LOL. How many times are they going to fall for this shit. I will bet anyone who believes this shit $1000.
I guess thereâs no way to prove that the guys with the zip tie cuffs werenât just there to help organize the AV cables in the Senate Chamber.
Hopefully. Remember you gullible guys being booted- if you wait too long to cut a deal with the authorities- you donât get to cut a deal.
Be smart - be first to cooperate.
Back in 2009 the elected representatives looked like this:
- President: Barack Obama D
- Congress: 257 D / 178 R
- Senate: 57 D / 41 R
Iâm not American, so I donât have a feel for how this works. Iâve lived most of my adult life in countries with Westminster-style Parliaments (Canada, NZ, Australia). Can someone explain to me how, with numbers like that, a GOP freak-out would matter?
Most legislative activities required a 60% majority in the Senate at the time
From the article: RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said, âMy hope is that the Arizona Republican Party will not entertain it. This does nothing to grow our party or put us in a better position to win in 2022.â
Of course. Flake â although no longer a Senator â can still command attention and airtime while singing a pretty anti-Trumpism song, and McCain can go Independent or Democratic.
In times of relative sanity, itâs a good feature.
I canât without exploding into a diatribe about fecklessness, cowardice, self-delusion and âdemocraticâ politicians whose only purpose is to sabotage the party.
As a wise man once said, âElections have consequences.â But some Democrats disagree.
It would accelerate that process to seize the RNCâs funds through civil asset forfeiture. Weâve had that shitty law for way too long; itâs about time that it actually be put to good use.
Apparently republican grumbling did matter, because in the next election, the Republicans took the House, and almost took the Senate.
Perhaps the moral should be, âwhen you have power, use it.â
If theyâre not also carrying velcro, thatâs intent.
The daily beast is not held to the Federal Rules of Evidence.
Bummer that the article doesnât say what the consequences of censuring would actually be. If itâs basically just a stern, âWe strongly object to what you did!â, well, I guess thatâd be par for the course when it comes to how Dems tend to fight back.
Thatâs essentially all censure is. In the House the person in question also has to stand in the time-out box while the Speaker of the House reads a note explaining what bad thing they did and how they should feel so very ashamed.
Thatâs why the Republicans who said Congress should have censured Trump instead of impeaching were so incredibly far off the mark. Censure is just a form of public shaming, so it has no effect on anyone who is incapable of experiencing shame.
