Presidential accountability: If not Trump who? If not now, when?

[Cyrano]

Last edited Wed Jun 20, 2018, 04:28 PM - Edit history (1)

There comes a time when a president's actions are so egregious, criminal and cruel, that they can't be ignored, "let go," or pardoned.

Trump must be held answerable. If not, it would be a message to future would-be tyrants that they can get away with anything, anything, that they do.

This man has committed acts that no moral, just society can allow to go unanswered.

This man has indulged in what could reasonably be called "evil."

This man must be held to answer.

If he's not, then the world will know that "justice" is an illusion held by fools.

Once he's out of office, he must be put on trial, and if for nothing else, he must be tried for crimes against humanity. If shredding families, (perhaps forever), at the border is not a crime against humanity, then that phrase is meaningless.

[Thomas Hurt]

1. To be blunt not until he crashes our economy or hundreds of thousands of people die...

The GOP has no moral authority and they are to the man and woman moral cowards.

[Cyrano]

2. A dead economy? Thousands of human deaths?

Stop, for one moment, and reflect on the reality that we're posting about such things.

What both of us are saying here would have been unimaginable in the past.

We are living in an era that we may be fortunate enough to survive.

And if we survive, the price for this horror must be paid by those who brought it about.

[Solly Mack]

3. Bush got away with torture. I'm pretty sure Trump keeps that in mind with everything he does.

Once Bush got away with torture, future wannabes knew exactly what they could get away with. I said it then, Bush gets away with his crimes and there will be someone after him that pushes the limits as well. Well...Trump.

I'll say it again - If Trump gets away with his shit, it will happen again.

Any bets on whether I'll be able to say it yet again?

[Cyrano]

4. Yep. Time to end "Royal Preferences"

And past time to put an end to "The Imperial Presidency" forever.

Whoever occupies the Oval Office holds one third of federal government power.

That must be made clear to any future president.

And every future president must be aware that they will be held accountable.

[Solly Mack]

5. I agree. I like the way you phrase it too - Royal Preferences

Because it does seem as if some presidents are all too often treated with the divine rights of kings.

[lagomorph777]

6. Put an end to the myth that Presidents cannot be indicted.

There is not a single shred of evidence for that in the Constitution.

[duforsure]

7. I agree

He's not above the law, or we have no justice system.

[lagomorph777]

8. Precisely the thing our founders fought the American Revolution to end.

[Cyrano]

9. Here's another question. Why do so many not "get it?"