Towlie
Towlie's JournalA Democratic Senator will have the best edge over Trump in the General Election.
A huge factor in the presidential campaign will be the shocking Republican corruption currently being exposed in the Senate impeachment trial, specifically Trump's obvious guilt and the Republican senators' extraordinarily unconscionable efforts to deny and conceal it, particularly their determination to suppress the testimony of witnesses.
And the Democratic candidate best suited to exploit that will be someone who was there to witness it first-hand, fought against it, and can testify to the public about every moment of it.
Based purely upon that criterion, that leaves, listed in alphabetical order by last name:
Senator Michael Bennet from Colorado
Senator Amy Klobuchar from Minnesota
Senator Bernie Sanders from Vermont
Senator Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts
My choice will come from that list.
A One-Minute Summary of Trump's Defense
A message for Joe Biden from his father's ghost:
"Joe, please stop quoting the rest of your family and start making up your own witty sayings."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/joe-biden-unspools-an-endless-supply-of-biden-isms-on-the-campaign-trail/2020/01/24/475033b4-3eba-11ea-b90d-5652806c3b3a_story.html
(Not undecided, just undisclosed.)
"all persons are commanded to keep silent, on pain of imprisonment..."
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/18/politics/impeachment-trial-rules-no-talking-no-phones/index.html"all persons are commanded to keep silent, on pain of imprisonment, while the House of Representatives is exhibiting to the Senate of the United States articles of impeachment."
Is this just an insincere threat of something that everyone knows will never happen, or is there a real possibility that Senators could go to jail? If they could go to jail then when would they go? If not during the trial then that would mean they could stay and continue what they're doing. But if during the trial, it doesn't seem like this could happen without destroying any semblance of integrity that the trial might have.
What do you think?
Republicans must acquit Trump before any more truth leaks out!
Column: Republican senators must acquit Trump in impeachment trial before any more truth leaks out by Rex Huppke...
The last thing we need is to see a great president, who we Trump supporters have built up to be an avatar of American strength and decency, get knocked down by stupid things like facts...
I wonder to what extent Poe's Law will apply to this Chicago Tribune article.
"Liberal" - A strange thing happened to that word.
John Roberts warns not take democracy for granted.
https://www.vox.com/2020/1/3/21046493/chief-justice-roberts-annual-report-democracyA statement from the Chief Justice of the United States about not taking democracy for granted would normally seem like an anodyne exhortation. But coming from the author of Shelby County v. Holder (2013), the Court’s 5-4 decision striking down much of the Voting Rights Act, it might raise an eyebrow.
When I read that I immediately thought of Rachel Maddow's saying, "Don't watch what they say, watch what they do."
I'm not really undecided.
I've noticed that people here who choose to display their favorite candidate thereby compromise their ability to project objective opinions. When I read their posts I tend to think "well you would say that since you're a ------ fan."
So, although I do currently favor one of the Democratic candidates, I prefer to keep that to myself so that I can freely state my opinion about any issue without an appearance of bias.
We should start getting into the habit of referring to Trump by his upcoming new title!
Soon his title will no longer be "President Trump", it'll be "Impeached President Trump", and he should properly be addressed as "Mister Impeached President." This won't be an expression of anyone's personal opinion, it'll be a simple statement of fact. It's what he'll be and therefore what he should be called.
After all the terrible things that Trump has done to our nation, this is all we've got???
With only two articles of impeachment, The House will be portrayed as conceding that all other accusations against Trump are empty of substance and these two articles represent all they have. That's what Trump is claiming now and that claim sounds frighteningly compelling. The Republicans will dispose of this and Democrats will have nothing.
This is a really bad idea. Making this simple to understand also makes it simple to dismiss, and that's exactly what will happen. This is probably the only chance the House will get and they need to put everything they have into it, else Trump will have a green light to do whatever he pleases for the rest of his term, and any future impeachment efforts by Democrats will get laughed off the stage.
Every impeachable transgression that Trump has committed must be included in those articles of impeachment.
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Gender: MaleHometown: Broward County, Florida, U. S. Congressional District 25, Representative is Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D)
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