That’s the smart play. She said: “Impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there’s something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I don’t think we should go down that path, because it divides the country.”

This echoed the words of 443 legal scholars who wrote a joint letter to Newt Gingrich in 1998. It read:

“The House’s power to impeach, like a prosecutor’s power to indict, is discretionary. This power must be exercised not for partisan advantage, but only when circumstances genuinely justify the enormous price the nation will pay in governance and stature if its President is put through a long, public, voyeuristic trial.”

I agree with that, but I would add one more clause to the last sentence: “especially one which offers absolutely no possibility of a conviction in the existing Senate.”

And the Senate will not change until Trump himself is up for re-election, so the only way to beat him is at the ballot box.

Pelosi may be standing on a correct principle, but more important, she is being pragmatic. The House Democrats can only lose by impeaching Trump. A show trial in the Senate is not only divisive, but it could not produce a conviction, and might energize Trump’s supporters for the next election. Moreover, the ultimate verdict would allow Trump to crow that he was totally exonerated, offering him political advantages, and solidifying his supporters’ perception that he has been unfairly harassed.

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Man Arrested For Choking Driver Who Wouldn’t Stop Singing Christmas Carols

Violence for a proper cause, as in wartime, shouldn’t get you arrested. I ask who is the greater hero, the guy who killed bin Laden, or the guy who prevented one more repetition of “rump-a-pum-pum.”

OK, probably the bin Laden guy.

But this guy should at least get a medal or something.

5 Foreign Reality Shows That Put American Ones To Shame

“Iraq’s Put Him In Bucca Punked Celebrities With Fake Terrorist Threats”

Those Iraqis are funny, funny guys! Your move, Kutcher!

“China’s Wonderful Friends Featured Celebrities Mistreating Zoo Animals”

“When Chinese producers pitched a reality show called Wonderful Friends, wherein celebrities would take care of zoo animals, it mixed three of China’s favorite pastimes: famous people, cute animals, and serious rights violations.”