Scraping the bottom of the barrel

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  1. rahl

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    holding public officials accountable for their actions, and preventing the worst mistake this country has ever made, from running again or holding any public office.
     
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    Due process is not a requirement in impeachment trials. It is a political activity, not a judicial one.
     
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    Eleuthera Well-Known Member Donor

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    Why does the government do this on only a selective basis? That is, why does it let other officials off the hook, while others are held accountable? Obviously it's political, which makes it rotten as hell.

    Is the law applied evenly? Is there really the rule of law in this country?
     
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    same reason prosecutors do.
    who has been let off the hook?
    yes and yes
     
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    INCITING VIOLENSE?

    Madonna (Dem): "Let's blow up the white house!"

    Peter Fonda (Dem): "Lock 10 year old Barren Trmp in a cage with child molesters."

    Johnny Depp (Dem): "We need another John Wilks Booth!"

    Tom Arnold (Dem): "I fantasize about standing over Trump Jr.'s dead body!"

    Kathy Griffith (Dem): Holds up a bloody, decapitated head of Trump

    Snoop Dog: (Dem): Shoots a likeness of Turmp in a music video, has Trump in a body bag on his album cover

    Joe Biden (Dem): "I'd like to take Trump behind barn to beat him."

    Corey Booker (Dem): "I dream of punching Trump in the face."

    Maxine Waters (Dem congresswoman) "Harass Trump's staff and supporters in public and refuse to serve them."
     
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    why did trump and trumps DOJ let them off the hook?
     
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    kriman Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Have any of them been tried?
     
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    Yeah, sure....the above is the same as the Trump conspiracy to promote the "big lie" for months, culminating in Trump's incitement of the MAGA terrorist mob to "stop the steal" at the Capitol on January 6 - NOT. The comparison is so ridiculous I fully expect Trump's legal team to use some of it :lol:.
     
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    kriman Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I you have to claim one is not as bad as the other, then you have a weak argument to start with.
     
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    Actually, claiming that any of the list you provided is as bad as what Trump did over months and months and culminating with his incitement on Jan 6 is the same or similar is utterly ridiculous. In other words, an argument that Biden's words re:, "if they were in high school, taking Trump behind the gym to beat the hell out of him" for Trump's disgusting comments about women is the same as inciting the MAGA terrorist insurrection at the Capitol on Jan 6 is crazy.....
     
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    In one case, no bodily harm was actually stated. Only fight. Part of the chant of cheer leaders is "fight, fight fight".

    In the other case, the President of the United States was threatened with bodily harm and death.
     
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    Well golly gee, you'd think Trump's DOJ and Trump's Secret Service would have arrested all of your group - care to guess why they didn't? Again, utterly ridiculous......and, as a result of Trump's conspiracy and actions, 5 people died and two other police officers took their own lives in the subsequent days. Well over 100 police officers were injured. P.S. I think GA will get Trump and I somehow don't think the DOJ is done with Trump yet. Trump isn't worried about this impeachment trial, other than how his image will take a hit, Trump is worried about potential criminal legal problems.
     
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    It is Pelosi, Schumer and the democrats pushing the impeachment. The statements by the democrats were much more pointed, yet this same group that wants to punish Trump see nothing wrong with the statements by their fellow democrats.
     
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    I don't know the details, but donations make things more likely to happen. They're also doing fund raising for H.R.1(For the People Act of 2021 (H.R. 1) - GovTrack.us).
    Do you donate when they email you asking for money? Do you take their polls on the issues?
    Well, I don't have any proof. I delete the emails after I donate so they don't get to double-dip if I forget that I donated already.

    Or, is this a hush-hush wink-wink kind of suggestion?
     
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    Bush Chaney, Clapper et.al did not have thousands of followers that invaded the house of our Republic looking to cause damage and injure politicians and stop the legal process that was taking place. They also did nor have a rally that spoke to going to the Capital shortly before the incident took place and did not express their love when the finally asked them to go home.
     
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    Trump emulators amuse me. You must admire him to emulate him as you do.
     
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    Please do not insult the ***** by associating it with Trump.

    Thank you.

    :boxing:
     
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    Your link says nothing about donations, and you asmit you have no proof.

    You previously claimed that the Democrats were raising funds for the impeachment. In light of your admission and your empty response to my request for proof, I'll assume your just making stuff up.
     
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    Now we know what trump sucks at...choosing lawyers!
    They are trying to accuse him of the actions of others. This should be a one and done
    In a way I’m glad they suck
    If trump gets impeached the Cons will be able to impeach Biden for anything. Even for farting!
     
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    "What we already know does constitute the gravest violation of his oath of office by any president in the history of the country, and this is not something that we can simply look past or pretend didn’t happen or try to move on.” Liz Cheney
     
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    Lol...it’s called evidence.
     
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    Anybody that gives a rats about this farce impeachment is a partisan hack, has no issues wasting a lot of tax payer money due to sour grapes and vendettas, and can't look forward as they are looking behind.

    In short. Get over it.
     
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    I don’t agree with Liz on this one. I’m a strong believer in people being responsible for themselves. I don’t even agree with that one case where the girl told her boyfriend to kill himself and he did and she went down for it. Is she evil scum? Yes. Did she break a law? Not in my opinion. If trumpcan get impeached on what someone “thought” he meant then there goes free speech.
    I’m looking at the long term implications of this on every day average citizens. Not trump. And I’m not actually defending him, I’m defending the law. He said some stupid things. But he didn’t tell them to go commit crimes at the capital
    Just like Maxine waters didn't get in trouble for encouraging people to harass republicans. People cannot blame this on her because that’s equally as silly
    You cant win this based on logic. Logic dictates that adults are responsible for themselves
    Clearly you see it differently. I respect your right to different views but please don’t complain of this backfires
    After this you could tell a nephew to “knock em dead” at a hockey game and he literally kills all the opposite team members but since he THOUGHT you meant “kill them” it’s YOUR fault
    You see how dangerous this is now?
    Heck I’ll even throw you a bone and say he should have called in the guard sooner and maybe they can somehow charge him with whatever that is
    That at least makes sense but this whole insightment thing is pure BS
    It comes down to if you want to be in a nanny state or not. I respect that you believe in that but it isn’t for me
    Thanks for your commentary though
     
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    Evidence that someone invaded the capitol. Not one is denying that was done.
     
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    You want proof? Very well. Lucky for you I found out my email program didn't delete the emails online yet and they are still in my trash folder.

    Ok, so here's how it starts:
    First, I get an email asking me to talk a poll or sign my name (Click images to enlarge).
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    Second, I get taken to a webpage to take the poll or signature. Like so:
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    At the bottom, there is a donate link. It goes to the ActBlue donation site, to secure my payment, which is a well-known site that processes online transactions for Democrats, used by virtually every Democrat up and down the ticket. I'm not going to screenshot that one.
     

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