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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe media keeps saying Trump is stalling till...
...the 2020 election, trying to hold up subpoenas and testimony of key witnesses; But I don't think that's it. He's waiting for the next budget fight which is when? September? He's going to shut it all down and hold the nation hostage so he can either maintain power or walk away a free man. Bet?
malaise
(269,254 posts)The biggest loser is going down - watch the ride.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,947 posts)Nuggets
(525 posts)Worked for Reagan worked for Bush.
This is what happened to the roadmap to impeachment
The 1974 "road map" remained under seal by a federal court until it was released by federal archivists in 2018.
There are no known Republicans who will do whats right, this isnt the early 70s.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,947 posts)The proposed articles of impeachment were voted out of the HJC almost entirely along party lines. Even after the "smoking gun" tape came out, conclusively proving Nixon attempted to obstruct justice, the GOPers still didn't want to impeach him.
Nuggets
(525 posts)The AG quit
John Dean caved. The entire investigative staff quit and the AG Richardson resigned because he refused to fire investigator Cox , the new AG Ruckleshaus also refused to fire Cox and resigned.
The news media wasnt just going along with Nixon.
How many other euphemisms has the NYT used for Trumps lies now?
CNN had trumps former campaign manager on their nightly panel to discuss the election. He was fired from trumps campaign and hired in June 2016 by CNN. He quit Nov 11, 2016.
I dont see any Republican doing anything close to that, in fact quite the opposite.
Youll notice both of these news sources were the ones trump specifically called out as fake! or the failing nyt!
Makes me wonder how many progressives went running to these supposed enemies of trump.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,947 posts)Republicans in the executive branch, including the DoJ, have quit, but the politicians are afraid to.
Nuggets
(525 posts)The ppl in charge are helping him out, ALL Republicans.
That was not he case then.
snort
(2,334 posts)PufPuf23
(8,847 posts)Just about anything that comes out, Trump and the GOP will lie and spin abetted by the MSM (that normalizes the absurb).
What passes for media is by and large grooming and entertainment. Too much is left unsaid, what is said is in an acceptable range to the vested interests in control.
Banks, large corporations, and MI Complex will remain unscathed.
Most lives don't matter.
snort
(2,334 posts)The ultimate distraction.
PufPuf23
(8,847 posts)anywhere near positions of great power and influence even more so when they are loser retreads ala Bolton.
Its like (and probably this is truth) Bolton was put in his position to cause chaos.