Originally Posted by LDAHL
The corollary would be, why couldn't they just come forward. If there were no wrong doing they could add important information to the case. As it is, it looks like they are hiding something. Of course it would ruin the GOP defense that all the evidence is second or third hand.
I think executives are funny that way, not wanting to give Congress too much authority over them. All President's seem to guard their executive privilege as much as possible so it always takes the courts to resolve issues between the executive and the legislative. I believe both sides want to keep the courts out of this one, if the Democrats get the courts to add force to their subpoenas it's very much likely that the Republicans can also force the Democrats to provide witnesses familiar with the origins of the initial complaint, and they don't want that.
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein
Here's what Rich Lowry at National Review had to say:
It looks like Pelosi is going to delay sending over the articles of impeachment, which is a really bad idea. One, this is not a way to exercise leverage over McConnell, because he doesn’t care to have the articles sent over in the first place. Two, it’s bizarre to try to force the Senate to fight to get witnesses that the House didn’t make much of an effort to get itself. Three, this contradicts the argument that impeachment was such an urgent necessity that it had to be rushed. Four, it will make impeachment look even more partisan and political. Five, it is exactly the wrong tack to win over those Republicans who might be persuadable on witness like Romney and Collins. Besides all that, it’s a brilliant idea.
I remember Clinton testifying, and again, McDougal being jailed (must of her sentence spent in solitary confinement) because she didn't.
Lying about adult consensual sex pales in comparison to Trump's criminality.
At least the House impeached. I felt less embarrassed than I usually do when I texted my relatives in Vienna this morning. Of course I realize that the Senate will trample the will of the people to line Trump's and their own pockets. But at least yesterday one branch of the US government did the right thing. Since such is so rare in American politics under Trump, I'm wondering how difficult it would be to get a library or airport named after Nancy Pelosi, as a gesture of respect for everyday hard working Americans victimized by Trump's policies? Rob
I still believe, and always have, that the whole Lewinsky thing? Tawdry, yes.....but also none of our business. To me this matter resided exclusively with the Clintons and Ms. Lewinsky.....though I'd also say that their meetings - nice way to put it, no? - would have been better advised taking place somewhere not taxpayer subsidized....i.e., not in the Oval Office. Rob
IL, I'm sure your post is true. I'll give you that but with one HUGE caveat. You are not telling the whole story. A big reason that Ferguson went ballistic in the first place? The extreme predatory fining of the Ferguson PD. Micheal Brown's murder was just an ignition device for the powder keg already there, fully created by those if whom you approve at the Ferguson PD. No one in Ferguson will forget the predatory fining and neither will I. It's too American. Rob
Should be created by those of whom you fully approve above. Rob
Well, close enough.
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein
Ok Boomer.Well, close enough.
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