Posted on 06/16/2017 10:38:16 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
I’m going to give those claiming they want to save President Trump from a potential impeachment the benefit of the doubt, although at times like these I seriously wonder whether such benefit should be extended.
I mean, when someone like myself, who didn’t even vote for Trump, seems more earnest in salvaging his presidency than those who shill for him, I have to wonder if some of these people really care about the country. Or do they just want the show (see that as clicks)?
Because advising Trump to fire independent counsel Robert Mueller is arguably the single dumbest strategic advice I’ve ever heard. Beyond it dragging Trump into a credibility war he cannot possibly win versus a man with an impeccable service record (whom the Trump administration appointed in the first place), it also incentivizes Trump to do more of why he has a historically low approval rating.
It’s the political equivalent of telling a friend trying to kick a meth habit, and struggling through withdrawal, to just take a little tweak to tide him over. (When that “little tweak” is what led him to being a junkie in the first place.)
But there is something Trump can absolutely do to make this all go away — at least in the minds of anyone who would even entertain ever voting for him. And he can do it right now, before Mueller issues a single subpoena or conducts a single deposition.
Trump can take a page out of the playbook of his old friends, the Clintons, when they were besieged by scandal, and simply govern well.
Back then, we caught a president committing a crime on tape. Yet most Americans simply shrugged and said, “Why should I care more than his wife does?” They did so because we were in the midst of a robust economic recovery, primarily fueled by the dot.com boom, when the economy was growing three times the current rate.
In other words, the people didn’t want to rock the boat while things were going well. That is especially so since that Al Gore guy would then take over, and he actually believes that crazy economy-killing environmentalist wacko stuff Bubba only paid lip service to.
Since then, the American people’s overall disdain for their political class has only grown. And their expectations for their politicians have eroded all the more as a result — to the point the character of our leaders is largely irrelevant now. Not even those supposedly Sola Scriptura fundamentalist Christians believe character counts anymore.
I don’t approve of that, and I wish that wasn’t the case. But I also wish I had six-pack abs, too. If there’s one thing I’ve learned in politics, it’s that you can’t change an environment any more than you change the weather forecast. So when the meteorologist tells you winter is coming, you can either howl at the monitor or equip yourself to thrive in that environment.
Instead of encouraging Trump to pursue a course of action that will likely end with him before Speaker Pelosi’s Congress pressing impeachment in 2019, supporters of the president should be urging him to use this cynical environment to his advantage. See, the vast majority of those who voted for Trump knew he wasn’t Mr. Virtue. They did so because the other damaged option, Hillary Clinton, would use government as the means to damage them as well.
This is the reason so many Trump voters aren’t moved by his alleged misbehavior. Most who voted for Trump aren’t in this because of his notorious cult of personality, but “because Hillary.” And when your primary investment in a politician is who they aren’t rather than whom they are, you didn’t really have expectations to begin with.
Thus, if Trump just does what he promised to do – repeal Obamacare, cut taxes, protect the border, and kill lots of terrorists – names like Comey and Mueller will simply pass into the Netherrealm of the comments sections of the lefty blogosphere. The rest of America will simply shrug their shoulders and say, “They’re all crooks anyway, but this one at least leaves me alone and kills the bad guys before they kill us.”
I want Trump’s presidency to be successful, regardless of my reservations, for he makes decisions each day that could determine our kids’ futures. If I wanted my previous NeverTrump stance vindicated, I’d just sit by and say nothing while he chose the road to political perdition, and then pridefully utter, “I told you so.”
However, Trump has done some good things when it comes to judicial appointments (I hope), the regulatory state, and foreign policy I’d like him to continue doing. But the odds he’ll get to do so decline every day his focus isn’t on good governing.
Actually, quite a good article.
Nevertrumper posting concerned advice from a nevertrumper. Classic.
Hire somebody to fire Mueller.
Stick you lies where the sun does not shine.
Stick you lies where the sun does not shine.
My ‘concern troll’ meter kept going off while reading the article.
Mueller should be fired because he hired people who leaked that the President is under investigation for obstruction.
I doubt that it true, but even if it is, these sort of political leaks intended to destabilize the Trump Presidency show how laughable Mueller’s claims to be “Independent” and “impartial” are.
My rule is when it is not clear what is best politically, do the right thing. So that even if you guess wrong, you walk away having been consistent with your beliefs.
Mueller’s personal relationship with Comey, longtime status as a swamp dweller, and the hiring of these leakers - the right thing to do is to fire this douchebag ASAP !
NeverTrump advice from Conservative Review ... both are full of soup ...
I actually liked Trump from the beginning. I voted for him because he said what I wanted to hear and that’s where we need to start because if you can’t even say what needs to be said, I have little hope that you will actually do what needs to be done. Then, on the other hand, we have the democrats and we are not left to conjecture how they would govern. We only need look at the past 8 years to know that it most definitely would not have been in our best interest.
Hey Deace, it’s not about you.
I don’t know about
all Freepers here, but,
I for one, would be
packing the old station
wagon with enough supplies
to camp in front of the
White House in protest
of impeachment. We could
make the Tea Party look
like a social gathering.
No. It’s crap. Deace doesn’t know Trump supporters he was too busy trying to get Hillary elected. We didn’t vote “Because Hillary”. He’s a jackass.
Trump has been enacting his agenda. Deace doesn’t know his nevertrump ass from an anthill.
The author is mostly correct. Reduce business taxes. Let the states decide about their own health care, simplify the process to become a legal citizen, once vetted, dramatically reduce the costs and the waiting time. Keep adding more well trained border patrol personnel.
Make clear and consistent policy statements. For example, Nikki Haley should not be contradicting T-Rex too greatly. Some of these things are already happening. Stay the course. Plus hold rallies every two or three weeks as is practical.
Announce your victories loudly and repeatedly.
Pres. Trump is finding ways to reduce spending of federal funds on redundant, or obsolete programs.
Just surrender and be done with it. Don’t fight back under any circumstances. Fortunately Trump does not surrender.
Speaker Pelosi’s Congress ???
1. Deace doesn't tell President Trump to quit tweeting, unlike most NeverTrumpers and Democrat/Media types.
2. Deace actually calls him "President Trump".
3. Deace mocks his own NeverTrump stance.
4. Deace doesn't really understand what's going to happen if the Uniparty/Deep State tries to nullify the election with a phony impeachment.
Of course, the Uniparty/Deep State doesn't understand,either...
Bull Schumer!
Clinton and cronies were/are surrounded by sick sycophants and a compliant media. Billy's Chief of Staff included weasel John Podesta fork-tongue Leon Panetta who would shill their mother to maintain power. Lie and Lie they did. Come on . . . Compare Jeff Sessions with burn them up at Waco Janet Reno
No one from this administration is out there defending their President. Its like they all are shell-shocked. Waiting for the next great fake-news leak to occurr.
Steve Deace still the same ahole loser he was during the campaign when he was shilling for Cruz.
That’s right. Steve does not really care about Trump.
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