Posted on 08/17/2020 12:17:08 PM PDT by shortstop
If you destroy Trump, you destroy the presidency. And if you destroy the presidency, you destroy the Republic.
That's where we are now.
The slow-motion coup has devolved into a low-grade civil war, and hatred has become the coin of the political realm. Once we took up our politics because of our love for our country, now we do it because of our hatred for our opponents.
It is that way for both sides, and the foundations of the nation are washing away in the rising tide of incivility. It is beginning to look like the French revolution. People have sincere worries about civil disorder and the ability of our system to survive this storm.
And it all centers around Trump.
Because of his miscues, and because of an unrelenting attempt to push him from office and nullify the 2016 election.
There is a clear and undeniable coordinated effort to take him down, to drive him from the presidency. It has trickled down from its organizers to become a moblike frenzy in the hearts of the people and the streets of the country.
And it may succeed. The Trump presidency may become unsustainable.
What a tragedy that would be for the nation. Not because of Trump. He -- like all presidents -- is temporary and interchangeable. But because of the precedent it would set and the instability it would introduce.
Driving Trump from office would make every future presidential election illegitimate, and would destroy the function of the presidency in our Republic.
How so?
By showing the shrillest partisans that they no longer had to accept the outcome of elections. By demonstrating that the constitutional manner of presidential election by the people did not have to be respected.
Every political operative would know that if it worked once, it might work again, and the morning after every election, the losing side would begin its effort to take the winner down. That is an undeniable truth. The lust for political blood is the driving power of our two parties. They have no off season, they only have anger and avarice, and those two passions will be given free rein, as they have been since the Trump election.
For some 225 years we accepted the outcome of elections, and we accepted the presidencies of the winners of those elections. That gave us a continuity and stability -- even under weak or unpopular presidents -- that were essential to our national survival. And now we are endangering that outcome by rejecting that tradition.
If you push out Trump, the losing party and its followers will never again accept a presidential election. That means America will never again truly have a president. That's not good.
Chaos is not a healthy state, it is not a desirable end. Yet it is the focus and purpose of the current beseiging of Trump and his presidency. He may be the target, but the country may end up being the collateral damage. Those who truly love the country, and are truly working for what they believe is its best interest, may do well to weigh the impact of an unpopular or inept president against the destruction of the institution he represents.
It ends up not being about Trump, it ends up being about America. And do we select our leaders by voting, or by demonstrating in the streets?
If you destroy Trump, you destroy the presidency. And if you destroy the presidency, you destroy the Republic.
But then, that might be what this is all about anyway.
his long hot summer may do the trick. It will be picthforks, torches, and La Guillotine time. Via La Revolution Citizen! Then comes the starving times and the Man on a white horse. After that the wars of conquest. We who do not study history are doomed to repeat it.
his long hot summer may do the trick. It will be picthforks, torches, and La Guillotine time. Via La Revolution Citizen! Then comes the starving times and the Man on a white horse. After that the wars of conquest. We who do not study history are doomed to repeat it.
True.
The lust for wealth outweighs it. Why would an attorney who could earn a half million dollars a year without breaking a sweat run for a job that pays $170,000 and relocate to a high cost, high tax environment? To become filthy rich, of course.
Take away the money incentive, institute TERM LIMITS and only those intent upon SERVING will bother to run for those offices. No more career politicians!
Who cares what you wrote, Bob?
Why don’t you get a job and do something useful?
And take a shower once in a while.
"If you destroy Trump, you destroy the presidency. And if you destroy the presidency, you destroy the Republic.
But then, that might be what this is all about anyway."
You have Kool-aid on your chin.
War is the remedy our enemies have chosen. Other simple remedies were within their choice. You know it and they know it, but they wanted war, and I say let us give them all they want; not a word of argument, not a sign of let up, no cave in till we are whipped or they are.
William Tecuseh Sherman
>If you destroy Trump...
If they destroy, (or try to destroy) PRESIDENT Trump, our next President will be the American Pinochet. “They” will find out that, not only will they NOT get what “they” want but will certainly get what they NEED.
The left is evil and destroys everything they touch. Everything.
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I hope everyone on this forum is now aware of just how true that has become, and will refrain from all friendly social intercourse with these people. They are vicious anti-Americans, and they intend to do us great harm. Take it to the bank!
Sadly, there aren’t enough lampposts to accommodate all of the traitors to our Republic.
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Well when we run out of lampposts, there’s always that excellent device the French were so fond of using!
Perfume? (in lieu of bathing)
Find out who your neighbors are and get to know them. You’ll need them in the coming months.
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On the other hand, find out who your neighbors are and get to know them, because they may attempt to kill you in the coming months!
“We must show them the black flag! Kill ‘em! Kill ‘em all!” - Stonewall Jackson
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Don’t disbelieve you, but do you have a source for this quote?
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government.
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Thanks for posting this quotation. I had read it before at various times, but today I googled Tytler’s bio and found it most interesting.
Take away the money incentive, institute TERM LIMITS and only those intent upon SERVING will bother to run for those offices. No more career politicians!
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Well and truly said and every word of it!
Who cares what you wrote, Bob?
Why don’t you get a job and do something useful?
And take a shower once in a while.
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WOW! That was cold! Now I’ll have to go back and see what Bob posted!
Perfume? (in lieu of bathing)
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Thanks. That there is funny!
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