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I've selected a few of my personal favorites, but do read the whole list.
"The Republican's Guide to Presidential Etiquette"
By the New York Times Editorial Board
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/10/08/opinion/editorials/republican-etiquette-guide.html
Republicans used to care a whole lot about how a president comported himself, and whether he acted at all times with the dignity his station demands.
Is President Obama Disrespecting the Oval Office? Fox News asked in 2010, with a link to images of Mr. Obama and his aides tossing a football, or eating apples just inches from the Resolute desk.
Wear a suit coat and tie, said Andrew Card Jr., President George W. Bushs former chief of staff, in reaction to pictures of Mr. Obama in shirtsleeves in 2009.
I do expect him to send the message that people who are going to be in the Oval Office should treat the office with the respect that it has earned over history, Mr. Card said.
But hey, that was then! In 2017, theres a whole new bar for tolerable conduct by the commander in chief. Our original guide cataloged several dozen examples. Almost five months later, its clear that an update is necessary. This expanded list is meant to ensure that Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell and other congressional Republicans never forget what they now condone in a president.
So, if you are the president, you may:
Mock a foreign leader with a demeaning nickname and threaten his country with nuclear annihilation over Twitter
Refer to the White House as a real dump
Spend the weekend golfing at your private club while the mayor of an American city wades through sewage-filled water to help citizens after a catastrophic hurricane, then accuse that mayor of poor leadership when she criticizes your administrations slow response to the storm
Criticize victims of that hurricane still living without drinking water or electricity by saying they want everything to be done for them
During a visit to some of those victims, throw rolls of paper towels at them and tell them they should be very proud that only 16 people have died so far, unlike in a real catastrophe
Attack a senator battling terminal cancer
Occupy the White House with the help of a hostile foreign power
Behave so erratically and irresponsibly that senators of your own party resort to saying you're treated like an adult day-care student to keep you from starting World War III
Force your cabinet members to take turns extolling your virtues in front of television cameras
Continue to deny that Russia attempted to influence the presidential election, despite the consensus of the American intelligence community and yet also blame your predecessor for not doing anything to stop that interference
Hide data that dont support your pre-existing policy preferences
Leave hundreds of executive branch positions unfilled
Profit off the presidency, accepting millions of dollars from foreign government officials, businesses, politicians and other supporters who pay a premium to patronize your properties and get access to you while also attempting to hide the visitor lists at some of those properties from the public
Tell a lie, on average, more than five times a day
More, more, lots more here:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/10/08/opinion/editorials/republican-etiquette-guide.html
Could the bar get any lower?
spin
(17,493 posts)He just hijacked the Republican Party to enable him to win the Oval Office. Trump is a Trumpian.
Many in the Republican establishment would love to see Trump impeached and VPOTUS Mike Pence take over his job.
futureliveshere
(1,412 posts)Trump is a Republican and we MUST make the association clear and always in front of ALL voters. The repub establishment will sleep with the devil if they can get 'tax cuts'.... So no escaping this linkage.
mazzarro
(3,450 posts)JDC
(10,133 posts)But make no mistake, Trump is the culmination of the repliblican party in todays world. Follow the timeline of R party stars, Bush, Palin, Perry, Trump. They picked Trump out of 17 choices. He is the Republican Party. They have just devolved into the party of the American idiot. Unfortunately for us, there is a giant base of same.
spin
(17,493 posts)That base has been growing tired of the elected establishment Republicans over the last decade.
The elected Republican establishment is afraid of Trump as they realize that they may end up replaced by Trumpian candidates. That's why many hope Trump will be impeached or be viewed as a total failure.
We may be watching the Republican Party morphing into a new and far more dangerous entity. If Trump supporters gain seats in the Senate and House in the midterms Trump will be more of a problem than he is now. What scares me is that is a definite possibility. The Trump voters that I know aren't blaming Trump for his lack of success but the Republicans who opposed him.
Bettie
(16,124 posts)Sad to say, it probably can and will.
Ryan/McConnell and his many adoring fans (Small Red town Iowa, they still fucking love him here) will excuse anything he does.
Literally anything. He could declare openly that he's working for Putin and the above mentioned as well as most of the other Republicans in congress would nod their heads and begin cheering that.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)How could any decent human being even overlook a handful of those things, let alone all of them piled on top of each other? What is wrong with this country that there are so many out there who are either actively supporting him or willing to turn a blind-eye to his unacceptable and in many cases, illegal, behavior.
procon
(15,805 posts)very fortunate to have had some really exceptional presidents who were admired around the world, or at least respected. I suppose, in the fullness of time, the fickle hand of fate would swing the pendulum back with a vengeance and give a buffoonish lout like this Trump. I'm just sorry I'm still here to see what the damage that he's doing.