Democrats, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, are betting that public opinion will move toward impeachment and removal once more information is made public. To try to shape public opinion they are relying on a law-and-order frame that tells Americans that the impeachment inquiry is legitimate and legally justified.
Democrats are positioning themselves as the only ones willing to uphold the rule of law and the Constitution.
Republicans, led by President Trump, are counting on their power to frame reality to prevent the public from moving toward impeachment.
The GOP is relying on a conspiracy frame that tells Americans that the impeachment inquiry is illegitimate and part of a plot to destroy America.
Jennifer Mercieca, a historian of rhetoric whose book, “Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump” (table of contents here), will be published next year, it’s the Democrats who are the party of law and order in the impeachment drama, while the GOP is the party of conspiracy
The above quotation is excerpted from an article titled:
"How The GOP Became The Party Of Crooks And Crime"
The above quotation is excerpted from an article titled:
"How The GOP Became The Party Of Crooks And Crime"
My God, This Is Brilliant! "Trump Arrest Video"
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(This is the dominantly right-wing "chat rooms" where I participate in discussion. I think you'll be interested to know what that's like.)
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/10/a-heated-thread-around-proposition-that.html
Dear F,
Unless Pelosi is already planning to prolong the impeachment inquiry -- or close the process when she wraps things up in the House -- I've got a bad feeling about this.
The portion of the public that needs convincing is not listening to the no-name witnesses who've contributed to the inquiry so far.
Hill? Yovanovitch? Taylor? Holmes? Vindman?
The public wants Reality TV!
BIG NAMES!
Mattis, Kelly, McMaster, Bolton, Tillerman.
Giuliani. Cohen. Hope Hicks. The Mooch. Omarosa. The author of "A Warning." Kellyanne.
Kellyanne won't show?
Put her in jail until she agrees.
Now there's drama!
There's Reality TV!
"Democrats, Don't Hand Impeachment To Mitch McConnell," The Week
If educated liberals can't see past their precious self-satisfaction with testimony by noble career service people, we will end up, yet again, feeling good like we felt good about Mueller for the better part of two years because honorable, straight arrow Robert would take out Mofo.
And in the end?
Mueller turned out to be the quintessential ever-so-honorable dud.
Well, it's fixin' to happen again.
And Trump is going to be "completely exonerated."
And the impeachment process will prove it was all a witch hunt.
Everything a witch hunt.
The whole shebang.
Malicious liberals trying to take down a good man whose only passion is to Make America Great Again.
Malicious liberals trying to take down a good man whose only passion is to Make America Great Again.
And Trump -- whose aproval rating with independents is UP 5% since the impeachment inquiry began -- will win over the independents, the only constituency that's dependably "in play."
Bring out The Big Names!
It's a Reality TV presidency.
And he's only going to be toppled by a Reality TV impeachment.
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Why Allow A President To Get Away With What Would Be A Firing Offense For Anyone Else?"
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/11/why-allow-president-to-get-away-with.html
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