There's No Way Out

[DonViejo]

January 12, 2018 at 12:51 pm EST By Taegan Goddard

David Graham: “Here is the paradox: Everyone, from the president to his staff to the Congress to the pundits to the people, knows that the current situation is a disaster, and yet there is no apparent way to end the situation.”

“That means until at least the end of 2020, the situation will remain much as it is, with a president widely acknowledged to be dysfunctional and no way to change that. It is as though the United States is stumbling, never quite falling on its face but never fully righting itself, either, caught perpetually mid-stumble. The only certainty is more weeks like this one. There is no exit.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2018/01/12/theres-no-way/

[cilla4progress]

1. Well I hate to say it, but then our Constitution

isn't worth the paper it's printed on!

[unblock]

4. the constitution contemplates this and gives powers to deal with this situation.

congress can impeach him. as republicans have made clear in the past, impeachment is whatever congress deems it to be.

even if they don't want to admit anything criminal, they can impeach donnie for being unfit to be president.
they can deem the "shithole" comment to be a high crime and misdemeanor.
they can deem his hair to be a high crime and misdemeanor. lord knows no one could disagree with that!

the constitution can't force people to exercise the powers it gives them.


donnie may be a disaster, but it's the republicans in congress who are keeping them here long after everyone comes to the conclusion that he needs to go.

[CrispyQ]

6. This:

[volstork]

13. Yes.

Exactly right.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. In other words, republicans consider the needs of the nation LAST, every other concern is first.

Personal wealth, power, etc.

Not a patriot among them.

[RKP5637]

5. Yeah, they always scream about patriotism and the GOP is the most un-American and least

patriotic thing slithering around!

[onecaliberal]

3. There IS a way out. That way is for repulicans to love their country more than their money.

I understand what you're saying and you are correct. However, it's only because pathetic men stand by and yawn while Rome burns.

[RKP5637]

7. I think many of the moderate republicans left the party and/or were kicked out. n/t

[onecaliberal]

14. Youre right about that but we are a nation of laws. They swore an oath, and now they

can’t remember their own names. This is a seriously constitutional crisis we are in but no one seems to care enough to remove that orange shit stain.

[RandomAccess]

10. and power. Their money and power.

[maxsolomon]

8. There is an exit, but we won't use it.

It's uphill, and we're too lazy.

[ret5hd]

9. PREXIT!

[RandomAccess]

11. There are two possible exits -- one outlined by previous posters

in this thread.

The other is our potential annihilation by bad actors like North Korea.

[First Speaker]

12. Apparently, our Constitution really is a suicide pact...