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Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#148926: Nov 6th 2016 at 6:25:50 PM

Also the attempt on Bill Clinton hurt the GOP badly. An attempted impeachment could throw the 2018 results into questions due to the inevitable backlash.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Mr.Didact Keep Hope Alive from Winterfell Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: Naked on a bearskin rug, playing the saxophone
Keep Hope Alive
#148927: Nov 6th 2016 at 6:26:33 PM

Please win the White House Hilary. Please win the Senate, Democrats. I don't think we can take much more of this madness.

Stand Fast, Stand Strong, Stand Together
HallowHawk Since: Feb, 2013
#148928: Nov 6th 2016 at 6:40:06 PM

[up] Tell me about it. I want to legally migrate there.

NativeJovian Jupiterian Local from Orlando, FL Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Jupiterian Local
#148929: Nov 6th 2016 at 6:51:24 PM

[up][up]The good news is that both of those are very likely. Taking the House is a much dicier proposition, but the Democrats have probably got the Senate and the White House in the bag.

Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#148930: Nov 6th 2016 at 6:54:06 PM

[up]x18 If the GOP ever tried to Impeach Clinton AND Kaine, I'd fully support armed revolution at that point.

edited 6th Nov '16 6:54:49 PM by TacticalFox88

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BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#148931: Nov 6th 2016 at 6:58:54 PM

They'd probably try to impeach Kaine citing Wikileaks as evidence for whatever they would try to accuse him of.

I really dislike talk of armed revolution. You wouldn't be ok with the Trumpets saying that.

edited 6th Nov '16 7:00:01 PM by BearyScary

Do not obey in advance.
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#148932: Nov 6th 2016 at 7:12:42 PM

[up] Stop with the false equivalence. That's nowhere even close to being the same bullshit that Trump supporters spew.

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AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#148933: Nov 6th 2016 at 7:15:17 PM

And trying to do so will be the last nail in the GOP coffin.

The evidence is weak and they know it.

Inter arma enim silent leges
AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#148934: Nov 6th 2016 at 7:19:34 PM

Let's not talk about promoting violence guys.

edited 6th Nov '16 7:42:06 PM by AlleyOop

Fighteer MOD Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#148935: Nov 6th 2016 at 7:37:23 PM

Let us not speak of armed revolution, m'kay? Fox, we've warned you before about this sort of thing.

edited 6th Nov '16 7:37:34 PM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#148936: Nov 6th 2016 at 8:03:36 PM

There were threats to impeach Obama on day one as well. I wonder how long the Republican Party can continue to exist if its fundamental reaction to losing elections is to proclaim the illegitimacy of the opposing administration.

edited 6th Nov '16 8:03:44 PM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#148937: Nov 6th 2016 at 8:05:32 PM

Impeach him over what?

Edit: And that's the second time in a row I've had a pagetopper questioning how the Republicans could possibly impeach someone who hasn't warranted it in the slightest.

edited 6th Nov '16 8:06:51 PM by KarkatTheDalek

Oh God! Natural light!
AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#148938: Nov 6th 2016 at 8:06:25 PM

Didn't John Boehner try to sue Obama at one point?

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#148939: Nov 6th 2016 at 8:07:11 PM

[up][up] For being a Democrat, basically. The House of Representatives is not required to formally charge the President with any specific crime when drafting articles of impeachment.

edited 6th Nov '16 8:07:45 PM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#148940: Nov 6th 2016 at 8:08:47 PM

What's stopping them from doing this forever honestly?

Oh really when?
KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#148941: Nov 6th 2016 at 8:09:11 PM

[up][up] What was the rationale these people gave, though?

edited 6th Nov '16 8:09:19 PM by KarkatTheDalek

Oh God! Natural light!
Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#148942: Nov 6th 2016 at 8:10:09 PM

^^ Political suicide, basically. The fear of driving moderates into the Dem's arms.

^ Guilt by association? /shrug.

edited 6th Nov '16 8:10:46 PM by Wryte

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#148943: Nov 6th 2016 at 8:11:42 PM

At some point they're going to have to give up on both the notions that there's a "missing white vote" or that suppressing Democrats is a viable way to keep the party alive.

edited 6th Nov '16 8:12:07 PM by LSBK

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#148944: Nov 6th 2016 at 8:14:11 PM

[up] Well, they had a 2012 autopsy and look how well they followed that.

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Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#148945: Nov 6th 2016 at 8:16:38 PM

One hopes that Trump hijacking their primaries will hammer the lesson home, but the thing is that Trump appears set to do better than Romney did.

chartoc Since: Apr, 2010
#148946: Nov 6th 2016 at 8:21:26 PM

Who what will happen but it is looking like Trump is losing NC and NV. NV because of the Hispanic vote and NC because of early votes by unaffiliated voters, which heavily skewed urban/suburban & millennial/Gen X.

If he doesn't win these 2 states he does't have a path to 270.

So my state could help decide the fate of the election. Oh boy.

edited 6th Nov '16 8:23:36 PM by chartoc

Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#148947: Nov 6th 2016 at 8:27:05 PM

Can we take a moment to note how smart a choice Tim Kaine was from an electoral college perspective? Virginia hasn't been in play at all this election, by all rights it should be more of a swing state than Ohio or Pennsylvania but it's just been quietly blue this entire time, not taking up any time or attention, just calmly being a solid blue state.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#148948: Nov 6th 2016 at 8:54:07 PM

Not to mention that if the Repulicans repeatedly try and impeach Clinton at the expense of everything else, eventually the Supreme Court will likely step in and say "HEY FUCKERS, KNOCK IT OFF."

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#148949: Nov 6th 2016 at 8:56:58 PM

I don't find it that likely, but what if it ends in a 4-4?

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#148950: Nov 6th 2016 at 9:03:55 PM

[up][up][up] Full Frontal with Samantha Bee brought that up too in Samantha Bee's typically refined and dignified manner.

Disgusted, but not surprised

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