Future of politics
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2017 4:49 pm
I'll admit, I'm starting to wonder if things are going to end up even worse than they were during the 1930's under Roosevelt. Trump's presidency has lasted for about two and a half months and impeachment is already being proposed. I know there was some talk about it under Obama-not sure how serious it was- but not this quickly.
There's a strong belief that Russia helped Trump win the election with the hacked e-mails showing some of the corruption in the democratic party. I notice they don't like to discuss what those e-mails revealed, talking about the extent of the media collusion for Hilary, rigging it against Sanders to make sure he didn't win (which should say something about her weakness as a candidate)
I'm still of the belief that Russia's goal was to sow chaos and discord. No matter who the President was, they would be victorious. If Hilary won, then she would still be a badly damaged president; she's never been well-liked or trusted and the scandals and leaks have only weakened her further. If Trump won, he'd have to face questions about Russia's role in the election. Either way, the United States would be too occupied fighting among itself to do anything significant about Russia's resurgence.
In order to actually have grounds to impeach him, more than speculation is necessary. You'd need concrete evidence that Russia did it for the specific purpose of getting Trump elected. In fact, you'd need quite a bit more than that; you'd need a smoking gun proving that the Trump Administration knowingly collaborated with Putin in order to beat Hilary.
As for the claims that Obama spied on the Trump campaign to sabotage him the way he had repeatedly alleged... Susan Rice admitted that there was surveillance on Trump associates, so it's not as preposterous as it first sounded. At the same time, that's a long way from proving his specific allegation. They would need considerably more evidence than they currently have... which is likely to be difficult to obtain considering the political climate we're seeing now.
I've got the sinking feeling that this is only the beginning, and it's likely to get a lot worse. Even as bad as it was ten years ago, I'd have never imagined it getting to this point, with the behavior of the media, the democrats, and quite frankly, Trump. We've already seen numerous acts of violence and I truly doubt we've seen the last of it.
There's a strong belief that Russia helped Trump win the election with the hacked e-mails showing some of the corruption in the democratic party. I notice they don't like to discuss what those e-mails revealed, talking about the extent of the media collusion for Hilary, rigging it against Sanders to make sure he didn't win (which should say something about her weakness as a candidate)
I'm still of the belief that Russia's goal was to sow chaos and discord. No matter who the President was, they would be victorious. If Hilary won, then she would still be a badly damaged president; she's never been well-liked or trusted and the scandals and leaks have only weakened her further. If Trump won, he'd have to face questions about Russia's role in the election. Either way, the United States would be too occupied fighting among itself to do anything significant about Russia's resurgence.
In order to actually have grounds to impeach him, more than speculation is necessary. You'd need concrete evidence that Russia did it for the specific purpose of getting Trump elected. In fact, you'd need quite a bit more than that; you'd need a smoking gun proving that the Trump Administration knowingly collaborated with Putin in order to beat Hilary.
As for the claims that Obama spied on the Trump campaign to sabotage him the way he had repeatedly alleged... Susan Rice admitted that there was surveillance on Trump associates, so it's not as preposterous as it first sounded. At the same time, that's a long way from proving his specific allegation. They would need considerably more evidence than they currently have... which is likely to be difficult to obtain considering the political climate we're seeing now.
I've got the sinking feeling that this is only the beginning, and it's likely to get a lot worse. Even as bad as it was ten years ago, I'd have never imagined it getting to this point, with the behavior of the media, the democrats, and quite frankly, Trump. We've already seen numerous acts of violence and I truly doubt we've seen the last of it.