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'Coup' Concerns Suddenly Don't Seem So Far-fetched
Townhall.com ^ | November 21, 2019 | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on 11/21/2019 5:05:47 AM PST by Kaslin

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To: Travis McGee

They think we are all stupid because we allowed them to install an ineligible Kenyan from Indonesia for eight years in violation of the Constitution.

Anyone born with more than ONE nationality is NOT NATURALLY an American.


21 posted on 11/21/2019 5:59:16 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: newfreep

The Constitutional Republic was over on Usurpation Day January 20, 2009 when BOTH parties abrogated the Constitution by swearing in a man who was NOT a natural born citizen.


22 posted on 11/21/2019 6:02:40 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: newfreep
>>>Seriously?

By definition (if language is still important in this country), it isn't a coup. Look up the meaning in any dictionary. Words and phrases have meanings. A coup has a very specific set of criteria and this just isn't it because it's not sudden and it isn't violent (which is required by most definitions).

What we really have here are sedition and treason.

23 posted on 11/21/2019 6:08:58 AM PST by NELSON111 (Congress: The Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog s<how. Theater for sheep. My politics determines my "hero")
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To: NELSON111

As Rush and others have pointed out: what we have here is an impeachment of our votes for Trump in 2016. The Uniparty is trying to invalidated our election of POTUS by any means possible. It’s that simple.


24 posted on 11/21/2019 6:11:45 AM PST by lodi90
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To: TTFlyer
It's not a coup by definition is the poster's point. If you will look up the term in any dictionary you will see this is true.

What we have is clear sedition and treason, not a coup. The fact that it hasn't happened in a matter of days but over a period of years is what separates the two.

Valkyrie was a coup (attempt). This is treason and sedition on a wide scale.

25 posted on 11/21/2019 6:12:00 AM PST by NELSON111 (Congress: The Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog s<how. Theater for sheep. My politics determines my "hero")
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To: ClearCase_guy

Victor David has taken the place of all my former writer/journalists/thinkers.

At one time I actually liked reading George Will, Ann Coulter, and certainly almost everything, the late Charles K. wrote.

Yes, even Peggy Noonan had things to say about our country that were poignant and insightful.

When Victor David Hanson comes on TV or if an article is posted here, I pause, just like all the Kansas City Royals team mates would pause to watch Bo Jackson come to the plate.


26 posted on 11/21/2019 6:12:28 AM PST by nikos1121
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To: NELSON111
the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group

Second part fits like a glove, except the word 'small'. This coup is huge.

27 posted on 11/21/2019 6:12:55 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: NELSON111

http://www.macmillandictionaryblog.com/coup

How can there be a “boardroom coup” then if violence is a required component?


28 posted on 11/21/2019 6:13:34 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
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To: lodi90
And one of the means is through sedition and treason.

Coup (def) - a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics especially: the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group

Sedition: incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority

Treason: the offense of attempting by overt acts to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance or to kill or personally injure the sovereign or the sovereign's family

29 posted on 11/21/2019 6:14:55 AM PST by NELSON111 (Congress: The Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog s<how. Theater for sheep. My politics determines my "hero")
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To: central_va
But the first part, and the third part DOES NOT - which is why it isn't a coup and why it IS sedition and treason...

Now go back to thinking RBG is still dead.

30 posted on 11/21/2019 6:16:24 AM PST by NELSON111 (Congress: The Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog s<how. Theater for sheep. My politics determines my "hero")
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To: a fool in paradise

Because that is slang and not a real definition. Good grief.


31 posted on 11/21/2019 6:17:21 AM PST by NELSON111 (Congress: The Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog s<how. Theater for sheep. My politics determines my "hero")
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To: NELSON111

What we really have here is a failure to communicate.


32 posted on 11/21/2019 6:18:09 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Trump didnÂ’t want an AG, he wanted a consigliere.)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Too many boiled eggs I think


34 posted on 11/21/2019 6:19:20 AM PST by NELSON111 (Congress: The Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog s<how. Theater for sheep. My politics determines my "hero")
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To: NELSON111

It is a deep state coup and meets the definition of the word(s) coup d’etat. Pinheads like you are ridiculous...


35 posted on 11/21/2019 6:19:20 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va
You mean pinheads that kept saying RBG was dead even though all the evidence said otherwise - those pinheads.

Yeah - I don't need your advice on the dictionary when you can't even grasp reality. Thanks.

36 posted on 11/21/2019 6:20:39 AM PST by NELSON111 (Congress: The Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog s<how. Theater for sheep. My politics determines my "hero")
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To: arthurus
Yes (not a coup) but... You are correct in that the textbook definition of a coup is sudden and violent. However, coups don't just spontaneously happen. They are planned, preparations are made, then they are executed. I believe we are witnessing the preparations phase. The deep state, leftists, democrats, socialists - however you want to characterize them they all want President Trump removed from office.

They are failing at it miserably. The economy is growing, national security is improving, the President is actually doing the things he said he'd do, the President's popularity and his party's political fundraising are rising...

About now, as we see the 'rat candidates thrashing around in disarray, it has to be sinking in among the power players that even with massive, unprecedented election fraud they are almost certainly going to lose, again, in 2020.

I believe the impeachment BS is in fact an indication that they have put their alternative plans in motion, acknowledging their coming loss in 2020. They don't really expect to be successful in impeaching the President on trumped up and fabricated charges. They are laying the groundwork, the public justification, for removing the President - one way or another.

I wish I could say it is far-fetched. Maybe it is. But I believe there is a plan somewhere that after the sudden, illegal, and violent removal of the President their plan is to say "We're sorry, but for the good of the Country we felt we had to take action to remove this corrupt...blah blah blah." That is why there are all these outlandish charges and characterizations being floated publicly. That is why Muller ground along for years collecting BS, why the "inquiry" (aka inquisition) is accepting 2nd and even 4th hand "testimony." It is all to put a publicly (if not legally) justified face on their next actions.

Hopefully I'm wrong, I probably am. But we've seen the Clintons, obamas, Holders et. al. demonstrate they are above the law and consider themselves above the law. They and their ilk probably think they could pull it off. We'll see. If we make it 6 months into President Trump's 2nd term without an actual coup attempt I'll believe I'm wrong. Until then...

37 posted on 11/21/2019 6:28:50 AM PST by ThunderSleeps ( Be ready!)
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To: arthurus

No Coup,,,
Okay,
Great,
Glad we cleared
That Up.
Thanks.


38 posted on 11/21/2019 6:32:50 AM PST by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: ThunderSleeps
I don't know if in that scenario (both the President and Vice President being removed simultaneously or almost simultaneously) whether the Speaker of the House would actually become President, or merely "Acting President."

Such a blatant power play may be hard to get 2/3 of the Senate to go along with. More likely, I think, is that they would coerce Pence into nominating someone they like (since he or she would have to get a majority vote in the House as well as in the Senate to be confirmed)--maybe some NeverTrumper ex-senator or ex-governor like Chuck Hagel, someone who would be easy to beat in 2020 after they remove Pence.

39 posted on 11/21/2019 6:33:55 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Travis McGee

Great post with Punchable Clown Face in there. BUMP!

Many criminals never stop unless incarcerated or eliminated. Witness history. Witness current event. Criminal State ALERT!


40 posted on 11/21/2019 6:37:47 AM PST by PGalt
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