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Trump’s End
noisycats:robertreich:Ive always said that trump will negotiate a resignation with pence and give him the presidency only if pence will pardon him and I’m sure pence will
This morning I phoned my friend, the former Republican member of Congress.🎶 It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas 🎶 If only we could just fast forward to the good part.
ME: So, what are you hearing?
HE: Trump is in deep sh*t.
ME: Tell me more.
HE: When it looked like he was backing down on the wall, Rush and the crazies on Fox went ballistic. So he has to do the shutdown to keep the base happy. They’re his insurance policy. They stand between him and impeachment.
ME: Impeachment? No chance. Senate Republicans would never go along.
HE (laughing): Don’t be so sure. Corporate and Wall Street are up in arms. Trade war was bad enough. Now, you’ve got Mattis resigning in protest. Trump pulling out of Syria, giving Putin a huge win. This dumbass shutdown. The stock market in free-fall. The economy heading for recession.
ME: But the base loves him.
HE: Yeah, but the base doesn’t pay the bills.
ME: You mean …
HE: Follow the money, friend.
ME: The GOP’s backers have had enough?
HE: They wanted Pence all along.
ME: So …
HE: So they’ll wait until Mueller’s report, which will skewer Trump. Pelosi will wait, too. Then after the Mueller bombshell, she’ll get 20, 30, maybe even 40 Republicans to join in an impeachment resolution.
ME: And then?
HE: Senate Republicans hope that’ll be enough – that Trump will pull a Nixon.
ME: So you think he’ll resign?
HE (laughing): No chance. He’s fu*king out of his mind. He’ll rile up his base into a fever. Rallies around the country. Tweet storms. Hannity. Oh, it’s gonna be ugly. He’ll convince himself he’ll survive.
ME: And then?
HE: That’s when Senate Republicans pull the trigger.
ME: Really? Two-thirds of the Senate?
HE: Do the math. 47 Dems will be on board, so you need 19 Republicans. I can name almost that many who are already there. Won’t be hard to find the votes.
ME: But it will take months. And the country will be put through a ringer.
HE: I know. That’s the worst part.
ME: I mean, we could have civil war.
HE: Hell, no. That’s what he wants, but no chance. His approvals will be in the cellar. America will be glad to get rid of him.
ME: I hope you’re right.
HE: He’s a dangerous menace. He’ll be gone. And then he’ll be indicted, and Pence will pardon him. But the state investigations may put him in the clinker. Good riddance.
I hope it's that simple. The thing with Nixon is, well, the guy understood and to some extent respected our system and institutions. Trump doesn't, obviously. The President cares about the President.
ReplyDeleteWhat a mess. We haven't gotten to the dark and surreal part of the story yet.
Hey Harry! Howza Boy? True DAT about Tricky Dickey; plus too he was a Lawyer in real life not just in his mind like President T-word. I have a LOT of respect for Robert Reich going way back to when he shut the Cesspool in which I worked down because the Sewer owners didn't give a flip about the safety of the workers.
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For sure he has more and better political contacts and info than me. I'm hoping(with crossed fingers) that it goes down more like Article II Section 4
https://www.usconstitution.net/xconst_A2Sec4.html
and we can avoid Pence as well. I'll bet Nancy Pelosi is hoping for much the same. I mean future, President Pelosi, the first woman President of these United States. That'd put a wrinkle in Mitch and the Koch brothers' plan, wouldn't it?
I personally think we've been reading the dark and surreal part since the night we watched Rachel Maddow and Chris Matthews crying on National TeeVee. I've shed many a tear that night and since, myself.
Thanks for your thoughts, Harry. I don't get many comments over here but the few I do get are from intelligent and cogent life.
Happy Holidays, old Friend.