Donald Trump: The Illegitimate President
by David P. Greenberg
In Britain, they have a thing they call “Vote of No Confidence.” We don’t. Constitutional reparations for our current situation are quite limited. And the damage being done is rapidly outpacing them. But we have 3 weapons we can bring to bear.
First and foremost is 2018. Now, me, I’m an advocate of the tsunami approach. The Jacobin approach. If you have an “R” next to your name – if you have a friend who has an “R” next to HIS name – If you owe money to someone with an “R” next to their name – YOU’RE GONE. Reign of Terror, Guillotine style politics.
In 2018 we have the opportunity to BEGIN fixing our broken country. We just need to TAKE that opportunity.
The second weapon we have – less effective perhaps – is to ride our current Reps and Sens hard, and put ’em away wet. Call, write, email… show up at – and demand more – Town Halls. Protest. Do everything we can to let them know there WILL be a pound of flesh paid, for fucking up our country.
But the 3rd is the most interesting. It’s probably the least effective for change, but perhaps the most cathartic. We don’t have a vote of no confidence, but our Republic works on our fealty. Our obeisance. The power these institutions have comes from the credibility WE bestow upon them.
The leader of our country is illegitimate. Our Congress and our SCOTUS are beginning to prove their own illegitimacy. The legitimacy they need to exist is legitimacy WE give them. We turn our collective backs on the U.S. government, and that government will cease to exist.
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I did see an exit interview from one of his Nuremberg Rallies. The news-blonde asked a handful of supporters how they felt about the investigations, the Tweets, and the Healthcare issues. They all pretty much said, they just didn’t care. That stuff is unimportant to them.
I’m reminded of that political cartoon where a guy in a MAGA hat is sitting in a burning house, and saying, “Take that, Liberals.”
He’s a real bastard this hump! How long before the investigation is over and he can be impeached? That’s the bad news: this could take years.
Everything about this man, and his family, at least his two sons, is illegitimate, and America needs to wake up to this. Unfortunately, according to a new poll, every lie he tells brings him closer to his Deplorables. Go figure!