End The Impeachment - NOW! ~~ 02/05/20 -- IT'S OVER!!
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End Impeachment's Government Shutdown
The Hill
January 21, 2020 - 10:30 AM EST
BY MARK PENN, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR
We are facing an impeachment shutdown - the road-blocking of all our government's institutions for an impeachment that is going nowhere. It will inflame passions, divide our country further and accomplish nothing of any significance.
The cast is now complete with shady characters, wronged bureaucrats and impeachment prosecutors preening for their close-ups on national TV.
As in 1998 and 1999, there is going to be a reckoning when this is all over. I helped to defend President Clinton when the country wasted time then on another impeachment that went nowhere. The president certainly was not innocent of all of the accusations, and he lost his law license and paid significant fines for his actions, but impeachment was rejected and his hold on the presidency affirmed. His ratings soared.
Like them or not, presidents uniquely represent the elected will of the people. As such, their removal is not just about the removal of a person but the overturning of that elected will. For that reason, there are few offenses that will be so grievous as to cause the party in power to give up their party's leader and convict a president; most charges, even if true, won't reach that high bar for removal. Clearly, the accusations in 1998 and 1999 did not meet that threshold, and neither do the charges today.
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End Impeachment's Government Shutdown
The Hill
January 21, 2020 - 10:30 AM EST
BY MARK PENN, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR
We are facing an impeachment shutdown - the road-blocking of all our government's institutions for an impeachment that is going nowhere. It will inflame passions, divide our country further and accomplish nothing of any significance.
The cast is now complete with shady characters, wronged bureaucrats and impeachment prosecutors preening for their close-ups on national TV.
As in 1998 and 1999, there is going to be a reckoning when this is all over. I helped to defend President Clinton when the country wasted time then on another impeachment that went nowhere. The president certainly was not innocent of all of the accusations, and he lost his law license and paid significant fines for his actions, but impeachment was rejected and his hold on the presidency affirmed. His ratings soared.
Like them or not, presidents uniquely represent the elected will of the people. As such, their removal is not just about the removal of a person but the overturning of that elected will. For that reason, there are few offenses that will be so grievous as to cause the party in power to give up their party's leader and convict a president; most charges, even if true, won't reach that high bar for removal. Clearly, the accusations in 1998 and 1999 did not meet that threshold, and neither do the charges today.
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Comments (22)
I disagree.
I'm not surprised.
she ok'd the sale of %20 Uranium rights ROSATOM
She did not vote and wasn't even there the day the vote was taken.
Besides this happened AFTER Clinton was president. Thus, it has no relevance to the discussion comparing Clinton's impeachment to Trump's.
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"21 State AGs urge Senate to reject impeachment in stinging letter: 'A dangerous historical precedent'."
Read it....'stinging' is an understatement.
However, I'm sure desperate times are becoming standard measures for demos. Hard to fathom, but not unexpected.
Government isn’t ineffective; its just indifferent to the needs of real Americans.
Trump is a traitor who openly seeks foreign intervention in American elections. If you support him, you are complicit in this.
BTW.....linking to a Congressional report and asking the viewers to read it to support your opinion....kind of a weak ticket don't you think? That's a hit and run violation of ' Sorry, my heads up my a**".
What to me is so sad is that instead of working with the President to help the country go forward.
the dems do just the opposite.
A waste of money, a lot, time, and energy, that would be better spend supporting the President
She was one out of nine votes from the Committee. Had one out of nine of those votes objected to the sale, president osama would have had to override. The in-situ sale went through.
Above are the facts of the sale. Yet my point was the relationship Bill Clinton had with Frank Guistra, the owner of Uranium1.
Fact....he and the Clinton's knew each other in early 2005. Fact....Guistra donated approximately 1.45 million to the Foundation. Fact...Guistra introduced Bill to Putin prior to his $500,000 speech. My statement was that the Clinton's had far more beneficial ties to Russia then President Trump.
I can't help it if someone throws a hissy fit about my pointing it out. Typical over reaction I'd say.
At least until the next Democrat sham anyway