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applegrove

(118,793 posts)
Thu Dec 5, 2019, 04:41 PM Dec 2019

The Case for Slowing Down Impeachment

The Case for Slowing Down Impeachment

December 5, 2019 at 10:51 am EST By Taegan Goddard 158 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2019/12/05/the-case-for-slowing-down-impeachment/

"SNIP......

Charlie Sykes: “Trump counts on a dizzying, vertiginous cycle of news, outrage and disinformation to move past damaging stories before they are fully absorbed or placed into context.”

“Blink and you will miss it: kids in cages, ‘human scum,’ the G-7 and Doral, ‘send her back,’ his fraudulent foundation. Remember when Trump was planning to invite the Taliban to Camp David on the eve of 9/11? And how many weeks has it been since he gave Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan the green light to invade Syria?”

“Stories that would once have dominated the public’s consciousness for weeks, now can vanish in less than a single news cycle. By Friday of every week, even those of us who follow the news for a living have a hard time remembering the stories that had consumed our attention on Monday.”

“The same speed warp applies to impeachment.”

.....SNIP"

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The Case for Slowing Down Impeachment (Original Post) applegrove Dec 2019 OP
impeach but evertonfc Dec 2019 #1
No wonder the GOP House questioners wax poetic about anything but applegrove Dec 2019 #2
Pundits: Impeach! Impeach! Impeach! Wait! Wait! Wait! StarfishSaver Dec 2019 #3
I wish they had moved along with impeachment but subpoenaed everythin. dem4decades Dec 2019 #4
It will all be brought to a screeching halt when 45 shuts down the government in a few weeks. Runningdawg Dec 2019 #5
You funny........ Cartaphelius Dec 2019 #6

applegrove

(118,793 posts)
2. No wonder the GOP House questioners wax poetic about anything but
Thu Dec 5, 2019, 04:44 PM
Dec 2019

the actual impeachment when they have the floor. Repitition of the ideas in the impeachment charges will also sink the facts into the Republican base's minds.

 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
3. Pundits: Impeach! Impeach! Impeach! Wait! Wait! Wait!
Thu Dec 5, 2019, 04:51 PM
Dec 2019

Fortunately, Pelosi and her squad got this and we'll handle their business, as always, with perfect timing ...

dem4decades

(11,304 posts)
4. I wish they had moved along with impeachment but subpoenaed everythin.
Thu Dec 5, 2019, 04:54 PM
Dec 2019

And keep the investigation going until all relative materials are delivered.

 

Cartaphelius

(868 posts)
6. You funny........
Thu Dec 5, 2019, 05:20 PM
Dec 2019

because it will be much, much worse
than you might imagine.

Dawg, soon it will be dawg eat dawg. And
being Dawg already, you gotta leg up on
most folks.... lol (lamenting out loud)

Be safe!

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