Impeachment Megathread Part 3

[Nyvin]

America is weeping at this vote.

Most of America doesn't care and doesn't even know what impeachment is.

It's actually a pretty popular topic.

[Nyvin]

America is weeping at this vote.

Most of America doesn't care and doesn't even know what impeachment is.

It's actually a pretty popular topic.

Impeachment is such a popular topic that the soap operas usually get 2x higher TV ratings than the trial when shown on the broadcast networks in the afternoon. It's such a popular topic that a Democratic focus group took 80 minutes to even mention the topic, and when they did they dismissed it as partisan nonsense.

Only hyper-partisans care about impeachment.

Not hyper partisan at all.   If someone has any interests in politics whatsoever,  they'll be at least semi-informed of impeachment.   

Yes, there's some people who are completely disconnected from the political systems in the country, there's nothing much we can do about that.

[Nyvin]

"we're really not that interested. We're ready to move on." So should the Democrats. So should Atlas posters.

I'm sure Democrats will move on faster than Republicans did with Benghazi.

[Nyvin]

America is weeping at this vote.

Most of America doesn't care and doesn't even know what impeachment is.

It's actually a pretty popular topic.

Impeachment is such a popular topic that the soap operas usually get 2x higher TV ratings than the trial when shown on the broadcast networks in the afternoon. It's such a popular topic that a Democratic focus group took 80 minutes to even mention the topic, and when they did they dismissed it as partisan nonsense.

Only hyper-partisans care about impeachment.

Are you referring to the focus group on CBS, that was moderated by Frank Luntz? It was an all-female focus group, and every woman at that table, from what I've heard, both Democrats and Republicans, predicted that Trump would win reelection.

No. I'm refering to a Democratic focus group in Chicago run by David Axelrod:

"Because impeachment didn’t come up, no one volunteered it, for 80 minutes into the focus group, and we’re right in the middle of the trial."


"When it came up, they said, you know, it's terrible what he did, the case has been proven, but we know how it's going to turn out," Axelrod continued. "So we're not really that interested, we're ready to move on."

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/479876-cnns-axelrod-says-impeachment-didnt-come-up-until-80-minutes-into-focus-group

They know how it's going to go, because they know that Republican Senators are members of the Trump cult.

Democratic voters in 2006/2008/2012/2016 : we have to vote these fascist republican senators (aka moderate republican senators like Lincoln Shafee, Gordon Smith Scott Brown, Mark Kirk) out of office because they're a threat to democracy

Democratic voters now : where are all these moderate republican senators who would have once defended the rule of law and democracy ?

All of those Senators you listed came from Safe or Likely D states.   Nowadays the only Republican Senator from even a Lean D state is Collins, who voted in favor of witnesses.

The Democratic Senators that replaced them are much better at being honest about Trump's wrong doings.

[Nyvin]

https://twitter.com/Grace_Segers/status/1224803887531679744

I wasn't able to watch the full clip, so I couldn't see if she added, "I'm confident we'll be able to get away with our treason more successfully next time" or "I don't think he'd be stupid enough to have so many witnesses, again".

I'd read "much more cautious" as "He'll make sure he doesn't get caught again".   

I don't think anyone is stupid enough to believe Trump will simply stop being corrupt.