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How to remove Trump from office
Washington Post ^ | January 9, 2017 | Richard Cohen

Posted on 01/10/2017 10:07:01 AM PST by C19fan

Donald Trump is a one-man basket of deplorables. He is a braggart and a liar. He is a bully and a demagogue. He is an ignoramus and a deadbeat, a chiseler and either a sincere racist or an insincere one, and his love for himself is matched only by my loathing of him. He is about to be president of the United States. A constitutional coup may be in the offing.

Since winning the election, Trump has not moderated his behavior. He still behaves like a brat — his childish tweet zinging Arnold Schwarzenegger for failing to get Trumpian ratings on “The New Celebrity Apprentice” being the most amusing example. Many of the others were just plain lies, the most serious being his earlier troubling statements regarding Russian efforts to affect the election. As always, Trump made this about himself — not, as it should be, about a foreign power meddling in our democracy.

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TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister; Society
KEYWORDS: cohen; fakenews; libtardation; nevertrump; richardcohen; soreloser; ssdd; suckitupbuttercup; trashtrump; trump
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To: PROCON

Best gif. !


41 posted on 01/10/2017 10:27:01 AM PST by Gasshog (Clinton denies... Expect to see a lot of this)
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To: C19fan
How to remove Trump from office.

Vote in 2020 and "hope for change".

(sarcasm)

42 posted on 01/10/2017 10:27:15 AM PST by airborne (I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey playoffs season!)
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To: C19fan

Ooooo, I can smell the decay of Cohen’s brain and the festering pile of Washington Compost from here! Who gives a flying fig about the manic ruminations of a libtard? Can you believe this guy would prefer the insane corrupt Hillary and the crew SHE would have brought in to a rational man who loves his country? Just like a moth to a flame.


43 posted on 01/10/2017 10:28:25 AM PST by EinNYC
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To: C19fan

That poor guy is unhinged. He needs drugs and nice long 8 year rest.


44 posted on 01/10/2017 10:28:31 AM PST by CarolAnn
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To: Ouchthatonehurt

Rickie looks just like the Doosh I expected!


45 posted on 01/10/2017 10:28:37 AM PST by Gasshog (Clinton denies... Expect to see a lot of this)
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To: C19fan

How to remove Trump from office?

Just wait.

He’ll be out in 8 years. ;)


46 posted on 01/10/2017 10:31:29 AM PST by NEWwoman (God Bless America)
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To: CarolAnn

Sounds like he’s already on a heavy dose of medical marijuana.


47 posted on 01/10/2017 10:32:49 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: C19fan
Memo from WaPo Editor to Staff:
Dear Colleagues,
This op-ed is the next step in our decline into irrelevancy. This decline is not necessarily deliberate, but it is the price we must pay for becoming the establishment's fake newspaper of record. Some of you have asked if the ceaseless deluge of lies, bias, subjectivity and quarter-truths (we gave up on half-truths in November - with the Trump election there was just too much risk in only lying half of the time) is sustainable. There is no need for concern. Mr Bezos has promised to support our cause. In the coming days/weeks you may see many Amazon trucks outside our offices. These trucks will be transporting our daily “editorial” output to Amazon warehouses throughout the country. There, our paper will be used to wrap customer purchases before shipping. Rest assured that as we continue our decline and produce even less journalism, Mr Bezos has assured us that there will be employment opportunities for all WaPo employees in Amazon warehouse, shipping and fulfillment centers. Therefore, we will be offering classes in fulfillment, fork lift driving and packaging to all editorial staff.
48 posted on 01/10/2017 10:32:51 AM PST by Weeble (Memo from WaPo Editor)
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To: C19fan

Trump ‘zinging’ Arnold probably increased his ratings next show


49 posted on 01/10/2017 10:36:39 AM PST by Mr. K ( Trump kicked her ass 2-to-1 if you remove all the voter fraud.)
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To: C19fan

This is so great!. God bless America!!!


50 posted on 01/10/2017 10:37:20 AM PST by jokemoke
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To: C19fan
I've been posting the 25 Amendment scenario for many years, but about Obama!


His cabinet has to declare him unfit, and Congress has to concur. That's it.

I post this scenario every now and then. It's a constitutional coup d'etat.

Another Alternative to Impeachment.

Here is a perfectly constitutionally legal form of coup d'etat that can be used to oust Obama without going through a nasty impeachment process.


