Grow up. We need two things: the solid, undeniable factual basis and the political capital. We have neither at this point. You can argue all you want the technicalities of what we DO know. We can all sit around in our smoking jackets, sipping brandy by the fire, hemming and hawing on TPM and smugly agreeing that “mmmyessss, mmmmmyesssss, any educated American worth his salt would agree that such behavior should constitute a “high crime and’or misdemeanor” justifying impeachment and removal from office.” THAT DOES NOT FUCKING MATTER. Fat lot of good any of that intellectualizing does any of us when there’s a Mueller report that still hasn’t been released, we’d look like we’re jumping the gun, the Mueller report could conceivably make it look like impeachment wasn’t justified while something less like censure would be, we don’t hold the Senate and can’t get a conviction on it unless and until the public has so turned on the GOP that they’re forced to save their own necks by voting for conviction, the public hasn’t reached that stage yet, failure to do it all correctly and get the necessary result could backfire and harm 2020, a total misfire would set precedent the GOP would abuse until the end of time, etc. etc. etc., and 100 other practical realities your pantwetting completely ignores.
Moreover, nothing about impeachment proceedings in the House would stop Trump from appointing justices and McConnell and Grassley railroading them through the Senate while the Dems remain powerless to stop it. NOTHING. On that level, your post doesn’t even make sense.
Impeachment is meant to be a kill move…a finisher…the finalizer. Mortal Kombat’s sweep the leg. Call of Duty headshots. Drago’s final blow to Creed’s nose. Ross cheating on Rachel when they were on a break. Ser Ilyn Payne bringing Ice down on Ned Stark’s neck. It avails us nothing if it falls short of that effect.
