Robot roll call Impeachment

President Zelensky was elected on an anti-corruption platform...and, unlike Trump, may actually be a man of character. Add to that the fact that he knows he must retain the good-will of the United States...and getting involved in the politics of the US might prove, over the long run, to be destructive of that end.

Not all politicians in this world think only in short-term terms. President Zelensky almost certainly saw through the transparent extortion attempts...and decided not to get involved...or at very least, to delay involvement in what was obviously an attempt to get him involve in Trumpian politics.

President Zelensky even knew that the investigations were not necessary. He was being extorted just to pretend they were being made...just to make a public announcement that they were being made. There was no question that it was a ruse to help the Trump campaign.

So...the answer to your question is NO.

Interesting theory lol.

I can construct a counter-theory that has Zelensky being oblivious to any extortion attempt by Trump. And my theory would have the advantage of Zelensky’s two public statements that contradict your theory and support mine.

Which one do you think would stand up in court?
 
Interesting theory lol.

I can construct a counter-theory that has Zelensky being oblivious to any extortion attempt by Trump. And my theory would have the advantage of Zelensky’s two public statements that contradict your theory and support mine.

Which one do you think would stand up in court?

I doubt either would "stand up in court."

In any case, if you want to suppose Trump was not trying to extort President Zelensky...go ahead and think it. My opinion is that he was.
 
I doubt either would "stand up in court."

In any case, if you want to suppose Trump was not trying to extort President Zelensky...go ahead and think it. My opinion is that he was.

To the extent this nonsense is even worthy of a trial I think the jury would have to go with my theory lol.
 
To the extent this nonsense is even worthy of a trial I think the jury would have to go with my theory lol.

Like I said, I doubt either would "hold up in court." I further doubt that any jury "would have to go" with either of the "theories."

There are some people who think your way...and some who think my way on this issue. Polls seem to think the split is about 50/50. So I have no idea of why you think your "theory" would be so much more popular to a jury than what I said may be the case.
 
Like I said, I doubt either would "hold up in court." I further doubt that any jury "would have to go" with either of the "theories."

There are some people who think your way...and some who think my way on this issue. Polls seem to think the split is about 50/50. So I have no idea of why you think your "theory" would be so much more popular to a jury than what I said may be the case.

So now we are subjecting presidents AND the country to impeachments based on competing *suppositions*?

How did we get here, Frankie?
 
So now we are subjecting presidents AND the country to impeachments based on competing *suppositions*?

How did we get here, Frankie?

One...we are subjecting Trump to impeachment because he has done things to deserve being impeached, Darth. No need for Trump supporters to worry, though, the spineless Republicans in the Senate will not even consider convicting him. He will be acquitted.

Two...the next time you call me "Frankie" rather than Frank, I will put you on IGNORE. I won't bother to notify you further, I simply will do it. I really would like to have discussions with you, so I hope you accommodate me on this.
 
One...we are subjecting Trump to impeachment because he has done things to deserve being impeached, Darth. No need for Trump supporters to worry, though, the spineless Republicans in the Senate will not even consider convicting him. He will be acquitted.

Two...the next time you call me "Frankie" rather than Frank, I will put you on IGNORE. I won't bother to notify you further, I simply will do it. I really would like to have discussions with you, so I hope you accommodate me on this.

My goodness Frank.....oops, that was close lol.

The ‘spineless’ republicans are the ones trying to put a stop to this insanity. House Democrats are abusing impeachment to try and get rid of Trump—before he gets elected again. *While* they accuse him of election election meddling.

It’s literally true that Democrats accuse Republicans of what they themselves are guilty of. It’s become an axiom. The only question is whether they realize they’re doing it or not.

Pelosi herself said impeachment should be bipartisan or not at all. Anyone who knows anything about how the founders felt about impeachment knows it’s true. And it’s that way for reasons that should be obvious. Turning impeachment into a partisan political weapon used against duly elected presidents subverts the will of voters.

In this case, 63 million of them.
 
"Originally Posted by Darth Omar
Interesting theory lol.

I can construct a counter-theory that has Zelensky being oblivious to any extortion attempt by Trump. And my theory would have the advantage of Zelensky’s two public statements that contradict your theory and support mine.

Which one do you think would stand up in court?"


Your theory has the added vice (in addition to ignoring the massive weight of evidence of Trump's attempt crimes) in that it presumes the President of the Ukraine is a moron and doesn't listen to and digest conversation or think like a human, but instead adopts a robotic verbal disentanglement algorithm in which successive sentences and meaning are surgically separated and hermetically sealed from each other.

Conversational prose is fluid and thoughts relate to one another in temporal space and between the parties.


In this democracy, our president, in the course of his official duties, asked the ruler of a foreign government to announce a corruption investigation against his political rival- crime committed
 
My goodness Frank.....oops, that was close lol.

The ‘spineless’ republicans are the ones trying to put a stop to this insanity. House Democrats are abusing impeachment to try and get rid of Trump—before he gets elected again.

Darth, there is no way "the Democrats" think they can get rid of Trump before the next election, where he may very well be re-elected. They know the spineless Republican senators will acquit Trump even if the charge were that he shot someone on Fifth Avenue and there was video of it. The suggestion the are doing it for that reason is more than just a stretch.




*While* they accuse him of election election meddling.

It’s literally true that Democrats accuse Republicans of what they themselves are guilty of. It’s become an axiom. The only question is whether they realize they’re doing it or not.

I totally disagree with this...but discussing it is not going anywhere.

Pelosi herself said impeachment should be bipartisan or not at all.

She did!

And if you remember...I DID ALSO. I was very much against impeachment at all...but certainly against it unless it was joined by a significant number of Republicans.

I did what is known as "a change of mind." So did Pelosi.

