Instead of voting based on some vague policy proposals that we know will never pass the cake-dominated Congress, why not vote based on which candidates provide substantive desserts by bringing pie?

They are accusing Bloomberg of trying to pie the election. ;)

But they are impeachable offenses that got Trump impeached!

Yes, sir... in perpetuity. The right-wing echo chamber does a great disservice to Americans from coast to coast by advancing the utter ridiculous fabrication that a crime must be committed in order to impeach a president.

You can try to rewrite history all you want to try to remove the truth of what a dumpster fire of corruption Trump’s presidency has been, but it will only work on cult members...the rest of the world sees him for the fraud that he is!

It won't work for Trump either. Poor Donald. He can be prosecuted for his multiple crimes when he leaves office; it's that very fact that explains so many of his actions.

Obstruction of Congress is **NOT** a crime..

But they are impeachable offenses that got Trump impeached! You can try to rewrite history all you want to try to remove the truth of what a dumpster fire of corruption Trump’s presidency has been, but it will only work on cult members...the rest of the world sees him for the fraud that he is!

We have that.. It's called the Death Penalty.. :D

Big fan...

Abortion being wrong has NOTHING to do with religion and EVERYTHING to do with what is morally acceptable and unacceptable...

Police Officer Kenneth Lester
Richmond Police Department, Indiana
End of Watch: Monday, February 10, 2020

And remind the few...
When ill of us they speak...
We are all that stands between...
The monsters and the weak...

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Yea.. Bloomberg is the Democrats' Great White Hope..

:smirk: :D

Remove a sitting, legally, democratically and Constitutionally elected POTUS, simply because they hated said sitting, legally, democratically and Constitutionally elected POTUS..

Even if Democrats had a majority in the Senate the wisdom of the Founding Fathers shines thru... Impeachment based on 'maladministration' is a non-starter from the word go..

JUST as the Founding Fathers intended..

I'd point out that, for example, the Repug anti-abortion folks "hate America." How so? Freedom of Religion is meaningless unless it includes freedom from other people's religion.

How is protecting the sanctity of life an infringement of other people's right to freedom FROM religion??

Not everybody's religion says abortion is wrong

But everyone agrees, regardless of religion or lack there of, that murder violates the laws of god and man..

"Murder is contrary to the laws of man and God.
-M5, STAR TREK

DOn't get me wrong.. I completely agree with you that Freedom OF Religion is also Freedom FROM Religion..

I just don't get how you got there from here...

yet the anti-abortion folks want to jam their religious beliefs about abortion down everybody's throats.

Abortion has nothing to do with religious beliefs.

It has to do with over arching morality..

Murdering a baby in a mother's womb that is days or weeks from being born is NO DIFFERENT that murdering a senile parent who is bed-ridden and has to depend on people and/or machines to survive...

Do you know how I know that religion has nothing to do with it??

Because I am as agnostic and anti-religion as they come and even I know that murdering defenseless babies is wrong..

Don Harris wrote:

"It's all about the money...."

After all, you can't spell money without me. :D"

Touche, Amigo!

These are FACTS that you simply cannot spin to mean anything other than their factual meaning..

Both those "crimes" come under the heading of 'maladministration'. A big word that essentially means that the person/group using the term does not like what the President is doing but they have no legal recourse to stop the President because no crime is being committed..

The Founding Fathers specifically and decisively discarded 'maladministration' as an impeachable offence because they realized that it was nothing but politics and had nothing to do with justice and/or harm to this country...

In short, the Founding Fathers made things so that one Party can't successfully accomplish what Democrats tried to do...

Remove a sitting, legally, democratically and Constitutionally elected POTUS, simply because they hated said sitting, legally, democratically and Constitutionally elected POTUS..

Also, nice historical article CW! I had no idea that this is how we started out.

And...Michale why do you say that those of us who hate Trump for being the abomination of a President "hate America?"

I'd point out that, for example, the Repug anti-abortion folks "hate America." How so? Freedom of Religion is meaningless unless it includes freedom from other people's religion. Not everybody's religion says abortion is wrong, yet the anti-abortion folks want to jam their religious beliefs about abortion down everybody's throats. That strikes me as anti-American.

It's ***NOT*** HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS AND WHATEVER DUMBOCRATS IN CONGRESS SAY AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT..

Abuse of Power is **NOT** a crime..

Obstruction of Congress is **NOT** a crime..

These are FACTS that you simply cannot spin to mean anything other than their factual meaning..

I know perfectly well what you THINK it is..

But it's black and white in the US Constitution..

HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS....

No ambiguity there at all..

It's NOT

Abso-frakin'-loutly!!!

Remind me again of the "peaceful" and "tolerant" nature of Democrats???

I seem to have forgotten, what with all the FACTS to the contrary.... :eyeroll:

"Mr President!!?? In the dictionary under 'redundant' it says 'see redundant'..."
-Robin Williams, LIVE AT THE MET

Democrats hated Romney...

Right up to the time that he did something that supports the Trump/America haters' agenda..

Now he is a folk hero to Trump/America haters and Democrats..

Which is EXACTLY what Dumbocrats in Congress tried to do..

Imagine the outcry from Democrats if the GOP Congress woke up one day and stated, "It's a crime to be president and have big ears" and impeached Odumbo for this newly created "crime"...

That is exactly what Dumbocrats tried (and failed) to do with President Trump...

