To impeach, or not to impeach

[Eric the Green]

(10-09-2019, 10:56 AM)David Horn Wrote:

(10-08-2019, 03:46 PM)taramarie Wrote:

(10-08-2019, 01:21 PM)David Horn Wrote:

(10-07-2019, 02:41 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: Trump is asking other governments to invent conspiracy theories in order to smear his political opponents. He uses the office for his own financial gain. He should be carted out of the oval office and taken to jail.

True that!  Trump is the first POTUS to totally ignore the responsibilities of the office, while exercising powers for his own gain -- many that are specious at best.  If the GOP office holders who back him now continue until he finishes a second term, there won't be much 'America' to pass o to the next POTUS.

Questionable. Here, I have done a bit of reading. But I doubt you need to look so far for an example. But as an American, you should know more. The 5 most notorious presidents in US history

The Presidents on your list were all repugnant in their own way, but Trump is unique in using the office as a business opportunity.  Worse, he is totally amoral, and sees no issue with screwing everyone as long as he gains.  He's not quite shaping up as our Hitler -- not yet, anyway.  That may change if he feels threatened.

They didn't make the case against Jackson. He did even worse things, like his war on the indians, but he did useful things too, like block the tariff of abominations. He is considered a champion of democracy because he mobilized the common people to get the vote and to come out to vote for him, thus founding the Democratic Party as we know it. He will be replaced on that list of 5 by Mr. Trump, arguably the worst of those five. 

I would put George W Bush and Ronald Reagan on that list too; the first for starting an unnecessary war that cost 400,000 people their lives, and other misdeeds, and the second for saddling our nation with neo-liberalism for 40 years and overseeing one of the most corrupt administrations in history.