The “I” word

[Benton]

(11-29-2018, 03:31 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: In the end it boils down to my original opinion: no matter what the historical precedent, our political climate requires much more in the way of objective evidence of criminal activity for impeachment. I know I didn't lay that out explicitly in the OP, but that is what I was saying. Were we blessed with a slate of legislators that the people believed were acting in good faith for the country, then it'd be a different story. But that's not our current government.

If we have to wait until we have honest members of Congress acting in good faith before we can impeach someone for wrong doing, it's unlikely we'll see a president impeached during this century. If that's the bar — and following the actions of the current POTUS — we're condoning future abuses and behavior we haven't (that I know of anyway) seen before in the executive branch.