Wednesday, May 23, 2018

LAURENCE TRIBE ON IMPEACHMENT: ‘You have to shoot to kill’. Here's the complete quote
You can’t be the boy who cried wolf and have a viable impeachment power. You can’t use it over and over again against the same president,” Tribe said. He continued, “If you’re going to shoot him, you have to shoot to kill. And that requires an overwhelming majority of a bipartisan kind. Otherwise, you’re just going to nick the guy and make him feel empowered and vindicated.
which is a completely vanilla metaphor for the impeachment process. Remember former President Clinton's impeachment (if you're old enough)? The Republicans didn't 'shoot to kill' - and they failed to convict.

I find it somewhat amusing that Tribe, a devout liberal, actually felt a need to apologize, since it is the Left (and the insane, but I repeat myself) most likely to approve of violence against their adversaries.

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