impeachment – The Musings of the Big Red Car https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com 53 years and 204,000 miles of business, CEO, leadership, startup, political, military wisdom Mon, 18 Sep 2023 12:34:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.11 The Folly of Impeachment https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/the-folly-of-impeachment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-folly-of-impeachment Sun, 17 Sep 2023 20:24:55 +0000 https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=11306 No President has ever been impeached and removed from office in the history of the United States. To be removed from office requires a 2/3s vote of the Senate, a hurdle wisely set high by the Founding Fathers hopefully ensuring it would be used with discretion. The history of impeachments and trials to remove a […]

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]]> Impeachment Trial Questions That Did Not Make The Cut https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/impeachment-trial-questions-that-did-not-make-the-cut/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=impeachment-trial-questions-that-did-not-make-the-cut Sat, 13 Feb 2021 17:50:27 +0000 https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=9827 We are in day #1278 of Impeachment Trial #2 of Donald Trump as presented by Nancy Pelosi and Netflix with special guest appearances by Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer and their home boys, the US Senate. Yesterday, we were treated to a splendid four hour round of questions in which Senators asked questions of both […]

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]]> Drive By Impeachment https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/drive-by-impeachment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drive-by-impeachment Wed, 13 Jan 2021 21:11:14 +0000 https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=9640 Today, the 44th day of December 2020, the House of Representatives, led by the 80-year-0ld, newly re-elected, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, is conducting a drive by impeachment of the POTUS Donald J Trump. We are seven days from the inauguration of Joe Biden as POTUS whereafter the healing and the uniting will begin […]

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]]> The United States of Impeachment https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/the-united-states-of-impeachment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-united-states-of-impeachment Fri, 31 Jan 2020 22:58:24 +0000 https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=8702 It is Friday, a bit before 4:00 PM CST. Senator Murkowski of Alaska has announced she is opposed to seeking more witnesses in the Impeachment Trial of President Donald J Trump. In this Senator Murkowski joins Senator Lamar Alexander, thereby leaving Cocaine Mitch and the Republicans with a worst case scenario of 51-49 which embraces […]

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]]> The Impeachment https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/the-impeachment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-impeachment Mon, 20 Jan 2020 17:54:01 +0000 https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=8672 We are on the verge of the first day of the impeachment trial of President Donald J Trump and, thus, I feel the necessity to say something of portent on the subject. I will try to be evenhanded, fair, and like Nancy Pelosi, wield a big hammer. This may be harder than I thought. The […]

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]]> The Impeachment Paroxysm https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/the-impeachment-paroxysm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-impeachment-paroxysm Tue, 17 Dec 2019 16:46:18 +0000 https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=8569 This is the first time I have used the word “paroxysm” in a longish time. I may never have used it in this blog before. It means a “sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion.” It is a word apropos for the impending impeachment of President Donald J Trump tomorrow by the […]

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]]> Impeachment — Decisive Engagement https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/impeachment-decisive-engagement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=impeachment-decisive-engagement Thu, 05 Dec 2019 16:54:43 +0000 https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=8487 Today, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi directed the House Judiciary Committee (Jerry Nadler, Chairman) to draft Articles of Impeachment saying, “The President has given us no choice.” This decision came after a meeting of the Democrat caucus and a day of riveting testimony from a panel of four law professors. [For those of you […]

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]]> Impeachment — how does that make you feel? https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/impeachment-how-does-that-make-you-feel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=impeachment-how-does-that-make-you-feel Fri, 22 Nov 2019 23:07:11 +0000 https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=8411 Today, I am in the prop wash of the Congress going on its 10-day Thanksgiving vacay. It must be nice. [The House didn’t have a chance to run that USMCA — United States Mexico Canada Agreement — the NAFTA replacement through for a vote, but they had plenty of time to deal with Ukraine and […]

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