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kentuck

(111,076 posts)
Thu Dec 19, 2019, 08:02 PM Dec 2019

Decompressing...

Does anyone else feel like they are decompressing after the historic vote last night?

There is some sense of relief, that the step was taken by the House, to impeach.

Mitch McConnell is in no hurry for a trial. However, Mr Trump wants it over with as quickly as possible. He believes he has a deal with McConnell to get it done. McConnell went on FOX News to say that he was working hand in glove with the White House Counsel and the White House.

Speaker Pelosi is holding the Articles until she announces the House Managers and until McConnell and Schumer can come to some agreement on the rules. God forbid that it might take an emergency for them to act.

But Mr Trump has been acting very unstable since the realization that he was being impeached. The stress may be more than he can take. He is of such a disturbed mental state that he might "crack", to use a non-medical term.

Even the crowd at his rally last night seemed very uncomfortable around him. They did not know whether to laugh or to cry. So they laughed .

Speaker Pelosi dismissed the House for the Holidays without naming any House Managers or passing the Articles to the Senate. McConnell and Schumer are even further behind. They will all have a lot of work to do when they return.

Until then, Merry Christmas everyone! We can watch 'The Christmas Carol' with George C Scott and Ebenezer Scrooge.


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Decompressing... (Original Post) kentuck Dec 2019 OP
I feel like I was walking on air today underpants Dec 2019 #1
I had an unusually good night's sleep. Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2019 #2
Nope Sherman A1 Dec 2019 #3
I'm afraid I am not as excited as most people. smirkymonkey Dec 2019 #4
I am feeling the same way ... Greywing Dec 2019 #5

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
3. Nope
Thu Dec 19, 2019, 08:25 PM
Dec 2019

It was business as usual. I am not wasting any mental or physical energy at all on The "Esteemed" Mr. Trump, his persistent lies, his impeachment or anything else. He simply isn't worth the effort.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
4. I'm afraid I am not as excited as most people.
Thu Dec 19, 2019, 08:48 PM
Dec 2019

I am glad he was impeached, but it hasn't really neutralized his power. He's as dangerous as ever, if not more so. I won't be happy until he is out of office completely, one way or another.

Greywing

(1,124 posts)
5. I am feeling the same way ...
Thu Dec 19, 2019, 08:54 PM
Dec 2019

I think he's really going to go totally off his rocker and eventually just try to Putinize our government.

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