Reply #26: if one occurs, it won't be some omnibus collection of charges [View All]

It's ridiculous and stupid to promote just any impeachment.

And the stupidity is multiplied by asserting that a conviction isn't essential to that proceeding.

A half-assed impeachment effort will galvanize the republicans, both in and out of Congress, and cause them to circle the wagons. And, talk about a ready-made distraction . . . There ARE other functions of accountability that Congress needs to focus on and elevate to a legislative level of concern. I'm sure this lame-duck administration, with NOTHING politically to lose in such a dubious effort, would like nothing more than to have some partisan, political trial to obscure and hide whatever mischief the impeachment doesn't cover from a thorough and public focus.

This is a pig in a poke that folks are trying to sell us. If we do initiate proceedings we had better be certain that the outcome will be more than some extension of the debates that are already occurring in Congress with no consequence.

There are other ways to 'legally restore and enforce the rule of law' and our party shouldn't be misled into abandoning those other levers of accountability that the constitution ALSO mandates for a pie in the sky panacea.