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View Poll Results: Is a Trump impeachment likely?
Yes, expect to see it happen sometime in the near future. 38 31.15%
No, Trump is safe(for now) 46 37.70%
Don't know 18 14.75%
On planet X Trump will dissolve Congress fire everyone and declare himself POTUS for life 20 16.39%
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Old 18th May 2017, 04:45 AM   #41
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Originally Posted by dejudge View Post
Once Comey presents his memos then it would be all over for Trump. It was most bizarre that people believed a pathological liar could make America great.

Perhaps Trump will resign before impeachment and blame the Democrats.
Only in a partially reasonable world. Republicans will trash Comey and pass it off as a joke, despite this being contradictory.
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Old 18th May 2017, 04:48 AM   #42
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Impeached for what?
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Old 18th May 2017, 05:22 AM   #43
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I have been really terrible at predicting Trump things, but I would say that Trump will be impeached sooner or later, unless Trump decides to cut out before such a thing were to happen (like his dead mentor Nixon did).
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As long as Republicans control Congress, it is unlikely.
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Old 18th May 2017, 05:28 AM   #45
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I think an eventual one is likely, but not an immediate one. The problem is a Republican Congress who backed him for president, and the president's own supporters who may punish unfaithful and unloyal Republican Congresspeoples.

The Republicans have made their bed and they will spend a few more years worrying about what their man has done this time. It's a kind of purgatory that they, if not anyone else, fully deserve.
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Old 18th May 2017, 06:46 AM   #48
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Originally Posted by marplots View Post
If Hillary can survive Benghazi and the e-mails, Trump can survive this.

Depending, of course, on just what "this" turns out to be. I don't think anyone really knows yet.
The two you note were both pointless idiot talking points, not real malfeasance. Without Fox and related feeding republickers their daily load of **** sandwiches and poison pills neither would have gone anywhere.

There was no there there!!!! With Trumpf the there is blindingly clear and bright.

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Impeached for what?
I like the "for being a flaming mother raping anti-US scum bucket with delusions"
offense!!!
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You're so cute.
Evidence?
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Originally Posted by Upchurch View Post
I agree with this, with the exception that Trump has no balls.

(Metaphorically, of course.)

Trump's narcissism won't let him get into a position where he loses, so he'll do what he always does in these situations and declare a strategic bankruptcy with a premise of a rigged system and forces conspiring against him.

On the other hand, and here I hope I'm wrong, this Republican-run House will never impeach a Republican President. This isn't the 70s. Integrity is a thing of the past. Party before county.
And perfectly accurate as this **** started with Reagan and the party giving up being Republicans by joining with the (IM) moral majority right wing xtian fools!!!!! And thus turning into fools:aka republickers.
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I like the "for being a flaming mother raping anti-US scum bucket with delusions"
offense!!!

Not a high crime, or misdemeanor
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Old 18th May 2017, 07:09 AM   #53
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I don't believe there is really anything to impeach about. If all Comey's memo says is that Trump said "Flynn's a good guy, I hope you can let this go," then I don't think that's enough. If there is more direct evidence of obstruction in the memos, then maybe there's something there but it also brings up the idea that if Comey thought there was obstruction going on, he had a duty to report it when it was happening.

I've heard the theory that obstruction would be evidenced by Trump firing Comey, however, McCabe very clearly said that the investigation was not impeded by this. I guess maybe you could make the case that it was Trump's intention to impede the investigation, however Rosenstein, the same guy who called for Special Counsel, did write a memo to Trump recommending the removal of Comey. It isn't so clear cut.

If he's going to be impeached, it will have to be for something we don't know about yet, like there's evidence he actually colluded with Russia, took bribes, etc. But that's going to take awhile to develop now that there is Special Counsel investigating.
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Evidence?
See, even you don't believe it.
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it also brings up the idea that if Comey thought there was obstruction going on, he had a duty to report it when it was happening.
I see this being claimed a lot. Who exactly did he have a duty to report it to?
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At the current stage, I see the investigation expose the entire administration plus Paul Ryan to be criminally tainted, forcing everyone with a shred to decency to resign.

