# Happy Impeachment Day! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 22, 2020, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-impeachment-day/846791 "2020-01-22T07:00:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-impeachment-day/846791/1 "2020-01-22T07:00:14Z")
We’ve come so far. The end of the road seems likely to end just short of success, but I’m happy to celebrate our accomplishments thus far. This is a good day. Raise a glass, my friends: whatever else happens, they cannot take this away. Happy Impeachment Day! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-impeachment-day/846791/2 "2020-01-22T07:11:53Z")
Think I’ll make a peach cobbler. (:)) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-impeachment-day/846791/3 "2020-01-22T19:00:05Z")
Already? Sheesh, I haven’t even gotten my Christmas tree down yet. Well, I never put any ornaments on it this past season; I guess I could pretend it’s an impeachment tree. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-impeachment-day/846791/4 "2020-01-22T19:11:58Z")
I’m not in a good mood. The whole fucking thing is a farce, a travesty, a whitewash, a coverup. Moscow Mitch, Pablo (Ted) Cruz, Leningrad Lindsey “furrowed brow” Collins, and all the rest of the traitors are going to acquit and exonerate the fat orange bastard come hell or high water. All right along party (traitor) lines. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-impeachment-day/846791/5 "2020-01-22T19:50:51Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > I’m not in a good mood. The whole fucking thing is a farce, a travesty, a whitewash, a coverup. Moscow Mitch, Pablo (Ted) Cruz, Leningrad Lindsey “furrowed brow” Collins, and all the rest of the traitors are going to acquit and exonerate the fat orange bastard come hell or high water. > > All right along party (traitor) lines. Yup. I’ve been avoiding all news of this because at the end, it’s going to suck a ton. And Little Donny Fail-Fail, thinking himself completely vindicated, will be unleashed to be a FAR bigger shitbag than ever before. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-impeachment-day/846791/6 "2020-01-22T20:54:22Z")
> [@MindsEye\_Watering](#): > > Yup. I’ve been avoiding all news of this because at the end, it’s going to suck a ton. > And Little Donny Fail-Fail, thinking himself completely vindicated, will be unleashed to be a FAR bigger shitbag than ever before. Exactly. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-impeachment-day/846791/7 "2020-01-22T22:56:22Z")
So do Trump supporters start rioting, blocking highways, and looting businesses now or would that be cultural appropriation from the democrats? ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-impeachment-day/846791/8 "2020-01-23T06:53:14Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > So do Trump supporters start rioting, blocking highways, and looting businesses now or would that be cultural appropriation from the democrats? Would swamping a state capitol bearing arms meet your criteria? ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-impeachment-day/846791/9 "2020-01-23T16:43:34Z")
Since by all accounts it was peaceful and the protestors even picked up all their litter when they departed I’m gonna have to conclude that it doesn’t. Nice grasping at straws though. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-impeachment-day/846791/10 "2020-01-23T17:11:48Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > Since by all accounts it was peaceful and the protestors even picked up all their litter when they departed I’m gonna have to conclude that it doesn’t. Nice grasping at straws though. So what the the point of all those ridiculous small dick incels trying to “cosplay” GI Joe, lugging all those guns? Surely there were no enemy forces or insurrectionists to fight. Surely there were no fascist gun grabbers out in force. Simple. These moronic looking pussies were there to intimidate. **It didn’t work.** Their Nazi buddies who had been plotting to start trouble had already been busted by the FBI, and the scary liberals and Antifas didn’t take the bait. > **[FBI arrests suspected neo-Nazis ahead of Virginia gun rally](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51142752)** > > Virginia governor declares a state of emergency, saying police believe there is a threat of violence. > **[Days before Virginia gun rally, FBI arrests 3 alleged white supremacists](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/days-virginia-gun-rally-fbi-arrests-3-alleged-white-supremacists-n1117271)** > > The three suspects have been under FBI surveillance for months, officials said, and agents made their move ahead of a gun rights rally in Virginia next week. > **[Virginia Capital on Edge as F.B.I. Arrests Suspected Neo-Nazis Before Gun...](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/16/us/fbi-arrest-virginia-gun-rally.html)** > > The three men had obtained guns and discussed traveling to Virginia for protests against new gun control measures, officials said. > **[FBI arrests three alleged neo-Nazis ahead of Virginia gun rally](https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/16/fbi-arrests-three-alleged-neo-nazis-ahead-of-virginia-gun-rally.html)** > > The FBI has arrested three suspected members of a neo-Nazi group who had weapons and hopes of starting a U.S. race war, just days before a planned gun-rights rally in Virginia that was expected to draw thousands of people, officials said. Fuck them. And their bullshit “commie librulz is comin ta take our gunz” crap. They want to dress like soldiers and carry big guns and wave the flag? Join the military like so many of US did. But when the message really being conveyed is “might makes right” and “do it our way we got gunz and we’ll overthrow the country start a civil war/insurrection and kill liberals” there ya go. They were hoping for another Charlottesville (or worse) and didn’t get it. Instead, by having NO reaction from their many bogeymen, we ALL see just how **full of shit** these GI Joe pansy incels really are. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-impeachment-day/846791/11 "2020-01-23T17:28:27Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > Since by all accounts it was peaceful and the protestors even picked up all their litter when they departed I’m gonna have to conclude that it doesn’t. Nice grasping at straws though. So, Woodstock with guns? Groovy. ---
