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In reply to the discussion: No vote!! [View all]Moostache
(9,895 posts)1) He is caught. Red-handed.
2) He admitted to being caught.
3) He thought he could bully his way through this one too: "No Collusion, No Obstruction" becoming "No Quid Pro Quo, Perfect Call"; but, fortunately, enough people seem to still care about the rule of law to scoff at his BS this time around (though certainly not the dead enders in the GOP caucus)...the latest polling showing independents moving towards impeach and remove has got to have him shitting his pants hourly.
4) If you were innocent, you would have released the original tapes of the call (not the sanitized confession that you thought was 'perfect' enough to BS everyone with)...
5) If you were innocent, you would allow EVERYONE and ANYONE to testify because you would KNOW they have nothing to say aside from the truth...it is obvious that the tactics used to stonewall first Mueller, and then committees looking into Mueller's findings on obstruction, are being rolled out here too. Claims of privilege where none exist, nonsensical claims of 'rigged processes' and 'kangaroo courts', bizarre claims of impeachment for positions not subject to the process and so on...these are ALL the machinations of a deeply guilty man.
The GOP is going to allow him to serve out his term, but they will be willing to kneecap him in 2020 to save their own seats if it came down to it. The "base" is hopelessly stupid and irretrievably wrapped up in Trumpy Bear's "owning the libs" persona to EVER admit they have been conned, but the Never-Trumpers are horrified at the circus and the trainwreck that is this administration. Independents are largely milquetoasts to me, but even they are seeing Trumpy Bear for the loser and liar he is now...
In the end, Trump leaves office in the next 15 months, but the sooner the better to avoid even more lasting damage...once he is gone, there is a whole laundry list of things we need to codify into law instead of allowing traditions and norms to enforce them:
- candidates for President, Vice-President and Cabinet positions or SCOTUS appointments MUST release publically their last 5 years of tax returns at a minimum. Failure to do so is immediate cause for disqualification from office or appointment.
- Presidents with significant external and international business interests MUST fully divest from them or place them into blind trusts for the duration of their term in office PLUS five (5) years AFTER leaving office...the office of POTUS is NOT for printing personal gains, period.
- Citizens United is in drastic need of a constitutional amendment to have it struck down. Money is NOT free speech, it is a megaphone to drown OUT free speech and it MUST be contained for the sake of maintaining this fragile republic to make it to 250 years old...
- press conferences are to be held a minimum of once a week (barring vacations or weird calendar fluctuations) and INSIDE the press briefing room; additionally, Presidential announcements will be banned from Twitter and any other social media outlet that enforces any kind of character limit to encourage idiotic short-hand. The POTUS is to return to communicating CLEARLY and in an ORDERLY manner to the public and to the world.
- unless a meeting between POTUS and any other Head of State is an actual negotiation to END OR PREVENT WAR, a full and complete transcript of the conversation shall be entered into the public record no later than 48 hours after said conversation occurs...if the President can't allow the public to hear it, he has no business saying it...
- Executive Privilege shall NOT extend to anyone beyond specific discussions of classified material or war planning...no other conversations, documents or summaries shall be construed to be beyond the reach of oversight by the Congress and the People.