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McCamy Taylor

(19,240 posts)
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 09:35 PM Nov 2018

Saturday Night Massacre Here We Come!

Someone is giving Trump some god awful advice. The man could have reached out a hand to the Democratic House. He could have said "I was just dancing with the folks who brought me to the party. I didn't mean any of it. I want to be a Democrat again." He could have offered to broker deals between the Democratic House and the Republican Senate that would allow them to tackle the problems that really concern Americans--like health care. And health care! And health care.

But instead, he made threats. He bullied. He told Democrats that if they attacked, he would attack back--without actually saying how he planned to attack. There is no legal way for the president to investigate Congress. Maybe he meant that his new acting attorney general would file bogus charges against House Dems. Or maybe he meant that Putin would send thugs to their houses. Or that his base would send them pipe bombs. You never know with Trump.

And then, Trumped forced out Sessions and replaced him with a man named Whitaker who looks like Bane from Batman, but meaner and with a bigger stick up his ass. A man who has recommended stripping Mueller of his funding so that he can not do his job. Because why do things the legal way when you can do them the mobster way? Why act like a president when you can act like a whiny little brat? Why obey the law when it is so much more fun to break it?

Trump is going to fire Mueller. Or rather, he is going to tell Whitaker to fire Mueller. And Whitaker will do it--not for Trump. He will do it for his own political future. As soon as the act is done, Whitaker will make a hasty exit from the public stage and use his newfound Right Wing laurels to advance his own career. He will leave Trump with his ass hanging out, the way Dick Nixon's ass was left hanging out after the poorly conceived and poorly executed Saturday Night Massacre. The two or three Americans who have resisted forming an opinion about Trump's guilt will decide that he is guilty. The new Democratic House will answer the popular call---"Restore the rule of law!" CNN's Jim Acosta will become a superstar covering the House hearings. Trump will wish he was back in the "good old days" when Mueller ran a tight ship Grand Jury--no leaks allowed. Every day will bring a new revelation--and these will be much worse than a few "expletive deleted" s. CNN's ratings will soar----

Hmm. Maybe Whitaker is working for CNN.

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Saturday Night Massacre Here We Come! (Original Post) McCamy Taylor Nov 2018 OP
Time will tell. The truth will out! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2018 #1
Hmm. Popcorn. McCamy Taylor Nov 2018 #2
LOL Separation Nov 2018 #3
"The man could have reached out a hand to the Democratic House." Va Lefty Nov 2018 #4
Rec for a great post malaise Nov 2018 #5
He always lies. He always doubles down. He always goes lower. Golden Raisin Nov 2018 #6
No, he couldn't have reached out... JHB Nov 2018 #7

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,580 posts)
1. Time will tell. The truth will out!
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 09:41 PM
Nov 2018

tRump didn't do the things you suggest because that's not who he is. He is a psychopath and a gangster.

Separation

(1,975 posts)
3. LOL
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 09:48 PM
Nov 2018

I just made a post in the writing forum if anyone wanted to co-author a book with me about this last midterm to where we are at now. Would you like to help?

Va Lefty

(6,252 posts)
4. "The man could have reached out a hand to the Democratic House."
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 09:49 PM
Nov 2018

A normal person would have done this. The present occupant at 1600 Pennsylvania is incapable of that.

JHB

(37,158 posts)
7. No, he couldn't have reached out...
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 09:55 PM
Nov 2018

Donald Trump simply lacks that capacity. If it doesn't sing his praises or stuff money in his pockets, he can't even recognize it.

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