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vanessa_ca

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22. We can't have it both ways.

Reply to Martin68 (Reply #21)

Tue Jun 24, 2025, 04:13 PM

Jun 24

Personally, I'm more than prepared to deny all of them, including a Democratic president the right to launch an attack without a Congressional vote, but I recognize I'm probably in the minority among today's Dems. But people like me are also barely hanging on and abandoning the party over things like this. So what do we want? I think most people know, at least deep inside, that our party is at a crossroad. Things like this vote don't help hold on to the kind of people we're bleeding.

(just now noticed your typo of with vs without).

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what was the result of the two previous impeachments? samsingh Jun 25 #25

The problem is that Congress has long looked the other way when presidents of both parties have launched unilateral Martin68 Jun 24 #13

You are correct about the past offenses but it's time we start. Better late than never vanessa_ca Jun 24 #19

We can't reign Trump in until the Democrats haver a majority in both houses. But are Democrats prepared to deny Martin68 Jun 24 #21

We can't have it both ways. vanessa_ca Jun 24 #22

My personal feeling is that I wish both parties would abide by the constitution, but I feel the only bulwark between Martin68 Jun 24 #23

All praise to Brother Al but why does the article read like this is the first time he's doing this? Montauk6 Jun 24 #14

About time SOMEBODY did!!! calimary Jun 24 #15

I just saw this AZProgressive Jun 24 #16

Links to the shameful vote results vanessa_ca Jun 24 #18

And the emoluments, please! snot Jun 24 #17