Trump wants impeachment

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Because he thinks it will hand him his second term, and he’s doing everything he can to back the Dems into a corner:

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One more thing

~ susie

To add to the list of reasons I won’t vacation in Florida:

I call bullshit

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It’s not “joining misogyny” to note that, for example, there’s a consistent gender gap with men — even Democratic men — when asked to vote for a female candidate. And all the lecturing in the world won’t change that:

Bunch writes:

“But let’s be honest: The biggest problem surrounding Warren’s 2020 campaign has nothing to do with her. It is, rather, the mistake of everyday voters allowing their minds to be clouded by sexism and the paranoia over getting “Hillary-ed” one more time.”

This kind of hectoring, earnest take is all the rage these days. (I especially liked the comparison to civil rights marchers. You know what the difference was? People admitted racism was bad! You know the problem with sexism? So many men won’t even admit it exists! See the problem?)

But notice the thing that virtually every interviewed voter says about who they support: “Anyone who can beat Trump.” The real problem: Trump amplifies toxic masculinity to a degree we’ve never seen. His voters turn out because he’s an asshole, not in spite of it. That doesn’t bode well for a female candidate.

As I wrote two years ago,
“To clarify: I didn’t say we shouldn’t ever run women for President. I said we shouldn’t run a woman as the Democratic nominee in 2020, and I stand by that. It will take much longer than four years to undo the sexist programming that contributed to Hillary Clinton’s loss—and quite frankly, we can’t afford to take that chance against Trump. Unless something changes radically, the next cycle is not the time for a female consolation nominee, because she is likely to lose. It seems as though Trump’s toxic male recklessness encouraged something dark in the electorate, and it won’t be that quickly exorcised. “

Right now, it looks as though a woman will be the nominee. I hope she can win. But I won’t be surprised if she doesn’t.

Biden vs. Warren

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This is from a 2005 Judiciary committee hearing on Biden’s “reform” bankruptcy bill. (There’s a reason why we used to call him The Senator from MBNA.) So far, Warren’s really the only candidate that catches my attention. That may change: