William, it is good to see

CVille Dem — Sat, 05 Dec 2020 00:54:23 +0000

In reply to America may survive the Trump sickness, but can it beat its diseases?

William, it is good to see you here again. I enjoyed and agree with your views on this even if I am not quite ready for whole sale optimism yet, but I would love to be.

What are your thoughts on bringing these culprits to face the justice they deserve? Biden seems very reluctant to add oxygen to trump's firey name, but I am hoping this is just to give him distance (rightly so) from the Justice Dept as he tries to heal wounds and lower the temperature everywhere.

I do believe that letting the George W Bush criminals got away with their crimes paved the way for trump to realize no one was going to stop him no matter what he did. It is unlikely that a McConnell-led Senate will allow truly meaningful reform that will allow accountability for a lawless president.

I also realize that the New York State AG is ready and willing to go after trump and his children, and that more of his crimes will likely come to light when he leaves office as well. But his abuses of power, flouting subpoenas, retributions against whistle blowers (as well as simply competent, honest people doing their jobs), etc, etc, really should not simply be excused or ignored. Even the many cowardly Senators who declined to remove him from office said that they agreed he was guilty but they didn't think it "rose to the level of removal from office, or even impeachment." I just don't think that kind of stuff deserves a shrug. If trump isn't brought to account, somehow safeguards have to be agreed to and enacted as law for the future. And the president has to be subject to it.

I want to hear what you think. I have heard (Republicans mainly, but also some Dems) say that if trump is indicted for his crimes, there will be an ever-growing pattern of tit for tat. If that happens we are truly screwed. However no president in history has ever been as maliciously rotten as trump, so that is not a huge worry for me.

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William, it is good to see