Seth wrote:
As has been previously noted, the crime wave that occurred between January 2009 and January 2017 was protected from proper investigation by the
Obama Umbrella of Corruption® in which that worst president in America's history corrupted every agency charged with investigating any crimes occurring within his administration, including those that involved corrupt Joe Biden and
Hillary the Walking Crime Wave©But please, don't allow yourself to become overly concerned about the above; now that President Trump has mostly cleaned up the corruption and sent the corrupt packing, new investigations are underway that are beginning to unearth much of that which was covered up under Obama as well as the conspirators of the first failed coup d'etat.
Stay tuned...
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Darn, it is such a chore, trying to bring truth to the right wingers of the republican party..
Much like jousting with windmills and all that entails.. so tiring and repetitious.. tired of the foolishness..
Now that it has warmed to -3 Degrees, i will soon go out and tend my unicorns and herd my cats..
More interesting then forcing the unwilling to face the truth about their idol of orange.. why do they insist on loyalty to the most disloyal to ever hold the oval office???
But in full faith that you all will hate this, I will post some excerpts from the Atlantic a few weeks ago......
Read and contemplate your naval as you ponder the truth, justice and the American way.. which has long gone from the right wing of the Republican party..
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/10/trump-making-swamp-worse/599344/The last serious effort to “drain the swamp” in Washington, D.C., came after Watergate, when Congress pushed through sweeping reforms inspired by the misdeeds of Richard Nixon’s administration and the backlash its criminal acts produced.
The new ethics rules and laws forbade some lobbying by former members of Congress and their staffers; forced elected officials and some of their family members to disclose their financial interests; limited the franking privilege; imposed limits on individual contributions to candidates for federal office; imposed reporting requirements on campaign spending; introduced public funding into presidential campaigns; and sought to limit how much candidates could spend on their own campaigns (a restriction the Supreme Court later struck down).
What has Donald Trump done in comparison?
Trump’s interest in possible misdeeds extends no further than the specific Democrats he considers his most direct political adversaries, such as Hillary Clinton. For all his theatrics, he is not actually fighting corruption any more than a WWE wrestler is actually fighting his opponent. Put simply, there is no prospect that he will, in fact, drain the swamp.
For three years, he’s taken no step toward lasting change. And matters are only going to get worse, if you’re a Trump fan who actually wants the swamp to be drained.
Think of today’s partisan incentive structure. A president facing an impeachment inquiry is never a champion of measures that make it easier to ferret out official misconduct and hold the guilty accountable.
He will go further, urging foreign governments to investigate the Bidens; indeed, he already has. Meanwhile, the activities of Ivanka, Eric, and Don Jr., plus his own business dealings, will keep him from effecting any sort of broader legal or normative change that would curb efforts to profit from public office. He’ll attack Hunter Biden while bolstering the laws and norms that made him possible.
So pity the Trump supporters who want to drain the swamp. There is no prospect of their civic happiness. Insofar as their champion thrives politically, Washington, D.C., will grow only more corrupt. But if Trump is proved to have abused his power, the backlash may inspire reforms, as it did after Watergate. You can fight to drain the swamp or to defend Trump, but not both.