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Cal33

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23. I doubt it that things would have been "exactly as before." Just look at all the
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 09:57 PM
Jan 2013

criminal dirt committed by Bush/Cheney that would have been made public
by the impeachment -- day by day, week by week, month by month. All
the dirt the Republican Administration had kept hidden from the public
would have been brought to light, aired in the open again, again and again.

To this day the majority of the Republican masses don't know or don't
believe any of it if they had heard of it. I'd say most of those who
vote Republican today don't even realize that the real Republican Party
had been hijacked and taken over by the corporatists, Neocons, Teabaggers,
etc... Most of them are decent people. Their leaders are the sociopaths.

Can you imagine the shock of the Republican masses when they begin to
see, perhaps for the first time in their lives, what their leaders had been
really up to. The Republican mass media would not have been able to
keep the American public from witnessing the impeachment itself first-hand.

Being found guilty or not guilty is secondary. The primary thing is that
the American public would have been exposed to and would have
gotten the truth for a change - and I repeat, perhaps for the very first time
in their lives. The whole ugly truth! And they would have been shocked!

It's quite possible that the Republican Party would have changed leadership.
And things might have been very different from what they are today-- for
the better.

You act like she isn't a part of it. MrSlayer Jan 2013 #1
There's no question that there are Democratic politicians who are sociopaths. I think Cal33 Jan 2013 #5
Exactly what I was thinking. Fantastic Anarchist Jan 2013 #6
Actually, it's an effort to preserve a false continuity... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2013 #24
Are you calling Nancy Pelosi a sociopath and criminal, and advocating her removal from office? Auggie Jan 2013 #2
Yes, I am. Fantastic Anarchist Jan 2013 #7
No, I'm not. Cal33 Jan 2013 #10
Do we have to relive this thrown chair fight here? longship Jan 2013 #3
And add the fact that RudynJack Jan 2013 #8
Indeed! It would have hurt Democrats badly. longship Jan 2013 #9
Wow ... Fantastic Anarchist Jan 2013 #13
+1, "Loyalists" support all crimes regardless of the severity just1voice Jan 2013 #27
You... RudynJack Jan 2013 #29
High-risk only is now a deterent to justice? Fantastic Anarchist Jan 2013 #12
There was RudynJack Jan 2013 #30
Lots of fallacies and assumptions in your post. Fantastic Anarchist Jan 2013 #11
No more than in yours, which has a heaping helping of naivete as well. Richardo Jan 2013 #16
..aside from the impeachment, the Senate would never in a billion years have had 67 votes to convict Richardo Jan 2013 #15
I taught mathematics for years. longship Jan 2013 #21
It's known that sociopaths don't have feelings like pride, honor, shame, disgrace...etc... Cal33 Jan 2013 #19
Impeachment is an arraignment, not a punishment. Richardo Jan 2013 #22
I doubt it that things would have been "exactly as before." Just look at all the Cal33 Jan 2013 #23
Conviction or acquittal is not secondary. Richardo Jan 2013 #28
Since there has been no impeachment, Bush, Jr got away 100% scott free. If there had been an Cal33 Jan 2013 #34
"DU has been over and over this. Why bring it up again?" Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2013 #25
War crimes and treason never just go away, the world doesn't "let it go, please" just1voice Jan 2013 #26
"What is right and what is politically advisable" Martin Eden Jan 2013 #32
I don't think Nancy Pelosi really cares about anything but her stock portfolio. forestpath Jan 2013 #4
I so agree with you. 840high Jan 2013 #14
Problem is, Democrats often supported his activities. progressoid Jan 2013 #17
our current Secretary of State voted for that war Enrique Jan 2013 #20
I hate it as much as anyone, BUT Cosmocat Jan 2013 #18
The Obama administration just got a CIA whistleblower thrown in jail for three years MotherPetrie Jan 2013 #31
Do you have a list of those LukeFL Jan 2013 #33
Off the top of my head I can name France, Spain, Belgium, Holland, Luxemburg. When Bush Cal33 Jan 2013 #35
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