Thread It’s true that GOP Senators putting party ahead of country, the rule of law, security of American elections against foreign influence, inter-branch accountability, & basic integrity are basically the Founders’ nightmare, violating their core sense of virtue in office. But.
-
-
The Nixon case fooled us into thinking the impeachment procedure wasn’t basically broken, if only we had virtuous heroes in the Senate in the Goldwater mode... and so we get disappointed in the Lamar!s of the world for not living up to the Founders’ ideals. 8
Prikaži ovu nit -
But that’s just not going to be a reliable mechanism for executive accountability in a world of parties. We need to think about what such a mechanism could be. /fun
Prikaži ovu nit -
Ahem. "/fin." I don't need a special notation to mark the end of fun; I just need to be my usual spoilsport self.
Prikaži ovu nit
Kraj razgovora
Novi razgovor -
-
-
Oh. OHHH. Wow. My mind is blown. I never made that connection. I know about how that time period is held up as “we used to be less divided” but actually wasn’t, it just got muddled because of the parties switching roles. But I never connected the dots re: impeachment.
Hvala. Twitter će to iskoristiti za poboljšanje vaše vremenske crte. PoništiPoništi
-
-
-
You are wrong. We would and do want to see the GOP locked out of control of Congress for 40 years.
Hvala. Twitter će to iskoristiti za poboljšanje vaše vremenske crte. PoništiPoništi
-
Čini se da učitavanje traje već neko vrijeme.
Twitter je možda preopterećen ili ima kratkotrajnih poteškoća u radu. Pokušajte ponovno ili potražite dodatne informacije u odjeljku Status Twittera.