12-01-2016, 11:47 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-01-2016, 12:10 PM by Bob Butler 54.)
(12-01-2016, 11:04 AM)pbrower2a Wrote:(12-01-2016, 06:29 AM)Galen Wrote: What evidence do you have that Trump can be blackmailed?
What do people get blackmailed on?
1. Sex.
Been there. Done that. What seems like a horrible thing when the other guys do it is entirely forgivable when one's own guy does it. The red faction is entirely good with the sort of person Trump is, and elected him with the full knowledge.
(12-01-2016, 11:04 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: 2. Crime.
Everyone knew he ran an illegal charity. There may or may not be worse things in his past, and I'm sure folks will be digging.
(12-01-2016, 11:04 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: 3. Business.
His bankruptcies and fraud based businesses were well known at the time of the election.
In the current extreme partisan environment, the red faction will forgive all of the above and sincerely claim that Hillary was worse. Trump has proven himself the sort of person who can be accused of all sorts of stuff, thumb his nose at the accuser, launch personal attacks against the accuser, and lie about his guilt. No shame. No impact on his political clout.
It was said at the time that Nixon wasn't impeached for the Watergate break in or the cover up. He was impeached and forced to resign because he made the Republicans defending him in congress look really really bad. When they could no longer support him he resigned. In a similar way, I don't anticipate Trump being confronted without a smoking gun the size of a coal generator plant smokestack. He shrugs off ordinary sized smoking guns. Bill Clinton was called the teflon president as he could shrug off scandals without losing his popularity on the blue side or his ability to govern. Trump seems to be able to shrug off scandal to a similar degree.
That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.