Rolling Stone: "If Trump isn't worth impeachment, who is?"

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62. Not just Gingrich. Clinton came out smelling like a rose for his vindication

That was certainly not the goal of either Gingrich or Henry Hyde. The impeachment of Bill Clinton was to impede and distract a popular and effective president. They failed at impeding his presidency, and only mildly distracted him, in that he needed a defense at the trial.

Trump's presidency is already a failure, and with his attention span of 30 seconds or so, trying to distract him is almost beside the point. Therefore, the only two goals accomplished in 1998-99 are already done deals. A failure is a failure. You can't execute a dead man.

What I do NOT want to see is Trump doing the happy dance of vindication after the inevitable acquittal by the current Republican Senate with the currently available evidence.

THAT is the "essence of my case," and if you don't find it very compelling, we'll just have to disagree on what compels whom. You have the more difficult task, as Nancy Pelosi doesn't seem to have been compelled by your argument so far, either.