Amendment 25 Section 4

Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.

Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.


Imagine the following scenario.

1. Joe Biden organizes the principle Cabinet members to side with him and declares Obama to be unable to discharge his duties as president. He submits this signed declaration to Orrin Hatch and Paul Ryan and assumes the Presidency.

1a. As an interesting variation, "either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide" suggests that Congress can pass a law naming another body besides the Cabinet that can side with the Vice President. What if Congress were to pass a law allowing, say, a body of NYT and WaPo editors, ABC-NBC-CBS-CNN-MSNBC journalists, and college deans - a totally unelected body of people - to legally declare the president incapable of discharging his duties? What if Biden gets these "intellectual elites" to side with him to oust Obama?

2. Obama then fights back by sending a letter to Hatch and Ryan stating that he is not incapable of discharging his duties, and he declares that he has resumed the Presidency.

3. Biden then gets his supporting body to redeclare within four days that Obama is still unfit for office.

4. Once Biden redeclares that Obama is unfit, Congress must then assemble within 48 hours if in session, or within 20 days if in recess, and vote to accept Biden's declaration by 2/3rds vote, or to accept Obama's declaration that he is still fit for office.

5. Congress sides with Biden and declares Obama to no longer be President.

6. Joe Biden takes over as acting President of the United States.

Hey, I can fantasize, can't I? The question now is whether Obama's academia sidekicks in the Cabinet support the country they were raised in, or if they will follow Obama over the cliff?


-PJ

51 posted on 01/10/2017 10:39:37 AM PST by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: C19fan
How to remove Trump from office

Wait four years, vote again, hope for the best. That's the only way I know.

52 posted on 01/10/2017 10:40:39 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: JustSurrounded
Don't kid yourself - the Democrats will try to turn the Russian "election hacking" into Watergate, regardless of the flimsy evidence. It is all they have, but they have the media bullhorn as well as some operatives that will still be on the inside causing as much trouble as they can for Trump. Our side can't get complacent - we can celebrate for a day on the 20th, but on the 21st we need to be ready to punch back twice as hard for the next 4 - and hopefully 8 - years. Trump's problem is that he is saddled with the GOP Ladies Club in congress, so the job won't be easy.
53 posted on 01/10/2017 10:43:57 AM PST by Major Matt Mason (Those that can, do, those that can't, work in the Beltway.)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

I hope his underwear gets so twisted that his voice becomes permanently highly-pitched...


54 posted on 01/10/2017 10:45:55 AM PST by Stayfree (LIBERALISM & STUPIDITY ARE BOTH INCURABLE MENTAL DISEASES OFTEN FOUND TOGETHER!)
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To: Political Junkie Too

This is an odd article. It says “not the uncontestably false news that the Russians were spreading”...

uh, last I heard the accusation (whether true or not) is that the Russians hacked real, legit emails from the DNC.

This assertion of “false news” from the Russian is just more “fake news” from the leftist US journalists


55 posted on 01/10/2017 10:46:33 AM PST by lerker
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To: C19fan
But the nature and malevolence of Donald Trump have to be borne in mind. He has shown little regard for the Constitution,

And Obama did? BWAHAHAHA!

56 posted on 01/10/2017 10:46:54 AM PST by dirtboy
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To: C19fan

wasington (brennan/bezos blog) post... cia contractor.... so who believes anything printed in the wapo.... breannan’s cia newspaper... fronted by bezos and flunkies ...
it reeks of the “fake news” stench...
bezos paid $300 millionfor the rag and brennan cover it with a $600 million cia contract... sweeeeeet


57 posted on 01/10/2017 10:46:59 AM PST by zzwhale
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To: C19fan

I guess zero mental fitness is required to be a Washington Post writer.


58 posted on 01/10/2017 10:47:18 AM PST by samtheman (I voted for Trump without Russian help.)
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To: C19fan

Richard Cohen is a PUTZ.


59 posted on 01/10/2017 10:47:32 AM PST by LeonardFMason (LanceyHoward would AGREE)
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To: C19fan
As a child, Trump was a prankster and a brat...very high energy. Which is why his dad sent him to NY Military Academy to learn discipline and focus.

He learned well, but he is still a little bit of a prankster and a brat.

So what? He has fun and he loves life and his work.

He's authentic and extremely effective at everything he undertakes.

60 posted on 01/10/2017 10:49:36 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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