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Originally Posted by Adder
Even if some Dems think that impeachment will be politically costly, I don't understand how they think doing nothing makes the issue go away. If you think it will be a net negative, you should be for getting it over with sooner rather than later, not leaving it to be an ongoing issue through next year's campaign.
Also, we're going to need to campaign against his corruption and criminality. We really shouldn't be leaving him with "if I'm so bad, why haven't you guys impeached me?" as an easy response.
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You need to Never Give Political Advice. This is insanely wrong.
Trump’s recklessness is a feature to populists, not a bug.* Don’t you get it? The Trump voters want an outlaw. So did the Bernie voters. They want to crash the system. It’s just like Brexit. Flagging Trump for obstruction and then losing on impeachment only alienates your party among the populists who might otherwise vote for Lunchbox Joe if he can sell them on the notion he’s the true hero of the forgotten man and woman.
Why do you think Warren’s getting so much traction? She’s another “hand grenade in the system” candidate, that’s why.
Impeachment makes the Ds look like a mix of political gamers and Javerts... Recipe for loss in 2020. Listen To Pelosi. Listen to her and never stop listening to her.
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* There’s also a strange romantic element at work. Crude as he is, Trump captures that deep seated American admiration for those who buck the system. Even while being a proponent of a new, very unfair and undemocratic system. Bernie has this same romantic element working for him — sort of a Bullworth effect.
