Ralph Nader - "Stay Silent and Stay Powerless Against Trump's Tyranny"

[pat_k]

171. Nader has the right side of this stick on this one.

I've been wondering why the hell past presidents are standing mute. They can not possibly believe that pre-47 norms or decorum serve any purpose beyond enabling 47's insanity.

Do they fear their own attempts to push the boundaries of executive authority will somehow muddy the water?

I don't buy that one. There is no way they believe anything they did (except Bush's war crimes) holds a candle to what 47 and his fellow destructivists are doing.

So, if we let Bush out of it because he doesn't want his war crimes thrown at him, where the hell is Clinton? Where the hell is Obama?

Are they waiting for the Senate and House to make a clear declaration of the crimes being committed against us? Perhaps. Perhaps with the release of the sort of joint House/Senate Letter to America that Simon Rosenberg and others are lobbying for we will finally see them step up and endorse the self-evident truths that are put before the American people in such a letter.

Whatever the reason for their silence, I think our primary focus in this moment must be to Lobby Democrats in Congress to write a joint House/Senate "A Letter to America"