Impeachment: The Downside for Democrats

[james_1957]

President Mike Pence...

If Trump were impeached and convicted, Vice President Mike Pence, a right-wing, evangelical ideologue, would be a much more reliable and competent rubber stamp for the conservative policy agenda. Trump, for all his failings, cannot be counted on to support conservative Republican orthodoxy. While his cabinet picks and early policy proposals have largely catered to right-wing ideology, his policy flip-flops and incompetence make him a very unreliable partner for congressional Republicans.

In particular, his positions on Russia, trade, entitlements, and deficits are antithetical to Republican dogma, and recently Trump even applauded Australia’s single payer health care system. And thus far, most of his attacks on immigrants and Muslim refugees have been turned aside by a wall of public outrage and judicial rulings, although we will need to remain extraordinarily vigilant about an emboldened ICE.

Pence, on the other hand, who was given a 99 percent rating from the American Conservative Union, would be much more likely to cut Social Security, push National Right to Work, and try to restrict gay marriage, and would probably treat immigrants and refugees just as badly, in order to court the Trump base.

http://thedemocraticstrategist.org/2017/05/impeachment-the-downside-for-democrats/

 

[Adre]

President Mike Pence...



http://thedemocraticstrategist.org/2017/05/impeachment-the-downside-for-democrats/

And you think this is news for Dems, Captain Obvious?

 

[Paul_Chance]

They've got a couple of other things on their mind as well - they can see back to the Clinton impeachment when President Clinton's popularity actual rose as he went through the process.

The other this is old adage "You only get one shot at the dragon". If they were to attempt impeachment and it were to fail or fall apart, the backlash would be devastating. If after all the smoke they couldn't find or prove the fire...there credibility would be shot.

 

[KingOrfeo]

They've got a couple of other things on their mind as well - they can see back to the Clinton impeachment when President Clinton's popularity actual rose as he went through the process.

The other this is old adage "You only get one shot at the dragon". If they were to attempt impeachment and it were to fail or fall apart, the backlash would be devastating. If after all the smoke they couldn't find or prove the fire...there credibility would be shot.

No impeachment will begin until the fire has been found.

 

[lovecraft68]

Pence wouldn't be psychotic, nor would he be trying to write executive orders 24/7. He's more a career politician so the lunacy rate would be down

But he will push even further than Trump on taking away the rights of women and gays and anyone not straight white christian and male and...50+ going by the only people you ever see standing around him acting like they like him.

 

[BotanyBoy]

No impeachment will begin until the fire has been found.

They are so delusional they will try to pass off an iceberg as a fire, call Trump a Nazi and hope it sticks.

 

[lovecraft68]

They are so delusional they will try to pass off an iceberg as a fire, call Trump a Nazi and hope it sticks.

Whatever works.

The fuhrer is ready to appoint his personal lawyer as director of the FBI and the gutless goose stepping GOP is about to let him.

Anyone who sees nothing wrong with that is....probably stoned 24/7 and has lost use of most of their brain cells from needing pot to cope with life.

Meaning you sure as hell wouldn't want 1950's family values Pence as a president. He'll lock people like you up and have priests exorcise that demon of marijuana out of you.

 

[Hard_Rom]

Whatever works.

The fuhrer is ready to appoint his personal lawyer as director of the FBI and the gutless goose stepping GOP is about to let him.

Anyone who sees nothing wrong with that is....probably stoned 24/7 and has lost use of most of their brain cells from needing pot to cope with life.

Meaning you sure as hell wouldn't want 1950's family values Pence as a president. He'll lock people like you up and have priests exorcise that demon of marijuana out of you.

Luckily he lives in the Socialist State of California. The government there will protect him from the right wing tyrants.

 

[phrodeau]

They are so delusional they will try to pass off an iceberg as a fire, call Trump a Nazi and hope it sticks.

Someone is clearly delusional around here.