Who??? :D

James Buchanan, by contrast, is a big deal -- just not in a good way. He failed to do anything positive about Bleeding Kansas or the financial panic of 1857 (although such panics happened rather frequently back then), and he was complicit in the Dred Scott decision. So he bears more blame for the Civil War than any other individual except Roger Taney.

What a crock.. It's only been a couple weeks..

Romney is going to go the same way as Flake and good riddance..

Once again, I am forced to point out the humor in ya'all's hypocrisy..

Romney was Mark Pellegrino Incarnate in 2012 and could do no right.....

Now, he is worshiped on the Left as a hero and can do no wrong...

It's a constant source of amazement and hilarity to me how ya'all's Party/Ideology dictates each and every one of ya'all's opinion.. :D

Not factually accurate.. Congress cannot create crimes our misdemeanors out of thin air..

Congress can PROPOSE laws that makes certain actions a crime. And then it will go thru the legislative process..

But Congress can't wake up one morning and state, "If the President obstructs Congress and won't bend to Congress' will, then that is a crime.."

Which is EXACTLY what Dumbocrats in Congress tried to do..

And they failed.. Utterly and completely and unequivocally failed. AGAIN...

by the constitutional definition of impeachable offense, both abuse of power and contempt of congress qualify as crimes.

Yea?? Show me the part of the Constitution that says that...

You can't because it doesn't exist..

Basically, President Trump's ONLY "crime" is kicking the shit out of Hillary in the Presidential election..

Note.. You won't find THAT crime in the US Constitution either..

Yea, ya keep saying that..

Yet, you can't point to a SINGLE SOLITARY fact that PROVES yer claim..

and it's also how he's the first president ever to have a vote to convict from a member of his own party.

BFD... Hate does strange things to people..

There was more bi-partisan support for Clinton's impeachment.. Funny how ya ignore that..

mccabe is not "my guy" - he's just some guy donald decided must be guilty of something,

So, yer saying McCabe is completely innocent of all charges because he has never been convicted??

So, you would agree that President Trump is ALSO innocent of all charges..

Right??

since donald was not convicted, neither charge met the "beyond a reasonable doubt" threshold, thus he remains in office.

So... You concede that there is reasonable doubt of President Trump's guilt..

I accept that.. :D

DH,

I guess the last time Kick pulled the stick out of her ass her brain came out along with it and fell off before she put the stick back in.

Oh SNAP!!! :D

mccabe is not "my guy" - he's just some guy donald decided must be guilty of something, but no grand jury would indict, much less a petit jury convict. that's how this society decides such things.

Apparently, Democrats think it's perfectly acceptable to buy a primary and buy a spot on the debate stage.. :smirk: :D

So much for principles and integrity, eh Dims??

It's all about the money...

"So say we all"
-Commander Adama, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA

So, you concede that it's not criminal, it's just etiquette..

Well, news flash for ya, sunshine...

President Trump was elected to take ya'all's etiquette and shove it up your collective asses....

And President Trump is right on schedule to win 4 more years of doing the EXACT same thing.. :D

Ain't America grand!!?? :D

Except it wasn't.. :smirk: :D

There was never need to codify it, because prior to 2008, the GOP followed the norms that allowed our government to function properly — where actions were recognized as being “wrong” or “improper” without it having to be codified as criminal. Republicans have proven that they will go along with anything Trump does. They are cowards.

Better get used to it, people..

Cuz it's gonna happen.. :D

Virginia turned blue??

Shirley, you jest.. :D

I guess ya'all's euphoria over VA turning blue was cut short, eh??? :D

Even when Democrats have a lock on government, they can't push their agenda thru.. :D

Just one more indication that Democrats must be kept far far away from any government power..

The 2nd is here to stay, people.. Get used to it..

I also am constrained to point out how hilarious it is that you have to go back over 250 years to feed and justify your Trump/America hate...

:eyeroll:

Yep.. It's such a serious charge, it was codified into Federal Law..

Except it wasn't.. :smirk: :D

Must not be THAT serious a charge, eh??

At least it wasn't with yer messiah, Barack I DON'T NEED CONGRESS, I HAVE A PHONE AND A PEN Odumbo...

Funny how you didn't mind OBSTRUCTION OF CONGRESS when it was a GOP Congress, eh??

:eyeroll: Hypocrite...

JL,

what hard evidence is there that mccabe perjured himself or committed any other crime? the DOJ never secured an indictment (much less a conviction) in multiple attempts, so it couldn't have been all that strong.

It's funny how you demand "hard evidence" when it's yer guy..

But when it's President Trump??

Hearsay, rumor, innuendo and outright bullshit is sufficient...

I find that funny.. :D

how about president warren g. harding? why not write a little something about him, since by my estimation his administration is probably the closest historical parallel to what we're experiencing right now.

and also, when will you finally forego your slavish dedication to big cake, and give pie a chance? if this blog is supposedly about reality, what about the reality of pie?

JL

Nineteen Eighty-Nine! Well then, I would wager this Washington was a very picturesque fellow by then... probably just hung around the office all day but spoke 1,000 words without ever moving his mouth. ;)

Just teasing you, of course. I love your history. You'll fix that for us, won't you? ;)

It reminds us, or should, that Congress was the original federal government, and that in the Constitution, Congress is the first among equals of the 'three branches' of government thanks to the precedent of the earlier Congress being the ONLY branch of government. Thus the current president's being accused of "obstruction of Congress" in the late impeachment proceedings was a serious charge, as the House managers ably argued and the Senate, tragically, ignored.