Saturday, April 7th, 2018
Stephan: Hate, greed, religion, and stupidity have put America in a box. Impeaching Trump will leave us with Pence, who in many ways, as this report lays out, would be worse than Trump.
If we impeach both Trump and Pence, we would be left with Ryan, the congress' greatest pseudo-intellectual since Newt Gingrich was thrown out.
But there is a good outcome, and I think Mueller has figured it out. However, it depends on all wellbeing-oriented people getting out and voting Democratic, and I mean everyone. Please discard the canard that voting does not matter. We are in the current situation because of people who thought that.
If Mueller releases his reports at the end of June or July, and they are as bad as they look to be, it will set in motion a massive rejection of Republicans. If that were to happen in the November election both houses would flip from Republican control. That would almost certainly lead to impeachment of both Trump and Pence, and with a Democratic majority in the House, the newly elected Democratic speaker, and it will not be Pelosi in my opinion, would become President, with the Democrats in control of both houses of the legislature, and it would be a different kind of Democrat.
Throughout 2019 and beyond we could reverse all of the damage done by the christofascist Republicans and their toadies, and set America on a course to foster wellbeing. What gives me great hope are the Millennials and Gen Xers who are passionate about change, as one can see by their ongoing demonstrations.
The future of America and the world hangs in the balance, and it is up to you how it comes out.
Mike Pence, the Christian nationalist who may be the root of Trump’s support among Evangelicals/Screenshot
Political scientists—and law enforcement agents—have spent the last 18 months parsing information to determine Donald Trump’s surprising win in the 2016 election.
Among the things they’ve looked at include working-class white people’s economic stress, racism and fear of immigrants.
But new research from the journal Sociology of Religion points out that when when socioeconomic, demographic and racism are controlled for, one of the strongest predictors of support for Trump is Christian nationalist attitudes. That is, these are people who believe that America is a “Christian nation” and want to see politicians push policies that encourage the government to implement their own agenda. Symbolic defense of the United States’ perceived Christian heritage is their biggest motivator.
“Christian nationalism operates as a unique and independent ideology that can influence political actions by calling forth a defense of mythological narratives about America’s distinctively Christian heritage and future,” the paper reads.
Speaking to Salon, Andrew Whitehead, one of the authors of the piece, implied that […]
Preaching to the choir here, I agree with your observations. I just hope that if/when there is this sweep of the electoral broom the incoming dems take their seats in a spirit of magnanimity. No vengeance, no “now it’s payback time” but a spirit followed by actions that regardless of the past we are all Americans in this together. Now I don’t expect that to be easy as there are too many knuckleheads fearfully holding to their pov’s and too ready to condemn others who think differently. I don’t have a plan just a deep feeling about this.
Nobody is going to impeach Trump.
This is all theater. The Dems are mostly happy with what the GOP is doing.
More war, check.
Destroy the middle class, check.
Kill the poor, check.
Destroy the environment, check.
Make the wealthy even more wealthy, check.
Both parties agree on these basics.
The rest is theater.
The Dems basically pay lip service to all the above but the continuity
of the policy remains the same regardless.. Maybe toy with something along the
edges and pretend you have done something.