Originally Posted by perotista
Originally Posted by pondering_it_all
If about 50% of the voters don't think crime should be punished if the perpetrator is a member of your Party, then our criminal justice system is ruined: Zero convictions would ever happen again! If you can't convince the average person with scientific, eye-witness, or video recorded evidence of some fact, then we are lost as a Republic. So I doubt your analysis.

I think Trump has a hard core of loyalists who accept anything he says as Revealed Truth, no matter what evidence refutes it. But I bet they are less that 5% of the voters. Most people actually manage to function in the real world, so they have some ability to see reality as it is.

This explains why Trump has rallies where he endorses Republican candidates in Red States, and then they lose. 2018 happened. These recent races happened. Trump's endorsed candidates are almost all losing or winning by much lower than usual margins for their district or state.
One more time, about half of America think Trump has committed crimes, the other half think he hasn't. If you think someone hasn't committed a crime, you don't vote to send him to the gallows. We've been at a juncture where 6 members of the jury thinks the guy is guilty, the other 6 innocent. Each side is convinced they're right. One side will never understand how the other side thinks guilty and vice versa. Hung Jury.

Impeachment is a political process, like any political processes and votes, there will be repercussions. What they will be I haven't the slightest idea. But we'll find out in November of Next Year.

Except it's not a referendum. There are 100 opinions that matter.

The verdict will be straight down party lines, with one person on either side defecting. Total.


What can we do to help you stop screaming?