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shockey80

(4,379 posts)
Wed May 17, 2017, 09:37 AM May 2017

History teaches and warns us. The american people may have to face the Impossible.

During abnormal times history has shown us time and time again the Impossible may happen.

During the american revolution, if someone told George Washington that Benedict Arnold one day would hand over West Point and join the British. Washington would have said, Impossible.

At the beginning of the civil war, People from nearby towns brought their families and picnic baskets to watch the "show". They did not have a clue. If you told them 4 years later 600,000 americans would be dead. They would have said, Impossible.

In 1930s germany, the german people were living through a horrible great depression. Millions of them blindly followed what sounded good. They completely ignored the history of the person saying it. They completely ignored the mental condition of the person saying it. Sound familiar? If you told them hitler would start WWII and murder 6 million jews. They would have said, Impossible.

Things are very abnormal right now. Trump is very abnormal. He suffers from dangerous mental conditions. As his presidency unravels and the investigations close in on him. Trump may do the Impossible. It is going to be difficult to impeach trump. You can't predict if he will resign because of his mental conditions.

I believe trump sees the investigations as a attack on the country itself. Not just a attack on himself. In trumps sick mind he never does anything wrong and never makes mistakes. When these things happen he sees it as a attack. It must be destroyed.

I can see trump doing the impossible like attempting to impose martial law. Impossible?

As we all watch the abnormal on tv, as the news media reports about the abnormal. The Impossible stalks us.

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History teaches and warns us. The american people may have to face the Impossible. (Original Post) shockey80 May 2017 OP
Very well said...especially the start of the civil war. Stuart G May 2017 #1
80% of redumbliCONs believe drumpf is doing a good job. Go figure? democratisphere May 2017 #2
They haven't got a clue...They don't know he has broken the law...but just as important... Stuart G May 2017 #3
Abby who? Bucky May 2017 #4
I learned a long time ago, never ignore history. shockey80 May 2017 #5
I forgot to add this to my post. shockey80 May 2017 #6

Stuart G

(38,414 posts)
1. Very well said...especially the start of the civil war.
Wed May 17, 2017, 09:49 AM
May 2017

Very few people had any idea of what the country was getting into. I read a long time ago, there was one who said this would not be over quickly, but would be a long drawn out situation..I think he said, "years"...It was Abraham Lincoln who said this.

Stuart G

(38,414 posts)
3. They haven't got a clue...They don't know he has broken the law...but just as important...
Wed May 17, 2017, 09:57 AM
May 2017

they don't care if he has. That is what the true believers think.

There are republicans who are totally against Trump and what he has done. I believe they are in the House and the Senate. But right now they are quiet. That is what I believe. They will voice their disgust when the time is necessary. This is not the time..

 

shockey80

(4,379 posts)
6. I forgot to add this to my post.
Wed May 17, 2017, 12:49 PM
May 2017

When the justice dept. is compromised, laws are broken and not enforced. When the constitution is trampled upon. The Impossible may happen.

History has shown us when the Impossible happens it's usually something no one could imagine.

Good luck everyone.

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