Morford: Trump Impeachment Watch: Punch the F.B.I. edition

[niyad]

Trump Impeachment Watch: ‘Punch the F.B.I.’ edition


He was controversial, he made some dumb errors, but no one doubted his patriotism or concern for the rule of law.


There is only one way to impeach an openly corrupt, inept, incompetent, grossly compromised, Russia-loving, crotch-groping, globally loathed sitting president, and that’s through an act of congress. Correction: A functional, autonomous, fair-minded congress, one largely populated by thoughtful, well-educated representatives of deep integrity, each willing to go to the mat for the sake of the country and the survival of democracy itself. You can see the problem. We have no such thing. The Republican party owns congress right now, is the most grossly power-mad, shamelessly cold-blooded, morally laughable in American history, is chugging Trump’s gross authoritarianism like a vampire sucks blood from a dying child.

This is why it doesn’t really matter, not yet anyway, that a handful of Republicans have expressed moderate-to-melodramatic levels of outrage at Trump’s shocking, brutal firing of FBI director James Comey. Sure, McCain, Flake, Burr are all annoyed, a little mad, might have a bit of sway here and there, make themselves look good. But Mitch McConnell has never seen an opportunity for molesting the American democratic system he doesn’t like. He won’t dare urge his Lord of the Flies-like gang of terrified trolls and rich white guys to take any true action.

What about Rod Rosenstein, the (formerly) well-respected, non-partisan Deputy AG? Could he step up? Order a special prosecutor? An independent investigation? He could. Except he’s the same guy who wrote the shameless lie of a memo that AG Jeff Sessions then used as a pretext to let Trump screw over the American people yet again, and fire James Comey. You following all that? They deeply hope you’re not.

Seems like Rosenstein, merely two weeks into the job, has already been compromised, punched in the gut by Trump. And as the New Yorker’s John Cassidy put it, Trump’s firing of Comey isn’t merely another dumb stunt by an inept leader. It’s far worse than that.
“It amounts to a premeditated and terrifying attack on the American system of government” and possibly “will usher in a constitutional crisis.”

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[roscoeroscoe]

1. Thanks for sharing Morford

He's very funny, but this is a good serious column

[niyad]

4. I love reading the foaming-at-the-mouth haters of his column. one of the nice things is,

he lets us play with the trolls.

[Kath2]

2. Thank you.

This is the word that should be on everyone's lips: IMPEACH.

[niyad]

3. I certainly use it every chance I get.

[Kath2]

6. Same here.

He needs to be removed from office as soon as possible.

[SHRED]

5. Good article.

[Me.]

7. More

“But that doesn’t mean they’re immune, or their power ironclad. Far from it. Many loose ends exist, landmines abound, the recoil is strong. The epic #TrumpRussia scandal is comprised of multiple octopi, tentacles splayed everywhere, flailing wildly, spitting fire and doom. It is far from over. In fact, Trump’s latest lurch into despotism might backfire on him in ways no one – least of all, him – can yet imagine.

Who knows who might get snared, what new scandal detail might pop up, what critical information might spew forth at any second? The F.B.I. is, right now, full of shocked agents, sucker-punched by a president who believes them stupid and disposable, blocking him from absolute power. How many reams of incontrovertible proof have they already compiled on Trump’s shriveled, corrupt soul? Election rigging? Tax evasion? Putin pee parties? Something far worse, far more imminent? Who’s the next Deep Throat? How many will there be?” …cont….

[BigDemVoter]

8. The sentence, "No one doubted his patriotism" struck me as far fetched.

After all, this IS the motherfucker who hypocritically caused HRC to lose and saddled the rest of us with the Orange Pussy Grabber. That doesn't jive with patriotism in my book.

[Paladin]

9. Morford comes through with a perfect take on things as usual.

Particularly welcome: his well-deserved trashing of Rosenstein---who, if he's half as principled as he's been portrayed, ought to resign, tomorrow morning.

[niyad]

11. if he were half as principled as claimed, he would not have written that memo in the first place.

[ancianita]

10. Today there is the rumor per Mensch and Taylor of a sealed indictment. Stay tuned.

[niyad]

12. . . .