On 4/21/2022 4:11 PM, A Friend wrote:
> In article <vmj26h15rbqoi9evaiu32n44n7e8vbarkb@4ax.com>, shawn
> <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 21 Apr 2022 07:56:41 -0400, A Friend <nope@noway.com> wrote:
>>
>>> In article <t3qhkq$899$3@dont-email.me>, Adam H. Kerman
>>> <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ian J. Ball <IJBall@mac.invalid> wrote:
>>>>> On 2022-04-21 02:45:36 +0000, Adam H. Kerman said:
>>>>>> A Friend wrote:
>>>>>>> trotsky <gmsingh@email.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ron Filipkowski
>>>>>>>> @RonFilipkowski
>>>>
>>>>>>>> Marge continues to rage: "They're actually putting me on the witness
>>>>>>>> stand on Friday. I am the first Republican member of Congress that is
>>>>>>>> going to be forced to take the witness stand under oath and defend
>>>>>>>> myself .. I cannot believe I'm being forced to do this."
>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1516820275899379731
>>>>
>>>>>>> Perjury charges will be coming unless she takes the Fifth.
>>>>
>>>>>> She's in big trouble. Voters in Georgia are trying to disqualify her
>>>>>> under the 14th Amendment Section 3.
>>>>
>>>>>> No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or
>>>>>> elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office,
>>>>>> civil or military, under the United States, or under any State,
>>>>>> who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress,
>>>>>> or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any
>>>>>> State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any
>>>>>> State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall
>>>>>> have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or
>>>>>> given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may,
>>>>>> by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
>>>>
>>>>> Which is so outrageously unconstitutional that even you should be
>>>>> disgusted by it, Adam.
>>>>
>>>>> Unless your "constitutional fidelity" is situationally dependent.
>>>>
>>>> Must I be disgusted just because I've pointed out something that's going
>>>> on? I haven't bothered to read about the accusations against her with
>>>> respect to her participation in the alleged insurrection.
>>>>
>>>> btw, you must have missed that I had opposed impeaching Trump, so it's
>>>> pretty obvious that you remember only what you want to when you want to
>>>> make a baseless accusation.
>>>
>>>
>>> He's good at that, as I've found out recently.
>>>
>>> And how can it be unconstitutional when it's stated right there in the
>>> Constitution? She's vulnerable to being charged. Instead of doing
>>> that, though, I'd wait to see what happens to her this primary season,
>>> or in November. I'd prefer that her district get the first shot at
>>> resolving this.
>>
>> It would be great if her district would remove her but knowing the
>> makeup of that district I find it unlikely that will happen. I do know
>> that this time around she will get a Democratic challenger which will
>> be a first. Not that I think the Dem. challenger has a shot at winning
>> as that district is a solid Republican stronghold. If the makeup were
>> to reflect any of the nearby districts to the south the odds would be
>> much different as even Cobb/Cherokee county are becoming less of a
>> Republican stronghold as more people keep pouring into the area.
>>
>> Lol. It's to the point where even with what seems like half the
>> working population working from home traffic is still pretty bad. I
>> think companies are going to have a hard time convincing people they
>> need to come to the office if their job doesn't really require them to
>> do so.
>
>
> I agree with you that a Democrat can't win there, but I hold some hope
> that MTG can be primaried. It doesn't seem to me that the district is
> married to her.

I suppose it's unrealistic to hope that she'd recalled in disgust...

On 4/21/2022 7:31 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> In article <Ypk8K.362785$Gojc.317070@fx99.iad>,
> moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
>
>> On 4/21/2022 4:11 PM, A Friend wrote:
>>> In article <vmj26h15rbqoi9evaiu32n44n7e8vbarkb@4ax.com>, shawn
>>> <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 21 Apr 2022 07:56:41 -0400, A Friend <nope@noway.com> wrote:
>
>>>>> And how can it be unconstitutional when it's stated right there in the
>>>>> Constitution? She's vulnerable to being charged. Instead of doing
>>>>> that, though, I'd wait to see what happens to her this primary season,
>>>>> or in November. I'd prefer that her district get the first shot at
>>>>> resolving this.
>>>>
>>>> It would be great if her district would remove her but knowing the
>>>> makeup of that district I find it unlikely that will happen. I do know
>>>> that this time around she will get a Democratic challenger which will
>>>> be a first. Not that I think the Dem. challenger has a shot at winning
>>>> as that district is a solid Republican stronghold. If the makeup were
>>>> to reflect any of the nearby districts to the south the odds would be
>>>> much different as even Cobb/Cherokee county are becoming less of a
>>>> Republican stronghold as more people keep pouring into the area.
>>>>
>>>> Lol. It's to the point where even with what seems like half the
>>>> working population working from home traffic is still pretty bad. I
>>>> think companies are going to have a hard time convincing people they
>>>> need to come to the office if their job doesn't really require them to
>>>> do so.
>>>
>>> I agree with you that a Democrat can't win there, but I hold some hope
>>> that MTG can be primaried. It doesn't seem to me that the district is
>>> married to her.
>>
>> I suppose it's unrealistic to hope that she'd recalled in disgust...
>
> Yes, it would be unrealistic, because there's no legal mechanism for
> recalling a member of Congress.

Maybe they could make an exception for someone who'd pursued an illegal
mechanism for recalling a President-elect...