g5000
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Trump could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue, and there are a lot of people on this forum who would defend him to the last. They are to be discounted in any conversation about Trump.
It is no secret I am no fan of the con man Trump, so I hope those of you who also can't stand the asshole will take a minute to listen to my plea for respite from all the hyperventilation which has been going on these past couple days.
I have been caught up in the excitement surrounding these alleged Comey revelations. But folks, everything we have been told has been relayed by anonymous sources.
Remember Benghazi? Who could forget...
During the immediate aftermath of Benghazi, there was an information vacuum. Human beings hate information vacuums. The result is that many political hacks will invent stories to fill that vacuum. And since those stories are written on the brains of partisans long, long before the facts come out, those made up stories become entrenched, and no amount of truth can displace them.
We are in danger of committing the same error. We do not have very many actual facts. So it is time to be patient and wait. Just...wait.
Patience.
There is another important thing to remember, and it is going to require me to compliment Trump.
I know...I know...
Remember, "Because you'd be in jail"?
Remember, "Lock her up!"?
Trump hasn't done that. He did the right thing. Winners of elections throwing their opponents in jail is real Third World shit. It isn't America.
Trump let it go. And dammit, that shows some class.
Now let's think about Flynn. Why shouldn't he be given the same consideration? The man fucked up, and he got fired. That should be as far as it goes.
Trump is an incredibly vindictive asshole. But the opposite side of that coin is that he is incredibly loyal to his friends.
Trump saw Flynn as a friend, and he just wanted the guy to be able to ride off into the sunset without having to look over his shoulder.
And I get that. I totally get that. I don't just get it, I respect it a great deal.
I am just as loyal to my friends and family.
And that, my friends, is not something you impeach someone over. Not at all.
So sit back. Relax. Have an adult beverage, if that's your thing. And wait.
Wait.
Patience.
The sanity and safety of our country is at stake here. And that needs to come first.
No matter how much you hate Trump, no matter how much you think he will damage the country, impeachment would do much more harm.
Much more.
Another thing to remember. The pseudocons said Obama was going to destroy the country and they spent all their days trying to find reasons to impeach him.
Don't be like those guys.
Don't.
That is all. Thank you.
It is no secret I am no fan of the con man Trump, so I hope those of you who also can't stand the asshole will take a minute to listen to my plea for respite from all the hyperventilation which has been going on these past couple days.
I have been caught up in the excitement surrounding these alleged Comey revelations. But folks, everything we have been told has been relayed by anonymous sources.
Remember Benghazi? Who could forget...
During the immediate aftermath of Benghazi, there was an information vacuum. Human beings hate information vacuums. The result is that many political hacks will invent stories to fill that vacuum. And since those stories are written on the brains of partisans long, long before the facts come out, those made up stories become entrenched, and no amount of truth can displace them.
We are in danger of committing the same error. We do not have very many actual facts. So it is time to be patient and wait. Just...wait.
Patience.
There is another important thing to remember, and it is going to require me to compliment Trump.
I know...I know...
Remember, "Because you'd be in jail"?
Remember, "Lock her up!"?
Trump hasn't done that. He did the right thing. Winners of elections throwing their opponents in jail is real Third World shit. It isn't America.
Trump let it go. And dammit, that shows some class.
Now let's think about Flynn. Why shouldn't he be given the same consideration? The man fucked up, and he got fired. That should be as far as it goes.
Trump is an incredibly vindictive asshole. But the opposite side of that coin is that he is incredibly loyal to his friends.
Trump saw Flynn as a friend, and he just wanted the guy to be able to ride off into the sunset without having to look over his shoulder.
And I get that. I totally get that. I don't just get it, I respect it a great deal.
I am just as loyal to my friends and family.
And that, my friends, is not something you impeach someone over. Not at all.
So sit back. Relax. Have an adult beverage, if that's your thing. And wait.
Wait.
Patience.
The sanity and safety of our country is at stake here. And that needs to come first.
No matter how much you hate Trump, no matter how much you think he will damage the country, impeachment would do much more harm.
Much more.
Another thing to remember. The pseudocons said Obama was going to destroy the country and they spent all their days trying to find reasons to impeach him.
Don't be like those guys.
Don't.
That is all. Thank you.