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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsToday, I may be seeing things through rose-tinted lenses, but it does seem that, just maybe, the
annelid has changed course.
Given recent judicial comments and rulings plus a VERY aggressive AG and DOJ, it seems possible---if not probable---that Trump, Barr, Rosenstein and several other of the "usual suspects" are about to be shown to have not just behaved immorally and spoken dishonestly, as we all "knew", but also---wait for it!---COMMITTED CRIMES! But, having heard much more nakedly craven protests when any prominent Republican gets their mammary in the Maytag, I expect that the likes of McConnell, Cruz, Graham, McCarthy and and their ilk will wail loudly that we "just hate Trump" and want to "end his political career".
Well, yeah, there is that.
I would phrase it a little differently, though. I just want to FIGURATIVELY drive a stake through the monster's heart and watch him shrivel into nothingness.
We need to be prepared to counter not only the pleas that "they are just too important" and that prosecuting them would be portrayed as "political reprisals", but also for the transparent threats that " it would infuriate Trump's loyalists!"
If what has been made public so far is substantiated, these people need to do prison time. You and I would sure as hell be wearing numbers if we were proven to have done half of what it seems they may have done.
Anything less will be a greenlight to wannabes like DeSantis and Cotton proving that it is ok to lie, cheat, steal, blackmail---and worse---because "the people don't really care".
Be informed and vocal and, when necessary, be loud and PISSED!
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,308 posts)We the People do care, and it's high time we started acting that way.
Thank you, my dear Atticus, for your sensible and well-written post!
I salute you.
Grey5
(67 posts)Well said, Dear Atticus.
DENVERPOPS
(8,679 posts)but after the Cheney/Rumsfeld administration, and all the extreme felonies and crimes against humanity that they committed, including TREASON no less, and watching them all walk, I wish with all my heart that it is different this time........
I have asked many many times on this website, if any attorney can tell me if it requires a UNANIMOUS decision of the jury to find a person guilty. I have not received reply one..........so I still don't know if that is true.
If that is true, I worry that they won't be able to try any of them with a Criminal Offense considering the fact that it will be highly unlikely there won't be at least one of 70 Million Trumphumpers and Republicans sitting on any jury.......
tblue37
(64,982 posts)redstatebluegirl
(12,264 posts)mactire
(114 posts)Thank you for your words . Theyll be in my mind, and help me when I go to battle with people I encounter that offer their nonsense excuses and reasoning when it comes to these conversations.
MLAA
(17,165 posts)Agree, Atticus.
wnylib
(21,146 posts)"gets their mammary in the Maytag."
NBachers
(17,007 posts)wnylib
(21,146 posts)Joinfortmill
(14,247 posts)niyad
(112,435 posts)unweird
(2,476 posts)As it is written so shall it be.
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)Once was more than enough.
KPN
(15,587 posts)This was a whole new level. We cant let it happen ever again during our lifetimes. The next time could be fatal.
malaise
(267,827 posts)Keep that rage burning brother
malaise
(267,827 posts)Keep that rage burning brother
Wounded Bear
(58,440 posts)but not for the reasons they think I do.
KPN
(15,587 posts)BunnyMcGee
(461 posts)hadEnuf
(2,150 posts)and when that starts happening the pigs usually start to squeal.
Republicans are pro's at accusing people of things they themselves have actually done or are doing, and Trump has been screaming election fraud non-stop since the election. Shit, he even staged a coup over it. Yes, Trump is a madman but just what is he so worried about that he would actually go to these ridiculous and criminal lengths?
We need to keep their feet to the fire.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,535 posts)Thank you, Atticus.