Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer

No....I dont buy into that list of lies either. Guess you do LOL

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

Impeach Trump rallies happening now throughout the country. Great to see it!

Originally Posted by James Brown

Hi Rod:

I don't see how withholding the Articles from the Senate is turning up the heat at all.  Seriously, why would Trump and McConnell care one bit if Pelosi never sends the Articles to the Senate for trial?  Trump will declare vindication, the hard left base will feel screwed, and the persuadable middle will be left wondering why the Dems wasted all this time and money if they never intended to see it through.  Withholding the Articles seems like a lose, lose, lose situation to me.

Do you have a different point of view?

Jim

Originally Posted by James Brown

Also, there was no need for Schiff and Pelosi to skip the Courts.  The Courts can move quickly in these circumstances, and when they do it can be the end of the Executive in question.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Nixon

So, in my view, Schiff and Pelosi malpracticed the impeachment - assuming that the testimony of Bolton, Pompeo, and the rest would have bolstered the Abuse of Power Article.  This should piss off Ds and Anti-Trumpers everywhere, but it is probably too arcane a point for most folks.  It is not too arcane a point for Schiff and Pelosi though.  Their advisers know the law.  These two chose to rush this through for political expediency, even though it guaranteed no removal from office.  Schiff gave up on any possibility* to have Trump's wikki article end something like this:

"The Court held that a claim of Presidential privilege as to materials subpoenaed for use in a criminal trial cannot override the needs of the judicial process if that claim is based, not on the ground that military or diplomatic secrets are implicated, but merely on the ground of a generalized interest in confidentiality. Nixon was then ordered to deliver the subpoenaed materials to the District Court.  Nixon resigned sixteen days later, on August 9, 1974."

It is laughable to think now that the House or Schummer will shame McConnell into doing the House's job and corralling these witnesses for Senate hearings.

Jim

* (yes James, any possibility"so far" )

Originally Posted by James Brown

Hi Rod:

Actually, the Nixon and Bush v. Gore matters demonstrate that the Federal Courts all the way up to the Supremes can move in a matter of several weeks in these huge high-stakes political cases.  Also, even if the D's were not thrilled with the process for enforcing subpoenas, Why should they expect that they can recover these witnesses and leverage the Senate now, when they chose to short-circuit the process when they were in charge of the House investigation?

Jim

Originally Posted by Russ Carroll

How does it feel to be a “useful idiot” 

Originally Posted by James Lacey

Prediction. Rudy's fishing trip will amount to nothing, except maybe it will make his and Trump's position worse. Isn't Comey supposed to already be in jail? I mean, it's clear that Trump and his supporters love conspiracy theories, but seriously, have they ever been right even once? Let's be clear CrowdStrike is a Russian counter-intelligence ploy meant to deflect attention from their misdeeds. Hillary's emails amounted to no wrong-doing and no indictments, and similarly with Benghazi. Obama was born in the United States. Vaccines do not cause autism. Trump was not at ground-zero on 9/11. His inauguration crowd was significantly smaller than Obama's. He didn't lose the popular vote because of voter fraud. He didn't see Muslims celebrating in New Jersey on television on 9/11. Immigrants do not bring a higher crime rate. Obama did not pay a ransom to Iran. Ted Cruz's father had nothing to do with JFK's assassination. The Russia inquiry was not politically motivated, or a witch-hunt or a hoax. Trump was not wiretapped by Obama, and last but not least, wind-mills do not cause cancer. But yes, please, continue to tell us how Rudy is *finally* bringing the goods home.