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lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
81. Timidity is not a winning idea. Impeachment is because it is necessary for national survival.
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 09:06 AM
Nov 2017

People respect bold leadership.

Because this way has worked so well? SHRED Nov 2017 #1
Yeah, let's whip up the base with boredom - Dems love that stuff. lagomorph777 Nov 2017 #12
todays winner! 7962 Nov 2017 #21
We want 2018's wins. The types who are prone to imagine Hortensis Nov 2017 #25
Didn't the DNC come up with sonething pretty close to that? pangaia Nov 2017 #27
Remember when they tried to float the exhilarating "We can do better." NBachers Nov 2017 #58
Better watch it. Posts have been hidden for less. Lol pangaia Nov 2017 #65
What about training a brigade of mimes to go out and pantomime our message to the masses? NBachers Nov 2017 #69
Think they would get it? pangaia Nov 2017 #96
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
/THIS InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 2017 #87
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
The right ideas are right. I agree. pangaia Nov 2017 #95
You don't run on universal ideas...we have Democratic principles...all very good. Some will work Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #109
get ...people ... who have NOT voted DEM to understand ... lagomorph777 Nov 2017 #120
Um.. whathehell Nov 2017 #126
I will be 69 in April - born April 10th, 1949. NBachers Nov 2017 #128
If the choice is between hysterical melodrama and boredom, I'll go with boredom every time. LanternWaste Nov 2017 #31
Well, let's hope that cooler heads prevail lagomorph777 Nov 2017 #36
Do we have the votes? Or are we still a minority in the House? Hekate Nov 2017 #60
Dems are whipped up...and if you whip up the GOP in red areas that we could win... Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #73
Right?! KPN Nov 2017 #13
all you will do is give the GOP a way to fire up their base...vote for us or IMPEACHMENT. Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #72
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Remind me again why she is such a revered figure here on DU? PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2017 #3
Do we have the votes? Or are we still a minority in the House? Hekate Nov 2017 #61
We are a minority in the House, but PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2017 #68
Because she has a brain. And if we listen to her we may win. Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #75
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
Focusing on issues that voters care about is "pandering"? brooklynite Nov 2017 #70
What evidence is there that a majority of Americans want Trump impeached? Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #76
That's my point; talking about impeachment is pandering to the Democratic base, not actual voters. brooklynite Nov 2017 #99
Maybe you didn't request the drama, Ms. Pelosi, but it's here. Girard442 Nov 2017 #5
Do we have the votes? Hekate Nov 2017 #62
We don't have the votes...and we still have to get through trying to stop Trump. I fail to Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #78
I've said it before Curtis Nov 2017 #6
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
Yes, those pesky, pesky laws . . . hatrack Nov 2017 #29
If you go through with impeachment and know you don't have the votes to get SFnomad Nov 2017 #40
Yeah, keep telling yourself that. lagomorph777 Nov 2017 #41
Show me where the votes are and I will enthusiastically support impeachment. Hekate Nov 2017 #63
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
'peel Republicans away from the GOP bloc' lagomorph777 Nov 2017 #119
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
Are you implying that I didn't vote for HRC? I did, in the general. lagomorph777 Nov 2017 #84
I never imply...I just come out and say it...so the answer is no...now Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #114
Ok, I'll lay it out. lagomorph777 Nov 2017 #121
Huge difference Curtis Nov 2017 #43
silence by the democrats bluecollar2 Nov 2017 #46
Refuse to be silent... resist... impeach!! InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 2017 #90
Because when your country is attacked by a hostile foreign power, meadowlander Nov 2017 #51
If Pelosi doesn't start impeachment, we need to force our reps to remove her adigal Nov 2017 #42
