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ROBERT REICH:

This morning I phoned my friend, the former Republican member of Congress.

ME: So, what are you hearing?

HE: Trump is in deep sh*t.

ME: Tell me more.

HE: When it looked like he was backing down on the wall, Rush and the crazies on Fox went ballistic. So he has to do the shutdown to keep the base happy. They’re his insurance policy. They stand between him and impeachment.

ME: Impeachment? No chance. Senate Republicans would never go along.

HE (laughing): Don’t be so sure. Corporate and Wall Street are up in arms. Trade war was bad enough. Now, you’ve got Mattis resigning in protest. Trump pulling out of Syria, giving Putin a huge win. This dumbass shutdown. The stock market in free-fall. The economy heading for recession.

ME: But the base loves him.

HE: Yeah, but the base doesn’t pay the bills.

ME: You mean …

HE: Follow the money, friend.

ME: The GOP’s backers have had enough?

HE: They wanted Pence all along.

ME: So …

HE: So they’ll wait until Mueller’s report, which will skewer Trump. Pelosi will wait, too. Then after the Mueller bombshell, she’ll get 20, 30, maybe even 40 Republicans to join in an impeachment resolution.

ME: And then?

HE: Senate Republicans hope that’ll be enough -- that Trump will pull a Nixon.

ME: So you think he’ll resign?

HE (laughing): No chance. He’s fu*king out of his mind. He’ll rile up his base into a fever. Rallies around the country. Tweet storms. Hannity. Oh, it’s gonna be ugly. He’ll convince himself he’ll survive.

ME: And then?

HE: That’s when Senate Republicans pull the trigger.

ME: Really? Two-thirds of the Senate?

HE: Do the math. 47 Dems will be on board, so you need 19 Republicans. I can name almost that many who are already there. Won’t be hard to find the votes.

ME: But it will take months. And the country will be put through a ringer.

HE: I know. That’s the worst part.

ME: I mean, we could have civil war.

HE: Hell, no. That’s what he wants, but no chance. His approvals will be in the cellar. America will be glad to get rid of him.

ME: I hope you're right.

HE: He’s a dangerous menace. He’ll be gone. And then he'll be indicted, and Pence will pardon him. But the state investigations may put him in the clinker. Good riddance.

 

Giving it a listen helps. Bush speaks in specifics about Syria. Trump makes faces. It's the one that ends with Jeb saying that he'd be a Chaos President.

 

I'm not sure I'd give him that much credit. That would require actual thinking on his part.

 

Then we have people on this board without a lick of sense.

 

Trumpists were giddy until the part about no evidence of cancer remaining.

 

Reich’s friend needs some math help. In all, at least 20 Trumpist Senators are needed. If all 47 Democrats are joined by 19 Trumpists, the total is 66. If the Senate is at full capacity, the magic number for two-thirds is 67.
There are still a couple of nominal Democrats whom I don’t trust.

 

Who could have predicted that if an irrational moron was elected that he’d act like an irrational moron?

 

Representative sample of comments on FoxNews.com concerning RBG and cancer. Typical of the right wing and Christians. I’m sure there are a few people who post here frantically looking for their genitals so they may engage in self love.

 

"Clinker"?

 

Good Christians.

Remember when the Right was ready to go to war over getting a suitable replacement for Scalia, one who preserved the balance of the court? Given the two guys that Trump has already put on the Court, be ready for a massive ideological battle when it comes time to replace RBG.

You know that if Trump isn't gone, his pick will be a massive fuck you to the Dems.

 

In recent weeks it has become apparent the current chief executive is not being shown an appropriate and deserving level of respect in public discourse.

Therefore all posters are reminded he should be referred to as:

1) Fucko

2) Fatboy

3) Fatfuck

4) Daddy Daughterfucker

5) Teeny Toadstool Boy

6) Putin's Poodle


Thank you for your cooperation.

 

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