This was my Facebook (I am old) post today. It was basically "I make few political posts because family/friends from both sides, blah blah, but as you are watching the events of the next few days unfold, remember there isn't a liberal ANYWHERE NEAR this process. Not even close. The guy executing this is a stalwart Republican with more bonafides than the cabinet combined. So before you search for that website that gives you the perfect cut and paste response about why this is a sham, or start the "whatabouts", remember this is right wing busting right wing, libtards are nowhere to be seen in this process, and this is the "winning" team, so worrying about what the losers did is pointless. You can't vacate when you didn't win the title."
Well said
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The "whatabout-ism" especially kills me. So let's say that Hillary was indeed guilty of all the stuff the GOP claims she was guilty of. How and why, exactly, does that excuse Trump's behavior, then? Wouldn't Trump supporters want their guy to be
better than her, in that case, instead of be like, "Well, she got away with it, why can't he?" Using "whatabouts" is pretty much an admission that you know your guy is shit, and you just don't care because hey, everyone's shit, right?
(As for your comment about political bias, it deals with one party targeting the other in my example, but I've always found it weird that GOP supporters never stopped to think about the fact that the investigations against Hillary have been Republican-led-i.e., free of any potential party bias-and yet even they still couldn't seem to find anything to nab her on.
So wouldn't one think that would give them pause? I mean, if I were a GOP supporter and saw that my party couldn't convict Clinton of anything she was being accused of, to me, that would likely mean one of two things: 1) that Clinton could somehow pay them off to prevent them from punishing her, or something to that effect, which wouldn't exactly speak well to the Republicans' ability to stand up to her as a party...
...or 2) as we've learned, they really couldn't find anything on her. I'm just really curious how GOP supporters manage to explain that aspect of their party's failed investigations into Hillary away.)
And yes, I know, I'm trying to apply logic to situations that don't allow for it.
I hope that the GOP looses so badly in the midterms that trump supporters have no choice but to shut the hell up and crawl back under the rock they came from. If the GOP looses majority next year, trumps days are certainly numbered and this whole nightmare will be but a bad memory in time. But sadly I am not at all confident that the GOP will loose many seats. Cos you know, no one in their right mind thought trump would ever become president, yet here we are.
Oh, I don't think Trump's supporters will hide away and shut up. I'd
love for them to finally come to the table and go, "Yeah, we made a major mistake, he was a crap president", but I'm not holding my breath on that happening. I think they'll still be sharing their conspiracy theories about this being a witch hunt and whatnot for years to come. Hopefully, they just won't have any political power anymore, and their theories will be confined to the edges of the internet world at best.
I certainly don't think the GOP will move to get rid of Trump out of the sheer goodness of their hearts and for our country's well-being, as they would've obviously done that by now if they really gave a damn. I guarantee that if they actually do bother to support efforts to impeach Trump, or use the 25th Amendment, or something to that effect, it'll solely be in a desperate attempt to save their own asses and have a chance of being re-elected next year.
If that happens, though, I think you're right to be afraid that voters could potentially fall for their, "I was against Trump from the start"/"I wanted to speak out" BS. And in that case, I think we need to do our damndest to make it clear that no, these guys were perfectly content to stay as quiet and look the other way for as long as possible, and they deserve to be called out and held responsible for their silence.
I'm trying to temper any hope.
I still think Trump could murder someone on the White House lawn, and the GOP wouldn't impeach.
Depending on how deep and how close this investigation and these indictments continue to go, I'm thinking the possibility of Trump just flat out resigning looks more and more likely at this point. Like I've said before, knowing him, he could easily find some way to spin a resignation in his favor.
If that happens, though, then we have to hope that there's some chance that this investigation will make it so Pence can go with him. That's the part I'd be most concerned about at this point.