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yaesu

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Thu Aug 15, 2019, 03:26 PM Aug 2019

This was one of the Articles of impeachment used to impeach Andrew Johnson, sound familiar? [View all]

ARTICLE 10.That said Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, unmindful of the high duties of his high office and the dignity and proprieties thereof, and of the harmony and courtesies which ought to exist and be maintained between the executive and legislative branches of the Government of the United States, designing and intending to set aside the rightful authorities and powers of Congress, did attempt to bring into disgrace, ridicule, hatred, contempt and reproach, the Congress of the United States, and the several branches thereof, to impair and destroy the regard and respect of all the good people of the United States for the Congress and the legislative power thereof, which all officers of the government ought inviolably to preserve and maintain, and to excite the odium and resentment of all good people of the United States against Congress and the laws by it duly and constitutionally enacted; and in pursuance of his said design and intent, openly and publicly and before divers assemblages of citizens of the United States, convened in divers parts thereof, to meet and receive said Andrew Johnson as the Chief Magistrate of the United States, did, on the eighteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, and on divers other days and times, as well before as afterwards, make and declare, with a loud voice, certain intemperate, inflammatory and scandalous harangues, and therein utter loud threats and bitter menaces, as well against Congress as the laws of the United States duly enacted thereby, amid the cries, jeers and laughter of the multitudes then assembled in hearing, which are set forth in the several specifications hereinafter written, in substance and effect, that it to say:

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'with a loud voice, certain intemperate, inflammatory and scandalous harangues, elleng Aug 2019 #1
Johnson really was a bad dude; this description applies to him or Trump equally. lagomorph777 Aug 2019 #2
He wasn't evil, just in way over his head NT Ex Lurker Aug 2019 #9
He was pro-slavery. In my opinion, that's evil. lagomorph777 Aug 2019 #28
I take it 'divers' means 'diverse'? mr_lebowski Aug 2019 #3
Yes and no. Pacifist Patriot Aug 2019 #7
I'm trying to remember a word from the The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant rwsanders Aug 2019 #10
Three words that are seldom used come to mind. Lonestarblue Aug 2019 #17
I was thinking it might be superannuated. Pacifist Patriot Aug 2019 #20
Thanks, I'll look them up, I'll remember the listing in my dictionary rwsanders Aug 2019 #30
Divers emphasizes multiplicity, diverse emphasizes uniqueness. Yes, the old, old school language yaesu Aug 2019 #8
I once had someone take me over the coals for using divers instead of diverse. Pacifist Patriot Aug 2019 #22
I suspect Trump's entire presidency is something straight out of history books lunatica Aug 2019 #4
If not out of the history books Kaiserguy Aug 2019 #11
Or straight out of "Dictatorship for Dummies" lunatica Aug 2019 #26
I doubt Trump has read any history books. gordianot Aug 2019 #14
I'm not talking about American history lunatica Aug 2019 #25
Recommended Ponietz Aug 2019 #5
Johnson was a straight up asshole but he wasn't mental uponit7771 Aug 2019 #6
This is perfect for Don the Con malaise Aug 2019 #12
But he could not understand it even if someone read it to him slowly. TNNurse Aug 2019 #13
Exactly, Donald lives solely in the moment. gordianot Aug 2019 #15
And there are some pretty big words. TNNurse Aug 2019 #18
Congress retains a respectful decorum with each other... JohnnyRingo Aug 2019 #16
That is one long ass sentence! SCVDem Aug 2019 #19
I've read other other single sentence pages. LTG Aug 2019 #24
K&R UTUSN Aug 2019 #21
The Senate did not even vote on that article. former9thward Aug 2019 #23
That article of impeachment had no support. lapucelle Aug 2019 #27
K&R... spanone Aug 2019 #29
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