We need to win the House and Senate first burrowowl Nov 2017 #53
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
OK,,,,, MyOwnPeace Nov 2017 #26
You infer that, though she did not imply it. LanternWaste Nov 2017 #35
It is not about being nice. It is about being realistic. You can't remove him without the House Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #85
I remember... InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 2017 #89
I am glad the ad runs on Fux News BigmanPigman Nov 2017 #8
"Off the table" Nancy. Still. NRaleighLiberal Nov 2017 #9
NOTHING should be off the table!! InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 2017 #91
absolutely. NRaleighLiberal Nov 2017 #94
Article says that she says this publicly, but feels differently privately. MrsCoffee Nov 2017 #11
Thanks. elleng Nov 2017 #32
Yes Hekate Nov 2017 #64
Attacking democrats is not allowed on this site. moda253 Nov 2017 #14
He posted an article with her opinion. How is that an attack? 7962 Nov 2017 #23
Pelosi: Impeachment is Off the Table!! radhika Nov 2017 #16
Protecting republicans seems to be her main function FiveGoodMen Nov 2017 #44
I just don't get it. InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 2017 #56
"No-Drama Democrats"? JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2017 #17
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
i like Nancy.. I always have..shes measured and cautious and.. yep.. samnsara Nov 2017 #28
ditto elleng Nov 2017 #38
WTH Nancy Pelosi.... LovingA2andMI Nov 2017 #30
why must we play nice? elmac Nov 2017 #33
this reminds me of when pelosi kept saying, "we're keeping our power dry" Javaman Nov 2017 #34
Pelosi does have a point... Rollo Nov 2017 #37
Yes, for sure things will change after next year FakeNoose Nov 2017 #49
Uh-unh. Nope. Not this time, Ms. Pelosi. Paladin Nov 2017 #39
I wish we would just move to muzzle Trump SkatmanRoth Nov 2017 #45
And that strategy will get us nowhere, just like now. Oneironaut Nov 2017 #47
Agree with her. As will anyone who understands the House. GulfCoast66 Nov 2017 #48
Nothing wrong with her playing the good cop, marybourg Nov 2017 #50
This is typical politico headline bullshit to divide Democrats. Pelosi is right, there is nothing still_one Nov 2017 #52
Thank you. betsuni Nov 2017 #55
You are right. The reactionary headline has just that purpose still_one Nov 2017 #57
It is Classic Politico. They are Pot Stirrers, Republicans funded emulatorloo Nov 2017 #102
yup still_one Nov 2017 #104
Thanks. My gods, they never learn, do they? Hekate Nov 2017 #59
This! Thank you! Docreed2003 Nov 2017 #93
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2017 #54
Dumb kneejerk reactions feom the usual. SEND NANCY A HOUSE MAJORITY & SHE WILL IMPEACH... Hekate Nov 2017 #66
The demands for Pelosi to impeach now are short sighted and dangerous. Akoto Nov 2017 #67
Pelosi, this is why DonCoquixote Nov 2017 #71
She can not talk about that now .... this is the smart play Botany Nov 2017 #77
She's a brilliant woman and she's doing a fantastic job. I trust her... NurseJackie Nov 2017 #79
Remember that Pelosi took Bush/Cheney War Crimes "off the table". Eyeball_Kid Nov 2017 #86
Looking back SHRED Nov 2017 #92
no need to feed the rightwing...democrats should run on taking back our country beachbum bob Nov 2017 #88
Gotta keep that powder dry, ammirite? WoonTars Nov 2017 #97
Explain how discussing Impeachment would be useful. brooklynite Nov 2017 #100
Because the people want to know that if they elect the Dems into a majority... WoonTars Nov 2017 #106
No, they don't.... brooklynite Nov 2017 #112
Uh huh....okay... WoonTars Nov 2017 #124
How about, let's do things that will prove to be effective? brooklynite Nov 2017 #125
Hey! We're Democrats. Our job is to turn the other cheek and do nothing. Binkie The Clown Nov 2017 #101
Abso-fucking-lutely! WoonTars Nov 2017 #107
So how does it happen? Explain the House process (getting to floor) ...finding the needed votes. Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #115
You're right. I might be hard, so let's just not even try. nt Binkie The Clown Nov 2017 #123
way to go! keep that powder dry! 0rganism Nov 2017 #103
She's right. sandensea Nov 2017 #113
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
Sure. sandensea Nov 2017 #117
That's fine... She doesn't want to overplay the hand Blue_Tires Nov 2017 #118
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