.....

This impeachment is not going the way ya'all had hoped it would...

To be fair to them, they have put a LOT of time and effort into their "victim" status..

It's not like all that can be shrugged off overnight and they just join up with reality, hitting the ground running....

There's going to be a transition for them and we should be compassionate about letting them take things at their own pace...

While, of course being vigilant of backslides and regressions to their previous delusional states...

Such folks need to ahake off the PTSD syndrome they've labored under for 3 fumduckin' yrs and re-join the world of reality, or it's gonna happen again.

The writing is on the wall, my friends..

Ya'all should prepare yerselves for the deep ass-whuppin' that is approaching..

You gotta remember, the world of politics brought us LBJ and the Viet Nam war without any help from Facebook.

The problem as I see it is not false information..

As you have said, that's been with us since the dawn of politics..

What Nadler appears to be afraid of is that the American people will hear NON-DEMOCRAT APPROVED information..

Nadler blatantly states that have NDA out there is a threat to the integrity of our elections..

I submit that it's Nadler and those that think like Nadler who are the TRUE threat to the integrity of our elections..

Get ALL the info out there.. GOOD, BAD, RIGHT, WRONG, FALSE, TRUTH...

Get it ALL out there and let Americans decide for themselves.

That is the very basis... the very ESSENCE of our elections..

Democrats don't like that anymore because they lost the last time.....

It's really that simple...

Really? America has no other Democratic politicians under the age of 55 who could realistically and usefully be Biden's VP and heir apparent in 2024?

Why should a vice presidential pick be restricted to under the age of 55, pray tell?

The world was already full of lies, ignorance and stupidity long BEFOR Facebook was ever invented.

You gotta remember, the world of politics brought us LBJ and the Viet Nam war without any help from Facebook.

I see where you are coming from. That said, Kerry is just one year younger than Biden.

Help me understand the obsession with age around here.

I should think it wiser if the primary consideration for who is fit to be president revolved around competence, something both Biden and Kerry exude.

"We cannot rely on an election to solve our problems when the president threatens the very integrity of that election,"
-Jerry Nadler

I am assuming that Nadler is referring to information about Joe/Hunter Biden's in past issues with Ukraine is what "threatens the very integrity" of our elections..

Joe/Hunter Bidens actions is "information"...

So, Nadler is saying that "INFORMATION RELEASED THREATENS THE VERY INTEGRITY OF THE ELECTION"

In other words, Nadler doesn't trust Americans to make up their own minds about information they read and/or see...

Basically, the Democrat Party's position is that Americans can't be allowed to know what is going on. Democrats want to keep Americans information-less when they vote..

Or even worse, Democrats want to make sure that Americans only have DEMOCRAT-APPROVED information to vote..

Never in all my time here would I have EVER thought that Democrats would consider information as a "threat to our very election"...

That pretty much says it all as to where the Democrat Party is coming from..

Democrats are afraid of an informed American voter.. An informed American voter "is a threat to the integrity of our election"

MIND-BOGGLING....

A point that was *NEVER* made by Democrats when Trump had a -D after his name. In fact, it was just the opposite.. Democrats LOVED President Trump when he was a Democrat..

Given this *FACT*, the ONLY logical conclusion is that your claim is based on nothing but partisan bigotry..

The current Trump spends the bulk of his days golfing watching television, Tweeting about television and, according to recent accounts, flushing 10-15 times per visit to his throne. Evil is hard work, and Trump is lazy and out of his depth. Thank God for small miracles!

Bigoted hyperbole.. Nothing more..

If you think politics is bad news now, wait until deep fake technology becomes more sophisticated and widely available as Photo Shop is now.

Yep. The Left will have a bunch of new toys to further their HATE ON TRUMP agenda..

However, once this current faux impeachment coup goes down in flames (sooner rather than later) and President Trump is re-elected in significant, if not landslide proportions, I have a feeling that there will be huge ***WWWOOOOOOSSSSSSSHHHHHH*** as the air leaves the Left's HATE ON TRUMP agenda...

