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Oliphant

Sorry, fedi, Americans are gonna be kinda insufferable for a few days because our former President just got legit charged by the US government with trying to do a coup and we're going to be wrestling with the concept that this is actually happening for a few days.

2 Aug 2023 at 7:11 | Open on oliphant.social
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Oliphant

I think we were somewhat justified in this assumption since this does not happen to rich people and it certainly does not happen literally ever to Presidents.

2 Aug 2023 at 7:12 | Open on oliphant.social
Oliphant

You must understand, we have two primary issues here that seeded this ground for us:

One: After Nixon, Gerald Ford pardoned him. That set a precedent that Presidents were basically above the law, that going after former Presidents was "too political" and would lead to a slippery slope of Presidents attacking their former opponents. It was a fig leaf.

Two: Soon after, the Justice Dept of the USA wrote an infamous memo that basically said, "We're not going to prosecute any charges against a sitting American president, because that could lead to a situation where they are constantly defending against frivolous lawsuits instead of doing the important President job." Again, slippery slope. Nothing that had actually happened.

So also, billionaires generally never get any kind of prison time literally ever, because they can afford to tell their lawyers to burn up millions in the pursuit of delaying justice to the point where people literally give up or you know, Trump literally dies before the charges ever stick.

It's an imperfect system. When it seems to be working, we're honestly baffled.

Especially when it seems like the government is literally making the case it's actually making right now.

You must understand, we have two primary issues here that seeded this ground for us:

One: After Nixon, Gerald Ford pardoned him. That set a precedent that Presidents were basically above the law, that going after former Presidents was "too political" and would lead to a slippery slope of Presidents attacking their former opponents. It was a fig leaf.

2 Aug 2023 at 7:15 | Open on oliphant.social
Oliphant

We never had to test this theory before at all, because Presidents were usually good enough to, say, give up their former war criminal past and paint shitty portraits and sit next to Elllen....but I digress.

2 Aug 2023 at 7:17 | Open on oliphant.social
Oliphant

LIke Obama disappeared like the ghost of Christmas Past because I assume he was doing the typical, traditional thing that Presidents do. Stop getting in our faces every second of every day declaring shit.

He was good enough to do that. He went windsurfing. Did whatever and...let Trump say whatever he wanted with no commentary whatsoever.

But I also digress.

2 Aug 2023 at 7:18 | Open on oliphant.social
Sampath Pāṇini ®

@oliphant
“bad men will sometimes get in, & with such an immense patronage, may make great progress in corrupting the public mind & principles. this is a subject with which wisdom & patriotism should be occupied.”

- Thomas Jefferson founders.archives.gov/document

2 Aug 2023 at 7:20 | Open on mastodon.world
Wolleysegap

@oliphant@oliphant.social All true. And so we set up a situation for the perfect monster. This is act three. Pardons and or punishments.

2 Aug 2023 at 7:19 | Open on calckey.online
@batyalee

@oliphant
"It's an imperfect system. When it seems to be working, we're honestly baffled."

I spent several hours (after I learned about and read the indictment) being over-the-top giddy and absolutely thrilled. Definitely not baffled. It’s a good day because the DOJ actually did its job (for now). I really wish #JackSmith or some other person with some inner fire were our regular US Attorney General. There’d be a better chance that the trial would’ve been finished by now. The whole idea that the DOJ had to start at the bottom (rioters) and work their way up to those who planned and carried out the coup plan was flawed from the beginning.

@oliphant
"It's an imperfect system. When it seems to be working, we're honestly baffled."

I spent several hours (after I learned about and read the indictment) being over-the-top giddy and absolutely thrilled. Definitely not baffled. It’s a good day because the DOJ actually did its job (for now). I really wish #JackSmith or some other person with some inner fire were our regular US Attorney General. There’d be a better chance that the trial would’ve been finished by now. The whole idea that the...

2 Aug 2023 at 7:34 | Open on universeodon.com
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