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"Deputy Legal Director, National ACLU. Immigrants' rights advocate. Civil rights lawyer. Former public defender. Views expressed are my own."
Methinks m'lady doth knoweth of what she speaketh. 
they are - could be exciting times! 
Who remembers the "last" Saturday Night Massacre?
When Nixon ("I am not a crook"
wanted the independent prosecutor Archibald Cox fired (guess he was "too independent" for Nixon's liking) and AG Elliot Richardson and Asst. AG William Ruckelshaus would NOT fire him. He finally got Robert Bork (google "getting borked!" to do the dirty and all of that pretty much put down the red carpet for Nixon's "bye-bye" wave from the White House lawn.
The way this weekend is going, I get a feeling that it could be the same thing all over again, only Der Drumpf would probably FLIP US OFF as he's getting has nasty, rotten ASS kicked out of town!
OK, well, at least, here's hoping!!!!
And there was NO violence (thank God - and here's hoping it remains that way).
you called me on that one!
Yes, Elliot Richardson and William Ruckelshaus were Republican appointments, and yes, they had the integrity to step down rather than do the wrong thing. So, ROBERT BORK did it for them - yes, THAT Robert Bork - says all you need to know about him (but there's more - thank God he never got onto the Supreme Court!).
And, yes, you shot a cannon ball through my balloon of hope - counting on integrity to step up in the current balance of leadership. Your question: "a single Republican who has the authority" - GAWD, name a single Republican who has the INTEGRITY to step up and make things right!
But - we've gotta' keep up the fight!
And I'm not suggesting that we give up. Not at all. I'm just terrified of what I see as the inevitable. My era is the Vietnam War protests. Kent State is coming to mind tonight. We're heading for a crisis. It feels like some slow-mo dream where you can't control things and you know disaster is around the corner. You can't see around that corner, you know it's danger but you keep going.
I was not questioning your comment - it was a "call to reality!"
We must be of the same vintage - my high school friend shot the pics at Kent State that made the covers of newspapers and magazines (and got him a Pulitzer prize).
I agree with your concern - as a matter of fact I think the "anger" factor is higher now than it was between the pro & cons of the Vietnam era. We had "leadership" encouraging "division" - Nixon's "secret" plan for peace - Agnew's "nattering nabobs of negativism" - Chicago convention riots - and the conflicting concerns for the war effort and equal rights.
But now - well, we've got HIM - and the Tea Party that built the foundation - and a large majority of states that are also "Repug" controlled, thanks to the absurd redistricting/gerrymandering that took place to allow more control to flow to those designing the districts.
And, as you called out earlier, a terrible lack of leadership from the majority party that shows any ethical concern for what's best for ALL OF THE UNITED STATES. Mitch, Paul, and company have spent the past 8 years fighting anything that would lead to any progress or success for us - and now we have to count on them for help?
GOD help us all!!!!
