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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Powers That Be are readying us for his removal.
Thus the constant drumbeat of Watergate history, the constant repetition of the number of days he has held, albeit IMO illegitimately in every sense, the Presidency, the constant raised eyebrows of his fellow GOPers, and most notably, the mass of retired individuals from the Intelligence Comminity who are denigrating him rightfully.
As an aside, do recall that the presence of a President of color on the TV show 24 made it conceivable for this to occur in real life among the masses. Fiction often presages reality.
Glorfindel
(9,729 posts)if not worse.
cheyanne
(733 posts)He is so tainted that he should be indicted when Trump is asked to retire by the Republicans.
yardwork
(61,608 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)in succession, of course, come Paul Ryan, Orrin Hatch, and I think Tillerson. All Koch agents and/or allies, and the rest of the cabinet mostly stuffed with the same. Getting Rump out of the way should at least help SOME conservative voters finally realize their party has been highjacked by predatory extremists.
leftstreet
(36,108 posts)The line up is horrible though
imanamerican63
(13,794 posts)Ryan and on down the list are just as bad as the first choice!
yardwork
(61,608 posts)tblue37
(65,357 posts)party might thus end up too tainted by the scandal to risk pushing their agenda as hard.
yardwork
(61,608 posts)KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)position taken by the German Communist Party re the Nazis in 1932. I understand its appeal, but history shows that we need to be very careful what we wish for, eh?
PCIntern
(25,544 posts)This group parallels the Nazis all-too-closely.
yardwork
(61,608 posts)Trump is enormously unpopular. He's a millstone around the Republican Party's neck. Trump is destroying them.
Initech
(100,075 posts)PCIntern
(25,544 posts)It's the Big Lie that they're employing.
yardwork
(61,608 posts)KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)yardwork
(61,608 posts)President Pence, working closely with Ryan and McConnell, will actually achieve the agenda that Trump's antics are blocking.
Right now, Trump himself is the single most effective defense against the right wing Republican agenda.
And they will all make billions of dollars from the oil pipeline through Crimea once the sanctions are lifted.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)And Pence the unelectable will be the president they wanted all along knowing he would never be able to get there on his own.
We need Pence taken down just as much as DT. Pence is a dominionist and wants a WW to bring on evangelical Christian domination of the world. That ain't ct.
drray23
(7,629 posts)we will retake the house in 2018 and may even retake the senate, although its harder.
Pence will be unable to push anything through congress.
With the cluster fuck that is Trump, we will only have to blame ourselves if we cant manage to get dems to go vote in 2018 and retake congress. Even with gerrymandering, there are enough districts were its close enough. we only need 24 seats.
Electron1
(5 posts)That album and lyrics is amazing.
H2O Man
(73,537 posts)Well said.
All-In
(312 posts)With the Jeezus Freaks, and 50 trillion in wealth, and the media they control at his back.
PatrickforO
(14,574 posts)I seem to have heard Ryan was as well, and as Speaker of the House, he would be next in line. So...we might end up with Orrin Hatch, which isn't real great, but he might actually be sane.
Pence is an empty suit ideologue who destroyed his state so badly they don't even refer to him - much like the Republicans and W.
And Ryan - what a disgustingly smug man; a man ready to throw all poor Americans under the bus by gutting their programs because he also is an ideologue.
Oh, for the days when these people put America first and party second, when there were actually a few statesmen on either side.
llmart
(15,539 posts)that we also need to focus on winning the House back in 2018 and winning it back BIGLY!
It may sound like a long way off, but half of 2017 is almost over and in 6 months it will be 2018. So, get rid of Dump, focus investigations on Pence and work our asses off to gain the House.
Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)They are not really trying to protect him but pretending to do so to save their hides. They want him gone like yesterday. But to quote the wicked witch of the east, these things must be one delicately or you will break the spell.
Jim Dandy
(358 posts)Like your body would when it eats something tainted and foul.
PatrickforO
(14,574 posts)The idea does have some merit. If so, it makes me feel better because the heavily armed right wing nut job 'militias' are sure to resist, and our military had better stand up to them and nip any rebellions in the bud when the impeachment and trial process begins.
broadcaster90210
(333 posts)Because the Media is gonna act like everything is fine. In fact it will be worse if its Pence.
yardwork
(61,608 posts)broadcaster90210
(333 posts)They will talk about a return to normal and the very presidential President Pence.
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)and they're mad because he kicked THEM to the curb, repeatedly. I don't think that is necessarily a good thing, but he did promise to drain the swamp and Foggy Bottom is swamp HQ so I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing, either. I don't think it will lead to impeachment anytime soon but if the stars are aligned it MIGHT lead to Dem victories next year and in 2020. So . . .
rusty fender
(3,428 posts)Seriously
PCIntern
(25,544 posts)Well done.
Cary
(11,746 posts)This element is already clamoring for "revolution" much like the radical left only with even more cognitive dissonance.
I'm not sure how relevant that is to me, but if Republicans lose that constituency they're done. Maybe. So they're in a trick bag.
yardwork
(61,608 posts)Americans have no interest in revolution. Our problem is complacency.