The First Line of Trump's Obituary Has Been Written

[babylonsister]

https://truthout.org/articles/the-first-line-of-trumps-obituary-has-been-written/


The First Line of Trump’s Obituary Has Been Written
By William Rivers Pitt,
Truthout
Published September 25, 2019

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Being an unyielding Trump partisan was always a bad bet in the long run and will become positively hazardous as this process unfolds, if for no other reason than Trump is Trump: He will not be able to contain his baser instincts now any more than he has in the past. It would come as no surprise if Trump commits more crimes to try and get out from under the crimes he has already committed.

In the end, this is happening because it absolutely had to happen. Considerations regarding what the Senate will or will not do are moot, because impeachment in the face of Trump’s serial violations is a constitutional necessity.

Allowing Trump’s behavior to stand unchallenged — no matter the ultimate outcome of that challenge — would set fire to the rule of law and render the country down to a mere marketplace for plunder and violence. If we aspire to be more than that, and I devoutly believe we do, we must undertake this process with patience and unyielding diligence.

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The first line of Donald Trump’s obituary has already been written: He joins Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton on the list of presidents who have faced impeachment. Johnson and Clinton were both acquitted in the Senate, while Nixon resigned before the process could get full underway. This will, of course, not sit well with the lumpen neofascists who populate Trump’s base. They will rage as they identify with the fundraising email Trump’s campaign sent out immediately after the impeachment inquiry was announced.

“The Democrats thrive on silencing and intimidating his supporters, like YOU, Friend,” it read. “They want to take YOUR VOTE away. President Trump wants to know who stood with him when it mattered most.” The fact that Trump is already fundraising off this mess tells us where we stand.

We are questing strange and dangerous waters now, and the outcome is anyone’s guess, but we are here because we have to be. The actions of this president can no longer go unchallenged. Let his Republican enablers stand with him in broad daylight and proclaim their fealty to his capricious whim. Let them sit astride the wrecking ball as it swings toward the crumbling edifice of their own shattered morality.

[flotsam]

1. I for one wish Will was still on this board. N/T

[MineralMan]

2. Do you remember why he is not still here?

It's not the POSUCS incident, nor the threats against someone. It was something else, if I remember correctly.

[defacto7]

8. I remember the first two you mentioned,

namely the Obama slur and the PM threats, but I don't remember anything else. What could have possibly been worse on this site?

[MineralMan]

9. He said he would not vote for Hillary Clinton. I believe he voted for Jill Stein.

That was the last straw for the admins at this site. I believe he is on Facebook, though, under the same name.

[defacto7]

11. Now I remember. That was the end of that.

[SergeStorms]

13. There was also....

a small problem with intoxicants, if my memory is correct. That's usually when he got into the most trouble.

[Autumn]

3. I miss him too. nt

[Jeffersons Ghost]

4. K&R

[mountain grammy]

5. K & R

I still support Truthout.

[GoneOffShore]

15. So do I.

And Will Pitt is still one of my favorite writers.

[leftstreet]

6. DURec

[ancianita]

7. Know what those "strange and dangerous waters" are called? The Swamp. Gotta wear high boots.

[NurseJackie]

10. Generally speaking, I like the color purple...

... but not today.

[Uncle Joe]

12. Kicked and recommended

Thanks for the thread babylonsister.

[LiberalLovinLug]

14. "in the face of Trump's serial violations..."

Only one problem. Pelosi is urging to only go after one violation. So if that one is derailed, we got nothin.