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Fritz Walter

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11. Spoiler 🚨 Alert
Sun Jan 6, 2019, 01:55 PM
Jan 2019

These are the closing paragraphs of the exceptionally well-written piece:

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 Nixon’s did not. Which side of that history do today’s Republicans want to be on?


Bottom line: as much as we’d love to watch the RepubliCONs fall into a sinkhole (environmental consequences notwithstanding), an ill-planned impeachment could backfire and rally his base and others in 2020. Once he’s gone, then we can look forward to a post-RepubliCON era in government.

Excellent Read - The summary above isn't enough - Read full article n/t Pachamama Jan 2019 #1
Yep. RHMerriman Jan 2019 #2
The editorial lays out the roadmap and reasons for Impeachment.... Pachamama Jan 2019 #3
Very true indeed... RHMerriman Jan 2019 #5
I agree. It was worth the read. n/t ariadne0614 Jan 2019 #10
Spoiler 🚨 Alert Fritz Walter Jan 2019 #11
Let the hearings begin! dalton99a Jan 2019 #4
Shakespeare on Trump erlewyne Jan 2019 #6
Trump makes Richard III look like Henry V... RHMerriman Jan 2019 #7
Very well written opinion piece...n/t bluecollar2 Jan 2019 #8
That's quite a humdinger. calimary Jan 2019 #9
Stellar article. BlueWI Jan 2019 #12
Very welcome... RHMerriman Jan 2019 #13
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