jafo wrote:
"Pelosi is bat sh*t crazy, so absolutely nothing she says is credible. I say take a vote on what the House has presented, and decide to move forward or sh*t can the entire nonsense. And any Republicans that vote to have the trial should be primaried."
I agree.
As I posted earlier, the first order of Senate business should be a request for the immediate delivery of the paperwork from the House. Kind of like requesting "service of process". I'm only guessing, but I sense that if the Republican Senate pushes this through on a partisan vote, and if the time by which to comply is limited to, say, 24-48 hours, Pelosi will balk and won't respond.
That's fine. Actually, it's what we want.
But it doesn't matter whether she responds, or not, because...
...The NEXT order of business should be a vote by the Senators as to whether it's proper to proceed on the basis of evidence presented. Consider this "the arraignment", if you like. Are "the charges" sufficient to warrant a trial?
Without sufficient evidence (of course, there never WAS any), the next vote by the Senate should be to DISMISS the impeachment on its face, as insufficient to proceed. It's important that the documentation for such vote include that impeachment proceedings can only proceed upon the introduction of proper evidence, and that there has been none in this case. If need be, there should also be a vote to summarily acquit Mr. Trump of any supposed charges before the Senate at that moment.
Why do this?
Because the object should be not only to "acquit" Mr. Trump, but also to deliver a REBUKE to the House for pushing frivolous charges under the guise of "impeachment". The goal here is to restore impeachment as a Constitutional process that is necessary for the prosecution of actual "high crimes and misdemeanors", as distinguished from anti-Trump hatred.
If the Senate doesn't do this, even if they acquit Mr. Trump this time, it will be only a matter of months before the democrat-communists start a new "impeachment", all over again...