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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How about using the election process?[/quote]

You assume the election process isn't already rigged. The senators certainly seem to be unconcerned.[/quote]

And there is a very good reason that the Constitution has [u]several[/u] mechanisms for removing those who have been elected.[/quote]

Several??  Try one which is a vote of a 2/3 majority on the Senate.  Most people in America including myself support an impeachment vote.  We should have an impeachment hearing.  Why not?  It has been called for since day one.  Get on with one it already.  If Trump is guilty of more than just simply what was on the transcript of a phone call then he should be removed if it meets the approval of 2/3 of the Senate.  Right now, there is not enough yet to convince the super majority and remove from office.  There are many reasons not to support Trump.  I feel a vote or election would be the proper way to decide.  Impeaching and failing to convict in the senate would not be good for any of us and would tip the scales toward his re-election.   [/quote]

“Guilty of more than just simply what was on the transcript of the call?”  When did that become the new goalpost?   Do you think what we saw on the transcript was ok?

If the Democrats come to electoral harm for pursuing impeachment, so be it. It is the only possible response in a country of laws. [/quote]

I actually would like to see Trump impeached.  However, what is the basis of this impeachment?  We keep waiting for a "smoking gun" a "whistleblower" it does not matter what you or I or the people on this board think.  What will convince the Senate?  I do not like the idea of impeachment AND removal being used as a tool to remove a very bad president.  That is what the election process is for.  I do not think he will be removed from office and I think it will help him in the election.  NOT A GOOD outcome.  [/quote]

The House will present the basis of this impeachment - the whistleblower at this point is almost moot.  It will likely have something to do with encouraging a foreign power to meddle in domestic US politics.  And will likely have something to do with obstruction of justice.  Once they have gathered the data for their case, they will take a vote to impeach.  If the vote is successful, the House will make a case to the Senate where each Senator will have to go on record and cast a vote on whether the evidence is strong enough for them as a body to remove the President from office.  However they chose to vote, the Senators will be accountable to their constituents in the next election cycle (like their House brethren).  Neither you nor I know what the penalty for either those that vote for or against impeachment (in the House) and for or against removal (in the Senate) will be.  But I stand by my earlier claim that the democratic House has to stand on principle and impeach based on what is in the open domain (and undisputed by the Administration) regardless of the political fall out.    [/quote]

Agree with this. [/quote]

+1,000![/quote]

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