Are Guilty Corporations Trying to Neuter Congress in Case There Are Impeachment Hearings?
Yes, I know this post is too long by modern DU standards. But I have a serious point to make here. I think maybe we are seeing a pre-emptive strike by some VIPs who do not want their names dragged through the mud (where they ought to be) during impeachment hearings.
Take close look at the politicians who are being targeted:
John Conyers was brilliant during the Clinton impeachment. The voice of reason. Able to wade through many layers of bullshit to get to the truth. He dared to hold hearings (in a basement) after the Grand Theft Election Ohio in 2004, when everyone else was too scared to utter a peep.
And we all know how good Sen. Franken is at cross examination.
So, you have to wonder, is someone associated with the Trump-Russian treason trying to weed out Democrats that won't "play along" when/if the Dems win a House majority in 2018 and there are impeachment hearings in 2019?
We all know that the Dems won't get a 2/3 majority of the Senate, so Trump won't get kicked out that way. But during the hearings there will be a lot testimony that is damaging to the Trump name brand. And maybe some collateral damage to some big players that have managed to stay out of the spotlight so far. Like....
Tillerson's company, Exxon. Does anyone here believe that Exxon did not know what Russia was up to? Maybe Exxon is working behind the scene to weed out Democrats who might not respect their corporate "betters" at Exxon. Or maybe it is the Koch Brothers. They have managed to stay out of the limelight so far, even though we know that the Kochs and Russia go way back. What about the mystery backers of the Border Wall? Did someone pay Trump a bribe to get that contract? Or maybe DOW Chemical decided that it wanted the Texas Rio Grande River under federal control so that it could use all that water for its polluting factories? DOW is always after water. And DOW gave big to Trumps inauguration.
After WWII, the Nuremberg judges sent a lot of Nazis to their deaths. But the German businessmen who were complicit in the war crimes got wrist slaps. Which is ironic when you consider that fascism exists to serve the corporations. Or so said Mussolini.
Is Trump's fascist coup now attempting to protect its corporate masters? Exxon, DOW, Kochs---all three have a lot to lose if they are found to be complicit. Maybe they want to weed out the nosy Dems, the bad Dems, the Dems who might not know their place and understand that it is one thing to convict politicians of crimes and quite another to sully the name of a major corporation.
And if the tough Congressional Democrats are cut down, who will dare to take their places? No one. The rest will be too scared. They will dutifully go after bit players and politicians and foreigners and avoid doing anything that might inconvenience a business giant. Like Exxon. Or Dow. Or the Kochs.
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