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Impeachment and removal from office ... (5.00 / 1) (#72)
by Donald from Hawaii on Tue Jan 31, 2017 at 02:56:28 AM EST
... should always be considered a last resort, as should be the recall from office of a public official at the state or local level. Unfortunately, we have a GOP which has over the last 20 years weaponized such tools for political purposes.

Those of us old enough to have lived through the political trauma of the Watergate scandal ought to remember firsthand just how painful and difficult it was to dislodge Richard Nixon from the White House. While undoubtedly necessary, it was nevertheless a horrible business which divided and scarred the country. We're still paying a price for it.

We should never be cavalier or trivial about such matters.

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