Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

RockRaven

(14,915 posts)

3. If the US survives this in a NOT Putin/Erdogan/Kim/etc type state, this might be the Senate's

Reply to KPN (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 31, 2020, 03:01 AM

Jan 2020

version of SCOTUS's Dred Scott decision -- extraordinarily pretextual and bogus arguments for their action, totally indefensible on any rational or evidentiary grounds, terrible consequences, historically reviled.

If the US does not, then we've always been at war with Eastasia.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

7 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

This was always the conclusion. We're just here a week earlier. [View all] SaschaHM Jan 2020 OP

Yup. But knowing that somehow does not make things feel any better. Tonight and tomorrow are/will KPN Jan 2020 #1

If the US survives this in a NOT Putin/Erdogan/Kim/etc type state, this might be the Senate's RockRaven Jan 2020 #3

They were never going to convict. Ergo, the matter was always about: would they damage themselves RockRaven Jan 2020 #2

Let's be clear: Mike Niendorff Jan 2020 #4

I don't see it as a problem. Bolten's book comes out in 2-3 weeks. Even more bad news for the napi21 Jan 2020 #5

First, people thought voting for Hillary would be a given. Aussie105 Jan 2020 #6

Opening the door to witnesses is dangerous. Turbineguy Jan 2020 #7