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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWonkette's take on the KGOP stance:
(3 batshit crazy analogies, and one that's frighteningly on point)
https://www.wonkette.com/what-is-impeachment-like
4. ACTUALLY, Impeachment Is Like Some Shit We Know All Too Well
We'll close with what may be the best analogy of all, although it doesn't come from House Republicans, and it's not from today. (This is a real analogy, unlike the preceding examples.) A few days ago, American University professor Ibram X. Kendi, noting that Republicans in the Senate have given up any pretense of impartiality, explained,
This impeachment trial is becoming like a Jim Crow trial. Deep down everyone knows everything. Everyone knows the racist defendant is guilty. Everyone knows the all-White jury is going to quickly acquit. Everyone knows the exonerated defendant will continue to break the law.
That's about the shape of it, all right.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)fired. That site is my survival guide for every hearing since. The humor during their live blogs, make the GOP a little bit easier to handle.
volstork
(5,403 posts)If not for sites like DU and Wonkette to make me laugh, I would have been crying for the past 3 years...
lark
(23,158 posts)I used to go there, but now mainly hang out here to read and discuss politics. Thanks for the reminder, I'll have to go visit again.