Chatter And Banter - Politics In North America

Apparently the bare chested face painted Viking with a spear (mounted flag)in his hand was looking for Pence to do some serious harm. Could make philosophers wonder: “what would the bus chasing dog do, if it actually catches the bus?”. In a traditional coup, the presidente has to be toppled, however the question “what if the presidente himself is doing the coup” arises in this case. Obviously the VP has to stand in and be toppled. If the constitution does not already have that, it ought to. Hence Lin Wood Tweet .

As for the dog, if he had actually impaled Pence with his spear, inquiring minds would want to know if the Constitution’s succession rule would work to let Pelosi take over as VP? And then she could invoke the 25th to her heart’s content?

So many movie possibilities here. From serious mission impossible type to comic farces. Hawley and Cruz will make good henchmen for the chief villain. Old and dawdling senator Kennedy can sit and fondle hairy white cat while plotting evil designs on Nancy. Penumbra of AOC in bikini will undulate while titles scrolls on screen. AR Rahman music.

 

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The Historyextra site has a nice summary of the big failure of one US president in executing a coup. John Kennedy in 1961. The president whipped up a crowd of cuban emigre's, put them on landing crafts, and sent them off to Cuba to start an insurrection, with the hope that the local malcontents would join in and make it a counter revolution against Fidel Castro.
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On 19 April the CIA-backed Cuban exile force started to surrender. The Bay of Pigs invasion had failed.

That the United States had been behind the operation was soon reported by the press and revealed in the United Nations. Unaccustomed to setbacks in what had so far been a charmed political life, Kennedy was devastated by the Bay of Pigs disaster. An adviser who peeped into the White House bedroom as the operation was failing observed JFK crying in the arms of his wife Jackie. He called his father for advice every hour, yet did not receive the paternal support he had anticipated. “Oh hell,” Joseph Kennedy told his son,“if that’s the way you feel, give the job to Lyndon [Vice President Johnson].”​

Poor Donald!! He doesn't have a relative to go to for a good cry. Except Ivanka Zelnicova*, may be.

In the next 10 days the Donald could resign, with the understanding that Pence would pardon him. Sort of like a plea bargain, that Trump is so used to. Trump and his University got off with a plea-bargain with the plaintiff's. Paid up the money in exchange for no more law suits.

I am sure the CIA may have already given him a fake nuclear football with random numbers for nuclear codes. He cannot use Airforce ONE without Biden's approval already. Biden can also cut down on the water pressure in Donald's showers, something that the Donald had spoken at length in a campaign rally.

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*Would Trump children change names to Zelníčkov(male) or Zelníčková, Maples, and Knavs (or germanized to Knauss) as all Trump named properties and Organizations drop the brand and regroup?

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House Impeaches Trump A 2nd Time, Citing Insurrection At U.S. Capitol

Great that he got impeached and didn't just get away with it. But does impeachment really mean anything? How does this thing work? If there was enough time left in his presidency, he would have to step down?

 

Hasn't Mitch McConnell already mentioned that there is not enough time before Jan 20th to have a Senate Trial on the matter ? The trial will have to happen in the next session of the Senate, with Schumer as the majority leader. And very likely there won't be enough votes to convict. The trial would be a boon to TV ratings, as Trump always has been. Trump will go on as a living martyr in the brains of the already-convinced. Listen to Saagar:

 

Thanks. I will have to google what is the point of impeachment happening after a president has left office. Can he still be held accountable and have to pay for the actions that led to the impeachment.

 

McConnell is said to be in favor of conviction, because he thinks this will rid the GOP permanently of Trump. Whether he can convince another 16 of his caucus remains to be seen.

 

The impeachment has already happened. If there is a conviction by the senate then that individual can never run for President again. That would suit both Democrats and many Republicans.