There is very little doubt in my mind that Trump fully deserves impeachment and conviction. Despite that, I fear that any impeachment attempt that fails to convict will only backfire and make things even worse than they already are.
No precept or claim is more likely to be false than one that can only be supported by invoking the claim of Divine authority for it--no matter who or what claims such authority.
“If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if you really make them think, they'll hate you.”
― Harlan Ellison
Gunnar wrote:There is very little doubt in my mind that Trump fully deserves impeachment and conviction. Despite that, I fear that any impeachment attempt that fails to convict will only backfire and make things even worse than they already are.
Yeah, I've come around to realize that it's foolish to rely on the GOP to do the right thing. Impeachment would only make their idiotic base even more idiotic (if possible).
God belief is for people who don't want to live life on the universe's terms.
“You don’t even need to be convicted of a crime. Impeachment is not about punishment. Impeachment is about cleansing the office. Impeachment is about restoring honor and integrity to the office.”
I’m going ask you what I asked Ceeboo: How will you know when the border is secure? How do you measure that?
Maybe when Democrats are willing to enforce democratically established law regardless of whether or not they agree with it? Maybe when they stop equating enforcing the border with white supremacism? Until then, the border will not be enforced.
And when the confederates saw Jackson standing fearless as a stone wall the army of Northern Virginia took courage and drove the federal army off their land.
I’m going ask you what I asked Ceeboo: How will you know when the border is secure? How do you measure that?
Maybe when Democrats are willing to enforce democratically established law regardless of whether or not they agree with it? Maybe when they stop equating enforcing the border with white supremacism? Until then, the border will not be enforced.
In other words, you don’t know. You’d rather bitch about people you’ve decided are your enemies than spend the effort to think about the problem.
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1951
ajax18 wrote:Maybe when Democrats are willing to enforce democratically established law regardless of whether or not they agree with it? Maybe when they stop equating enforcing the border with white supremacism? Until then, the border will not be enforced.
In other words, you don’t know. You’d rather bitch about people you’ve decided are your enemies than spend the effort to think about the problem.
LOL He demonstrates much of the same ignorance of the issues surrounding immigration and border security as Ceeboo. The real difference here Ajax between you and Ceeboo is you are the white separatist and he is not. The end result is always avoiding trying to engage thoughtful people like RI that might just result in some learning for all parties.