martin (09-28-2021), ThatOwlWoman (09-27-2021)
The most talked-about essay of the past week is undoubtedly Robert Kagan's "Our constitutional crisis is already here" in The Washington Post, a long, gripping examination of the very serious danger that Donald Trump poses to American democracy as the country approaches the 2024 presidential election.
But that doesn't mean everyone is convinced. Ross Douthat of The New York Times because Kagan (like, Douthat thinks, most liberal Trump worriers) fails to take into account Trump's incompetence. What we learned from Trump's time in the White House, according to Douthat, is that he had barely any idea how government functions or how to get it to do his bidding even on ordinary issues of policy, let alone in launching a successful coup. Hence Douthat concludes that anyone who insists that "Trump is personally going to organize his way to a constitutional crisis without any of the powers he enjoyed in 2020 needs to deal with the reality of how incompetently he used all those powers from '16 to '20."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/unimporta...154335755.html
martin (09-28-2021), ThatOwlWoman (09-27-2021)
Could be a BluePrint for the next Fascist that wants to take the reigns of power.
that is the real problem. A smart guy might be able to do what the fool could not, He showed it is possible to fool a large chunk of people into helping him overthrow the government. You know damn well that these same people would have crowed about America being the greatest country ever made before they were conned into working against exactly that in a short time. This may be the end of America as we knew it.
The guy behind the curtain was Bannon. Who is behind him? I do not know. he is doing the same thing in Europe. Striking a blow for fascism and a world ruler.
Last edited by Nordberg; 09-27-2021 at 08:09 PM.
Grokmaster (09-27-2021)
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The unimportance of Trump's incompetence
It is so unimportant that the OP poster HAD TO MENTION IT ... . .
Yawn...
Another day another Leftist rant against Trump... Yea, yea, we get it. The Left hates Trump. They think he's the daemon spawn of the anti-Christ and is going to bring hellfire and damnation on the country. It'd be almost hilarious to read if it wasn't so repetitive and common...
Once Trump did what he did, the door is opened and the public more conditioned to it.
Its clear our safeguards are designed for a slower world from the 1800's. We need to revamp our system.
If someone actually competent tried to do what Trump did, it would have worked.
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18 U.S. Code § 2071 - Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally
44 U.S.C. 2202 - The United States shall reserve and retain complete ownership, possession, and control of Presidential records; and such records shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
LOCK HIM UP!
Micawber (09-28-2021)
This is just the tip of the iceberg of Trump's impulsive childish behavior.
In a new book by White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham, she tells the story about how; Putin toyed with Donald Trump's insecurities, and how he became obsessed with a young female press aide during his presidency — asking that she be brought into his cabin on Air Force One so he could check out her behind.
Donald Trump became obsessed with a young female press aide during his presidency — asking that she be brought into his cabin on Air Force One so he could "look at her (behind),
Lock Him Up
Lionfish's post is ironic. The very idea that an incompetent criminal narcissistic immoral asshole was ever even considered presidential timber by one of the two major political parties,
much less was able to actually con nearly 1/2 the country into devout support and stole the election as he did in 2016, is all the reason necessary for every sane human
left in this county to be in a state of indefatigable chronic clinical depression.
The notion that our democracy fails to prevent a Trump is the most sobering reality we have had to choke down since 9-11, perhaps longer. You caused this obsession
because we love our country and you are imbeciles.
martin (09-28-2021)
Unfortunately, a stupid, classless, incompetent person like Trump...can accidentally stumble into a dictator's chair. Yeah, I doubt he would last long...but the damage would be real...and lasting.
Trump, the disgusting person...IS an existential danger to America and the world...ALL BY HIMSELF.
ON HIS WORST DAY, JOE BIDEN IS A BETTER PRESIDENT THAN TRUMP WAS ON HIS BEST DAY!
Micawber (09-28-2021)
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