Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

We're Watching an Anti-Democratic Coup Unfold
The Atlantic ^ | September 5, 2018 | David A. Graham

Posted on 09/05/2018 4:40:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Acts of sabotage against the president are perilous to the American system of government. They're also self-serving.

The title of Bob Woodward’s new book, Fear, contains a multitude of meanings. For one thing, it describes the attitude of many of President Trump’s own aides toward his judgment.

It’s not just that many sources were willing to tell Woodward damaging stories about Trump: The most stunning examples are those where top aides reportedly thwarted his will. Even more stunning is an anonymous op-ed published in The New York Times Wednesday afternoon written by a purported “senior official in the Trump administration.”

The writer says that senior Trump officials “are working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations. I would know. I am one of them.” The official adds: “We believe our first duty is to this country, and the president continues to act in a manner that is detrimental to the health of our republic.”

The op-ed is so bizarre that it is tempting to dismiss it as fantasy—akin to the obviously bogus Twitter accounts that flourished early in the administration claiming to be by saboteurs inside the White House. (While the Times has likely done its homework, expect the president to question the veracity of the source.) Yet what the anonymous official says lines up closely with the accounts in Woodward’s book, in which officials steal documents, act on their own, and simply disregard orders from the president....

(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2018election; 2020election; 25thamendment; bloggers; bobwoodward; boogedyboogedy; bookreview; braking; coup; davidagraham; deepstate; districtofcolumbia; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; election2018; election2020; fear; ismellbs; jeffbezos; mediawingofthednc; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; smearmachine; softcoup; theatlantic; trump; twentyfifthamendment; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 141-142 next last
To: 2ndDivisionVet

The coup happened on Usurpation Day, January 20, 2009

What is happening now is the struggle to restore the Constitution and the rule of law.

The bad news is that the bad guys have control of more of the government than we do.


21 posted on 09/05/2018 4:52:51 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

Woodward made up Deep Throat and it won him a Pulitzer.

Now he just makes up anything.


22 posted on 09/05/2018 4:53:01 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif"> zXSEP5Z, Audt7QO. xnKL3lW, RZ9yuyQ. XywCCJd, zQ9Ghyq.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: LeoWindhorse

Paging Bill Casey. Bill Casey please pick up the red phone.

Woodward by reputation has had “deep” intel sources in the past - or at least some people so felt.


23 posted on 09/05/2018 4:55:29 PM PDT by vrwconspiracist (The Tax Man cometh)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

bookmark


24 posted on 09/05/2018 4:56:52 PM PDT by GOP Poet
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

This is gaslighting by the deep state, period.


25 posted on 09/05/2018 4:56:52 PM PDT by LongWayHome
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet
Even more stunning is an anonymous op-ed published in The New York Times Wednesday afternoon written by a purported “senior official in the Trump administration.”...I don't believe it for a New York minute - any lying thug leftist could have gotten hold of Woodward's book and expanded on his themes that Trump is incapable and uncontainable, with more made-up quotes from supposed insiders - let whoever this supposed hero is show some real bravery and come forward out of the shadows to name names and give specifics - never happen.....
26 posted on 09/05/2018 4:58:07 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: pgyanke

[It has an effect. 2-3% is all it would take.]

Yes, that’s why they don’t care about how ridiculous or idiotic it is. Because they know that fools will fall for it. And that’s all they need in some spots - 2% to 3%.


27 posted on 09/05/2018 4:59:16 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ok I would not think ill of Trump if he said F it and F u and resign He wont give them the satisfaction but this is just crazy I am so sick of going from the most Coddled President in history to the most vilified in world history Trump is the most durable man I have ever seen


28 posted on 09/05/2018 4:59:49 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

I hope Trump is making all manner of contingency plans.


29 posted on 09/05/2018 4:59:50 PM PDT by matt1234 (Jan. 20, 2017: the national nightmare ended.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

I think we are looking at the last dying gasps of the NWO.


30 posted on 09/05/2018 5:00:16 PM PDT by upsdriver
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: wardamneagle

lincoln’s cabinet dispised
him


31 posted on 09/05/2018 5:01:10 PM PDT by nikos1121 (Trump w/ Cabinet to the press:"You're free to stay or to go, as I believe in a free press." lol)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: wardamneagle

lincoln’s cabinet dispised
him


32 posted on 09/05/2018 5:01:54 PM PDT by nikos1121 (Trump w/ Cabinet to the press:"You're free to stay or to go, as I believe in a free press." lol)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet
did you see this one?

"Speak in your own name. Resign in a way that will count. Present the evidence that will justify an invocation of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, or an impeachment, or at the very least, the first necessary step toward either outcome, a Democratic Congress after the November elections."

33 posted on 09/05/2018 5:02:15 PM PDT by MarMema (John James for US Senate. Dump Debbie!! Let's Fly Michigan.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

President Trump Tweer: Does the so-called “Senior Administration Official” really exist, or is it just the Failing New York Times with another phony source? If the GUTLESS anonymous person does indeed exist, the Times must, for National Security purposes, turn him/her over to government at once!


34 posted on 09/05/2018 5:03:08 PM PDT by folkquest (Pax et Bonum!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: matt1234

Hope so. I think these people are capable of anything.

And I do mean anything.


35 posted on 09/05/2018 5:07:10 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet
He's right. We are watching a coup being warred against a duly elected President.

And if they win?

We might as well give up on elections, because they will just take out anyone that isn't approved of by the deep state actors.

36 posted on 09/05/2018 5:08:20 PM PDT by TXSearcher (Interesting times we live in...........)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet
Even more stunning is an anonymous op-ed published in

This one word in bold is enough to tell anyone the article is fake. A total lie. A fabrication out of thin air.

Woodward is a has-been. A zealot trying to get another 15 minutes in the spotlight. A worthless zit on the ass of the dem party doing what all zits do; turn red and angry then spew their junk.

37 posted on 09/05/2018 5:08:35 PM PDT by Boomer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

CIA dirty tricks. Same thing they did with the Valerie Plame setup.


38 posted on 09/05/2018 5:08:59 PM PDT by Hartmann
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Atlantic and NYT is looking for a super-hero who doesn’t exist. It’s a last-ditch effort to make the traitors feel good about themselves. It doesn’t matter. They will be indicted for treason, found guilty and swing from a rope until dead.


39 posted on 09/05/2018 5:09:57 PM PDT by sergeantdave (Teach a man to fish and he'll steal your gear and sell it)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MarMema

Beyond that, it’s mostly the typical pile of Obama we’ve come to expect from The Egregious Frum.


40 posted on 09/05/2018 5:10:18 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 141-142 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson