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And the Republicans intend to move to impeach Hillary on January 21, 2017 And if Hillary gets the Senate it looks like she is going to get for the next two years, the House can impeach her every day and the Senate will just vote it down each time. Then they'll get down to business and confirm all those judges. The House has nothing to do with judicial appointments. Even if the ONLY thing she does is to build a healthy young Liberal Supreme Court the Republicans have lost pretty much everything for the next 30 years.
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It's the Despair Quotient! Carpal Tunnel
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It's the Despair Quotient! Carpal Tunnel
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Oh I understand, PIA.
Just saying that I don't expect much else to happen unless we can also tip the House AND stick a cattle prod up the nether regions of Chuck Schumer, and hand Bernie the ON/OFF switch.
WE NEED the nuclear option, no more pussyfooting around.
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First thing is to adjust the filibuster rule for appointments.
A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.
Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich
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I'm not convinced the Senate is going to flip. It appears likely but it's not a done deal. What I see for the near future is more of the same obstruction, more investigations and generally more Republican bullsh!t. The race is narrowing as we get down to the wire and even a Clinton victory is not a forgone conclusion. A landslide is totally out of the picture and a mandate is looking pretty unlikely as well.
A significant portion of Republicans are convinced that Hillary Clinton is a liar, a thief, and a murderer. That she has committed treason and should be executed. They have hinted at a violent revolution should Clinton win the election.
All they had on Obama was that he was born outside the US and was a secret Muslim.
Clinton will immediately go for fixes to the ACA. She will be shut down by Republican obstruction. She will attempt to do something about college tuition, and will be shut down by Republican obstruction while dealing with new investigations into the murder of Vince Foster and Benghazi. Impeachment proceedings will begin and will be as common as calls to repeal the ACA.
And we will all get to sit and watch our democracy fixing its problems and proving to the rest of the world that we are indeed exceptional.
Good coffee, good weed, and time on my hands...
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First thing is to adjust the filibuster rule for appointments. Assuming the Senate flips and that Chuck Schumer actually has the cojones to do it. I don't think he does.
Good coffee, good weed, and time on my hands...
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counting blue cars ... better get out and vote (2, 3 or more times)
ignorance is the enemy
without equality there is no liberty
America can survive bad policy, but not destruction of our Democratic institutions
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should Sec Clinton be elected, it has already been decreed there will be obstructionism on an unprecedented scale ... the Republicans/conservatives will destroy America and blame it on the Dems .... and people will believe it
Have i said this previously ... America is frakked ....
well, yes i have
ignorance is the enemy
without equality there is no liberty
America can survive bad policy, but not destruction of our Democratic institutions
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Bernie Sanders issues not-so-subtle warning to next president “This is a historic and pivotal moment in American history,” he wrote. “Now is the time for our next president to rally the American people against Wall Street and corporate greed and stand up vigorously for the declining middle class.”
Contrarian, extraordinaire
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A significant portion of Republicans are convinced that Hillary Clinton is a liar, a thief, and a murderer. Right-wing media's efforts have succeed. 
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...from the link above: Sanders also wants to ensure the next administration adheres to the Democratic Platform that his supporters helped pass. Among those priorities are overturning the Citizens United Supreme Court decision allowing corporate campaign spending, raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, expanding Social Security, breaking up big banks, making public colleges and universities tuition-free for the middle class and rebuilding the country’s infrastructure. Hold Hillary's administration accountable to the DNC platform? There's a good start. 
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