Will you be disappointed if Trump is not indicted?

[kentuck]

How much so?

What will you do if he is not indicted?

Will you work doubly hard to make sure Republicans do not win?

What will be your reaction?

Have you thought of this possibility?

[debm55]

1. Yes

[kwolf68]

2. Easy YES

I doubt anything happens to him. Shit floats to the top

[Justice matters.]

3. If hair furhair is never indicted, we don't live in a democracy any longer. eom

[WhiteTara]

7. We really haven't since tricky dick escaped justice.

[Hortensis]

37. Hmmm. We've been here before, you know. Many times.

Democracy, as in government of, by and for the people, never did exist and never can if it depends on the will of the majority AND justice together infallibly prevailing. Ridiculous to even imagine.

[Demsrule86]

41. I don't care...I think it will be very hard to convict Trump and I don't want to see him

'exonerated'...does he deserve to be indicted? Oh yes, he does...I think Georgia or the classified documents are the best bets for winning a conviction. I doubt you will ever prove beyond a reasonable doubt insurrection or sedition.

[doc03]

4. I will be extremely pissed off nt

[debm55]

6. Me too, doc. And angry that there are two levels of justice in this country

[Deuxcents]

5. I'll be livid.

[Bluethroughu]

8. Yes.

Completely.

Go on living in this short lived unequal Democracy.

If the Republicans are able to aid an insurrection with
impunity, what kind of Country of laws do we even have? It will prove to no longer be a nation of laws and they've made it quite clear election law need not be part of their dictatorship.

Disgust.

Yes.

[Happy Hoosier]

10. I will be outraged. NT

[WhiskeyGrinder]

11. Letting go of expectations has helped me avoid a lot of disappointments.

[SoCalDavidS]

12. Disappointed? Yes. Surprised? Not In The Slightest. nt

[msfiddlestix]

32. ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ n/t

[walkingman]

13. Not only disappointed but it sets up some bad juju.

[Samrob]

14. Whatever happens or doesn't happen, just keep him off the news pages and off MSM. Don't mention him

Give the devil no place and let him flee from us. If only FOX talks about him and his antics it will be like he is in jail. out of sight, out of mind.

[debm55]

15. I agree, I open up my computer every day and the pig's face is all over the place.

Am so sick of him and Maggie H,

[sprinkleeninow]

29. "As smoke vanishes let him vanish, as wax melts before the fire."

[edhopper]

16. I will lose

what little faith I have in this country.

[Hortensis]

38. :) Why not go ahead and cut that dust-catcher loose now? Be free.

Seriously. It's not as if all the problems that torment those who long to have something to believe in won't still exist. We have years of anxiety and battle ahead before we can stabilize to what we once had, and how much faith were you able to have in that?

It's fall. Great time to take up growing and breeding tulips.

[edhopper]

43. I am currently agnostic

about the fate of our country. It's not that we shouldn't fight for the good, it's that I don't know who will win between the light and the darkness. And way too many Americans are supporting the dark side.

[Hortensis]

45. Well, that's all true. It's not our system of government

I've lost trust in, but a signficant portion of its people. Who knew so many nice people would become almost nihilistically destructive, jettisoning decency, honesty and even basic common sense? I'd read about authoritarianism but thought the culture we all grew up in would provide stronger protection, the many blessings of an advanced liberal democracy something to believe in.

According to some research, good times tend to produce inferior subsequent generations. Maybe that's it? If worse comes to worst, maybe we can decide to have faith that some seriously bad times will stimulate nature to up our game.

In any case, we're not the first ones to become amazed that, in spite of so much sorry human material, some have managed to keep democracies going. Our turn up.

[edhopper]

46. Yes, not our system

but that those in charge of that system will follow any of it's tenets. By in charge I mean the GOP. For the Dems not to do what they can to stop it now falls under the heading of "The best lack all conviction"
But in the end it falls on not enough people choosing to save our democracy.

