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posted by martyb on Friday November 01 2019, @02:18PM   Printer-friendly
from the Red-Queen-Race dept.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50246324

"The US House of Representatives has passed a resolution to formally proceed with the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.

The measure details how the inquiry will move into a more public phase. It was not a vote on whether the president should be removed from office.

This was the first test of support in the Democratic-controlled House for the impeachment process.

The White House condemned the vote, which passed along party lines.

Only two Democrats - representing districts that Mr Trump won handily in 2016 - voted against the resolution, along with all Republicans, for a total count of 232 in favour and 196 against."


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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Friday November 01 2019, @04:46PM (2 children)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Friday November 01 2019, @04:46PM (#914653) Journal

    What the hell?! Has America (and/or sock puppets) fallen so far as to not care about morals? Everything has to be political games?

    This should have been something you figured out about two decades ago, not in 2019. The rise of cable news might be to blame. Although it has gone into turbo mode since Trump did stuff like mock McCain and a disabled reporter without apologizing or quitting the race, as was expected at the time.

    1. The ends justify the means.
    2. It's all a numbers game. Like measuring the mood on Wall Street.
    3. Some last minute October surprise can flip the race in favor of Democrats or Republicans.
    4. The two-party system exacerbates the game mentality.
    4b. Trump has set back third party candidates for a long time. Would-be third party candidates will follow his example and try to "take over the tent" instead.
    5. There is a pendulum effect. One party enjoys 1-2 Presidential terms, and maybe 2 years control of Congress, and then the pendulum swings back.

    Look at the numbers I linked. 49% support impeachment and removal, 47% oppose. Those are very similar to this generation's highly polarized Presidential election results.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 04 2019, @07:51PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 04 2019, @07:51PM (#915867)

    President Trump never mocked a disabled reporter. He was mocking the person in the story who was caught in a web of their own lies. He told that story a dozen times before and CNN knew that. They lied about it anyway. Fake news.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 04 2019, @08:57PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 04 2019, @08:57PM (#915919)

      Yes. Mocking.

      Very Presidential behavior. Right up there with picking sixth grade names for people and having to have a pejorative adjective for every one of your opponents that plays to your base of bullies and frightented supporters. Yup.

      That's the President to me! (aka Why should I give a shit WHO he was mocking with that gesture. Reality is he thought it would be funny and powerful to show that's what his opponents look like. Disgusting in any human being and reprehensible in the President of the United States of America. As in literally beneath contempt.)