My was occasioned by the fact that the extortion became more evident at the same time as the acquiescence of the Republicans become more evident also.

I became aware that the impeachment was a necessity...even though there might be serious political cost to the side I favor.


Anyone who knows anything about how the founders felt about impeachment knows it’s true. And it’s that way for reasons that should be obvious. Turning impeachment into a partisan political weapon used against duly elected presidents subverts the will of voters.

I think not. I think this particular impeachment is exactly what the founders had in mind when they included it in the Constitution.

In this case, 63 million of them.

The 63 million will get their opportunity to re-elect this abomination next November. We both know that...and so do all the Democrats who are moving the impeachment along.
 
Hello Micawber,

I opened the thread before signing in and saw this ignorant post, and thought it deserved my attention to school people on your side
who are not versed in law.

You misapprehend "evidence" definitionally to such an extent it appears you believe the only real evidence is what amounts to a confession
of the accused in the form of a statement that also defines the crime.

Here is what real evidence is: any fact that tends in reason to make another fact (a fact that is of consequence to determination of the action) (see element) more or less probable.

That's it^ So ANYTHING that fits that def. is REAL evidence. Now I know you drones are defending your queen bee under attack, so your would not admit it was raining if we were standing in it, but

if proving it had rained in the morning were the relevant to an offense, REAL EVIDENCE of it, and by that I mean admissible evidence of it would include ALL the following:

it was cloudy that day,
there are umbrellas laying around on front porches,
some people are still wearing rain coats
there are puddles of water,
the almanac recorded that it had rained,
25 people said it rained
farmer brown is wear golashas
your goat is muddy
it rained again that same day
someone told me that someone told them they were in the rain that morning


ALL OF IT. Each these is REAL evidence. And the cumulative value of all the uncontroverted witnesses testimony over weeks was damning and
in a REAL lawsuit would guaranfuckingT a verdict or judgment in the plaintiff's or people's favor.

Here we had a dozen witnesses testify and documentary REAL evidence and you offered zero. So you can
say that in your lay opinion you find this or that piece not conclusive, but you cannot say no evidence, of flimsy, or a dearth or thin or not real.

Just wanted to add some real law to your ignorant right wing troll-for-a-lifestyle loser existence, clown. Now sit facing the corner with your usual duncecap affixed to your
pointy inferior republican head.

:cool:

I wish you were on those House committees so that you could have explained this to the Republicans who expressed the same ignorance of the law.

And the ironic thing was the number of times they complained about the procedure and said it wouldn't happen that way in a 'real' court of law.

Proving they have zero qualms about arguing it from both sides of the knowledge issue.

What hypocrites.
 
"Originally Posted by Darth Omar
Interesting theory lol.

I can construct a counter-theory that has Zelensky being oblivious to any extortion attempt by Trump. And my theory would have the advantage of Zelensky’s two public statements that contradict your theory and support mine.

Which one do you think would stand up in court?"


Your theory has the added vice (in addition to ignoring the massive weight of evidence of Trump's attempt crimes) in that it presumes the President of the Ukraine is a moron and doesn't listen to and digest conversation or think like a human, but instead adopts a robotic verbal disentanglement algorithm in which successive sentences and meaning are surgically separated and hermetically sealed from each other.

Conversational prose is fluid and thoughts relate to one another in temporal space and between the parties.


In this democracy, our president, in the course of his official duties, asked the ruler of a foreign government to announce a corruption investigation against his political rival- crime committed

Your baffling bullshit is at least amusing lol.

Do you possess magical powers to get into Zelensky’s head? Or Trump’s head, for that matter? The call transcript is innocuous. The ‘favor’ was prefaced with things that our country *had already done* for Ukraine and NOT made contingent on anything else. And that should be apparent to anyone who can read on the 7th grade level.

You can argue that it was improper or unseemly for Trump to bring up Hunter Biden but that hardly rises to the level of an impeachable offense. Then again, it can be argued that Hunter’s relationship with a sketchy Ukrainian gas firm wasn’t an unreasonable topic—at all, really. Trump has only been harping about government corruption since about 2015 or so.

Add to it, nothing was done by Zelensky—the ‘favor’ apparently went in one ear and out the other. But I expect that goes on quite a bit with our foreign handouts. Ukraine got their lethal weapons that were withheld under Obama; therefore, Russia was prevented from taking all of Europe and invading Great Britain. Everyone should be happy.

Remind me again what this is all about.
 
The problem is that there is only opinion and no proof.

I've heard a half-dozen former federal prosecutors say that most of the convictions in their courts for extortion...were obtained with less "proof."

Trump attempted to extort President Zelensky. The evidence all points to that...and I feel the evidence is sufficient to be considered "beyond a reasonable doubt."

If you don't...then you don't.
 
Hello Darth,

Speaking of evidence, the proof is in the pudding.

Pelosi will likely not hold her caucus together on a vote. What does that *evidence* have to say about the democrats evidence?

What that says is that representatives sometimes vote against their own beliefs if they think their constituents believe otherwise.
 
Hello Darth,

Speaking of evidence, the proof is in the pudding.

Pelosi will likely not hold her caucus together on a vote. What does that *evidence* have to say about the democrats evidence?

What it says is that Republicans are partisan and Democrats are not.
 
I've heard a half-dozen former federal prosecutors say that most of the convictions in their courts for extortion...were obtained with less "proof."

Trump attempted to extort President Zelensky. The evidence all points to that...and I feel the evidence is sufficient to be considered "beyond a reasonable doubt."

If you don't...then you don't.

I am willing to wager that all of those former federal prosecutors were in cases where the accused were allowed to face their accusers. I bet those same prosecutors would agree that this is an example of not having due process stipulations.
 
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