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.
Do this if you really want to stop the malevolent MSM:
Cut your relationships with Disney, Comcast, Time Warner (AT&T), Viacom. Otherwise, continue to raise your fists at the MSM as if that matters.
Bull poop. Yes, of COURSE Trump should govern well. As he is doing.
But this article was written by someone who lives in mafiaville. The mafiosos break the law and own the town, but they share their largesse so everyone shuts up. I lived in Marc Rich’s Zug, Switzerland when he was sitting as the lone gringo among the Medellin crowd on the FBI’s most wanted list. I knew his house, I saw him at his restaurant, he was living quite well as a fugitive, committing more financial and arms crimes by the day, but hey, Zug was happy: he made new shopping centers, paid for kids’ sports, you name it.
Just because the criminal pays you off doesn’t mean he isn’t a criminal.
I didn’t vote for Trump as an anybody but Hillary! Steve Is. A. Piece crawl back under your never-Trump dung-heap. I voted for President Trump to take control of the business of our nation.
Impeachment for what?
To be determined.
No "Special Investgation" ever kept a hungry terrorist outside our borders. They do tend to create a lot of frivolous jobs for lawyers.
Wish I could still listen to Deace's show.
Typical naive BS. That article assumes that we are in normal times and not in a civil war. The CW2 has been mostly a cold war so far. But even now, when the libtards have started shooting, people still don’t get it.
Trump should fire Mueller and do a whole lot more to defend himself. And we need to be prepared to stand behind him,even if he takes us out of our comfort zones. What Trump has to do might not be strictly “legal” in the sense that it follows traditional norms and assumes our institutions will work as designed. Our courts, our bureaucracy and even our intelligence community and the Pentagon have been infiltrated by hardcore leftists who are up to no good. We can’t ignore that. Institutions compromised like that cannot be trusted.
So, we’re out of the realm of statutes, court decisions and Washington tradition. We need to work on the level of God’s Natural Law, from which our Constitution was derived. Regardless of everything else, our president has an obligation to protect our Christian Republic and our way of life. Everything else is just process and a means to an end.
When the dust clears, nobody will respect the leaders who valued the letter of the law more than the survival of the nation. And if a leader interprets his authority broadly, but does what needs to be done to save our civilization, nobody is will quibble over the fine print. That leader will be adored by the people.
Pinochet is still remembered as a hero by many in Chile. But, you might ask: “How can that be? He did terrible things!” True. But terrible acts were required and it was a good thing Pinochet was willing to do them. I hope Trump never has to go as far as Pinochet did. However, his duty to protect our civilization is absolute. So, he should do what he has to do. And we need to have his back.
I said that in my article in my tagline. Go on the offense against the media and with the agenda and defer all Russia matters to outside counsel. That said, Trump got where he is by fighting, and he wants to defend himself. I can’t blame him for wanting to defend himself against this sham investigation, but saying the wrong thing could potentially make things worse for him. I also think that drives media attention away from his policies (which they would cover negatively anyway so maybe that’s by design).
This is crap. Clinton had the foresight to be a Democrat, that is all.
Exactly. I was for Trump the moment I heard him say, “We’re going to build a wall,” simply because no other Republican was saying it. I was mocked for being gullible, etc.
My response was: I won’t even consider voting for someone who DOESN’T say he’s going to build a wall. And that’s everybody else who’s running.
Exactly. The same people who are telling us about Meuller’s “incredible integrity” were saying the same crap about Comey. This notion of “Trump has to go through this to end it” is crap. What in the hell is going on? Hillary and friends are running free laughing up their sleeves and Trump is being investigated? Enough is enough.
Garbage article.
Amen to that! If Trump isn't held to any other 'promise' and immigration isn't gotten under control there is no fixing anything else.
Steve Deace....you had TWO CHOICES....Trump or Hilliary.....you are TOO STUPID TO READ!
True. Dumb article. The stuff he lists are things President Trump cannot directly control. These are for Speaker Ryan and McConnel to get done and the President to sign into law.
There are 3 branches of government: Legislative owns these, not Executive. Hard to believe the lack of basic Civics from people who write for political publications.
Firing Mueller is not an option among reasonable alternatives.
The taxpayers should not, must not fund this Deep State charade.
It must stop now.
...”My ‘concern troll’ meter kept going off while reading the article.”...
Mine, too. As they say, “This is a horse of a different color,” or “Old things have passed away.” This is a new day with new problems we have not seen before which are linked to a push to take away our Constitution, our laws and to use unelected judges to overturn and pull off a coup against our President. Actual Civil War is a possibility and would be devastating.
...”Cut your relationships with Disney, Comcast, Time Warner (AT&T), Viacom. Otherwise, continue to raise your fists at the MSM as if that matters.”...
YES!
Well said.
President Trump is trying to govern well. The left is going ape trying to kick up dust and slow him down. Their shenanigans have gotten tiresome, though, and I just ignore it. The only concern I have is the violent turn they’ve taken.
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