[oregontim]

Impeachment is a purely political instrument.

Do you think that's a fair understanding of what it's supposed to be? I think it becomes political when enough legislators choose party over country to make it political. I think it was used politically against Clinton, for example; and I understand that some people think it was political against Trump. I don't agree with that, myself, but I can see how you can think that.

The real effectiveness of impeachment against criminal actions was bipartisan in 1973/74 when a majority Republican congress used the real threat of impeachment to force Nixon to resign. He resigned because he knew he would be impeached if he didn't. And it was a group of Republican senators who delivered that ultimatum to him. It was about the crime, not the party. That's how it's supposed to work, IMO.

And unfortunately for all of us during the Covid pandemic, the debasement of impeachment this time around led to this president's disregard for the law and sense of empowerment that left him unchecked on his actions related to national response to crisis.

[oregontim]

Impeachment is a purely political instrument.

Do you think that's a fair understanding of what it's supposed to be? I think it becomes political when enough legislators choose party over country to make it political. I think it was used politically against Clinton, for example; and I understand that some people think it was political against Trump. I don't agree with that, myself, but I can see how you can think that.

The real effectiveness of impeachment against criminal actions was bipartisan in 1973/74 when a majority Republican congress used the real threat of impeachment to force Nixon to resign. He resigned because he knew he would be impeached if he didn't. And it was a group of Republican senators who delivered that ultimatum to him. It was about the crime, not the party. That's how it's supposed to work, IMO.

And unfortunately for all of us during the Covid pandemic, the debasement of impeachment this time around led to this president's disregard for the law and sense of empowerment that left him unchecked on his actions related to national response to crisis.