And this is why, regardless of whether the Senate would ever convict (and regardless of whatever "win" it might give Trump), I lean more and more strongly toward the House proceeding with an inquiry and then possibly adoption of articles of impeachment.Feral wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2019 3:28 pm^^^ x 1,000jfish26 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2019 3:17 pmThere are so many ways in which the damage from the events leading up to the present moment will outlast and continue to haunt after Trump's presidency ends (should he let it). It is nearly unfathomable that the Attorney General can act in such open and obvious bad faith, and will totally get away with it.
I imagine it's much too much to hope for, but there's a part of me that can't help but want this unrelenting lack of regard for convention, for the separation of powers, and the lack of respect for the rule of law, i.e., the abject obstruction by the Trump Administration at every turn, to motivate Bob Mueller to go off script, rogue, and tell us what he really thinks next week during his testimony to congress. It might be our last hope that they don't "totally get away with it".
I think it is incredibly important - perhaps even vital to the long-term status of our country as the world's leader - that we record as much as possible about where exactly we are, and how exactly we got here. And then, we need to record who stood for what in light of these facts.
I am not hopeful that even a hero turn by someone who matters (whether Mueller, an actually-principled high-ranking cabinet official or GOP legislator, an influential donor or otherwise) would result in stopping this train abruptly in its tracks. I think sunlight is the only disinfectant that will work here, and that even that will take a political generation or three to take hold.