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Oh, stuff and nonsense. (1.00 / 1) (#22)
by weldon berger on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 08:34:54 PM EST
I read your comment; I just don't find it remotely compelling.

When someone says "impeachment is off the table," that's a categorical rejection of it. That means not only that they'll invest no effort in creating a new political reality, but that they'll actively discourage anyone else from trying to do so, which I would think you'd have to admit is exactly what's going on here. It also means that should something come down the pike which stirs public demand for impeachment, congressional Democrats will face a choice of actively resisting it or of seeming to support it based solely upon political necessity, which will once again reinforce the perception of Democrats as a principle-free party, something which is not in our best long-term interests.

But whatever. I can live with being thought an idiot.

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Off The Table (none / 0) (#23)
by squeaky on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 08:42:42 PM EST
Is the same as on the table for a disciplined political pragmatist.

Imeachment is just not going to happen despite all the rhetoric on both sides. Because it cannot be done before Nov 2008, and would fail anyway.

Feingold has it right, it is just not what some people want to hear.

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Up is the same as down (1.00 / 1) (#25)
by weldon berger on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 08:52:57 PM EST
for a disciplined political pragmatist. War is peace. Day is night.

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Rigjht (5.00 / 1) (#27)
by squeaky on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 08:59:46 PM EST
Because even when it is on the table, for a disciplined political pragmatist impeachment is only political swaggering, but as a reality it is never going to happen.

The next election is not that far away.

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A disciplined political pragmatist (none / 0) (#30)
by weldon berger on Mon Jul 16, 2007 at 11:37:03 PM EST
wouldn't actually commit to an absolute rejection of impeachment. What you're describing is a disciplined political opportunist -- someone willing to stake out a position for political gain, or in this instance a misplaced perception of political gain, and then abandon it as circumstances change.

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