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thewayne"I solemnly swear (or affirm) that in all things appertaining to the trial of _____ , now pending, I will do impartial justice to the Constitution and laws, so help me God."
-- oath required of senators by Senate Rules in Impeachment Trials
"There will be no difference between the president's position and our position as to how to handle this...We'll be working through this process... in total coordination with the White House counsel's office and the people representing the president in the well of the Senate... There is no chance the president is going to be removed from office."
-- Sen. Mitch McConnell
Mitch the Turtle perjured himself right there by admitting he won't be rendering a fair, impartial, and considered verdict. And who knows, maybe this will cost Mitch re-election, which would be a beautiful thing. He's lost a lot of popularity in Kentucky. But since he wasn't under oath, he can say whatever come out of his snake-infested tiny little brain. This trial may well create a sea change of sweeping Republicans out of the Senate and Congress in general, we shall see next November.
The one positive thing is that SCOTUS Chief Justice John Roberts will preside over the trial, and will require the trial to be run properly, and McConnell won't be able to rush the proceedings. But the likelihood of a certain party to put country over party and study the evidence and presentations?
NVBL. (not very bloody likely)
Therefore, I think the chance of a conviction and removal from office is pretty much nil. And this could easily propel him into a second term. "See! They impeached me but they couldn't convict! BECAUSE I DID NOTHING WRONG!"
It would be quite interesting to see him re-elected with a 3/4s Dem majority in both houses of Congress, just waiting for him to do something impeachable again. Which would probably take a week or so after Inauguration Day. He could still do a lot of damage, but he'd never get any of his legislation passed, and the Dems could pass anything with veto-proof majorities, which would massively piss him off.
-- oath required of senators by Senate Rules in Impeachment Trials
"There will be no difference between the president's position and our position as to how to handle this...We'll be working through this process... in total coordination with the White House counsel's office and the people representing the president in the well of the Senate... There is no chance the president is going to be removed from office."
-- Sen. Mitch McConnell
Mitch the Turtle perjured himself right there by admitting he won't be rendering a fair, impartial, and considered verdict. And who knows, maybe this will cost Mitch re-election, which would be a beautiful thing. He's lost a lot of popularity in Kentucky. But since he wasn't under oath, he can say whatever come out of his snake-infested tiny little brain. This trial may well create a sea change of sweeping Republicans out of the Senate and Congress in general, we shall see next November.
The one positive thing is that SCOTUS Chief Justice John Roberts will preside over the trial, and will require the trial to be run properly, and McConnell won't be able to rush the proceedings. But the likelihood of a certain party to put country over party and study the evidence and presentations?
NVBL. (not very bloody likely)
Therefore, I think the chance of a conviction and removal from office is pretty much nil. And this could easily propel him into a second term. "See! They impeached me but they couldn't convict! BECAUSE I DID NOTHING WRONG!"
It would be quite interesting to see him re-elected with a 3/4s Dem majority in both houses of Congress, just waiting for him to do something impeachable again. Which would probably take a week or so after Inauguration Day. He could still do a lot of damage, but he'd never get any of his legislation passed, and the Dems could pass anything with veto-proof majorities, which would massively piss him off.
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Date: 2019-12-17 03:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-12-17 04:09 pm (UTC)The way they are towing the party line and putting party over country, no, there will be no recusals. I just hope there's enough removals from office next year that in '21 when he's impeached again it will be an actual trial.