[Magdalen] Comey testifying

[Jay Weigel]

Remember how long the whole Watergate process took...TWO YEARS! We are
barely into the Trump presidency as it is. There are special elections
happening here and there and a big push towards 2018, which elections are a
 year away. The Independent Counsel/Special Prosecutor has just been
appointed. Patience, people!

Jay, who is waiting for Alexander Butterfield's doppelganger to show u p

On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 10:24 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Well, since the Republicans own Congress, I don't see any of that
> happening.
>
> On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 8:50 PM, Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Grace -- impeachment by the House of Representatives does not remove the
> > President from office.  But it sets up a trial in the Senate.  As a
> result
> > of conviction by the Senate, the President is removed from office.
> >
> > Impeachment clauses in the Constitution:
> > http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/tocs/a1_2_5.html
> >
> > Eleanor
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 8:41 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > You're right about Nixon, Christopher.
> > >
> > > I have to confess that I don't even understand the point of
> impeachment.
> > > It doesn't get the person put of office--in fact, as far as I can tell,
> > > absolutely nothing changes.
> > >
> > > It seems the only way you can get a president out of office is to
> invoke
> > > the 25th Amendment, which won't happen with this Congress, or for him
> to
> > > actually be convicted of a felony. And even in that case, with the
> > > likelihood of never ending appeals, a president's full term would be
> > served
> > > before anything was actually done.
> > >
> > > If I sound cynical, it's because I am.
> > > No one seems to have the will or the courage to stand up as the pieces
> of
> > > our government are being dismantled and our rights eroded, one by one.
> > You
> > > know the story of the frog in the pot of slowly heating water--that's
> > where
> > > I think we are, and no one seems willing to turn off the heat or take
> the
> > > pot off the stove.
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Jun 8, 2017, at 6:55 PM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 8:55 AM James Handsfield <
> jhandsfield at att.net>
> > > wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> Point of order - Three presidents have been impeached.  None
> convicted
> > > >> (Nixon resigned before he could be tried in the Senate).  Impeach =
> > > indict,
> > > >> not convict.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Jim,
> > > >
> > > > I don't believe that Nixon was actually impeached by the House of
> > > > Representatives. The investigating committee recommended articles of
> > > > impeachment, but I think he resigned before the full House ever acted
> > on
> > > > them. He doubtless would have been impeached though had he not
> > resigned.
> > > >
> > > >> --
> > > >
> > > > Christopher Hart
> > > >
> > > > List Mail Address: cervus51 at gmail.com
> > > > Personal Mail: cervus at veritasliberat.net
> > > > Twitter: @cervus51
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Grace Cangialosi
> Ruckersville, VA
>
> *"Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great
> love."*
> *St. Teresa of Calcutta*
>