Why did Pelosi hold up
the impeachment articles?
Power Line,
by
Paul Mirengoff
Original Article
Posted By: Pluperfect,
1/11/2020 4:39:24 AM
As John discussed below, Nancy Pelosi finally gave up her futile attempt to use the threat of not sending impeachment articles to the Senate as a means of forcing Mitch McConnell to give her a say in how the Senate will conduct the trial. Since McConnell isn’t exactly dying to hold a trial of President Trump, Pelosi’s gambit wasn’t just empty, it was ridiculous. She comes off looking silly.
Why did Pelosi make such a dumb play? I suspect she deluded herself into thinking it might work because, being obsessively power hungry, she failed to distinguish between her actual power and the power she covets.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
chumley 1/11/2020 5:29:57 AM (No. 285113)
This and all the other smackdowns will do nothing to dispel her illusion because it has been reinforced by decades of fawning by the press and people paying bribes for favor. She is mean, vindictive, conniving and mentally ill. Like I used to say about the Hildebeast, I am young enough I will probably see her assume room temperature. It will be a day of celebration.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
worried 1/11/2020 6:11:56 AM (No. 285130)
FTA: "Why did Pelosi make such a dumb play?" Because she is dumb. Simple enough?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
chillijilli 1/11/2020 7:48:02 AM (No. 285195)
Above all, we know that the Demos NEVER do anything without a plan. So this hold up had a specific purpose and was not some willy nilly let's-see-what-happens maneuver. Pelosi hoped that, given extra time, some of the Pubbie Congresscreeple would break ranks and the Demos could then holler and scream that this is a bipartisan impeachment and therefore they deserve more testimony from the likes of Bolton. And perhaps if that happened it would encourage Senate Pubbies to break rank as well when the Articles were sent.
All the Demos ever really need to do to advance their agenda is get their toe in the door---once they've accomplished that, they know the media will carry on for them 24/7 with cherry-picked sound bites. The uninformed public will be once again plopped right into a whirlpool of distorted news. Pelosi wants more accusations, investigations and testimony right up to the elections.
If McConnell dismisses, Nancy will start all over again: "Additional information has come to light that needs to be heard (Bolton, etc) and so I'm forced to begin ANOTHER impeachment inquiry..." What's to stop her from doing that? They will demand that Bolton has significant information that hasn't been heard yet and they MUST get that info out so the "public" can decide.
The Demos are dangerous enough alone on the impeachment issue, but with the accompanying media hysteria 24/7 they are more than doubly dangerous.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Califedup 1/11/2020 7:52:58 AM (No. 285204)
The author of this article, Paul Meringoff, is another one of these fake conservatives. Notice how he uses his article about the repulsive, evil old crone Pelosi to take shots at Newt Gingrich.
Speaking of coming off looking silly? Look in the mirror Meringoff.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Strike3 1/11/2020 8:04:53 AM (No. 285215)
Stupidity and arrogance is not a winning combination in anybody yet we see the two "qualities" paired up quite often, especially in democrats. I can see how eight years of hanging around Barack Obama might delude one into thinking otherwise.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Ruhn 1/11/2020 8:16:52 AM (No. 285229)
Mirengoff doesn’t get it. The articles of impeachment are a means to an end, not an end to itself. The House Judiciary Committee (HJC) have two cases pending in DC Circuit Court: the release of the Grand Jury testimony of the Mueller investigation and to compel testimony of WH counsel Dan McGhan. The impeachment articles are leverage for both cases. If the HJC wins, that will open a political can of worms for the next year. Every bit of dirt on Trump collected from the grand jury will be exploited by the Dems throughout the election and as fodder future articles of impeachment by the House.
So yeah, on the surface Pelosi’s impeachment gambit seems silly. But the deep state lawfare pros employed by House are playing a long game to weaponize the Constitution and reek maximum damage on Trump at least through November.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 1/11/2020 8:42:47 AM (No. 285259)
A good example of why the Founding Fathers put limits and a division of powers on each branch of government.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
JackBurton 1/11/2020 9:18:02 AM (No. 285290)
Keep in mind that Trump supported her bid for the Speaker position when the Donks won the house. I was thinking it was a 'Don't throw my in that briar patch' sort of a recommendation.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Chuzzles 1/11/2020 9:33:41 AM (No. 285310)
Pelosi knows she has nothing that is even within a country mile of being close to criminal. All she has is a major tantrum going on, because Trump won't cower or cave in to her. Her arrogance is leading her, her arrogance is continuing to destroy the democrat party. I suspect that the democrats are in for such a shock this year, they won't have a clue how to handle the after burn of losing.
She just cannot let it go, hence the attempt to extort a seat at Turtle's table. Not gonna happen. Like he has said at least twice, her job is OVER and done. Now it is the Senate's turn.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Kate318 1/11/2020 10:00:02 AM (No. 285358)
Interesting theory, #4. But, the dems seem to be counting on John Bolton being another Anthony Scaramucci. What if he isn’t? I don’t know the man, so I don’t know if he is the vindictive type. But, it could be another Acme cigar moment for the dems.i
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 1/11/2020 10:31:15 AM (No. 285407)
In the middle and until the end of 2019 the Mummy's Momma, Pelosi's, shenanigan show trial if a space alien landed in Washington it would believe Pelosi and Adam Schiff were running the country. The article mentions Pelosi's dumb choices and to watch and listen to her she is dumb, very dumb. I think Pelosi has stepped into something she can't back out of and she has to know it.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Smart11344 1/11/2020 12:37:17 PM (No. 285559)
Because she could. She only hurt her own party. The party of hypocrites.
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