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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe First Line of Trump's Obituary Has Been Written
https://truthout.org/articles/the-first-line-of-trumps-obituary-has-been-written/The First Line of Trumps Obituary Has Been Written
By William Rivers Pitt,
Truthout
Published September 25, 2019
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Being an unyielding Trump partisan was always a bad bet in the long run and will become positively hazardous as this process unfolds, if for no other reason than Trump is Trump: He will not be able to contain his baser instincts now any more than he has in the past. It would come as no surprise if Trump commits more crimes to try and get out from under the crimes he has already committed.
In the end, this is happening because it absolutely had to happen. Considerations regarding what the Senate will or will not do are moot, because impeachment in the face of Trumps serial violations is a constitutional necessity.
Allowing Trumps behavior to stand unchallenged no matter the ultimate outcome of that challenge would set fire to the rule of law and render the country down to a mere marketplace for plunder and violence. If we aspire to be more than that, and I devoutly believe we do, we must undertake this process with patience and unyielding diligence.
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The first line of Donald Trumps obituary has already been written: He joins Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton on the list of presidents who have faced impeachment. Johnson and Clinton were both acquitted in the Senate, while Nixon resigned before the process could get full underway. This will, of course, not sit well with the lumpen neofascists who populate Trumps base. They will rage as they identify with the fundraising email Trumps campaign sent out immediately after the impeachment inquiry was announced.
The Democrats thrive on silencing and intimidating his supporters, like YOU, Friend, it read. They want to take YOUR VOTE away. President Trump wants to know who stood with him when it mattered most. The fact that Trump is already fundraising off this mess tells us where we stand.
We are questing strange and dangerous waters now, and the outcome is anyones guess, but we are here because we have to be. The actions of this president can no longer go unchallenged. Let his Republican enablers stand with him in broad daylight and proclaim their fealty to his capricious whim. Let them sit astride the wrecking ball as it swings toward the crumbling edifice of their own shattered morality.
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The First Line of Trump's Obituary Has Been Written (Original Post)
babylonsister
Sep 2019
OP
He said he would not vote for Hillary Clinton. I believe he voted for Jill Stein.
MineralMan
Sep 2019
#9
flotsam
(3,268 posts)1. I for one wish Will was still on this board. N/T
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)2. Do you remember why he is not still here?
It's not the POSUCS incident, nor the threats against someone. It was something else, if I remember correctly.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)8. I remember the first two you mentioned,
namely the Obama slur and the PM threats, but I don't remember anything else. What could have possibly been worse on this site?
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)9. He said he would not vote for Hillary Clinton. I believe he voted for Jill Stein.
That was the last straw for the admins at this site. I believe he is on Facebook, though, under the same name.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)11. Now I remember. That was the end of that.
SergeStorms
(18,903 posts)13. There was also....
a small problem with intoxicants, if my memory is correct. That's usually when he got into the most trouble.
Autumn
(44,762 posts)3. I miss him too. nt
Jeffersons Ghost
(15,235 posts)4. K&R
mountain grammy
(26,571 posts)5. K & R
I still support Truthout.
GoneOffShore
(17,309 posts)15. So do I.
And Will Pitt is still one of my favorite writers.
leftstreet
(36,081 posts)6. DURec
ancianita
(35,813 posts)7. Know what those "strange and dangerous waters" are called? The Swamp. Gotta wear high boots.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)10. Generally speaking, I like the color purple...
... but not today.
Uncle Joe
(58,112 posts)12. Kicked and recommended
Thanks for the thread babylonsister.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,154 posts)14. "in the face of Trump's serial violations..."
Only one problem. Pelosi is urging to only go after one violation. So if that one is derailed, we got nothin.