AdamSmith Posted June 14, 2019 Posted June 14, 2019 8 hours ago, RA1 said: I think the safe thing to do is assume ALL Presidents are insane to some degree and try to evaluate the situation as it appears to you. And whether they are a Nixon, or a Clinton, or any one of the others;; and then ‘sane’ or not. And then whether to trot down the path of impeachment, or rather to follow ‘Nancy’s’ road? Quote
Members RA1 Posted June 14, 2019 Members Posted June 14, 2019 42 minutes ago, AdamSmith said: And whether they are a Nixon, or a Clinton, or any one of the others;; and then ‘sane’ or not. And then whether to trot down the path of impeachment, or rather to follow ‘Nancy’s’ road? If Trump is impeached or there is a serious attempt, I think it will all but guarantee his re-election. Best regards, RA1 AdamSmith 1 Quote
Members mvan1 Posted June 14, 2019 Author Members Posted June 14, 2019 (edited) 32 minutes ago, RA1 said: If Trump is impeached or there is a serious attempt, I think it will all but guarantee his re-election. Ha, ha , ha Edited June 14, 2019 by mvan1 Quote
Members SolaceSoul Posted June 14, 2019 Members Posted June 14, 2019 1 hour ago, RA1 said: If Trump is impeached or there is a serious attempt, I think it will all but guarantee his re-election. Best regards, RA1 That’s what Trumpsters like to believe, and want others to think. There is no history in the USA of a President being re-elected after an impeachment proceeding. mvan1 and floridarob 2 Quote
Members RA1 Posted June 14, 2019 Members Posted June 14, 2019 11 hours ago, SolaceSoul said: That’s what Trumpsters like to believe, and want others to think. There is no history in the USA of a President being re-elected after an impeachment proceeding. The Dems made significant inroads after Clinton was impeached. Likely he would have been re-elected except for his two terms were up. Best regards, RA1 AdamSmith 1 Quote
Members SolaceSoul Posted June 14, 2019 Members Posted June 14, 2019 39 minutes ago, RA1 said: The Dems made significant inroads after Clinton was impeached. Likely he would have been re-elected except for his two terms were up. Best regards, RA1 The impeachment of Clinton didn’t even start until October 8, 1998, only a month before the midterm elections. In the midterms of November 1998, the Democrats picked up only five seats in the House and the Republicans still maintained majority control. In 2000, which was the next Presidential election post-Clinton impeachment, the GOP regained the Presidency and the House. Looks like the GOP won that battle. And BTW, Clinton was a very popular President, one who won both of his terms by popular vote and who had a 73% approval rating at the time of impeachment proceedings. Donnie Dollhands Drumpf is a one-termer who steadily remains the least popular President in the 60 year polling history, and only “won” by the electoral college (and the help of a foreign adversary). And Clinton was impeached for lying about a fucking blowjob — insignificant compared to the multitude of treasonous crimes committed by the Dotard In Chief. Trump supporters are the absolute worst. No, what’s even worse is a gay (closeted or not) dick-sucking, male hooker-hiring Trump supporter, doing the bid of an Evangelical Right that wants you dead. mvan1 1 Quote
Members mvan1 Posted June 14, 2019 Author Members Posted June 14, 2019 28 minutes ago, SolaceSoul said: The impeachment of Clinton didn’t even start until October 8, 1998, only a month before the midterm elections. In the midterms of November 1998, the Democrats picked up only five seats in the House and the Republicans still maintained majority control. In 2000, which was the next Presidential election post-Clinton impeachment, the GOP regained the Presidency and the House. Looks like the GOP won that battle. And BTW, Clinton was a very popular President, one who won both of his terms by popular vote and who had a 73% approval rating at the time of impeachment proceedings. Donnie Dollhands Drumpf is a one-termer who steadily remains the least popular President in the 60 year polling history, and only “won” by the electoral college (and the help of a foreign adversary). And Clinton was impeached for lying about a fucking blowjob — insignificant compared to the multitude of treasonous crimes committed by the Dotard In Chief. Trump supporters are the absolute worst. No, what’s even worse is a gay (closeted or not) dick-sucking, male hooker-hiring Trump supporter, doing the bid of an Evangelical Right that wants you dead. Hilarious but so, so accurate - good job - SolaceSoul 1 Quote
AdamSmith Posted June 15, 2019 Posted June 15, 2019 8 hours ago, SolaceSoul said: The impeachment of Clinton didn’t even start until October 8, 1998, only a month before the midterm elections. In the midterms of November 1998, the Democrats picked up only five seats in the House and the Republicans still maintained majority control. In 2000, which was the next Presidential election post-Clinton impeachment, the GOP regained the Presidency and the House. Looks like the GOP won that battle. And BTW, Clinton was a very popular President, one who won both of his terms by popular vote and who had a 73% approval rating at the time of impeachment proceedings. Donnie Dollhands Drumpf is a one-termer who steadily remains the least popular President in the 60 year polling history, and only “won” by the electoral college (and the help of a foreign adversary). And Clinton was impeached for lying about a fucking blowjob — insignificant compared to the multitude of treasonous crimes committed by the Dotard In Chief. Indeed there was a saying at the time: ’Looks like every time Clinton gets a blow job, the economy goes up.’ Quote
AdamSmith Posted June 16, 2019 Posted June 16, 2019 On 6/14/2019 at 12:24 AM, SolaceSoul said: That’s what Trumpsters like to believe, and want others to think. There is no history in the USA of a President being re-elected after an impeachment proceeding. Clinton was unelectable by law after two terms anyway. Cite any other example of what you say. Quote
Members SolaceSoul Posted June 16, 2019 Members Posted June 16, 2019 4 minutes ago, AdamSmith said: Clinton was unelectable by law after two terms anyway. Cite any other example of what you say. Only two other Presidents went through impeachment: Richard Nixon and Andrew Johnson. Nixon resigned from office right before the House vote (after Republicans went to him privately and told him he would lose an impeachment and removal fight in both the House and Senate. Aaa I’m sure you already know, Nixon was in his second and last term. Johnson became the first president impeached by the House, but he was later acquitted by the Senate by only one vote. Not seeing the writing on the wall, he attempted a run for a second term. but landed 4th on the end ballot in the party primaries — with almost all of his support coming from racist rednecks in Tennessee that liked his pardoning of treasonous Civil War Confederates. AdamSmith 1 Quote
AdamSmith Posted June 16, 2019 Posted June 16, 2019 1 hour ago, SolaceSoul said: Only two other Presidents went through impeachment: Richard Nixon and Andrew Johnson. Nixon resigned from office right before the House vote (after Republicans went to him privately and told him he would lose an impeachment and removal fight in both the House and Senate. Aaa I’m sure you already know, Nixon was in his second and last term. Johnson became the first president impeached by the House, but he was later acquitted by the Senate by only one vote. Not seeing the writing on the wall, he attempted a run for a second term. but landed 4th on the end ballot in the party primaries — with almost all of his support coming from racist rednecks in Tennessee that liked his pardoning of treasonous Civil War Confederates. Thank you. I did not know that about Johnson’s efforts post-impeachment. SolaceSoul 1 Quote