thanks for that.
Cole was required for a while reading back in the period surrounding the Iraq fiasco but he fell off my radar after that. My bad. I learned what Bookchinite means. No wonder the religious radicals and corrupt regimes don`t really like the Kurds… use them as fighters then desert them in some secret deal. The Latest Outrageous Thing Asshole Said © was that they are not really Ami allies because they did not help the US in WWII.
Okay, the suspense is over.
Susan Collins and four other Republican senators at the time — Olympia Snowe of Maine, Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, John Chafee of Rhode Island and Jim Jeffords of Vermont — also voted “not guilty” on both charges.
IT would be real cosmic justice.
I didn’t know who many Rs voted to acquit Clinton - thanks for telling me.
Nah. He’ll just drop a bomb. Much more simple! 
SF Chronicle has a pop quiz on impeachment. I didn’t do too badly except this one.
Yeah that’s a nice little quiz that ends up giving you good information.
I am a grade A #1 cynic and I think there’s a good chance he’ll be toast before the election. Why? Because it’s one thing to have your entire party locked in tight and holding on to the ‘President’ because of the eventual $$ and power. It’s another to realize that you’ve been had. And that is exactly what’s happening.
He’s already virtually quit his job to defend himself. The WH is probably collectively ripping out their hair wondering when their subpoena will arrive and who will pay for their attorneys. They are seeing that he will never protect them or pay for them. It’ll be a sort of piecemeal, back door mutiny, but a mutiny nonetheless.
I was fascinated by the mention of Bookchin. I had heard of him, but had forgotten, if I ever knew, of the connection to the Kurds, of at least the PKK. It´s a complicated world out there, and I appreciate having Juan Cole around to sort it out.
You get my first 100,000 likes of the day.
Thanks to having seen your info about Collins, the only one I missed was about Pence naming the VP. Somewhat reassuring that he would need approval for his choice.
Well thank you!..And I hope I’m right 
Traditionally, the CJ’s role is to, at all costs, avoid getting any of the mud splashed onto him by being as dispassionate and boringly non controversial as possible.
McConnell will be playing the same jury relations role in the Senate as Frank Nitti did in Capone’s trials.
I certainly believe he’ll be toast before the election as I’ve written here before. Biggest liability he won’t be able to shake is whatever Dems decide to hang on him as an impeached. Vote For Me Because I’ve Been Impeached is not going to grab anybody by the throat. At the same time he’s not going to resign because as he knows and we do too the law will swoop down on his fat civilian ass in a New York minute.
I did pretty well on this quiz. It’s surprising what you pick up from the current events around you without even trying.
I remember when Ford became prez after Nixon resigned and I vaguely recalled his choice of Rockefeller as VP had to go through a hearing in the senate. Longevity and age does has its benefits.
you called it
odiouser
*English Majors are allowed to mis-use words
I fervently hope so.
True, in the past. I have always wondered how Roberts saw his role. I don’t have a clear view, as he has not been exactly consistent, and certainly not as a Federalist.
Steve Inskeep on NPR’s Morning Edition did a very nice job of putting all the pieces together of how a little-known career diplomat to the Ukraine became the center of the Trump impeachment inquiry. The ambassador made Don the Con mad. How did she get on Don’s radar: Right-wing media. And you know if NPR has tipped to the side of actually reporting Trump’s crimes, public (and public radio corporate) donor opinion is turning against Don the Con. Thus far, NPR has tried to promote both-siderism partly in fear of losing corporate donors. Let’s hope a cascade of on-the-fence media will finally do its job and out this criminal.
