Posted on 06/30/2020 8:36:27 AM PDT by EdnaMode
Yeah well I forgot to add The Dem convention in Chicago in ‘68 too.
Yeah, in my opinion. I have never seen VDH switch so clearly from quiet philosopher mode into “folks, this is a damned serious immediate threat” mode. And I also have seen police kneeling and Generals and SecDefs speaking out in pointed public opposition to the President. So I don’t know exactly what you disagree with, but I am of course... correct on both accounts.
“I’m afraid it’s real this time - the sentiment among the middle has swung from law & order to social justice.”
And this is true -in spades- for the under 35 crowd.
“BTW, one thing he could do is move ahead and really insist on opening up the country again. “
YES, that is a secret weapon. And he has a ton he could do to effect that change. He could open ALL Federal lands, parks, forests, properties, museums etc with zero of this Covid terrorism. Full capacity, it’s on.
Now they close the beaches for the 4th of July, and we can’t celebrate of our Independence Day!? After all the very noble and brave BLM riots, CHAZ, LGBTQRR++ Pride marches where no one safely distanced themselves? Very convenient timing.
John Quncy Adams wrote: “I am apt to believe that it (Independence Day) will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival…It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.”
It’s as if they planned all along to deny us our American heritage.
Nixon offered a real choice to people who feared being drafted into the Vietnam War, and wanted it over.
The rioting today does not have that same visceral motive of fear of being drafted into combat. I think it's really liberal kids spoiled by the "easy life," as VDH suggests at their fear of being prosecuted and ruining their resumes.
The target for President Trump is not the rioters, it is the liberal mayors and governors who are using the rioters as political pawns. The problem for Trump is that the MSM will focus on the violence AGAINST the rioters, and steer clear of blaming the local governments.
-PJ
Not all police. The generals doing this have always been corrupt. It is just they have a President who is not playing establishment games. VDH has a great understanding of history and expresses it well. I sense not panic only the statement of historical facts.
Then he needs to get on it. My oldest who follows politics more than me says he’s not giving Americans a reason to vote for him.
Didn’t those mayors and governors take an oath to uphold the laws of our nation and to defend our constitution? Is there no legal remedy for the immediate removal of those who willfully choose to violate the terms of their oaths?
Public protest in the streets with torches and pitchforks until they resign?
-PJ
Ok, way too many of the cops and Generals.
And as for VDH, call it a sense of immediate urgency. It is all his interviews now.
There are probably legal standards in place for impeachment of elected officials for criminal activity or violating their Oaths of office.
But the procedures are probably different in every Locale around the country.
And it’s likely courts would get involved; that lawsuits and some Court hearings would have to be held in order to move forward with such procedures.
I guess I’m thinking don’t hold your breath as far as anyone holding these public officials accountable. No one is going to be removed from office tomorrow for a violation of oath to uphold the Constitution.
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