There is no way around, making them pay politically is the only recourse, if that’s the path they choose.

But to be honest, I think there are more than 4 Republicans that will buck this, therefore, McTurtle will do it himself, and the world and majority of the American people will know this was a sham and shithole will be forever tarnish along with the Republican party.

The American people will see this as the elite getting away with crimes while middle class and poor do not.

If they do get away with this, it's more proof in my eyes, that they have the 2020 election secured!

I also suspect that Joe Manchin will go along with Moscow Mitch and his many minions.

Don't get your hopes up. This is a done deal. Mitch already told us that.

after delivering Impeachment Articles. Don't blame them for not showing their cards in advance.

the hours of the trial. Seems to me the presiding judge may not want to pull an overnighter for Moscow Mitch.

That would backfire more thn they can imagine...

you put too much faith in the general population...

Fox News & One America nationally
Sinclair Broadcasting for regional news propaganda
Rush Limbaugh and a horde of RW radio hosts for over the radio propaganda
Hundreds of local and regional newspapers for in print propaganda
Thousands of RW websites and online channels.

In the middle, you have MOST of the broadcast networks committed to "both sides" no matter how insane and corrupt one side is

and, on th eleft, you have MSNBC, Comedy Central and a handful of websites/channels online.

To top it off, Trump will generate a massive amount of new scandals, outrages and corruption on a daily and weekly basis and people will soon forget impeachment.

and a plurality already thinks he should be removed

So, these polls you mention... why are these animals still in power if the numbers you quote are accurate? People love to jump on a bandwagon when there is a camera pointed at it. Let's see if those numbers bear out as the proceedings start. Let's see what happens to those numbers if the rethugs actually manage to pull off this coup... sorry, this 'acquittal'. And, most importantly, let's see if those numbers are willing to do what it takes to actually remove this corrupt administration.

You know why they are still in power and how that has no possibility of changing until the next election

As I learned on another thread this morning, they are not jurors, so we need to stop thinking of them as "jurors" in the normal way we think of them.

A peanut gallery was, in the days of vaudeville, a nickname for the cheapest and ostensibly rowdiest seats in the theater, the occupants of which were often known to heckle the performers.[1] The least expensive snack served at the theatre would often be peanuts, which the patrons would sometimes throw at the performers on stage to convey their disapproval. Phrases such as "no comments from the peanut gallery" or "quiet in the peanut gallery" are extensions of the name.[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut_gallery

I already knew that term from my father. He used to use it all the time when the seven of us children would say something. He'd say, "Oh, I see the peanut gallery is weighing in on this" or "I don't need any comments from the peanut gallery."

But then he was of the vaudeville era.

They rig elections, they’ve packed the courts, they defy court orders, and they do it all openly because they can.

again, get rewarded for it no less! And then it's the 'both sides are the same crap'....sometimes I feel it's a no win situation if we keep playing nice.

McConnell and other Republicans have said over and over they would hold a sham trial.

a sham trial?

since he has a job for life.

And, the members of the Gang of Putin in the Senate will give it to him. Nothing to see here. Move along. They're all filthy

May this backfire mightily in their faces.

in their faces, do we really want this illegal issue to continue. People have to wake up and realize what is happening here in the country. (excluding DU'ers).

can't they all be arrested???? they should be. They are traitors.