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Doodsmack
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States7224 Posts
November 18 2016 19:57 GMT
#125261
Trump let Ivanka sit in on a meeting with a foreign leader, even though she is going to be CEO of his companies. Imagine the outrage from Trump supporters and Breitbart if Hillary won the election and, during her transition, let Chelsea sit in on a meeting with a foreign leader, even though Chelsea was about to take over the Clinton Foundation.
RvB
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Netherlands6196 Posts
November 18 2016 20:06 GMT
#125262
On November 19 2016 04:12 GoTuNk! wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 19 2016 02:29 Doodsmack wrote:
And yes, alt right white nationalism is at the core of Trump's support, and perhaps policy, considering the position of Bannon. Bannon's stated world view is one of protecting the supremacy of Judeo-Christian culture.


Protecting the right to life, liberty and property, the non-agression principle, free speech, separation of church and state, equality against the law, due process and innocent until proven guilty, small government (or at least not HUGE government). Yes, those are the values many Trump supporters voted for. I like them as well, and consider them superior to other cultures.

It's about values, not race, by the way.


How do you reconcile liberty while restricting the free movement of people? The right to walk, live and work where you want is falls under freedom as well yet Trump (and his supporters) want to restrict it.
xDaunt
Profile Joined March 2010
United States17988 Posts
November 18 2016 20:10 GMT
#125263
On November 19 2016 05:06 RvB wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 19 2016 04:12 GoTuNk! wrote:
On November 19 2016 02:29 Doodsmack wrote:
And yes, alt right white nationalism is at the core of Trump's support, and perhaps policy, considering the position of Bannon. Bannon's stated world view is one of protecting the supremacy of Judeo-Christian culture.


Protecting the right to life, liberty and property, the non-agression principle, free speech, separation of church and state, equality against the law, due process and innocent until proven guilty, small government (or at least not HUGE government). Yes, those are the values many Trump supporters voted for. I like them as well, and consider them superior to other cultures.

It's about values, not race, by the way.


How do you reconcile liberty while restricting the free movement of people? The right to walk, live and work where you want is falls under freedom as well yet Trump (and his supporters) want to restrict it.

Because we're not looking to guarantee the liberty of everyone globally.
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-11-18 20:16:14
November 18 2016 20:10 GMT
#125264
On November 19 2016 04:57 Doodsmack wrote:
Trump let Ivanka sit in on a meeting with a foreign leader, even though she is going to be CEO of his companies. Imagine the outrage from Trump supporters and Breitbart if Hillary won the election and, during her transition, let Chelsea sit in on a meeting with a foreign leader, even though Chelsea was about to take over the Clinton Foundation.


It's simple the Trumps are going to try and use their companies to get ahead of deals in trade etc. It will probably be a reason the GOP could use to impeach him if something very bad comes to light before the midterms.
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
RealityIsKing
Profile Joined August 2016
613 Posts
November 18 2016 20:12 GMT
#125265
Chances are that Trump will get impeached and Pence will become the president.

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TanGeng
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sanya12364 Posts
November 18 2016 20:14 GMT
#125266
On November 19 2016 05:10 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 19 2016 04:57 Doodsmack wrote:
Trump let Ivanka sit in on a meeting with a foreign leader, even though she is going to be CEO of his companies. Imagine the outrage from Trump supporters and Breitbart if Hillary won the election and, during her transition, let Chelsea sit in on a meeting with a foreign leader, even though Chelsea was about to take over the Clinton Foundation.


It's simple the Trumps are going to try and use their companies to get ahead of deals in trade etc. It will probably be a reason the GOP could use to impeach him if something vbery bad comes to light before the midterms.


That might happen if this continues. The Clinton Foundation's ability to solicit foreign donations and Hillary at the Secretary of the State is already the model of potential backroom quid pro quo dealings that look massively fishy even if nothing can be proven.
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RvB
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Netherlands6196 Posts
November 18 2016 20:18 GMT
#125267
On November 19 2016 05:10 xDaunt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 19 2016 05:06 RvB wrote:
On November 19 2016 04:12 GoTuNk! wrote:
On November 19 2016 02:29 Doodsmack wrote:
And yes, alt right white nationalism is at the core of Trump's support, and perhaps policy, considering the position of Bannon. Bannon's stated world view is one of protecting the supremacy of Judeo-Christian culture.


Protecting the right to life, liberty and property, the non-agression principle, free speech, separation of church and state, equality against the law, due process and innocent until proven guilty, small government (or at least not HUGE government). Yes, those are the values many Trump supporters voted for. I like them as well, and consider them superior to other cultures.

It's about values, not race, by the way.


How do you reconcile liberty while restricting the free movement of people? The right to walk, live and work where you want is falls under freedom as well yet Trump (and his supporters) want to restrict it.

Because we're not looking to guarantee the liberty of everyone globally.

This bothers me. You're for equality and liberty untill your borders. Equality is supposed to be for all people not just for the people who live on one side of an arbitrary line on the map. I can imagine some immigration controls for pragmatic reasons but that's it.If you're truely for liberty that is.
xDaunt
Profile Joined March 2010
United States17988 Posts
November 18 2016 20:24 GMT
#125268
On November 19 2016 05:18 RvB wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 19 2016 05:10 xDaunt wrote:
On November 19 2016 05:06 RvB wrote:
On November 19 2016 04:12 GoTuNk! wrote:
On November 19 2016 02:29 Doodsmack wrote:
And yes, alt right white nationalism is at the core of Trump's support, and perhaps policy, considering the position of Bannon. Bannon's stated world view is one of protecting the supremacy of Judeo-Christian culture.


Protecting the right to life, liberty and property, the non-agression principle, free speech, separation of church and state, equality against the law, due process and innocent until proven guilty, small government (or at least not HUGE government). Yes, those are the values many Trump supporters voted for. I like them as well, and consider them superior to other cultures.

It's about values, not race, by the way.


How do you reconcile liberty while restricting the free movement of people? The right to walk, live and work where you want is falls under freedom as well yet Trump (and his supporters) want to restrict it.

Because we're not looking to guarantee the liberty of everyone globally.

This bothers me. You're for equality and liberty untill your borders. Equality is supposed to be for all people not just for the people who live on one side of an arbitrary line on the map. I can imagine some immigration controls for pragmatic reasons but that's it.If you're truely for liberty that is.

Why does simple pragmatism bother you? Yeah, in a perfect world, people could freely move to where they please with little consequence to their host societies. That's not the reality that we live in.
LegalLord
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
United Kingdom13775 Posts
November 18 2016 20:30 GMT
#125269
On November 19 2016 05:18 RvB wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 19 2016 05:10 xDaunt wrote:
On November 19 2016 05:06 RvB wrote:
On November 19 2016 04:12 GoTuNk! wrote:
On November 19 2016 02:29 Doodsmack wrote:
And yes, alt right white nationalism is at the core of Trump's support, and perhaps policy, considering the position of Bannon. Bannon's stated world view is one of protecting the supremacy of Judeo-Christian culture.


Protecting the right to life, liberty and property, the non-agression principle, free speech, separation of church and state, equality against the law, due process and innocent until proven guilty, small government (or at least not HUGE government). Yes, those are the values many Trump supporters voted for. I like them as well, and consider them superior to other cultures.

It's about values, not race, by the way.


How do you reconcile liberty while restricting the free movement of people? The right to walk, live and work where you want is falls under freedom as well yet Trump (and his supporters) want to restrict it.

Because we're not looking to guarantee the liberty of everyone globally.

This bothers me. You're for equality and liberty untill your borders. Equality is supposed to be for all people not just for the people who live on one side of an arbitrary line on the map. I can imagine some immigration controls for pragmatic reasons but that's it.If you're truely for liberty that is.

That arbitrary line on the map is where the administrative authority of our leaders ends. It's the job of the president and all other politicians to act in the best interests of those who reside within that arbitrary line on the map. Humanitarianism is a goal that can be good, yet it really isn't the job of the president or his staff to help those people. They have their own leadership that should be looking out for their interests.
History will sooner or later sweep the European Union away without mercy.
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
November 18 2016 20:30 GMT
#125270
Barack Obama’s administration has ruled out drilling for oil and gas in the pristine Arctic Ocean, throwing up a last-ditch barrier to the pro-fossil fuels agenda of incoming president Donald Trump.

The US Department of the Interior said that the “fragile and unique” Arctic ecosystem would face “significant risks” if drilling were allowed in the Chukchi or Beaufort Seas, which lie off Alaska. It added that the high costs of exploration, combined with a low oil price, would probably deter fossil fuel companies anyway.

“The plan focuses lease sales in the best places – those with the highest resource potential, lowest conflict, and established infrastructure – and removes regions that are simply not right to lease,” said the interior secretary, Sally Jewell.

“Given the unique and challenging Arctic environment and industry’s declining interest in the area, forgoing lease sales in the Arctic is the right path forward.”

The move, announced as part of the federal government’s land and ocean leasing program that will run from 2017 to 2022, has been cheered by environmentalists who called for the Arctic to be put off limits for drilling to help slow climate change and avoid a catastrophic oil spill.

“Today’s announcement demonstrates a commitment to prioritizing common sense, economics and science ahead of industry favoritism and politics as usual,” said Jacqueline Savitz, Oceana’s senior vice-president for the United States.

“The decades-long push to drill in the Arctic has put this unique and diverse ecosystem at risk, cost tens of billions of dollars and created significant controversy without providing the promised benefits. We now have the opportunity to put the old arguments behind us and work together toward a sustainable future for the Arctic region.”

The removal of the Arctic Ocean from federal leasing runs contrary to Trump’s vow to “lift the Obama-Clinton roadblocks” to large fossil fuel projects and throw open vast areas of land and water to drilling. But even if Trump reverses the Arctic ban, the economics are still unfavorable for offshore drilling in the region.

Shell spent more than $7bn on its attempt to exploit oil and gas reserves in the Arctic after being allowed to do so by the US government despite a high predicted risk of an oil spill in the frigid ecosystem. The Anglo-Dutch company abandoned its drilling operation in September last year, having faced huge costs and fierce opposition from green groups.


Source
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
Slaughter
Profile Blog Joined November 2003
United States20254 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-11-18 20:32:07
November 18 2016 20:31 GMT
#125271
On November 19 2016 04:15 xDaunt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 19 2016 04:11 Nebuchad wrote:
On November 19 2016 03:56 xDaunt wrote:
On November 19 2016 03:54 Nebuchad wrote:
On November 19 2016 03:40 xDaunt wrote:
On November 19 2016 03:39 Nebuchad wrote:
On November 19 2016 03:21 LegalLord wrote:
On November 19 2016 03:15 Nebuchad wrote:
Meh, fair enough, there are people like that in the thread. I wouldn't have thought that was enough to be a SJW honestly.

Perhaps if you expand the meaning too much, the word will lose its meaning x)

Turning every issue into identity politics poisons the discussion more than most anything else, possibly even more so than assuming the other candidate is corrupt. People generally blame Trump for the poisonous nature of political discourse this time around but on the matter of identity politics you can find no candidate more culpable for that poison than Hillary Clinton.


All right, so let's not turn every issue into identity politics. What would you say are legitimate issues for identity politics?

The one special case that I'd consider would be policies for helping out the black community.


Pretty sure you also advocated identity politics for rural communities recently, wouldn't you say?

"Identity politics" refers to the Title VII classes (race, sex, religion, gender, etc). I wouldn't put rural interests into the same category.


Is this another word with an american definition and a world definition?


Title VII is the major federal anti-discrimination statute in the US that protects people on the basis of things like race, sex, color, religion, and national origin. So really what I'm saying is that "identity politics" is the appeal/pandering to people on the basis of their identity -- race, sex, religion, and sexual orientation -- as opposed to catering to economic interest groups like unions or farmers.


To be fair identity goes beyond rac, sex, gender etc and being a farmer or a small city person outside the major cities is also an identity. People can structure their sense of self based on multiple things and usually people do not strictly use the aforementioned as the only source when constructing their identity.
Never Knows Best.
xDaunt
Profile Joined March 2010
United States17988 Posts
November 18 2016 20:33 GMT
#125272
On November 19 2016 05:30 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
Show nested quote +
Barack Obama’s administration has ruled out drilling for oil and gas in the pristine Arctic Ocean, throwing up a last-ditch barrier to the pro-fossil fuels agenda of incoming president Donald Trump.

The US Department of the Interior said that the “fragile and unique” Arctic ecosystem would face “significant risks” if drilling were allowed in the Chukchi or Beaufort Seas, which lie off Alaska. It added that the high costs of exploration, combined with a low oil price, would probably deter fossil fuel companies anyway.

“The plan focuses lease sales in the best places – those with the highest resource potential, lowest conflict, and established infrastructure – and removes regions that are simply not right to lease,” said the interior secretary, Sally Jewell.

