Yes, This Is Going to Be Worse Than Watergate

The Daily Beast ^ | march 20th, 2018 | Michael Tomasky

[Mariner]

Something changed last weekend, did it not?

The firing of Andrew McCabe. The statement by Trump lawyer John Dowd to The Daily Beast’s Betsy Woodruff that Robert Mueller should end his probe soon. Donald Trump’s tweetstorm just after that, his first tweets mentioning Mueller by name along with promises by aides that more attacks are on the way. The amped-up speculation that Trump will fire Jeff Sessions and replace him with someone who hasn’t recused himself so that someone can fire Mueller.

Somewhere in there also came an official reassurance by Trump lawyer Ty Cobb that the president has no plans to fire Mueller. Right. That’s about as reassuring as the NCAA promising that all that cheating is a thing of the past.

The temperature’s rising. The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman reports that this president feels he really knows how to do this job now, and from here on in we’re going to see Trump unchained. So the Trump we’ve been seeing has been chained? God help us.

Where are we headed? If Trump fires Sessions and brings in whomever, and that person does fire Mueller, we will be in the midst of a major constitutional crisis. The standard line is “the worst since Watergate.” But this one is looking like it could be far worse than Watergate. Why?

Because in 1973, we had a Republican Party with some independent-minded lawmakers in it.

[miniTAX]

Impeachment is not in order indeed.
But talks about impeachment are. They feed the Trump-bashing machines, deflect from Trumps success, give the impression of “chaos” at the White House, diminish the Presidential authority... Anything filling the lo-info voters’ ears is good, damn with facts, truth, logic and justice.

Rat’s aim is to muddy Trump’s water to get a maximum seats at mid term elections and with enough majority break hell loose on Trump. And they may as well succeed.
That’s why this Mueller farce, this at-your-face attitude of the Obama thugs, this disrespect for the President, this impunity, all under the auspice of Useless Sessions are so infuriating. Mr Magoo has had more than one year to drain the swamp and he has done nothing. I prefer not to even think of what he will do less if/when the Rats take over the House and the Senate.

[dsrtsage]

We really really need to start asking the question and force them to answer “colluded to do what?”

It is not enough for them to hysterically jump up and down and fling poo while screaming “russia and russia russia collusion collusion!!!”
And we just say “no he di’int”

We need them to define exactly what the russians did that was powerful enough to turn an election. What exact specific actions were taken. And why those actions had an effect. Make them explain why making the population privy to the DNCs own words is a crime against humanity

[Norseman]

I certainly agree with the headline of the article. The subject matter is a different story, however.

But we’re going to top Watergate by the proverbial country mile.

[kabar]

Agree. In this case Obama is Nixon and what Obama did is far worse than anything Nixon even thought about doing let alone what he actually did.

[kabar]

Agree. In this case Obama is Nixon and what Obama did is far worse than anything Nixon even thought about doing let alone what he actually did.

[Norseman]

>>I don’t see why the justice Department can’t appoint a prosecutor to take up the IG report...<<

I’d be willing to bet that it’s already been done, and that it was done some time ago besides.

[shanover]

Just the “talk” of everything Trump negative 24/7 at the right times will sway the stupidest American voter. This is the plan. It is essentially President Trump vs the Tidal Swamp.

[Lent]

“That’s about as reassuring as the NCAA promising that all that cheating is a thing of the past.”

Well who gives a flying &&$# if it ‘reassures’ the writer like his big teddy bear reassures him he’s a special person.

[kiryandil]

we will be in the midst of a major constitutional crisis

No, the major constitutional crisis will be when several million enraged Deplorables show up in The Swamp with all the "fixins" for a city-wide neck-tie party...

[EDINVA]

I forget .. how many Dems voted for the impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton when it was proven that he lied under oath to a federal judge? (and was later disbarred for that same behavior?)

[x]

If Trump fires Sessions and brings in whomever, and that person does fire Mueller, we will be in the midst of a major constitutional crisis.

If ... if ... if ...

I don't think any of that is gonna happen.

But "whomever" does sound like a real bad@ss.

"Whomever" is who I want if I get in trouble with the law (again).

His partner "Whomsoever" is even fiercer.

[upchuck]

Short article excerpt regarding our fav sinator, linda:

As for Graham, he simultaneously says that Mueller needs no protection from Trump, but also that (as he said ominously on TV Sunday) Mueller is “following the evidence where it takes him, and I think it’s very important he be allowed to do his job without interference.”

Those can’t both be true, and Graham is being dodgy and evasive. But dodgy and evasive is better than what most Republicans are being. We are witnessing now a kind of settling in, a resigned acceptance that Trump is Trump and they aren’t going to take him on.

Keep on truckin linda.

Uber RINO linda graham Ping
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h/t to martin_fierro for the graphic

[huckfillary]

We don’t need another special counsel with another interminable investigation. Just impanel a grand jury and start handing down indictments.

[a fool in paradise]

Fast and Furious?
Using IRS to target conservative PACs and throw the 2010, 2012, 2014 elections...?
Using EPA to target “The Enemy”?
Using FBI to target the opposition party and leak stories to the Wash Poo?

[metmom]

I, for one, would dearly love to see this finally come to fruition.

We keep getting told how big this is going to be and I feel like we’re still hanging, or being hung out to dry.

[trebb]

The “author” reminds me of some of our own concern trolls - getting a stray thought about how Trump’s gonna screw us (after reading some fake news stories) and then running it into a full screen play...

[Ambrosia]

I am still laughing....please let ‘whomever’ know I will be calling the next time I am in trouble /s