slate - Mr. Complicit - Mike Pence isnt avoiding Trumps misconduct. Hes abetting it.

[NRaleighLiberal]

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/05/mike_pence_is_complicit.html

by William Saletan

In the past week, as reports of Watergate-level misconduct have raised the possibility of President Trump’s impeachment, eyes have turned toward Mike Pence, the man who would succeed him. Pence bills himself as an upstanding Christian stuck in a spiraling situation not of his making. Anonymous flacks are trying to distance the vice president from the administration’s collapse. They say Pence was “kept in the dark” about the treacherous shenanigans of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. A source “close to the administration,” and apparently quite close to Pence, tells NBC News that there’s a suspicious “pattern”: In one scandal after another, Pence “was never, either intentionally or unintentionally, made aware of the facts.”


The pattern is suspicious, all right. But it’s not a pattern of Pence being deceived. It’s a pattern of his willful blindness and misrepresentations. Pence refuses to learn from the treachery of the people around him. He continues to vouch for President Trump and others who conspire, lie, and hide corruption. Pence isn’t a victim. He’s an accomplice.

To grasp the extent of his complicity, you have to see how all the incidents fit together. Here’s the whole sorry history.

1. The Access Hollywood video. Pence joined Trump’s ticket in July 2016 as a character witness. He testified to Trump’s family values, religious faith, and respect for women. In the Oct. 4 vice presidential debate, Pence laughed off Sen. Tim Kaine’s recitation of Trump’s bigoted comments, as though they had never happened. When reporters asked about Trump’s sexist remarks, Pence accused them of “taking these little lines out of context.”


snip - much more to read at the above link

[Docreed2003]

1. As more time passes,

I'm am increasingly convinced that Trump was the mark and that Pence was the chosen boy. I think the folks pulling the stings know that Trump would be a disaster and anticipated him either resigning or being removed from office, paving the way for Pence. Pence was never a serious consideration for VP until Paul Manafort convinced Trump to bring him on as a running mate. I think the article is spot on and the suspicious "plausible deniability" has been brazen since the Flynn firing.

[randr]

2. I think you are right and I also think Pence has been most instrumental in all cabinet appointments.

Once the lsos has been disposed of all things are in place for a Pence lead Radical Christian coup.

[dalton99a]

3. Great article.

[Amaryllis]

5. Ditto. Reallly lays out the case.

[vlyons]

4. Silence implies consent

In law, silence implies consent. That's not just true for Pence, but for the rest of the Republican apologists and sycophants. Indeed , the entire Republican party that has not uttered a peep about Trump's criminality. Remember all those "good" Germans in the 1930s, who stood by silently and did nothing, while the Nazis rounded up innocent people and sent to Poland to be murdered? So how do the silent "good" Republicans differ from those "good" Germans?

[Cryptoad]

6. Hey,,,, VP likes that Russian $Money$ too,,,,,,,

[blue-wave]

7. We need more articles like this one

and more from the talking heads. Thanks for posting!

[appal_jack]

8. Impeach Pence first!

Pence is as bad as they come. Hopefully, any substantive examination of the campaign & administration will find the blood (or at least Rubles) on his hands.

K&R for the evening crowd,

-app

[Tatiana]

9. Pence should be impeached first to neutralize the threat he represents.

We can prove he knew exactly what Flynn was up to. Rep. Cummins is convinced he willfully ignored warnings. Pence has absolutely enabled and turned a blind eye to Trump. His goal is power and he is close to having it.

Impeach Pence first. Isolate Trump and the rest will fall like dominoes. Refuse to confirm any VP appointment. Make their lives a living hell.