Doesn’t Matter Who Wins the K Race; We’re All the Same

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Yglesias suggested a technique to force out Trump. I commented on the likelihood of its success based on facts.

I re-read his piece to understand how one could take from it the idea that he's suggesting a "technique" but I still don't get it.

A reasonable view of the facts compels recognition that Trump can be removed through careful political maneuvering.

Yglesias and I disagree. Re-read.

The Ds have to throw a perfect game, and they have to get a lot of R help, but it can technically be done.

Did you read his piece? Maybe not.

A reasonable assessment of the facts leads to the conclusion that protests, OTOH, are not likely to succeed, or to even occur to a significant extent.

Did you read his piece? Maybe not.

Just because you feel very strongly about removing Trump for his efforts to solicit information from foreign powers does not mean anywhere near a majority of Americans agrees with you.

You've said this to me so many times -- if you don't think I've ever understood before, why do you bother repeating yourself? Conversely, does it ever occur to you that maybe, just maybe, I have some understand that in my preferences are not always shared?

I see in Trump, and I suspect this is a majority view of voters, the living embodiment of the nation,

I guess I have a higher opinion of the nation.

The closest analogue for Trump's recent malfeasance is the Iran Contra situation.

That's not a close analogue at all. Maybe there is no good precedent for a lawless President leading a polarized party, and we have to find a new solution to a new situation.