Founding Fathers: possibility of a Trump-like POTUS reason for impeachment clause.

[Nomad]

They knew it was possible that at some point in the future, some mentally unstable incompetent buffoon like Trump could worm his way into the WH and so, they created a mechanism with which to unseat that person.

Let's hope that there are enough sane Republicans in Congress with enough political spine to put that mechanism to use before it's too late.

Conservative columnist: Founding Fathers had Trump in mind when they included impeachment clause

A conservative Washington Post columnist wrote Thursday that the Founding Fathers had President Trump in mind when they added the impeachment clause.

Jennifer Rubin argues that Trump’s comments about the press could be a basis for impeachment.

“He is precisely the sort of person whom the Founding Fathers had in mind when they included the impeachment clause,” she writes.

Rubin, who is frequently critical of Trump, writes that his battle with the media and suggestions that broadcast outlets' licenses be revoked are a “direct repudiation of the First Amendment.”

“That’s not merely outrageous and indefensible,” Rubin writes. “It is, I would argue, one of many instances in which Trump’s words reveal an inability to carry out his oath of office.”

Rubin cites Bob Bauer, former White House counsel to President Obama, who argued that Alexander Hamilton’s definition of an “impeachable offense” is “one that inflicts ‘political’ injury on a society.”

“His self-interested ends justify the use of virtually any means—or at least any he could hope to get away with,” Bauer wrote about a leader’s demagogic conduct.

Rubin said that description “embodies Trump’s behavior.”

Rubin added that the president is “morphing into an authoritarian” who believes he is above the law.

[Getin the ring]

triggered ^^^^^^

9 months down, 87 looooong more to go

[TheDonald]

They knew it was possible that at some point in the future, some mentally unstable incompetent buffoon like Trump could worm his way into the WH and so, they created a mechanism with which to unseat that person.

Let's hope that there are enough sane Republicans in Congress with enough political spine to put that mechanism to use before it's too late.

LOL, Hillary Clinton is the reason for the electoral college set forth by the founding fathers.

Your funny kid

[Nomad]

triggered ^^^^^^

9 months down, 87 looooong more to go

We really need to talk about setting you up in a higher yield instrument.

Your account in the Bank of Idiotic Responses is truly becoming impressive, indeed!!!

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LOL, Hillary Clinton is the reason for the electoral college set forth by the founding fathers.

Your funny kid

You mean the Founding Fathers had a Clinton obsession also?

Been done this road, but it is hard to argue for the Electoral College today when a State like Wyoming has three electoral votes and it isn't as big as say Erie County, New York. (Buffalo)

With current demographic trends in the future two thirds of Americans will be living in urban areas yet rural areas will have two thirds of the electoral votes, can't believe the Founding Fathers envisioned that nor would they have approved

[SmarterthanYou]

don't you just love wishful thinking and penthouse fantasy letters?

bottom line is that the partisan political bullshit both sides have been utilizing has destroyed this nations system of government, so congrats.

[SmarterthanYou]

You mean the Founding Fathers had a Clinton obsession also?

Been done this road, but it is hard to argue for the Electoral College today when a State like Wyoming has three electoral votes and it isn't as big as say Erie County, New York. (Buffalo)

With current demographic trends in the future two thirds of Americans will be living in urban areas yet rural areas will have two thirds of the electoral votes, can't believe the Founding Fathers envisioned that nor would they have approved

Unlike you and your liberal ilk, the framers were adamant about individual rights/freedoms especially those in the minority.

[Nomad]

LOL, Hillary Clinton is the reason for the electoral college set forth by the founding fathers.

Your funny kid

You're funnier.

Sonny... er...

[TheDonald]

You mean the Founding Fathers had a Clinton obsession also?

Been done this road, but it is hard to argue for the Electoral College today when a State like Wyoming has three electoral votes and it isn't as big as say Erie County, New York. (Buffalo)

With current demographic trends in the future two thirds of Americans will be living in urban areas yet rural areas will have two thirds of the electoral votes, can't believe the Founding Fathers envisioned that nor would they have approved

The electoral college is the law, and yes the founding fathers had idiots like Clinton in their time too, so yes to your pathetic evasion

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Unlike you and your liberal ilk, the framers were adamant about individual rights/freedoms especially those in the minority.

That is way beyond "rights of the minority" when States as Wyoming, not a State full of minorities of any kind, get more representation than other areas of Americans equal in size

[TheDonald]

You're funnier.

Sonny... er...

The fact is that Donald Trump is your President..................

Got that kiddy

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The electoral college is the law, and yes the founding fathers had idiots like Clinton in their time too, so yes to your pathetic evasion

Legal abortion is the law, so we know that your legal argument is bogus, and the Founding Fathers indeed had idiots around them, the three fifths Compromise proves that

[TheDonald]

Legal abortion is the law, so we know that your legal argument is bogus, and the Founding Fathers indeed had idiots around them, the three fifths Compromise proves that

And Donald Trump is your President too.............................for 7 more years

[Getin the ring]

We really need to talk about setting you up in a higher yield instrument.

Your account in the Bank of Idiotic Responses is truly becoming impressive, indeed!!!

Whos We? you and your pocket rocket, bet he does a lot of your thinking for you, obviously,

look, when you start a thread based on some NY Times reporter stating that "the founding fathers had Trump in mind when they installed the impeachment clause" wtf,

excuse me if I laugh at you,
Seems the tin man and the scarecrow may have left without you huh?

[Amadeus]

Trump, the only president whose own cabinet members might have to tackle in American history.