(01-22-2020, 09:27 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: We should repeal the 17th anyway, make the Senate accountable to the States again.

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After a straight party line vote to impeach in the House it's comical that people like Mikesez are now going to devry a straight party line vote in the Senate to acquit. I mean, you can't write this kind of humor in Hollywood. And he remains completely trolltastic self-delusional the entire time. 

I agree that the Senators should be accountable to either a governor or a state legislature.  But state legislatures are terribly gerrymandered as well.  And organized in a way to lock out third parties. To me, that's the bigger problem.

In any case I wasn't decrying anything. I'm actually OK with a party line vote to acquit, as long as they actually hear the evidence and let both teams of lawyers interview the witnesses under oath.

Schiff said it was imperative to remove the President quickly because he asked for foreign interference once, and if he got away with it, he'd do it again. However, we know that the aid was eventually released and that Ukraine did not end up interfering. If Republicans look at that and say, "let's see if he tries it again.." that's fine by me. Maybe Trump won't try it again. But at least be honest about what Trump did.

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