Starker on 14/11/2019 at 19:33
There was a Politico article that speculated along these lines, nothing concrete.
Renzatic on 14/11/2019 at 19:43
If it happens, I'll be surprised. That'd take some backbone to do. Something the Republicans lack at the moment.
jkcerda on 14/11/2019 at 19:49
please, BOTH sides lack a back one and have their eggs all in the basket for the party.
Renzatic on 14/11/2019 at 19:53
You can accuse the Democrats of a lot of things, but lacking a backbone isn't one of them. Pushing for impeachment this close to an election season is far from being a guaranteed success for them. It could very, very easily blow up in their faces, costing them not only the presidency, but the House as well.
jkcerda on 14/11/2019 at 20:10
sure hope it does.
Renzatic on 14/11/2019 at 20:15
THE BAIT IS SET! LET'S SEE IF ANYONE TAKES IT!
Starker on 14/11/2019 at 20:23
I'd say that hitching your political fortunes to a narrow and dwindling base that increasingly alienates regular voters is a pretty bold move too.
Renzatic on 14/11/2019 at 20:38
You weren't supposed to take the bait, Starker!
Renzatic on 14/11/2019 at 20:56
Oh, and hey, Dema. Goldmoon wants you to use your big lawyerly libtard mind to explain how the stupidcrats expect to win a case TOTALLY BUILT ON HEARSAY OLOL!
Starker on 14/11/2019 at 20:57
Om nom.
Hell, let's take it a notch higher:
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https://thebulwark.com/everything-trump-touches-dies-dancing-with-the-stars-edition/)
Some of us have been wondering exactly what victory in the Culture War would look like. Well, now we know what Trump country thinks victory means. God help us, it looks like this.
[video=youtube;ed9WTFptpCY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed9WTFptpCY[/video]
That's Sean Spicer, former White House press secretary, clomping his way through a routine on Dancing with the Stars, where he remains in the competition week after week, as much better dancers are booted off, thanks to call-in votes from a legion of Trump fans.
I supposed they imagine they are striking back at the elites and “owning the libs,” but the only people to whom they are causing pain and distress is fans of ballroom dancing. And people with taste, generally.
This is a microcosm of everything that's wrong with the Trump era.
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There is the contemptuous dismissal of elites and experts, even experts on dancing. There is the sneering dismissal of anyone who upholds any kind of standards, moral or esthetic, as “clutching their pearls.”
There is the chest-thumping self-image as fighters in a battle against imaginary enemies. (In this case, it's the preposterous belief that a ballroom dance show with an over-60 demographic is somehow a secret bastion of the cultural left.) People voting for Spicer really think they're “owning the libs” when they are just annoying the heck out of elderly ballroom fans.
There's the way a mob of political obsessives comes stomping off of Twitter and recklessly does damage to an institution they know nothing about. And finally there is the supreme indifference to actual results—in reality—which must be subordinated to the illusion of scoring points in symbolic online fights.
I will give Spicer's voters credit, though, for accurately capturing the spirit of the moment. A guy who can't dance winning a dancing competition is the perfect analogy for the idea that a man who can't govern might win re-election to the presidency.