The Professor is not a good person at least in his own
mind. He doesn’t do things like kick dogs or rob widows and orphans or anything
like that but he is aware that his thoughts go into very dark places that a decent
persons mind would not go.
And here is a very bad one
As Trump’s presidency is showing about as much seaworthiness
as the Titanic, the GOP is now faced with a major problem. What to do? The latest
revelation that Trump asked Comey to end the Flynn probe – which fits in very
nicely with Trump firing Comey over ‘the Russian’ thing is the real thing obstruction
of justice a criminal offense that nicely fits the whole “high crimes and misdemeanors”
section of the Impeachment articles.
But here is the problem – Trump although already a
disaster that looks very likely despite their disparate attempts to game the
system so only white people vote to remove control of the lower house and lord
knows even the Senate might come into play given enough disasters; but despite
that Trump remains popular with the 27% the hard core of racists fascists and
fools that make up the rancid base of their party. Trump is despite everything
is still their guy. There has been some loss of support but nothing that would
allow any GOP congressmen to take on Trump and not pay for it by being forced
into a primary fight – holding onto their – to quote Mel Brooks ‘phony baloney
jobs’ is the most important thing in their lives nothing else matters not honor
not loyalty not country, their job is their god. So right now, initiation of impeachment proceedings
would be nothing but political suicide on their part.
It is possible that further down the road Trump’s failures
and erratic behavior and dodgy links to Russian intelligence and mobsters might
just weaken his support among the 27% or someone might sensing a chance try to
undercut Trump with his base to gain power. If that did happened Trump would
find out very very quickly that he doesn’t have a friend in the world and he’d
been out of there so fast his head would spin.
However, as long as the troglodytes are in Trump’s camp that
isn’t going to happen.
So the GOP is caught on the horns of dilemma – either Trump
stays in office and wrecks their party or he’s removed by Impeachment or
Article 25 and the base savages them in the primaries for ‘betraying Trump’ and
the party is wrecked.
In short, there are no good answers.
However, there is a way out that would be manna from
heaven for them.
Trump could die.
It’s not impossible really, he’s 70, not in good health
and has gained a lot of weight and aside from hitting a golf ball doesn’t get
much exercise. Therefore, the chances of him simply popping off are not all
that bad.
And it would be manna from heaven for the GOP they could
mourn the loss of the leader and his potential, even better he could be
presented as a martyr to liberal media and since, let’s be honest here, the
news of Trump’s death would be greeted on the left with at best a profound
absence of sorrow to quote John Kenneth Galbraith to dancing in the streets, it
would allow them to claim the moral high ground and lambaste the evil of the
left.
In addition, the
Vice President, because he isn’t Trump would get a pass from the beltway media
who have found their adversarial relationship with Trump to be very painful as
they would rather simply be courtiers and mouthpieces.
And the Democratic Senators and Congressmen would feel at
least a bit constrained in their actions and comments in opposing any legislation
that would be pushed by the GOP as a way to ensure President Trump’s legacy.
It really is a win win here for the GOP
Again, the only problem is that he doesn’t quite seem
like he’s going obligingly drop dead for them.
Which leads one to the evil thought – given all the advantages
that Trump’s demise would accrue to the GOP is it possible that they might
decide to hurry it along as it where? Yes, it is murder, but hell, they’ve
shown no great respect for human life anyway, what’s one man’s life with so
much at stake?
And yes, I think they are capable of it.
And what that depressing thought I need to take shower.
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