So no, Trump will stay until the 2018 elections.
So no resignations then.....
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I see this being claimed a lot. Who exactly did he have a duty to report it to?
18 USC Section 4

Obstruction being a felony, Comey would have had an obligation to report it to a judge, the Attorney General or some other authority. I guess it remains possible that he did indeed report it but in that case it seems odd that we wouldn't have heard about it already; I mean, there's your impeachable offense right there.
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Originally Posted by xjx388 View Post
18 USC Section 4

Obstruction being a felony, Comey would have had an obligation to report it to a judge, the Attorney General or some other authority. I guess it remains possible that he did indeed report it but in that case it seems odd that we wouldn't have heard about it already; I mean, there's your impeachable offense right there.
He's a law enforcement officer. He knows there are ongoing investigations. If you think every crime committed is instantly brought to a judge's attention then you are wrong. It would be like not busting a small crime or small offense or maybe just waiting for more conclusive evidence.
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See, even you don't believe it.
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I voted no simply because of the "for now" clause. With all the evidence so far, I think he can weather the storm for the time being. However, I don't think he'll make it through four years. He can't help but create more and more enemies and make more and more blunders. Who knows what these investigations will dig up? We'll have to wait to see what this investigation digs up and also wait to see who he pisses off and what other laws he will break in the future. He's a continuous accident waiting to happen. I think the good news is that most of his ridiculous agenda is in jeopardy but the bad news is that if we have some major crisis, we may be stuck with the worst possible captain at the helm.
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Originally Posted by xjx388 View Post
18 USC Section 4

Obstruction being a felony, Comey would have had an obligation to report it to a judge, the Attorney General or some other authority. I guess it remains possible that he did indeed report it but in that case it seems odd that we wouldn't have heard about it already; I mean, there's your impeachable offense right there.
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Whoever, having knowledge of the actual commission of a felony cognizable by a court of the United States, conceals and does not as soon as possible make known the same to some judge or other person in civil or military authority under the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
Care to explain what the highlite means?
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Originally Posted by xjx388 View Post
18 USC Section 4

Obstruction being a felony, Comey would have had an obligation to report it to a judge, the Attorney General or some other authority. I guess it remains possible that he did indeed report it but in that case it seems odd that we wouldn't have heard about it already; I mean, there's your impeachable offense right there.
I'm not sure about this, but I think he IS an authority.

At some point, he would prepare a report if he had reason to believe a crime was being committed and pass it to the AG.

People are talking about obstruction of justice as if there's an open and shut case here. Not only is the case not open and shut, it's barely open. Based on what we know publicly, Trump hasn't committed a crime.

On the other hand, there's a lot we don't know, and depending on what else we may find out, there could be a crime involved.

Obstruction of justice is one of those things, like perjury, that is often misunderstood. Not every lie told under oath is perjury. Not every failure to cooperate, or even interfere with, an investigation, is obstruction of justice.

I don't think Trump is capable of following the law for four years, and he may have already violated it, but let's not jump the gun on charging him. There's time.
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I don't think Trump is capable of following the law for four years, and he may have already violated it, but let's not jump the gun on charging him. There's time.
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At this point, I'd like to think so, but...
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Not gonna happen. Until Republican congresscritters start putting honesty ahead of partisanship, he's safe.
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Zero chance of impeachment AND conviction. It's more likely Trump will stroke out or be assassinated.
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Not gonna happen. Until Republican congresscritters start putting honesty ahead of partisanship, he's safe.
Don't just single out the republicans. The first thing that any politician will think of before voting either way on an impeachment issue is, "Is my seat safe?"

Seriously though, this is just another straw to clutch at. Donald Trump is so despised in this forum that he could solve world poverty and implement every progressive agenda in the book and everybody here would still be saying "hang him!"
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Seriously though, this is just another straw to clutch at. Donald Trump is so despised in this forum that he could solve world poverty and implement every progressive agenda in the book and everybody here would still be saying "hang him!"
Seriously though? You followed that with total nonsense.

Tell me, what positive thing has Trump done that should have earned him accolades from the members here?
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Seriously though, this is just another straw to clutch at. Donald Trump is so despised in this forum that he could solve world poverty and implement every progressive agenda in the book and everybody here would still be saying "hang him!"
Donald Trump is despised because he is, in no way, fit to be President. He demonstrates this on an almost daily basis. We've had decades of exposure to Donald Trump and he is acting pretty much true to form.

Why paint opposition to him as if it were irrational?
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Don't just single out the republicans. The first thing that any politician will think of before voting either way on an impeachment issue is, "Is my seat safe?"

Seriously though, this is just another straw to clutch at. Donald Trump is so despised in this forum that he could solve world poverty and implement every progressive agenda in the book and everybody here would still be saying "hang him!"
The reason Trump is so despised is because he would never address world poverty and any other progressive agenda item. When he actually does something along those lines then we can discuss it.

Plus everything that has happened to Trump since he was sworn in has been of his own doing. As the saying goes, "Never interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake."
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... snipped for relevance ...

