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frazzled

(18,402 posts)
11. Because they're smart?
Fri May 19, 2017, 06:35 PM
May 2017

You don't go yelling impeachment (especially if you are a powerless minority who could not initiate it anyway) until the investigations are further along, and incontrovertible evidence of malfeasance is in hand. The Independent Counsel has only just begun his tenure; the House and Senate Intel committees have not nearly completed their work. And the biggest missing piece--an independent congressional commission--has not yet even been called.

A smart prosecutor does not go to trial in haste with half a case, before she knows she can win, before the ducks are all in a row, and all the evidence air-tight.

There is much more to gain by patience and hard work than by simply yelling something. Or are you simply wanting the "lock her up" tactic of the crazy right?

Nothing could jeopardize our position more for a change of power in Congress in 2018 than a premature call for impeachment. Chill. These things take time and a whole heap of work by hundreds and hundreds of professional investigators and legal minds.

Everyone of them could say exactly what you wanted BainsBane May 2017 #1
I know it would make zero difference. My point was our Dems saying it's too soon when the American Nevermypresident May 2017 #8
I don't think so BainsBane May 2017 #14
its obvious. drray23 May 2017 #2
Ironclad will be when they get Comey's memos, transcripts of Russian mtg. in Oval Office, etc. Nevermypresident May 2017 #12
Hmm... Mike Nelson May 2017 #3
Think back to Nixon /Agnew. Get rid of Pence and Ryan, then impeach. flor-de-jasmim May 2017 #4
They want gibraltar72 May 2017 #5
T's Crossed, I's Dotted, Charges Filed Me. May 2017 #6
my guess Skittles May 2017 #7
Listen to Adam Schiff. We have to be very careful about how this looks. GBizzle May 2017 #9
Impeachment is a political process gratuitous May 2017 #10
Because they're smart? frazzled May 2017 #11
You can call bernie sanders too.. he's Cha May 2017 #13
Thank You Me. May 2017 #22
A'ole pilikia, Me Cha May 2017 #23
It's strategy Lotusflower70 May 2017 #15
Simple sarisataka May 2017 #16
Answer-we don't want Trump to be acquitted brooklynite May 2017 #17
because we're investigating. We want to investigate, get the facts. Warren DeMontague May 2017 #18
Yes, your replies all sound reasonable and methodical. Yet, I hear our Dems saying they are Nevermypresident May 2017 #19
I think we should let this go a little longer. Every day WhiteTara May 2017 #20
Facts. Building a case of broken laws. Not politicizing it. countryjake May 2017 #21
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