So, we've framed this up to have the idea that the Senate's investigation into the articles of impeachment should be long and drawn out. Witnesses after witnesses, up to and including Hunter Biden and Eric Ciaramella are called forth to testify. Democrats are implicated in the very crimes that they have accused Trump of, and this also prevents Sanders and Warren from campaigning since they'll be stuck in the Senate trial. After the facts are presented, the indictments fall like a stack of bricks. Perp walks, trials with crappy sketches, prison mugshots, media coverage, the full floor show.
Then you have Lindsey Graham on the other end of the corner saying that the Senate trial should be as short as possible. When you hope for what was mentioned above, this is a huge letdown. Many think it's so that his own entanglements and past crimes don't get inadvertently uncovered when others are called to account for their various crimes. This is very possible and I'm not discounting this in any way, but I think he makes a point for a very pragmatic reason.
Think of the average (non TDS-addled) American and the 24 hour news cycle. The one thing for the last several months that most Americans have heard about is impeachment. "I want to hear about the USMCA or other issues that actually matter to me in my local area", they say. "No, all you get is impeachment. Impeachment yesterday, impeachment today, and impeachment tomorrow", says the 24-hour legacy media.
This is happening to the point that people are sick of hearing about it. We know they are because the percentage of people who don't support impeachment are 7-8% higher than Trump's approval rating in the aggregate. This impeachment business has become a dirty diaper that no sane politician doesn't want to be around. By dragging on impeachment, the Democrats have hemorrhaged support from anywhere that isn't an urban area. The polls show it, especially in battleground states where Trump has pulled ahead compared to EVERY Democrat currently in the field.
The best thing Trump could have hoped for was to goad them into impeachment proceedings and to drag it out as long as possible to make the dims look hyper-partisan, unfair, and totally insane. He got that. Now the ball is in the Senate's court, which the people know is ran by Republicans. The best thing they can do at this point is unceremoniously shut it down, rush a vote to acquit, and let America move on with their lives.
So, we've framed this up to have the idea that the Senate's investigation into the articles of impeachment should be long and drawn out. Witnesses after witnesses, up to and including Hunter Biden and Eric Ciaramella are called forth to testify. Democrats are implicated in the very crimes that they have accused Trump of, and this also prevents Sanders and Warren from campaigning since they'll be stuck in the Senate trial. After the facts are presented, the indictments fall like a stack of bricks. Perp walks, trials with crappy sketches, prison mugshots, media coverage, the full floor show.
Then you have Lindsey Graham on the other end of the corner saying that the Senate trial should be as short as possible. When you hope for what was mentioned above, this is a huge letdown. Many think it's so that his own entanglements and past crimes don't get inadvertently uncovered when others are called to account for their various crimes. This is very possible and I'm not discounting this in any way, but I think he makes a point for a very pragmatic reason.
Think of the average (non TDS-addled) American and the 24 hour news cycle. The one thing for the last several months that most Americans have heard about is impeachment. "I want to hear about the USMCA or other issues that actually matter to me in my local area", they say. "No, all you get is impeachment. Impeachment yesterday, impeachment today, and impeachment tomorrow", says the 24-hour legacy media.
This is happening to the point that people are sick of hearing about it. We know they are because the percentage of people who don't support impeachment are 7-8% higher than Trump's approval rating in the aggregate. This impeachment business has become a dirty diaper that no sane politician doesn't want to be around. By dragging on impeachment, the Democrats have hemorrhaged support from anywhere that isn't an urban area. The polls show it, especially in battleground states where Trump has pulled ahead compared to EVERY Democrat currently in the field.
The best thing Trump could have hoped for was to goad them into impeachment proceedings and to drag it out as long as possible to make the dims look hyper-partisan, unfair, and totally insane. He got that. Now the ball is in the Senate's court, which the people know is ran by Republicans. The best thing they can do at this point is unceremoniously shut it down, rush a vote to acquit, and let America move on with their lives.
I agree, I think everyone is seriously fatigued over this, and the sooner this dog is put out to pasture the better. Plus a quick dismissal sends the message that it was a sham impeachment the whole time.