DL Open Thread 9/27

Well, that was fast. One hearing in and already come the complaints that the Democrats are doing it wrong. Much gnashing of teeth over the GOP's Sgt. Schultz routine --…

“Anthony Delcollo calls impeachment ‘crass political stunt’ – Supports Trump 1000%”

Anthony Delcollo, like all DE Republicans, will never come clean about his ongoing support for Trump. The headline above is not one you should expect to read, and that is something Democrats will have to confront over the next 403 days. There is only one issue on the ballot in November 2020, and it is an issue that the leadership of Delaware's Republican Party; Ken Simpler, Anthony Delcollo, Cathy Cloutier and Mike Ramone, will strive to never address directly. So I'm asking once more - how do we get every Republican running for office to answer for Trump? Silence is support for this lawless President. Republican elected officials at every level are propping up Trump. All Republican office holders are accomplices unless and until they clearly confront the crimes of Donald J Trump.

Dear Uncle Wingnut,

Dear Uncle Wingnut, I'm going to ask you a question, and I need you to keep an open mind and let me get the whole question out before you start replying. Okay? Okay. Imagine a President got elected who wasn't a Republican or Democrat. Let's say his name is Kevin, and President Kevin has NO connection to anyone or anything that happened before he was elected. He is totally new on the scene. No political affiliations whatsoever. Imagine that President Kevin is coming up for re-election and it was discovered that President Kevin withheld aid to a country and pressured that country to investigate his political rivals sex life. Let's say his rival's name is Larry. Because it is illegal to try and get value from a foreign government, and because the "opposition research" into Larry's sex life is a thing of value, we would agree that President Kevin broke the law, right? But beyond that, we agree that having other countries involved in our elections and taking part in trying to damage candidates is wrong, right? Okay. Finally...and thank you for not interrupting...Imagine that President Kevin was a Democrat all along and Larry was a Republican. We would agree that President Kevin broke the law, and should be removed from office, right?

DL Open Thread 9/26

The whistleblower complaint has been released. The upshot: It's not just the phone call that triggered concern, it was White House efforts to cover it up. In other words, they're…

DL Open Thread 9/25

Now that Nancy Pelosi has finally overcome the fear of monsters under her bed, pundits are writing pieces on how the Democrats might screw it up. At least the headlines…

Thank You Senator Townsend

On his Facebook page Bryan Townsend linked to this Krugman NYT OpEd which calls out Republican leadership in DC for their cowardice and fruadulent superpatriotism, and makes a point I've…

Pelosi’s insistence on bi-partisan impeachment was the last gasp of Democratic “bipartisanship uber alles”

Until recently Pelosi insisted that impeachment could only go forward if Republicans signed on. That's Coonsian nonsense on its face. It shouldn't take buy-in from the lunatic caucus for Democrats to their job under the constitution. It is the kind of antiquated thinking that allowed Republican Senate minorities to block anything they wanted to block. It is the kind of antiquated thinking that Joe Scar still cheers for from his lofty MSNBC morning show ivory tower - but it isn't the type of thinking that makes sense given reality of Trump's ongoing criminal activities. Whatever happens good riddance to sham, one-way bipartisanship which had Democrats giving away everything while getting nothing.