Seriously though, this is just another straw to clutch at. Donald Trump is so despised in this forum that he could solve world poverty and implement every progressive agenda in the book and everybody here would still be saying "hang him!"
Just to focus on the last bit of your posting, I would say that you are quite wrong.

If Trump actually did do something positive, then he would generate positive support. However, Trump has yet to do anything positive.

In fact, about the only thing that I can think of that he has done which is even remotely positive is where he provided a couple of hundred million dollars in tax breaks to the Carrier Company so that they would keep a couple hundred jobs here in America.

I would say that the deal he made was more of bribe than a deal, and it was a bad bribe at that.
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I noticed that no one else has posted this particular news item regarding a Trump impeachment, so I will do so now ...

http://www.newsweek.com/trump-impeac...h-comey-611015

TRUMP IMPEACHMENT ODDS: PRESIDENT NOT LIKELY TO SERVE FOUR YEARS, ACCORDING TO BOOKMAKERS

...

British betting company Ladbrokes has cut the price of a Trump impeachment to odds-on at 4-5 from 11-10. Those new odds equate to a 55.6 percent probability that the Senate will remove the president from office.

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Donald Trump is despised because he is, in no way, fit to be President. He demonstrates this on an almost daily basis. We've had decades of exposure to Donald Trump and he is acting pretty much true to form.

Why paint opposition to him as if it were irrational?
Because it's easier than acknowledging that not only is it likely a criminal that needs to be impeached, but it has done nothing particularly useful for its own supporters, let alone the entire nation. Defending it is, at virtually every level, the most empty of gestures; the only thing truly accomplished is making "liberals/progressives" angry, which for some I guess is a primary goal. It's too bad that it's apparently necessary to flush the quality of our government down the toilet to fully accomplish such a laudable goal.
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Because it's easier than acknowledging that not only is it likely a criminal that needs to be impeached, but it has done nothing particularly useful for its own supporters, let alone the entire nation.
So it's a sunk cost issue as much as a partisan issue?
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This whole presidenting thing is getting in the way of his cable news consumption and golfing schedule.
Is it, though? I think the job of President is a WHOLE lot easier than it normally would be if you're someone like Trump that doesn't worry about being informed or thinking of all the nuance and potential ramifications of everything. I think he has lots of time for watching television, playing golf, and being president.

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Don't just single out the republicans. The first thing that any politician will think of before voting either way on an impeachment issue is, "Is my seat safe?"
Well I can't really argue with that. And that's the one reason that I think they might impeach - I'm not betting on it, but it's possible that as the midterm approaches if this whirlwind of scandal continues they'll decide the only thing to do to protect themselves is to show that they're not with that guy.

Still unlikely, but possible.

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Donald Trump is so despised in this forum that he could solve world poverty and implement every progressive agenda in the book and everybody here would still be saying "hang him!"
I'd sure love to test that hypothesis. All we have to do is get Trump to do literally anything good, and we can see whether or not you're right.
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Care to explain what the highlite means?
I think it's clear. In Comey's case, since he reports to the Director of National Intelligence, that would be the person to report to. I'm sure he could also report to the AG.
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Don't just single out the republicans. The first thing that any politician will think of before voting either way on an impeachment issue is, "Is my seat safe?"

Seriously though, this is just another straw to clutch at. Donald Trump is so despised in this forum that he could solve world poverty and implement every progressive agenda in the book and everybody here would still be saying "hang him!"
Um, no, if Trump somehow magically became the most competent leader in world history, people would change their opinion of him.

But Trump is a very, very bad leader. He is extremely incompetent, ignorant, stupid, and dishonest. Plus he's a freaking Republican who's trying to **** over poor people so that rich people can get richer.

Trump has earned every single bit of hate that he gets. Actually, he deserves way more. It being as high as it is (like 40%) is proof that there is something deeply wrong with America.
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Originally Posted by psionl0 View Post
Don't just single out the republicans. The first thing that any politician will think of before voting either way on an impeachment issue is, "Is my seat safe?"
I single out the Republicans because they hold the majority in both houses and literally nothing can happen unless Republican leadership approves it.

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Seriously though, this is just another straw to clutch at. Donald Trump is so despised in this forum that he could solve world poverty and implement every progressive agenda in the book and everybody here would still be saying "hang him!"
Well, when he accomplishes something so noteworthy, do let us know so we can evaluate your prediction.

Meanwhile, the policies Trump wants to implement would adversely affect me and people I care about, so I can't bring myself to be all that bothered by the "waaaah you just hate Trump" argument.
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Not gonna happen. Until Republican congresscritters start putting honesty ahead of partisanship, he's safe.
ROFLMAO. That is never going to happen.

But they will remove a tumor from their party.
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