Thanks as always for the brain food. And as a relatively unwilling long-time smoker, I sincerely wish you the best of luck.
As for the Senate, I suspected they weren't particularly constrained. I also assume that they could, if they had the votes, essentially remove him just because they think he should be removed. Or maybe more accurately, that the requirement would be more like that for a civil action than a criminal one, i.e. he is more likely guilty than not.
I agree that the Republicans must tread very carefully, and I question the ability of many of them to do so. I thought they had learned something after getting their butts kicked over the shutdown of a few years back, but...
A thought...
The other day, Rose Rose made a statement to the effect that it would be worse for the country if Clinton were removed from office and I asked her why. She never responded, but I've been thinking about that view lately. I will grant you that it is unclear whether Clinton actually broke the law, but I'm less sure all the time that that's significant. I'm beginning to believe that the fact that he put us into a position where we have to make such fine distinctions is enough all by itself. I believe that any conclusion to this that in any way condones or excuses his... can we call it untruthfulness (?) would establish a precedent that could potentially be a grave threat to our continued liberty, but more to the point, I believe that the precedent that would be established by his removal could not possibly harm this nation. The worst case scenario would be that, in the future, the President (and maybe any elected official) could be booted out of office for even bending the law. That prospect really doesn't bother me in the least. There are a lot of people in this country who could not be tarnished no matter how deeply one were to dig, and I really don't think it would be a bad thing if they were the only ones who could expect to hold an office. Of course, that would put me out of the running, but that's okay.
Idealistically,
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