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OnDoutside

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11. Yes, your central point is still valid. It's eating them inside, to the point of bringing themselves
Thu Jul 13, 2017, 10:59 AM
Jul 2017

down again.

The wider question is when Donnie and the boys are ousted, what happens next ? Is it bound to happen again in 20-30 years time ?

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Nixon was never impeached nor convicted. MineralMan Jul 2017 #1
Thanks -- changing the sentence. pnwmom Jul 2017 #2
You are correct newblewtoo Jul 2017 #10
You are so right. Wellstone ruled Jul 2017 #29
The process of impeachment was started but Nixon was not impeached. He resigned. riversedge Jul 2017 #3
True. Doesn't change the main point, however. nt pnwmom Jul 2017 #6
Yes, your central point is still valid. It's eating them inside, to the point of bringing themselves OnDoutside Jul 2017 #11
that is true. riversedge Jul 2017 #18
Bingo! MrScorpio Jul 2017 #4
Well, while Nixon never got to impeachment or conviction, it still ate at them. Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2017 #5
The reason Clinton was impeached was because the GOP had 218 votes. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2017 #7
They didn't impeach Obama. n/t pnwmom Jul 2017 #9
Yeah, but they didn't have Obama on any thechnicalities, however minor they might be. JoeStuckInOH Jul 2017 #15
The Repubs are all about false equivalency. That is their favorite dance move! FM123 Jul 2017 #8
Agree about Watergate & Republican 'revenge'. IMO it was also the... WePurrsevere Jul 2017 #12
i worry about that. esp if he cuts and runs. mopinko Jul 2017 #13
You're Only Partially Right ChoppinBroccoli Jul 2017 #14
There is a lot H2O Man Jul 2017 #16
The main reason was he got a blowjob from someone other than his wife in the WH Major Nikon Jul 2017 #17
Impeachment wasn't a routine thing, prior to Nixon. Other than Nixon, who resigned before pnwmom Jul 2017 #21
The GOP turned impeachment into a partisan strategy Major Nikon Jul 2017 #24
It wasn't even the blowjob. Jakes Progress Jul 2017 #31
That was just the excuse they used Major Nikon Jul 2017 #32
No, the main reason was because he was a likable, successful Democratic politician. FSogol Jul 2017 #19
We had had other likable, successful Presidents. Bill was the first one to be impeached. pnwmom Jul 2017 #22
Really? Who was likeable on a nationwide scale, post-Nixon and pre-Obama? FSogol Jul 2017 #28
I never said "post Nixon." Nixon's disgrace changed everything. And facing that disgrace, pnwmom Jul 2017 #30
The Independent Counsel Law expired in 1999 & was never reinstated - Jimbo101 Jul 2017 #20
Don't Forget All the Reagan Scandals Leith Jul 2017 #23
The main reason Clinton got impeached was blueinredohio Jul 2017 #25
If trump keeps going the way he has, majority of GOP would cheer beachbum bob Jul 2017 #26
No, the main reason was their need to paralyze a popular Democratic presidency. Orsino Jul 2017 #27
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