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But where do we go from here? Unlike the British parliamentary system, the U.S. has no break-the-glass off switch that lets us get rid of a deeply unpopular and
by BMc2020 1y ago
But where do we go from here? Unlike the British parliamentary system, the U.S. has no break-the-glass off switch that lets us get rid of a deeply unpopular and delusional leader. Impeachment won’t happen, because this isn’t the Nixon era: Trump’s party is too corrupt to help save the country.
So we must begin to ask ourselves: in the 1364 days left of the Trump administration, how much damage can he do? And what can those of us who want to save the country do to minimize the damage?
- layer8 1y agoUnprompted quotes without commentary automatically get a downvote from me.
- BMc2020 1y agoYou are the first one who ever complained.
- layer8 1y agoI know I’m not alone, because I regularly see pure quotes downvoted. If you want to make a point or ask a question, state it. Merely quoting something is lazy and doesn’t add to the discussion. It also appears to assume that the readers haven’t read the article yet. It’s annoying to get a seemingly random quote from an article one just read, without any insight given on why the commenter is posting the particular quote. Imagine if everyone would only post quotes of the parts that caught their fancy, without further comment.
- anonymars 1y agoJust chiming in to reinforce this take. It's not clear to me what it brings to the discussion to copy and paste an arbitrary portion of the text I just read. Why did you pick that particular passage? Do you agree with it, or disagree with it (why)? What makes it particularly relevant or important to emphasize? Etc.
- BMc2020 1y ago[flagged]
- anonymars 1y agoI mean, you could, but you'd be wrong, if you're assuming I'm the same person as the other commenter. I only chimed in because of the "no one else complained". I'm not sure why "could you contribute your own thoughts on the matter" is so controversial to provoke such anger
- IAmBroom 1y agoNixon was ONLY impeached because of overwhelming public outcry, even from the voters that put him in office. It wasn't an "era" thing; the GOP had no intention of impeaching him until the tide turned on him.
- Kon-Peki 1y agoAnd it was well on the way to falling out of the news until a plane crash that killed a sitting Congressman. And in the wreckage, they find the wife of one of the conspirators with $10k in cash in her purse. He eventually has a breakdown worrying about what happens to his kids if he goes to prison for a long time, and asks for a plea deal.
- tstrimple 1y agoAnd as a result Fox News was created to ensure that their base would never turn on them again. They certainly seem to have done a good job of inoculating their viewers against pesky things like reality. https://theweek.com/articles/880107/why-fox-news-created https://theweek.com/articles/880107/why-fox-news-created
- howard941 1y agoNixon wasn't impeached. Had he not been pardoned the last 50 years would have been much different, probably better. Instead his goons moved into Reagan's WH.