LogFAQs > #931788838

aDirtyShisno posted...

Based on this precedent that the House has just set I hope to see every single future President impeached if the opposition party holds the House majority. After all the House literally gets to decide what is and isnt impeachable on a whim and then just has to prove that it took place. Its already been admitted during the hearing that every single President, save possibly for Harrison who only served 31 days, would have been impeached based on the rules proposed by the House during this impeachment.

Spare us.

While technically true that the rules of what constitutes and impeachable offense is in the eye of the beholder, it's an extremely costly, in terms of politics, toll and move to take, which is why it's quite rare in US history. This has nothing to do with "rules", and everything to do with what Trump did, which is agreed to be impeachable offenses by basically every historian, all our law and defense agencies, and by even a lay reading of what occurred itself.

And if you're really going to try and go for the "low bar for impeachment" angel, like most everything, you can blame the GOP for going after Bill Clinton for that. Lying about a bj was a joke then, and is a god damn comedy special compared to what we are dealing with now.

---

PotD's resident Film Expert.