12-10-2019, 03:13 PM
(12-10-2019, 02:56 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: Careful what you wish for.
If it fails... you could be handing Trump the 2020 election on a silver platter.
There are so many variables to that. There is no way to know for certain whether an impeachment and failure to remove will benefit or hurt Trump in 2020. That all depends on his opponent in the general as well as the message that gets across to independent voters. If the message heard is "Republicans will do anything to enable the party over the country to the point of allowing corruption," then it will hurt Trump and Republicans. If the message that gets across is "the Democrats only care about trying to undo the results of the 2016 election and they are sore losers" then it will benefit Trump.
Trying to say that something will hurt or benefit Trump in the general at this point is some of the most stupid punditry going on right now. Especially because we shouldn't be beholden to the political calculus of party politics. Trump committed high crimes and put his personal interests above those of the country. Being scared to impeach because of how it would look politically is just admitting to the general public that you care more about having power than actually looking after the best interests of the citizenry. Impeachment is a political question, but it shouldn't be a partisan one.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
