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RHMerriman
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January 6, 2019
By David Leonhardt (Pulitizer Prize winner for commentary in 2011); makes a pretty strong case:
[link:https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/05/opinion/sunday/trump-impeachment.html|]
NYT op-ed on impeachment of DJT...The People vs. Donald J. Trump
The People vs. Donald J. TrumpBy David Leonhardt (Pulitizer Prize winner for commentary in 2011); makes a pretty strong case:
[link:https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/05/opinion/sunday/trump-impeachment.html|]
Its not only that Trump is unfit to be president and that Republicans know it. It also may be the case that they will soon have a political self-interest in abandoning him. If they did, the end could come swiftly. The House could then impeach Trump, knowing the Senate might act to convict. Or negotiations could begin over whether Trump deserves to trade resignation for some version of immunity.
Finally, there is the hope naïve though it may seem that some Republicans will choose to act on principle. There now exists a small club of former Trump administration officials who were widely respected before joining the administration and whom Trump has sullied, to greater or lesser degrees. It includes Rex Tillerson, Gary Cohn, H.R. McMaster and Jim Mattis. Imagine if one of them gave a television interview and told the truth about Trump. Doing so would be a service to their country at a time of national need. It would be an illustration of duty.
Throughout his career, Trump has worked hard to invent his own reality, and largely succeeded. It has made him very rich and, against all odds, elected him president. But whatever happens in 2019, his false version of reality will not survive history, just as Nixons did not. Which side of that history do todays Republicans want to be on?
January 5, 2019
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Krupa on drums, I believe...
Try to not start moving your feet...
Given the day's events, sometimes you just need some Benny Goodman...
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Krupa on drums, I believe...
Try to not start moving your feet...
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