“Given the unique and challenging Arctic environment and industry’s declining interest in the area, forgoing lease sales in the Arctic is the right path forward.”

The move, announced as part of the federal government’s land and ocean leasing program that will run from 2017 to 2022, has been cheered by environmentalists who called for the Arctic to be put off limits for drilling to help slow climate change and avoid a catastrophic oil spill.

“Today’s announcement demonstrates a commitment to prioritizing common sense, economics and science ahead of industry favoritism and politics as usual,” said Jacqueline Savitz, Oceana’s senior vice-president for the United States.

“The decades-long push to drill in the Arctic has put this unique and diverse ecosystem at risk, cost tens of billions of dollars and created significant controversy without providing the promised benefits. We now have the opportunity to put the old arguments behind us and work together toward a sustainable future for the Arctic region.”

The removal of the Arctic Ocean from federal leasing runs contrary to Trump’s vow to “lift the Obama-Clinton roadblocks” to large fossil fuel projects and throw open vast areas of land and water to drilling. But even if Trump reverses the Arctic ban, the economics are still unfavorable for offshore drilling in the region.

Shell spent more than $7bn on its attempt to exploit oil and gas reserves in the Arctic after being allowed to do so by the US government despite a high predicted risk of an oil spill in the frigid ecosystem. The Anglo-Dutch company abandoned its drilling operation in September last year, having faced huge costs and fierce opposition from green groups.


Source

Drilling in the Arctic is irrelevant now. We have virtually unlimited oil in the Bakken and Texas.
RvB
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Netherlands6196 Posts
November 18 2016 20:35 GMT
#125273
Because it's not simple pragmatism. Trump wants stricter immigration than there already is. His signature wall is also hardly pragmatic.
xDaunt
Profile Joined March 2010
United States17988 Posts
November 18 2016 20:35 GMT
#125274
On November 19 2016 05:31 Slaughter wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 19 2016 04:15 xDaunt wrote:
On November 19 2016 04:11 Nebuchad wrote:
On November 19 2016 03:56 xDaunt wrote:
On November 19 2016 03:54 Nebuchad wrote:
On November 19 2016 03:40 xDaunt wrote:
On November 19 2016 03:39 Nebuchad wrote:
On November 19 2016 03:21 LegalLord wrote:
On November 19 2016 03:15 Nebuchad wrote:
Meh, fair enough, there are people like that in the thread. I wouldn't have thought that was enough to be a SJW honestly.

Perhaps if you expand the meaning too much, the word will lose its meaning x)

Turning every issue into identity politics poisons the discussion more than most anything else, possibly even more so than assuming the other candidate is corrupt. People generally blame Trump for the poisonous nature of political discourse this time around but on the matter of identity politics you can find no candidate more culpable for that poison than Hillary Clinton.


All right, so let's not turn every issue into identity politics. What would you say are legitimate issues for identity politics?

The one special case that I'd consider would be policies for helping out the black community.


Pretty sure you also advocated identity politics for rural communities recently, wouldn't you say?

"Identity politics" refers to the Title VII classes (race, sex, religion, gender, etc). I wouldn't put rural interests into the same category.


Is this another word with an american definition and a world definition?


Title VII is the major federal anti-discrimination statute in the US that protects people on the basis of things like race, sex, color, religion, and national origin. So really what I'm saying is that "identity politics" is the appeal/pandering to people on the basis of their identity -- race, sex, religion, and sexual orientation -- as opposed to catering to economic interest groups like unions or farmers.


To be fair identity goes beyond rac, sex, gender etc and being a farmer or a small city person outside the major cities is also an identity. People can structure their sense of self based on multiple things and usually people do not strictly use the aforementioned as the only source when constructing their identity.

Yes, identity can go beyond the basic Title VII classes, but that's not how identity politics have really been used so far. It could happen in the future as we (fingers crossed) become more colorblind, but the discourse hasn't evolved to that point yet.
LegalLord
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
United Kingdom13775 Posts
November 18 2016 20:36 GMT
#125275
On November 19 2016 05:33 xDaunt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 19 2016 05:30 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
Barack Obama’s administration has ruled out drilling for oil and gas in the pristine Arctic Ocean, throwing up a last-ditch barrier to the pro-fossil fuels agenda of incoming president Donald Trump.

The US Department of the Interior said that the “fragile and unique” Arctic ecosystem would face “significant risks” if drilling were allowed in the Chukchi or Beaufort Seas, which lie off Alaska. It added that the high costs of exploration, combined with a low oil price, would probably deter fossil fuel companies anyway.