**Author:** ![SingleMalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/singlemalt/32/3961_2.png) [@SingleMalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleMalt)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-impeachment-day/846791/12 "2020-01-23T17:39:27Z")
“To get back to the warning that I received. You may take it with however many grains of salt that you wish. That the brown Coors that is circulating around us isn’t too good. It is suggested that you stay away from that. Of course it’s your own trip. So be my guest, but please be advised that there is a warning on that one, ok?” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-impeachment-day/846791/13 "2020-01-23T17:41:46Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Think I’ll make a peach cobbler. > (:)) Joanne Fluke’s Peach Cobbler Murder takes place around Valentine’s Day. Coincidence? ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-impeachment-day/846791/14 "2020-01-23T17:56:48Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > So do Trump supporters start rioting, blocking highways, and looting businesses now or would that be cultural appropriation from the democrats? To address another part of your question: obviously Trump supporters could organize protests to show their support for the president. They haven’t. I don’t know if that means that they just can’t be bothered or if it seems like too much work. I guess a trial to remove the president is just not as important as gun control. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-impeachment-day/846791/15 "2020-01-23T18:14:25Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > So do Trump supporters start rioting, blocking highways, and looting businesses now or would that be cultural appropriation from the democrats? You jest, but I’m old enough to remember the Clinton Impeachment Riots of '99. Think I still have Henry Hyde’s head on a pike in my basement somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-impeachment-day/846791/16 "2020-01-23T18:23:52Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > To address another part of your question: obviously Trump supporters could organize protests to show their support for the president. They haven’t. I don’t know if that means that they just can’t be bothered or if it seems like too much work. I guess a trial to remove the president is just not as important as gun control. Now that you mention it, that is kinda odd. If he’s gonna be in town, they show up and wait outside, shit like that. Dunno, maybe they are indoctrinated to believe that it doesn’t matter, nothing to see here. Can see their point. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-impeachment-day/846791/17 "2020-01-23T18:35:54Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > So do Trump supporters start rioting, blocking highways, and looting businesses now or would that be cultural appropriation from the democrats? > [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Would swamping a state capitol bearing arms meet your criteria? Pretty sure Trump supporters rioting, blocking highways, and looting businesses wouldn’t meet his criteria. He’d just call it a picnic. Now a Democrat calling somebody a name and hurting their feelings; that’s a riot. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-impeachment-day/846791/18 "2020-01-23T18:43:52Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > I’m not in a good mood. The whole fucking thing is a farce, a travesty, a whitewash, a coverup. Moscow Mitch, Pablo (Ted) Cruz, Leningrad Lindsey “furrowed brow” Collins, and all the rest of the traitors are going to acquit and exonerate the fat orange bastard come hell or high water. > > All right along party (traitor) lines. I agree. Trump has as much chance of being found guilty as Byron De La Beckwith or Lawrence Rainey did. There will be nothing to celebrate over with this trial. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-impeachment-day/846791/19 "2020-01-23T19:02:36Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I agree. Trump has as much chance of being found guilty as Byron De La Beckwith or Lawrence Rainey did. There will be nothing to celebrate over with this trial. America’s Finest News Source already has this covered: > [@](#): > > “I wish to remind you this trial is a hollow exercise of decorum with no possibility of achieving productive results of any kind. We’re just going through the motions here, we all know how it is going to end, so let’s at least try to keep it brief.” > **[Justice Roberts Sternly Admonishes Impeachment Participants To Remember...](https://www.theonion.com/justice-roberts-sternly-admonishes-impeachment-particip-1841162643)** > > WASHINGTON—After he gaveled the Senate to order Wednesday afternoon, Chief Justice John Roberts sternly admonished both President Trump’s counsel and House impeachment managers to remember they were participating in a complete farce of a trial. “As... ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-impeachment-day/846791/20 "2020-01-23T21:03:21Z")
The impeachment hearings on TV are the best part of a day home, sick with flu.