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Cosmocat

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20. That does not get to the root

Reply to nikibatts (Reply #12)

Mon Jun 19, 2017, 06:27 AM

Jun 2017

the root problem is this country is stupid as fuck collectively.

There is no way to game out the stupid.

There were two VERY clear choices for POTUS, the most crooked and disgusting person imagineable and a decent, competent, proven choice.

Every Rep is on the ballot every two years, every senator is on the ballot every six years, and this country keeps sending back deranged lunatics like Steve King and Mitch McConnell.

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TPM - Marshall - "The Constitution Looks Like Trumps Only Hope" [View all] NRaleighLiberal Jun 2017 OP

Can Dems impeach him without Republican help? snot Jun 2017 #1

Uhhh! No! longship Jun 2017 #3

To impeach, we'd need a majority in the House... regnaD kciN Jun 2017 #6

That's right. longship Jun 2017 #11

We only need a handful in the Senate...if the GOP passes the putrid health bill...it is very doable. Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #17

right Cosmocat Jun 2017 #18

Trump appears to be the worst case Constitutional scenario. gordianot Jun 2017 #5

He's like the worst case carbon based lifeform scenario Warren DeMontague Jun 2017 #10

I will vote for that one! nolabels Jun 2017 #16

He's what the founders intended the Electoral College to prevent. Mister Ed Jun 2017 #13

The two flaws exposed so horrible Cosmocat Jun 2017 #19

Yes, there is not room to complain about the Constitution. gordianot Jun 2017 #21

DURec and kick for Josh Marshall. longship Jun 2017 #2

The GOP established definitively that a sitting POTUS can obstruct justice--- in 1998 Warren DeMontague Jun 2017 #4

Well, they established that obstruction of justice was grounds for impeachment... regnaD kciN Jun 2017 #7

They certainly established a precedence for impeachment over it. Warren DeMontague Jun 2017 #9

More than that...... Persisted Jun 2017 #14

Funny how things work out, eh? Warren DeMontague Jun 2017 #15

Josh has been doing great work lately, I highly rec TPM KelleyKramer Jun 2017 #8

The answer is that our Constitution needs to be updated to handle Presidential criminality. nikibatts Jun 2017 #12

That does not get to the root Cosmocat Jun 2017 #20