“The plan focuses lease sales in the best places – those with the highest resource potential, lowest conflict, and established infrastructure – and removes regions that are simply not right to lease,” said the interior secretary, Sally Jewell.

“Given the unique and challenging Arctic environment and industry’s declining interest in the area, forgoing lease sales in the Arctic is the right path forward.”

The move, announced as part of the federal government’s land and ocean leasing program that will run from 2017 to 2022, has been cheered by environmentalists who called for the Arctic to be put off limits for drilling to help slow climate change and avoid a catastrophic oil spill.

“Today’s announcement demonstrates a commitment to prioritizing common sense, economics and science ahead of industry favoritism and politics as usual,” said Jacqueline Savitz, Oceana’s senior vice-president for the United States.

“The decades-long push to drill in the Arctic has put this unique and diverse ecosystem at risk, cost tens of billions of dollars and created significant controversy without providing the promised benefits. We now have the opportunity to put the old arguments behind us and work together toward a sustainable future for the Arctic region.”

The removal of the Arctic Ocean from federal leasing runs contrary to Trump’s vow to “lift the Obama-Clinton roadblocks” to large fossil fuel projects and throw open vast areas of land and water to drilling. But even if Trump reverses the Arctic ban, the economics are still unfavorable for offshore drilling in the region.

Shell spent more than $7bn on its attempt to exploit oil and gas reserves in the Arctic after being allowed to do so by the US government despite a high predicted risk of an oil spill in the frigid ecosystem. The Anglo-Dutch company abandoned its drilling operation in September last year, having faced huge costs and fierce opposition from green groups.


Source

Drilling in the Arctic is irrelevant now. We have virtually unlimited oil in the Bakken and Texas.

Not to mention low prices that kind of kill a lot of the mood for oil drilling.
History will sooner or later sweep the European Union away without mercy.
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
November 18 2016 20:41 GMT
#125276
On November 19 2016 05:12 RealityIsKing wrote:
Chances are that Trump will get impeached and Pence will become the president.


I never understood that line of thinking, I mean unless Trump does some crazy shit and not just some conflict or interest stuff it would be a political sucide to impeach him.
The congress can't do it at the start of his mandate because it would be to soon after the election, if they do it in the second year of is mandate it would clash with the mid-term election and would hurt them a lot. And after that the time to go through all the process of impeachment and political transition would mean Pence would only have maximum a year in the white house before becoming a lame duck (Nixon impeachment took about 5 month between the start of the hearing and Nixon resinging, and about a year if you start at the time impeachment discussion started and Ford be comimg president)

And of course there is no way republican win the election after an impeachment. I think a contested republican primary is much more plausible.
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RvB
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Netherlands6196 Posts
November 18 2016 20:47 GMT
#125277
On November 19 2016 05:30 LegalLord wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 19 2016 05:18 RvB wrote:
On November 19 2016 05:10 xDaunt wrote:
On November 19 2016 05:06 RvB wrote:
On November 19 2016 04:12 GoTuNk! wrote:
On November 19 2016 02:29 Doodsmack wrote:
And yes, alt right white nationalism is at the core of Trump's support, and perhaps policy, considering the position of Bannon. Bannon's stated world view is one of protecting the supremacy of Judeo-Christian culture.


Protecting the right to life, liberty and property, the non-agression principle, free speech, separation of church and state, equality against the law, due process and innocent until proven guilty, small government (or at least not HUGE government). Yes, those are the values many Trump supporters voted for. I like them as well, and consider them superior to other cultures.

It's about values, not race, by the way.


How do you reconcile liberty while restricting the free movement of people? The right to walk, live and work where you want is falls under freedom as well yet Trump (and his supporters) want to restrict it.

Because we're not looking to guarantee the liberty of everyone globally.

This bothers me. You're for equality and liberty untill your borders. Equality is supposed to be for all people not just for the people who live on one side of an arbitrary line on the map. I can imagine some immigration controls for pragmatic reasons but that's it.If you're truely for liberty that is.

That arbitrary line on the map is where the administrative authority of our leaders ends. It's the job of the president and all other politicians to act in the best interests of those who reside within that arbitrary line on the map. Humanitarianism is a goal that can be good, yet it really isn't the job of the president or his staff to help those people. They have their own leadership that should be looking out for their interests.

