That you were able to type with a straight face "Attorney General Merrick Garland and the FBI head Christopher Wray are acting in . . . an entirely disinterested manner" just proves, I guess, that we really are living in two separate versions of reality.
Exactly! This is why I’m on Damon Linker’s very VERY unpopular side. There is no shared political reality.
When you stay in one info universe, you’d hardly have known about Hunter Biden’s laptop and that he’s still under FBI investigation (not to mention the unsavory scandal of Burisma and the sales of his “paintings”). I’m not even going to talk about the Clinton’s “foundation” or the Biden Administration’s traitorous abandonment of Afghanistan.
You wouldn’t know the “Russian Collusion hoax” was only partly a hoax. Trump’s behavior was highly unethical, pressuring Zelensky to get dirt on his potential rival. You wouldn’t really understand the wanton destructiveness (and democracy-threatening) of Donald Trump’s attempt to interfere with the peaceful transfer of power. Let’s call that just plain evil, mmmkay?
You might only think one party partakes of pay for play and insider trading.
The ballot box is the only way forward -- unless his election interference in Georgia can be proved. Fingers crossed it can be.
One day, an old man's horse ran away. "Such bad luck!" said his neighbors. "We'll see," said the old man.
The next day, the horse came back and brought a new horse with it. "Such good luck!" said his neighbors. "We'll see," said the old man.
The next day, his son tried to bridle the wild horse, was thrown off and broke his leg. "Such bad luck!" said his neighbors. "We'll see," said the old man.
The next day, the Army came to the village to draft young men. Seeing the son was lame, they skipped him. Etc. etc.
Consequences are infinite and unknowable. If it's morally imperative to prosecute Trump, just follow the imperative. Maybe it will have bad short term consequences. But maybe the medium term consequences will be a backlash to the short term consequences. Maybe the long term consequences will be a backlash to the backlash. In cases where the consequences cannot be known, we must follow duty instead. As the Bhagavad Gītā says, you have to follow your dharma without grasping its fruit.
That you were able to type with a straight face "Attorney General Merrick Garland and the FBI head Christopher Wray are acting in . . . an entirely disinterested manner" just proves, I guess, that we really are living in two separate versions of reality.
Exactly! This is why I’m on Damon Linker’s very VERY unpopular side. There is no shared political reality.
When you stay in one info universe, you’d hardly have known about Hunter Biden’s laptop and that he’s still under FBI investigation (not to mention the unsavory scandal of Burisma and the sales of his “paintings”). I’m not even going to talk about the Clinton’s “foundation” or the Biden Administration’s traitorous abandonment of Afghanistan.
You wouldn’t know the “Russian Collusion hoax” was only partly a hoax. Trump’s behavior was highly unethical, pressuring Zelensky to get dirt on his potential rival. You wouldn’t really understand the wanton destructiveness (and democracy-threatening) of Donald Trump’s attempt to interfere with the peaceful transfer of power. Let’s call that just plain evil, mmmkay?
You might only think one party partakes of pay for play and insider trading.
The ballot box is the only way forward -- unless his election interference in Georgia can be proved. Fingers crossed it can be.
Didn’t Trump appoint Wray as FBI Director?
Or Hillary Clinton
I want to write a Slate pitch for "non-termism."
The Chinese have a fable:
One day, an old man's horse ran away. "Such bad luck!" said his neighbors. "We'll see," said the old man.
The next day, the horse came back and brought a new horse with it. "Such good luck!" said his neighbors. "We'll see," said the old man.
The next day, his son tried to bridle the wild horse, was thrown off and broke his leg. "Such bad luck!" said his neighbors. "We'll see," said the old man.
The next day, the Army came to the village to draft young men. Seeing the son was lame, they skipped him. Etc. etc.
Consequences are infinite and unknowable. If it's morally imperative to prosecute Trump, just follow the imperative. Maybe it will have bad short term consequences. But maybe the medium term consequences will be a backlash to the short term consequences. Maybe the long term consequences will be a backlash to the backlash. In cases where the consequences cannot be known, we must follow duty instead. As the Bhagavad Gītā says, you have to follow your dharma without grasping its fruit.