{"id":93672,"date":"2019-12-22T12:45:53","date_gmt":"2019-12-22T16:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=93672"},"modified":"2019-12-22T11:46:23","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T15:46:23","slug":"barking-at-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=93672","title":{"rendered":"Barking At the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Go ahead, bark at the Moon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sometimes, this just gets downright silly.<\/p>\n

You have to start asking why, if Pelosi is so sure she\u2019ll win<\/em> and Trump will be dismissed from office, she has not yet sent the articles of impeachment to the Senate.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a Vox article on the potential results of not sending the articles of impeachment to the Senate.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2019\/12\/19\/21029938\/pelosi-impeachment-articles-senate-withheld-trump<\/a><\/p>\n

Sen. McConnell\u2019s view is that \u201cher reluctance to transmit the articles was an admission that her case was weak. And, he said, \u201cIf the speaker ever gets her House in order, that mess will be dumped in the Senate\u2019s lap.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s another view from the NY Times:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/12\/19\/us\/politics\/impeachment-trump-senate-trial.html<\/a><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 The day after the House\u00a0cast historic votes to impeach President Trump<\/a>, Speaker Nancy Pelosi put an abrupt halt on the proceedings, holding back from sending\u00a0the charges<\/a>\u00a0to the Republican-led Senate in a politically risky bid to exert influence over the contours of an election-year trial.<\/p>\n

With some leading Democrats pushing to delay transmittal of the articles and others advocating that they be withheld altogether, the limbo is likely to persist until the new year. The House left town on Thursday for a two-week holiday recess without taking the votes to appoint impeachment managers, which is required to start the process in the Senate.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are ready,\u201d said Ms. Pelosi, who has said she would not send the charges or name the lawmakers who would prosecute the case against Mr. Trump until she was certain of a fair process for a Senate trial. \u201cWhen we see what they have, we will know who and how many we will send over.\u201d<\/p>\n

By withholding the articles, Ms. Pelosi is hoping that Mr. Trump \u2014 who is eager for a trial to present his defense and clear his name \u2014 will put pressure on Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the majority leader, to commit to Democratic demands, including the ability to call witnesses during the trial. \u2013 article<\/p>\n

Now that last bit \u2013 \u201cto commit to Democratic demands, including the ability to call witnesses\u201d \u2013 is just silly on the part of the NYTimes writers.\u00a0 They may not have been to any trials of any kind, but the defense can call any witnesses it wants to. Pelosi wants to pick and choose the witnesses, have approval of who is and is not going to do what she wants, and unfortunately, she does not have that right. Once this goes to the Senate, it is out of her hands. This is a clear demonstration of the control freak she\u2019s become. She\u2019s way out of line here, and she knows it, but being the clutch-fisted bimp that she is, she is not going to let this slip through her hands.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s remember that Bill Clinton was impeached for lying to the Senate, but he still wasn\u2019t dismissed from office. Not enough votes. And in this case, since the whole thing is a fraud manipulated into existence by this batty old broad Pelosi, it will also go nowhere. She doesn\u2019t want a \u201cfair\u201d trial. She wants it done her way and she wants to win. However, in view of all the shameless shenanigans she\u2019s tried to pull, and continues to try, the less likely it is that this will go in her favor. When the reporters says Trump is the 3rd president to be impeached, they must have forgotten about Bill Clinton or decided to ignore that part.<\/p>\n

The more you tighten your grip, Lord Vader, the more star systems will slip through your fingers. \u2013 Leia Organa to Darth Vader<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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