Once upon a time Nancy Pelosi was considered a smart tactical politician. But today, she announced with a sad face that she has asked the House Chairs to move forward with Articles of Impeachment.
Her speech starts at about three minutes in. She immediately invokes the Declaration of Independence. Keep in mind, the colonists told an “oppressive monarch” to go pound sand. According to Nancy, that is what we were going to do with Trump. Oh goody. This farce called impeachment has now moved from obstruction too ‘Trump wanted to be King!’ therefore he must go!
Pamela Karlan must be thrilled that her idiotic and uncivil comment regarding Barron Trump was treated as credible by Pelosi.
For supposed experts on Constitutional law, they don’t Constitution very well.
Constitutional scholar Noah Feldman: "If we cannot impeach a president who abuses his office for personal advantage, we no longer live in a democracy—we live in a monarchy, or we live under a dictatorship." https://t.co/T7ONhXv599 #ImpeachmentHearings pic.twitter.com/bu9dGqsuvp
— ABC News (@ABC) December 4, 2019
First of all, Noah, we live in a REPUBLIC! You, of all people, should know that. Secondly, between you and Pamela, this whole monarchy thing is a load of horse shit. Please show us, in detail, exactly which law Trump has broken. Please show us, again in detail, exactly how Trump has personally benefited from whatever law he is supposed to have broken?
Oh, you can’t show your work? Why is that, I wonder?
Nancy tells us that proceeding with Articles of Impeachment is necessary because we live in a democracy and Trump broke a law somewhere just like King George did. Comparing apples to pineapples is…quite something. But act we must!
““The president leaves us no choice but to act, because he is trying to corrupt, once again, the election for his own benefit,” Pelosi said in remarks at the Capitol.
“The president has engaged in abuse of power undermining our national security and jeopardizing the integrity of our elections. His actions are in defiance of the vision of our founders and the oath of office that he takes to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. Sadly, but with confidence and humility, with allegiance to our Founders and our heart full of love for America, today I’m asking our chairman to proceed with articles of impeachment.””
This is what they’ve wanted all along. This is what Schiff, Nadler, and Pelosi have been working towards since the morning after the election. Heck, I bet Nadler still wants to try and impeach Brett Kavanaugh. A twofer would be just the thing!
Here’s the deal: supposedly the Mueller Report is going to be used as the basis for this impeachment farce.
“From March 2016 to January 2017, the indictment alleges, “Khawaja conspired with Nader to conceal the source of more than $3.5 million in campaign contributions” that appeared in the names of Khawaja, his wife and his company, but that in reality were funded by Nader. “As Khawaja and Nader arranged these payments, Nader allegedly reported to an official from a foreign government about his efforts to gain influence,” prosecutors said.”
Hillary got a lot of money from Nader and Khawaja ($3 million+), didn’t she? Now, keep in mind, the media’s headlines imply that Nader was all in for Trump. Except that he funneled most of the money to Clinton. Furthermore, Mueller knew this witness was involved in child sex trafficking and yet Nader wasn’t arrested until well after the Mueller Report was published?
We are supposed to believe the obstruction issues discussed in the Mueller Report will mean the end of the Trump Administration. I offer up George Nader as Exhibit A as to problems with the report’s credibility.
How far down the rabbit hole have we gone?
In the United States of America, no one is above the law. https://t.co/DGBWf5U564
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) December 5, 2019
Yes, she tweeted that with a straight face.
It is the DEMOCRATS who have been desperately attempting to convince Americans that the Electoral College, designed by our Founders, is wrong and needs to be abolished. It is the DEMOCRATS that continue to insist we live in a democracy when we are actually a republic. It is the DEMOCRATS that refuse to accept that WE THE PEOPLE spoke at the ballot box and refused to vote the way they told us to.
Remember when she said she’d only bring Articles of Impeachment when there is credible evidence and full bipartisan support? That was then, folks. Now, Nancy is leading the demolition brigade.
Our Founding Fathers are rolling in their graves right now.
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GWB says: “If we cannot impeach a president who abuses his office for personal advantage, we no longer live in a democracy—we live in a monarchy, or we live under a dictatorship.”
OK, let’s pull this apart piece bu piece….
who abuses his office
Please, as Nina says, show your work. What abuse? The “quid pro quo”? Because where I come from that’s called “diplomacy” (or “parenting”).
for personal advantage
Ummm, what personal advantage? Dude is donating his entire paycheck. His company isn’t getting anything monetarily from his position. (Yeah, yeah, there’s that bullcarp about using Mar-a-Lago – but it was going to be at cost. Yeah, I know, you guys never passed Econ 101….) I suppose there’s the possibility he’s playing the long game and hoping to open hotels in Kiev after he leaves office in 2024…. *eyeroll*
a democracy
Nina already slapped you over this one. ‘Nough said.
no longer live in a democracy
Wait, what? How does corruption for personal gain make it not a democracy (defined by “we vote for our president and congress”)?! This is like saying “Penguins aren’t birds because they eat fish.” Both untrue (they are) and totally irrelevant (birds aren’t defined by their diet).
Also, you might want to inform all of the Democrats making book off their position as Congresscritters (both houses) that they have turned our country into a non-democracy. ‘Cause that’s what you just said, by implication. (A constitutional law professor that doesn’t understand logic…. *smdh* )
we live in a monarchy
Ummmm, do you even definition, dude? You’d at least be closer if you cited Bush 41 & 43. (Though, not all monarchies are hereditary. It would still be closer.) Also, given that our closest relationship with a monarchy is with one where the monarch is largely (and more so lately, it seems) a figurehead, and the parliament runs the place with a prime minister, that seems weak sauce. (I know, you think you can appeal to a handful of constitutionalists. Too bad most of them are smarter than the vegetable IQ required to actually believe your assertion.) But, seriously, how do you see Trump as a king? It’s absurd (at this point). He acts less like one than 0bama did.
a dictatorship
You mean like Venezuela? Or the ChiComs? Or North Korea? Or that place people like you helped create in Zimbabwe? The EU would be closer to a dictatorship than us, given their true power lies in an unelected group of aristocrats. But, again, how in the world is Trump like a dictator? Honestly, please, answer me that? Because he’s a mean tweeter? Seriously, WTF?
And these are the folks that 1) are teaching our kids and 2) pumping out our “leadership” for the next generation. Oh yes, I am very pessimistic about our future.
GWB says: His actions are in defiance of the vision of our founders and the oath of office that he takes to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.
Hot diggity! You’ve now condemned yourself by your own words! We can forcibly remove you from office – despite your constituents consistently voting you back in – because you act “in defiance of the vision of our founders”!
I’ll be driving up there this afternoon, Nancy, to accept your resignation, along with every other progressive in Congress. And you’ll step down peaceably, right? Because you said it yourself.
The arrogance of these tyrannical wannabe autocrats is amazing.
They really and truly need to face the fate of tyrants at the hands of free men.
GWB says: Our Founding Fathers are rolling in their graves right now.
Our Founding Fathers are wondering why in hell we haven’t already decorated the lampposts in DC and our state capitals, and planted a few new crops in the fields of Virginia and Maryland.
OK, I’m done now. Or I might type something intemperate.
Nina Bookout says: You were definitely on a roll GWB! Great commentary!
Joe in PNG says: This is a case of speaking power to truth.
They’re doing it because they can, or at least think they can.
What he did or didn’t do has about as much importance as in one of Stalin’s show trials.
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