Nancy Pelosi and her caucus are moving ever more slowly toward the inevitable—which is an impeachment inquiry—and Wednesday's hearings gave the process a very perceptible shove. https://t.co/KmqThZjHBC
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) July 24, 2019
Slowly I turn, step by step
Most people don’t like to be lied to.
When you tell us that the decision not to impeach Trump wasn’t politically motivated and when it becomes obvious to everyone that you’re just trying to run out the clock, then you’ve been lying to us.
The Democratic Party is not impeaching Trump because 31 Democratic representatives are worried about losing their jobs when they should be focused on doing their Constitutional duty bay upholding their Oath of Office and impeaching Trump.
So we now have lies and the preservation of one’s job as the real Democratic Party’s agenda going forward do we?
And as for impeachment, it’s not time to begin with it just yet.
Were they to begin proceedings tomorrow, and successfully impeach him, Mitch McConnell would acquit him in the senate just in time for Fergus to begin braying “TOTAL EXONERATION!!” right as the campaign starts heating up next year.
If they wait and call witnesses to more committee hearings to build a case among voters who don’t normally follow this shit until say, spring, and then hold the impeachment hearings on live TV right after the conventions, and maybe even drag it out past the election so Mitch never gets a chance to acquit him before the votes are cast, then we can beat him with it, despite the next-level cheating they will be engaging in, and the possibility that he would refuse to accept the outcome of a close election loss.
We have to really stomp the fuck out of him next year at the ballot box, too many people’s lives are hanging in the balance to fuck this up.
Just say “Merrick Garland” under your breath and you’ll know what to do and when to do it.