[Demsrule86]

42. Because of Trump? So not worth it...

[edhopper]

44. Because it will reaffirm

that Justice is dead and that , as I said above, show that America is turning to the dark.

[RockRaven]

17. The dictionary tells me that disappointment has to do with unmet hopes or expectations...

I would not call my thoughts on TFG possibly being indicted either "hopes" or "expectations"...

So, disappointed? Nah. That does capture it.

I would consider it a flagrant injustice. Those are rather expected, and I have little hope for their absence.

[Hamlette]

18. no

I just want him to go away. Revenge is not going to help me. I want he and his followers gone. I don't think putting him in jail necessarily does that.

[Joinfortmill]

19. He will be indicted.

[claudette]

20. No

I will be angry

[Funtatlaguy]

21. Plan is already in place. Country chosen and citizenship will be acquired.

[Mz Pip]

22. Disappointed

But not surprised

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

23. Yes.

I have long complained that Richard Nixon should have died in jail. Instead, he lived free, and somehow, bizarrely, became an elder statesman. That should not have happened.

And think about this: when Trump dies, he'll get a state funeral. How awful is that? My cat is more deserving of a state funeral.

[J_William_Ryan]

24. "Will you be disappointed if Trump is not indicted?"

No.

After 2016 my capacity and ability for disappointment was extinguished.

One of the benefits of being an eternal pessimist is to never experience disappointment.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

25. I will have lost faith in democracy

that man did so much damage.


The next person who tries the crap TFG did, will be smarter and less scared when breaking the law.

[Meowmee]

26. I just want him expired by natural causes at this point.

I doubt there will be one before the elections. And if they go badly even less chance after if any.

How I feel about it, one thing I think is that not having him and others have true accountability will destroy what is left of the country.

[patricia92243]

27. His dance of jubilee and telling his followers of his innocence all along would be

sickening.

[GoodRaisin]

28. If he isn't prosecuted the next Republican Administration will become

a dictatorship.

[betsuni]

30. No.

[Martin Eden]

31. Dodging the question a bit

I think the only way Merrick Garland will NOT indict Trump on criminal charges is if he sincerely doubts prosecutors can win the case(s) in court.

What disappoints and discourages me more than anything is that Trump is still regarded as a hero and great leader by tens of millions of American voters.

While it is extremely important that justice is served and the rule of law upheld, what happens to Trump personally is less important.

The real danger is in the hearts and minds of Americans who eagerly support a creature like Donald Trump.

[msfiddlestix]

33. It feels like we are being "softened up" psychologically

to accept that ultimate reality of no serious consequences. A bone will be thrown, minor charge(s) with light financial costs perhaps.

[Emile]

34. Very much so!

[kentuck]

35. Do you think it will have any impact on Democratic turnout?

If he is not indicted?

[Emile]

39. Midterm election a little, but if he's not indicted

before the next election following it could hurt democrats gotv effort. Hope not, but it is a big possibility.

[Johonny]

36. For which crime?

I mean seriously the dude has acted like a mob boss his whole life. He's guilty, just indict him already.

[hamsterjill]

40. I'm already disappointed that he has not been indicted yet

I don’t believe he will be. I also believe that when history looks back on this time frame, it will be the real turning point where America became a dictatorship instead of having freedoms.

I believe that Trump is deranged and I believe he is a clear and present danger to our way life.

I’m not sure that I believe that the majority of Dems have taken this threat as seriously as I think they should have taken it, and when they realize it, it will be too late. I don’t want apologies after the fact. I want action to keep Trump from causing more damage.

And to anyone who wishes to reply about the “doom and gloom” of my response, I would pre-emptively say, don’t bother. I see nothing right happening right now to keep the scenario I fear from materializing. If it does not materialize, I still have the ability to say “I was wrong” and be happy that a disaster is averted. But we don’t know yet what is actually going to happen.

[JCMach1]

47. I misread this, 'disappeared'

Sadly, that closer to where we are headed if we lose the midterms.

[Emile]

48. He should have been arrested right after the inauguration.