it's bogus, Man

Let me say this about that.

Before the impeachment of Clinton and attempted impeachment of Nixon a vote on authorizing impeachment was held.  This is what Marcus means by precedent.  But there is no legal reason that it has to be held.  If the first two times a cop arrests you he is wearing a hat, that does not mean he has to wear a hat the third time he arrests you.

A vote on authorizing impeachment would give the republicans certain advantages, so why would the democrats give them that?  Trumpists hint that if the vote was held they would no longer stonewall the dems by not allowing their people to testify, but experience tells us that they would continue to stonewall despite that vote, so why would the dems give something and not get anything back?  No reason, and that is why they are proceeding without that vote. 

The polls have not stabilized.  In the last two weeks support for impeachment has grown in every poll.  The latest FOX poll reveals that support for impeachment has grown from 39 percent in June to 51 percent in the latest poll.  The latest Gallup poll shows that independents now favor impeachment by 55 percent to 46 percent.

I have previously been against impeachment for the reasons that Marcus gives; that we will lose in the senate, that the Trump's base would be energized, and that dems in purple states may be endangered.  I now see a slight chance that the dems might succeed in indictment.  Ten rep sens deserted Trump on the recent vote to stop Trump from raiding budgeted items to build his wall.  That is still ten votes shy of the necessary two thirds, but it is a momentum. Trumps base is already energized, so how much difference is their enragement going to make?   Dems in purple states were elected by dems and independents, both of whom favor favor impeachment, so I don't see it hurting them all that much, indeed many of them have come out in favor of impeachment.

I think the dems have more to win than to lose by proceeding with impeachment.  I may be wrong about that, but it doesn't matter, the momentum is there and the dems will be charging into what may be the valley of death.  They would only hurt themselves by reversing course after they have come this far.


I envy Beagles for being on the staff of the En-Gager.  I always wanted to be on it.  Memory is unclear about it but I think I actually wormed myself into being on it, or close to being on it, but Ms Kew didn't like my attitude either.  Can Beagles relate what his editorial was about, and how that all went down?