You're assuming that immigration is a negative for the locals. I disagree with that. Liberty and the free movement of people is both beneficial for residents and immigrants.

Anyway my question was more aimed at how he can personally reconcile Liberty and Trumps stance on immigration and not so much how politicians think about it.

xDaunt
Profile Joined March 2010
United States17988 Posts
November 18 2016 20:51 GMT
#125278
On November 19 2016 05:47 RvB wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 19 2016 05:30 LegalLord wrote:
On November 19 2016 05:18 RvB wrote:
On November 19 2016 05:10 xDaunt wrote:
On November 19 2016 05:06 RvB wrote:
On November 19 2016 04:12 GoTuNk! wrote:
On November 19 2016 02:29 Doodsmack wrote:
And yes, alt right white nationalism is at the core of Trump's support, and perhaps policy, considering the position of Bannon. Bannon's stated world view is one of protecting the supremacy of Judeo-Christian culture.


Protecting the right to life, liberty and property, the non-agression principle, free speech, separation of church and state, equality against the law, due process and innocent until proven guilty, small government (or at least not HUGE government). Yes, those are the values many Trump supporters voted for. I like them as well, and consider them superior to other cultures.

It's about values, not race, by the way.


How do you reconcile liberty while restricting the free movement of people? The right to walk, live and work where you want is falls under freedom as well yet Trump (and his supporters) want to restrict it.

Because we're not looking to guarantee the liberty of everyone globally.

This bothers me. You're for equality and liberty untill your borders. Equality is supposed to be for all people not just for the people who live on one side of an arbitrary line on the map. I can imagine some immigration controls for pragmatic reasons but that's it.If you're truely for liberty that is.

That arbitrary line on the map is where the administrative authority of our leaders ends. It's the job of the president and all other politicians to act in the best interests of those who reside within that arbitrary line on the map. Humanitarianism is a goal that can be good, yet it really isn't the job of the president or his staff to help those people. They have their own leadership that should be looking out for their interests.

You're assuming that immigration is a negative for the locals. I disagree with that. Liberty and the free movement of people is both beneficial for residents and immigrants.

Anyway my question was more aimed at how he can personally reconcile Liberty and Trumps stance on immigration and not so much how politicians think about it.


Bringing in the right types of immigrants is beneficial for the host society. Mass, uncontrolled immigration is not.
zlefin
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
United States7689 Posts
November 18 2016 20:51 GMT
#125279
On November 19 2016 05:41 Nakajin wrote:
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On November 19 2016 05:12 RealityIsKing wrote:
Chances are that Trump will get impeached and Pence will become the president.


I never understood that line of thinking, I mean unless Trump does some crazy shit and not just some conflict or interest stuff it would be a political sucide to impeach him.
The congress can't do it at the start of his mandate because it would be to soon after the election, if they do it in the second year of is mandate it would clash with the mid-term election and would hurt them a lot. And after that the time to go through all the process of impeachment and political transition would mean Pence would only have maximum a year in the white house before becoming a lame duck (Nixon impeachment took about 5 month between the start of the hearing and Nixon resinging, and about a year if you start at the time impeachment discussion started and Ford be comimg president)

And of course there is no way republican win the election after an impeachment. I think a contested republican primary is much more plausible.

I give trump around 15% chance of being impeached at some point. I agree it's not so good for the republicans politically; so it'll only be done if he gets caught doing something sufficiently outrageous that it'd be more dangerous not to impeach him. Which, given trump's history, is certainly possible. Trump is also not the kind to resign in the face of an impeachment, even if the evidence against him is strong.
Great read: http://shorensteincenter.org/news-coverage-2016-general-election/ great book on democracy: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10671.html zlefin is grumpier due to long term illness. Ignoring some users.
ZeromuS
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada13389 Posts
November 18 2016 20:53 GMT
#125280
Its been about a week and he's already upended a number of democratic norms and he's doing a bunch of stuff he accused Clinton of doing - openly.

On top of this the white supremacist, islamophobic, and anti Semitic appointments are scary. I'm glad I'm in Canada, and I continue to hope that the elephant doesn't roll over on us.

I wonder how much he honestly could do without getting impeached. But even before that, I wonder how much he could do before the electoral college revolts. Its entire original purpose was to stop a complete idiot who gets voted in by the people to do any real damage. The question is whether its become a figurehead organization at this point though.
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