Passivity didn’t work under Bush did it.
Because his DOJ didn’t go after Clinton, she was able to almost run a successful campaign to be president?
Don’t you get that?
How many of these deep state folks are waiting line for their turn to do the same thing, and here we are allowing them to position themselves to do just that? We should be taking down their complete lineup. Instead we do nothing.
I’m too set in my ways? LOL Bud, I give you examples and you agree and then go right on with your own vision.
The only problem is, it’s GW’s vision.
It’s like the Leftists claiming that if only Communism is done right it will work next time. No it wont’.
And what you are advocating won’t either.
Why do we lock up felons? It’s to protect the public by preventing the same crimes being committed over and over.
Why should we lock Hillary up? It’s to protect the public by preventing the same crimes being committed over and over.
It’s to prevent new crimes from being committed by her, and her staff, and the whole Leftist cabal.
This is so elemental, and yet you dismiss it completely, then tell me I’m the one set in my ways even though you admit what I am telling you makes sense.
You tell me you don’t want to advocate what Bush did, but that is exactly what you are doing.
Why can’t you see that?
OK, here are some harsh political realities - you might not like them, but please read them before telling me I’m wrong.
Trump barely squeaked by in 2016 with a victory, mostly because Clinton was a trainwreck of a candidate and Trump knew how to capitalize on her weaknesses.
Worse yet, of the approximately 50% that voted for Trump, only about 10% (or fewer) are like you and I, immune to MSM propaganda. It is only this 10% that sees the battle lines drawn the way you and I do - only we see the threat from the Left, - the way they have monopolized the deep state bureaucracy, the universities, Hollywood, the media. Only this small fraction of the voting public is aware of the corruption and the stark double standard in our justice system.
To the other 90% of voters, the talk of corruption is unconvincing - it sounds to them like conspiracy theories - each side pointing the finger at the other - and they do not know who to believe. The 40% that voted for Trump did so for other reasons - not the corruption. Some habitually vote Republican, others liked his position on border security, jobs, ISIS or something else.
What I’m trying to say is that in order to keep the White House and control of the legislature, Trump absolutely needs that 40% just as badly as he needs our 10%. It has to add up to 50%.
If Trump mobilizes his AG and DOJ to prosecute and punish the corrupt Obama era co-conspirators for treason - it’s only that 10% (perhaps far fewer) of voters like you and I that will agree that they deserve life in prison or perhaps to be hanged.
What will the other 90% think of that?
Well, the 50% who voted for Clinton will be mad as hornets. What about the 40% of voters who voted for Trump, but are not convinced that deep state corruption even exists? They may not be mad as hornets, but they will have serious doubts when it comes to long prison sentences or capital punishment.
They will be very susceptible to the 24/7 Leftist propaganda campaign that will be designed to play on those doubts, and cause them to question whether Trump is truly meting out justice, or whether he is on a political witch hunt, purging the government of anyone who disagrees with him.
You can disagree with my 10% - maybe it’s more, maybe it’s less - but if Trump were to pursue that course, he would not be able to drum up anywhere near 50% who would approve. And he needs 50%.
In order to further his agenda he needs to remain in office, and in order to remain in office, he has to appeal to voting blocks that simply do not share our zeal about punishing deep state corruption. There are just not enough of us - not even close.
So if Trump reads the political landscape as I think he does, you will see him looking for other ways to root out the corruption - but he’ll avoid the specter of public hangings and life incarcerations. Hillary Clinton will not go to jail. Obama will not go to jail. Maybe some flunkies will get locked up for embezzlement or money laundering or tax evasion. Nobody will be hanged. Not enough of the American public would have the stomach for it.
That’s just the way it is - I’m sorry.
It doesn’t mean I don’t see the corruption or that I don’t think they deserve to hang - I do. But it’s not going to happen.
I think you will be surprised what Trump can accomplish by changing public perception, destroying political correctness, discrediting the fake news, and exposing deep state corruption by talking directly to the people.
The corrupt deep state co-conspirators may not see jail time, but they will be branded as traitors, banished from public service, and the Democrat Party will be tarnished and disgraced for generations to come.
Trump is an amazing problem solver - he can do a lot of damage.