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In reply to the discussion: Pelosi moves to muzzle Trump impeachment talk [View all]samnsara
(17,622 posts)28. i like Nancy.. I always have..shes measured and cautious and.. yep..
...boring.... but I am tired of reckless, off the wall crap. I'm so damned tired I just want someone who is cautious, steady, tried and true and maybe even a bit boring. I can see her view on the ad...I like the ad, but I'm not in the middle of the cess pool she has to deal with daily.
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What about training a brigade of mimes to go out and pantomime our message to the masses?
NBachers
Nov 2017
#69
The right ideas are the ones that allow a win in 18 and impeachment isn't one of them.
Demsrule86
Nov 2017
#74
Timidity is not a winning idea. Impeachment is because it is necessary for national survival.
lagomorph777
Nov 2017
#81
Why is it a good idea to push something that has no chance of passing...we look like powerless
Demsrule86
Nov 2017
#110
I hope it is not necessary for survival because we have no mechanism for making it happen.
Demsrule86
Nov 2017
#111
You don't run on universal ideas...we have Democratic principles...all very good. Some will work
Demsrule86
Nov 2017
#109
If the choice is between hysterical melodrama and boredom, I'll go with boredom every time.
LanternWaste
Nov 2017
#31
Dems are whipped up...and if you whip up the GOP in red areas that we could win...
Demsrule86
Nov 2017
#73
all you will do is give the GOP a way to fire up their base...vote for us or IMPEACHMENT.
Demsrule86
Nov 2017
#72
Just like we've been winning for the past few election cycles, right?
PoindexterOglethorpe
Nov 2017
#98
If some progressives had listened to Nancy Pelosi, Trump would not be president...they have only
Demsrule86
Nov 2017
#108
Sucks, but impeachment proceedings would need Republicans in the current House.
Freethinker65
Nov 2017
#4
That's my point; talking about impeachment is pandering to the Democratic base, not actual voters.
brooklynite
Nov 2017
#99
We don't have the votes...and we still have to get through trying to stop Trump. I fail to
Demsrule86
Nov 2017
#78
Where there is no chance of conviction in the Senate, why just go though the motions?
SFnomad
Nov 2017
#10
Because look at the results: going through the motions works better than playing dead!
lagomorph777
Nov 2017
#15
There is a big difference between voting for a bill that had no chance of becoming law and
SFnomad
Nov 2017
#22
Impeachment is a tool for "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors"
lagomorph777
Nov 2017
#24
Votes don't magically appear. They have to be coaxed; there has to be something to vote for.
lagomorph777
Nov 2017
#80
Both Pelosi and Schumer hold the line against the GOP on vote after vote, so GOP gets nothing...
Hekate
Nov 2017
#105
So Articles of Impeachment have a chance without a single GOP vote? Talk about a fantasy.
Hekate
Nov 2017
#122
You are missing the timescale. This has to be pushed before, and then after, the mid-terms
lagomorph777
Nov 2017
#127
That is nonsense. There is no evidence that will help us at all and may make Trump a sympathetic
Demsrule86
Nov 2017
#82
You can't even introduce legislation unless you have the majority...and all you will do is help the
Demsrule86
Nov 2017
#83
Ahhh...more of the "If we're nice to them,they'll be nice to us" theory........
Bengus81
Nov 2017
#7
It is not about being nice. It is about being realistic. You can't remove him without the House
Demsrule86
Nov 2017
#85
You don't want to fuck up Mueller's investigation by prematurely starting a campaign to
Nitram
Nov 2017
#18
That's true. But his ads started before the indictments. But yes...we don't want to appear
Honeycombe8
Nov 2017
#20
I don't know. I'm not a political strategist. But as a voter, I HATE the "better deal" meme.
Honeycombe8
Nov 2017
#19
This is typical politico headline bullshit to divide Democrats. Pelosi is right, there is nothing
still_one
Nov 2017
#52
Dumb kneejerk reactions feom the usual. SEND NANCY A HOUSE MAJORITY & SHE WILL IMPEACH...
Hekate
Nov 2017
#66
no need to feed the rightwing...democrats should run on taking back our country
beachbum bob
Nov 2017
#88
Because the people want to know that if they elect the Dems into a majority...
WoonTars
Nov 2017
#106
Hey! We're Democrats. Our job is to turn the other cheek and do nothing.
Binkie The Clown
Nov 2017
#101
So how does it happen? Explain the House process (getting to floor) ...finding the needed votes.
Demsrule86
Nov 2017
#115
It is not even that...you won't get rid of Trump without 2/3 of the senate voting for conviction.
Demsrule86
Nov 2017
#116