Tom Friedman, NYT - Impeach 'the Con', Save America

[malaise]

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/10/opinion/trump-impeachment.html

[dustyscamp]

1. That should be on a shirt!

[malaise]

2. or a bumper sticker

[lame54]

3. Or a neck tattoo

[guillaumeb]

4. From the article:

Generally speaking, I believe presidents should be elected and removed by the voters at the polls. But when I hear Trump defenders scream, “Impeachment subverts the will of the people,” I say: “Really? What the hell do you think Trump was doing in Ukraine?” He was subverting the will of the people by scheming to use our tax dollars to knock out his most feared opponent in the coming election — rather than trusting voters to do that.



The only reason the plot was aborted was that a whistle-blower from the intelligence community drew attention to the president’s plan, forcing him to release the money to Ukraine — moments before his shakedown exploded into public view. Trump was like a bank robber with a gun to a teller’s head, who suddenly heard the police sirens approaching and ran off before he could stash the money in his bag.

He was caught, and he stopped.

[Poiuyt]

5. The will of the people was for Hillary to be president

[guillaumeb]

7. And Obama prior to that. However, speaking of impeachment,

and the GOP talking point about "subverting the will...etc",

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212771775

[malaise]

6. It's a very good read

and no one can call Friedman a progressive

[guillaumeb]

8. Agreed on both points.

Clarity is essential.

Speaking to the "subverting the will of the people" meme, I posted this earlier:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212771775