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In reply to the discussion: Make no mistake about this: we are watching a coup in real time. [View all]Jarqui
(10,123 posts)Mueller was stymied by obstruction.
Congress has been stymied by obstruction.
As a result, the media has been stymied by obstruction.
I strongly suspect a bunch of the players like Lindsey Graham, Bill Barr and Alan Dershowitz are being motivated by Kompromat/blackmail so the stakes for them is high. They cannot compromise.
Aside from the obvious difference from Watergate where the present AG is corrupt, we were able to "follow the money" with Watergate but have been denied to date here. If an honest administration gets in, they will be able to follow the money and a whole bunch of Republicans will not be happy about that.
The behavior by the GOP indicates that they have a lot at stake personally - which motivates them to place their own well-being ahead of the country.
What is going on is going to be obvious to a lot of the country. The only way for them to retain power and save themselves is to continue on this path to compromise the 2020 election because they're crossing the line where they'll have any chance of winning it fair and square.
Someone is going to shoot or bomb or hurt someone and that's the likely tinderbox for this thing to go off the rails that had been heading towards towards a peaceful solution.
If the Republic is to survive this, the odds are way up that it is going to have to be fought for.