Short of starting an actual shooting Civil War (A distinct possibility that both sides of the debate here in Weigantia has acknowledged) I don't see how the Left can continue to fight..

Especially since, due to this bone head faux impeachment coup that is, as we speak, blowing up in the Democrats' faces, it's more than likely that Democrats will lose the House in 2020..

I mean, look at reality.. This faux impeachment coup is going to fail. That's a given... What can Democrats do in the next 10-11 months that will endear Democrats to Independents, NPAs and Trump voters??

Will Democrats do a 180 and all of the sudden work WITH President Trump for the betterment of the country??

Highly doubtful..

Therefore House Democrats will likely continue to investigate and ignore legislate and, when November of 2020 rolls around Democrats will have nothing to show for their 2-yr shot at governance..

Ergo, Democrats losing the House is not only a distinct possibility, it crosses the line into probability...

So, with the House, the Senate and the White House firmly in control of the GOP...

What can Democrats do??

If there is a flaw in the logic, I would be ECSTATIC if someone were to point it out.. :D

Good point. I think the Democratic Presidential Bench is broader than simply B, A and O-C. Why is the nomination process focusing on the young and old tails of the distribution? I believe the primary process is a big part of the problem. Older people simply don't look or sound good on TV. Especially High Def with Dolby sound. I think that Old time-y conventions ultimately served the Nation better. If you want quality dining, I think you are better served by the chefs choosing the menu, not the crowd ordering from the menu.

EM-3

I see where you are coming from. That said, Kerry is just one year younger than Biden.

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The of tragedy of Trump is that he was born both incompetent and crooked. A young Trump in office would be probably be worse for the Nation. The current Trump spends the bulk of his days golfing watching television, Tweeting about television and, according to recent accounts, flushing 10-15 times per visit to his throne. Evil is hard work, and Trump is lazy and out of his depth. Thank God for small miracles!

If you think politics is bad news now, wait until deep fake technology becomes more sophisticated and widely available as Photo Shop is now.

The 2 Articles Of Impeachment that Democrats have settled upon are not even CRIMES!!

No where in the lexicons of State or Federal Criminal Codes will you find "Abuse Of Power" Or "Obstruction Of Congress" listed anywhere...

This is the "Collusion" debacle all over again..

Listing of bullshit and non-existent "crimes" so Democrats can spin it any way they choose without having to rely on any FACTS...

This is the BJ Hunnicutt of impeachment..

And, next to mine, yours is the most open mind here... With Liz's just a squeek behind..

What actions have you done that would allow you to make that comparison??

Washed any stranger's feet recently?? Water to wine?? (That exhausts my bible knowledge.. :D )

The fact is, President Trump has accomplished MANY things, things we were told by the previous administration that simply COULD NOT BE DONE...

"2.0 GDP is the new normal", "Those jobs are not coming back.." etc etc etc.

A conventional politician would have accepted that conventional wisdom and not even tried..

Even though you are loathe to concede it, President Trump has done some pretty incredible things with the economy alone... Things that Obama et al claimed would "never happen"..

And, then there are the courts.... Incredible, spectacular things.... Awesome things..

Just like President Jack Ryan did in EXECUTIVE ORDERS and THE DRAGON AND THE BEAR

The parallels are plainly there for those who have an open mind...

There is an argument to be made that those who don't have to learn on the job have learned all the wrong things...

If you discount the virtue aspect, President Trump is Tom Clancy's President Jack Ryan come to life..

I don't believe that THAT Party will nominate an old white guy as it's champion..

If THAT Party does this?? It's credibility will be forever besmirched and no one will ever be able to put stock in ANYTHING it proclaims..

Apparently, America has far more serious problems than president Trump … a president about whom there should be a serious conversation about one-term presidencies.

And, the only think more insane is the expectation that Biden would pick a vice president based on age.

Biden will pick a vice president based on that person's ability to take the reins of power, say, in February of 2020.

A likely candidate for Biden's pick is John Kerry. See where I'm coming from?

Really? America has no other Democratic politicians under the age of 55 who could realistically and usefully be Biden's VP and heir apparent in 2024?