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octoberlib

(14,971 posts) Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:46 AM Jan 2017

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Tweet from John Dean (Original Post) octoberlib Jan 2017 OP

Hoping it ends very soon! burrowowl Jan 2017 #1

He's right. Warpy Jan 2017 #2

I'm hoping John Dean is right.. Mahalo, octoberlib Cha Jan 2017 #3

John Dean should know; he's dealt with a rogue president before. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2017 #4

he's right about the calamity 0rganism Jan 2017 #5

Dean knows. He was there for Watergate. Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2017 #6

so what is the mechanism for triron Jan 2017 #7

Impeachment or the 25th Amendment. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2017 #9

maybe when the WH starts coming for their heads, ginnyinWI Jan 2017 #10

Or when the insanity outweighs the political cost Qutzupalotl Jan 2017 #11

Trashpot promised to run the county like his business which he will run into the ground and TrekLuver Jan 2017 #8

burrowowl

(17,641 posts)

1. Hoping it ends very soon!

Reply to octoberlib (Original post)

Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:47 AM

Jan 2017

Warpy

(111,277 posts)

2. He's right.

Reply to octoberlib (Original post)

Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:48 AM

Jan 2017

There is no good way out of this mess.

Cha

(297,323 posts)

3. I'm hoping John Dean is right.. Mahalo, octoberlib

Reply to octoberlib (Original post)

Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:49 AM

Jan 2017

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,735 posts)

4. John Dean should know; he's dealt with a rogue president before.

Reply to octoberlib (Original post)

Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:52 AM

Jan 2017

0rganism

(23,957 posts)

5. he's right about the calamity

Reply to octoberlib (Original post)

Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:52 AM

Jan 2017

the calamity has started happening already

Trump needs to start his sexy war before the midterms so he can crack down on dissent unopposed in the 2nd 2 years of his first term

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,010 posts)

6. Dean knows. He was there for Watergate.

Reply to octoberlib (Original post)

Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:52 AM

Jan 2017

He called it "a cancer growing on the presidency".

tRump is past that and has metastasized.

triron

(22,007 posts)

7. so what is the mechanism for

Reply to octoberlib (Original post)

Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:53 AM

Jan 2017

it ending? please clue us in.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,735 posts)

9. Impeachment or the 25th Amendment.

Reply to triron (Reply #7)

Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:59 AM

Jan 2017

Neither would be easy or quick, but the odds-makers are now betting about 50-50 odds that Trump will be impeached before he completes his first term.

ginnyinWI

(17,276 posts)

10. maybe when the WH starts coming for their heads,

Reply to triron (Reply #7)

Tue Jan 31, 2017, 01:02 AM

Jan 2017

the GOP will be mobilized. If DT thinks they are not being loyal enough, or somethin'.

Or pressure: from constituents, from lobbyists. We read that CEOs all over are against the ban, but are too afraid of DT to speak out (yet).

Or, who knows? We have never witnessed something like this before. Makes your head spin.

Qutzupalotl

(14,317 posts)

11. Or when the insanity outweighs the political cost

Reply to ginnyinWI (Reply #10)

Tue Jan 31, 2017, 01:54 AM

Jan 2017

of Putin releasing the damaging material he collected from the RNC emails.

TrekLuver

(2,573 posts)

8. Trashpot promised to run the county like his business which he will run into the ground and