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    Default Republicans are turning impeachment into a carnival – and it could cost them

    These antics may work as a short-term strategy. But they’ll go down poorly with voters the Republican party really needs

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    The Republican strategy, clearly, is to undermine and delegitimize the impeachment inquiry. Republicans are portraying the inquiry as a hoax and an attempted coup by Democrats desperate to reverse the results of the 2016 election, unrelated to any actual presidential wrongdoing. The White House’s refusal to cooperate with Congress by sending legal representation to the impeachment hearings was explained by Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway as resistance to “colluding with an illegitimate process”.
    They are pandering to their shrinking uneducated white christer base in flyover country
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    at heart, democrats want to be immune from investigations.

    We see this for exactly what it is. How dare anyone insist that a democrat is investigated.

    good luck getting Americans on board.

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    The poet Carl Sandburg is credited with saying: “If the facts are against you, argue the law. If the law is against you, argue the facts. If the law and the facts are against you, pound the table and yell like hell.” Republican yelling and table-pounding appear to be having the desired result, as most polls find that public support for impeachment has leveled off since October. Intense partisan tribalism and the influence of rightwing media outlets such as Fox News mean that few Republicans or even independents will probably change their minds about impeachment no matter what evidence comes out of further hearings.
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    Turley: Rather they are meant to drive home a simple point: one can oppose President Trump’s policies or actions but still conclude that the current legal case for impeachment is not just woefully inadequate, but in some respects, dangerous, as the basis for the impeachment of an American president.

    I am concerned about lowering impeachment standards to fit a paucity of evidence and an abundance of anger. If the House proceeds solely on the Ukrainian allegations, this impeachment would stand out among modern impeachments as the shortest proceeding, with the thinnest evidentiary record, and the narrowest grounds ever used to impeach a president. That does not bode well for future presidents who are working in a country often sharply and, at times, bitterly divided.
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    Unless you just can't stand the idea of "ni**ers" teaching white kids.


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    Quote Originally Posted by guno View Post
    They are pandering to their shrinking uneducated white christer base in flyover country
    He's bleeding independents' votes:

    "President Trump’s approval rating dipped among independent voters as Democrats move forward on impeachment, according to the latest Hill-HarrisX poll released Tuesday.

    "The survey shows 39 percent of independent voters approve of Trump’s job performance, while 56 percent said they disapprove.

    "The new approval rating among independent voters is down from 44 percent in early November.

    "Trump's job approval rating also saw a dip among Republican voters, dropping 3 points to 85 percent compared to the previous poll."

    https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/47...id-impeachment
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    The low grade, mental midget porch honkey still doesn't get it

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    Quote Originally Posted by zymurgy View Post
    at heart, democrats want to be immune from investigations.

    We see this for exactly what it is. How dare anyone insist that a democrat is investigated.

    good luck getting Americans on board.
    Um asshole


    how many times did your fucks investigate Benghazi and other LIE FILLED SHIT


    that cost the American people millions of dollars for you to find not one fucking thing wrong

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    How many times did they investigate Bush lying this nation to war?

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    Quote Originally Posted by guno View Post
    The low grade, mental midget porch honkey still doesn't get it

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    He's bleeding independents' votes:

    "President Trump’s approval rating dipped among independent voters as Democrats move forward on impeachment, according to the latest Hill-HarrisX poll released Tuesday.

    "The survey shows 39 percent of independent voters approve of Trump’s job performance, while 56 percent said they disapprove.

    "The new approval rating among independent voters is down from 44 percent in early November.

    "Trump's job approval rating also saw a dip among Republican voters, dropping 3 points to 85 percent compared to the previous poll."

    https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/47...id-impeachment
    if fox were dead it would be a tidal wave

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    Quote Originally Posted by evince View Post
    Um asshole


    how many times did your fucks investigate Benghazi and other LIE FILLED SHIT


    that cost the American people millions of dollars for you to find not one fucking thing wrong

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    How many times did they investigate Bush lying this nation to war?
    u gonna vote for clinton?

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    Quote Originally Posted by guAno View Post
    The low grade, mental midget porch honkey still doesn't get it


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    Quote Originally Posted by Nomad View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by evince View Post
    you gonna vote for Putin again?
    STFU you brain dead, pathological lying leftist dumb fuck.
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    Quote Originally Posted by guno View Post
    They are pandering to their shrinking uneducated white christer base in flyover country
    Regarding this post:
    Racism Fallacy.
    Bigotry Fallacy.

    Regarding your thread title:
    Inversion Fallacy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AssHatZombie View Post
    u gonna vote for clinton?
    Certainly not for Crazy Trump.

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