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Re:How Twitter poisoned politics by AnimalMuppet on Friday October 05, 2018 @03:16PM (#18150938)
All right, lets go back just a bit further - to Watergate. The House Judiciary Committee voted to impeach Nixon. One member called his wife, said that they had voted to impeach, and then started crying. This was one of the Representatives who voted in favor of impeachment, crying (I believe) because it was a tragedy for the country as a whole that it had come to this.

I can't imagine that, if the Democrats win the election next month, if they vote to impeach Trump, that any of them will cry about it, ever. I can't imagine that the Republicans shed any tears over voting to impeach Clinton, either.

Re:How Twitter poisoned politics by crooked-v on Friday October 05, 2018 @04:10PM (#18151314)
No one in Washington would cry about Trump being impeached because Trump has done literally nothing with the Presidency that would earn respect from anyone. Even his own party sees him as little but a seat-filler who's only useful because he picks appointees along party lines.
Re:How Twitter poisoned politics by bitofhope on Friday October 05, 2018 @06:19PM (#18152195)
He got rid of the requirement for government agencies to report their Y2K preparedness measures. Faint praise but it's something.
Re:How Twitter poisoned politics by PhasmaFelis on Friday October 05, 2018 @06:04PM (#18152107)
That's not really the point, though.
Re:How Twitter poisoned politics by genericone on Friday October 05, 2018 @04:45PM (#18151597)
Literally nothing that would earn respect?

If something that Trump did that was good was considered revenue, and something he did that was bad was considered costs, you're saying that it has all been costs? Or do you mean that in your view his profits = revenue - costs has been negative? I'm sure you can go around the country and DC and find plenty of people who think Trump has earned revenue, so to speak, even if they think he's a net negative.

Anyway, the points are all subjective, so no-one can balance the books but each individual voter.

Re:How Twitter poisoned politics by fipple on Friday October 05, 2018 @05:06PM (#18151761)
To continue your analogy, the revenue that Trump has made to date has been by selling the furniture. It's like a new Google CEO came in and sold the datacenters and said "look at the revenue!"