I love Dershowitzes new defense...lol

[sikofit]

@Oryx

@DougBH

It is a failed argument, not a calling for the President to bring out the army if he thinks it helps his election.

It’s a failed argument precisely because it allows “the President to bring out the army if he thinks it helps his election,” as long as he argues his reelection is in the country’s best interest, which of course literally every president thinks.

@DougBH

Get a grip on the difference.

It’s a failed argument that is the official defense of the president, entered into the official record during a Senate impeachment trial, not some theory in a law journal. Time to readjust your grip on reality.

It literally creates a situation where “The Most Dangerous December” is both possible and legal

[Camp]

Still out of balance.

Wobbly rhetoric.

[Camp]

Super special with a certificate in presumptive thought.

[PizzaReverend]

Republicans are going to regret this.

Dirt from China? On the table.
Sham public investigations of opponents? On the table.
Canceling elections “for the good of the country”? On the table.
Locking up Political Opponents? Trump has been screaming about doing so since day friggen one.

The Dershowitz Doctrine is now part of Public record. The United States of Trumplandia is now a real danger.

And those slack jawed spineless worms in the Senate will allow it.

We will remember and we won’t forgive.

[Oryx]

@Camp

Still out of balance.

Wobbly rhetoric.

@Camp

Super special with a certificate in presumptive thought.

No idea what you’re talking about. It would help if you quoted me instead of just replying. Or maybe not.

[sikofit]

@PizzaReverend

Republicans are going to regret this.

Dirt from China? On the table.
Sham public investigations of opponents? On the table.
Canceling elections “for the good of the country”? On the table.
Locking up Political Opponents? Trump has been screaming about doing so since day friggen one.

The Dershowitz Doctrine is now part of Public record. The United States of Trumplandia is now a real danger.

And those slack jawed spineless worms in the Senate will allow it.

We will remember and we won’t forgive.

Seriously.

This is not gonna go the way you think

[conan]

You shouldn’t be telling people what to do.

[PurpnGold]

@PizzaReverend

Republicans are going to regret this.

Dirt from China? On the table.
Sham public investigations of opponents? On the table.
Canceling elections “for the good of the country”? On the table.
Locking up Political Opponents? Trump has been screaming about doing so since day friggen one.

The Dershowitz Doctrine is now part of Public record. The United States of Trumplandia is now a real danger.

And those slack jawed spineless worms in the Senate will allow it.

We will remember and we won’t forgive.

If anyone believes that Trump won’t try to use the power of his office to cheat in an election again, they aren’t really thinking.

[H_Arendt]

@DougBH

@H_Arendt

@DougBH

@ImRightYoureWrong

@DougBH

But it tells you something about them that they would center on the lamest thing Dershowitz said instead of his other, better points.

No. What Dershowitz said is ■■■■■■■ dangerous. Quit downplaying it.

Its not “dangerous” or scary. Its a stupid argument and probably one he made up on the spot.

We can revisit this when a Democratic President uses foreign policy for personal gain and then invokes a blanket privilege. We will have the Trump/McConnell precedent to fall back on.

No…Republicans will hopefully fall back on the Constitutional process of going through the courts…the deciders of arguments between the other two branches of government.
There is a constitutional process available.

The matter is much simpler. The Senate is looking at a calculus. 70% of the American public want Bolton to testify. Trump does not. Who are they more afraid of? Answer is obvious and the damage is enormous.

We didn’t need the courts for every other Senate impeachment trial to hear witnesses.

[Oryx]

@conan

You shouldn’t be telling people what to do.

Just trying to be helpful.

@conan

You don’t think Hillary thought she is what’s best for country…or Obama and his reelection?

Oh I get it now…libs are special.

Several people have already pointed out that both sides will abuse this power, and both sides think holding power is in the best interests of the country.

[Jezcoe]

Imagine if this argument was made by the legal counsel of Barack Obam…

Oh… never mind.

[PizzaReverend]

@PurpnGold

@PizzaReverend

Republicans are going to regret this.

Dirt from China? On the table.
Sham public investigations of opponents? On the table.
Canceling elections “for the good of the country”? On the table.
Locking up Political Opponents? Trump has been screaming about doing so since day friggen one.

The Dershowitz Doctrine is now part of Public record. The United States of Trumplandia is now a real danger.

And those slack jawed spineless worms in the Senate will allow it.

We will remember and we won’t forgive.

If anyone believes that Trump won’t try to use the power of his office to cheat in an election again, they aren’t really thinking.

They know he will. They want an authoritarian dictatorship. They always have.

[sikofit]

@PurpnGold

@PizzaReverend

Republicans are going to regret this.

Dirt from China? On the table.
Sham public investigations of opponents? On the table.
Canceling elections “for the good of the country”? On the table.
Locking up Political Opponents? Trump has been screaming about doing so since day friggen one.

The Dershowitz Doctrine is now part of Public record. The United States of Trumplandia is now a real danger.

And those slack jawed spineless worms in the Senate will allow it.

We will remember and we won’t forgive.

If anyone believes that Trump won’t try to use the power of his office to cheat in an election again, they aren’t really thinking.

I thought Bill Maher was crazy at the time but Im now starting to believe he was on to something when he said he didn’t think Trump would willingly leave office if voted out. Dershowitz literally just laid out the precedent for it in his official defense

[sikofit]

@PizzaReverend

@PurpnGold

@PizzaReverend

Republicans are going to regret this.

Dirt from China? On the table.
Sham public investigations of opponents? On the table.
Canceling elections “for the good of the country”? On the table.
Locking up Political Opponents? Trump has been screaming about doing so since day friggen one.

The Dershowitz Doctrine is now part of Public record. The United States of Trumplandia is now a real danger.

And those slack jawed spineless worms in the Senate will allow it.

We will remember and we won’t forgive.

If anyone believes that Trump won’t try to use the power of his office to cheat in an election again, they aren’t really thinking.

They know he will. They want an authoritarian dictatorship. They always have.

…as long as that dictator isnt a liberal

[sikofit]

@Oryx

@conan

You shouldn’t be telling people what to do.

Just trying to be helpful.

@conan

You don’t think Hillary thought she is what’s best for country…or Obama and his reelection?

Oh I get it now…libs are special.

Several people have already pointed out that both sides will abuse this power, and both sides think holding power is in the best interests of the country.

Yes!!! And I don’t want “my” side doing it anymore than I want the other side doing it. It goes against everything this country was based upon

[ImRightYoureWrong]

@PizzaReverend

Republicans are going to regret this.

Dirt from China? On the table.
Sham public investigations of opponents? On the table.
Canceling elections “for the good of the country”? On the table.
Locking up Political Opponents? Trump has been screaming about doing so since day friggen one.

The Dershowitz Doctrine is now part of Public record. The United States of Trumplandia is now a real danger.

And those slack jawed spineless worms in the Senate will allow it.

We will remember and we won’t forgive.

Isn’t incredible how in only 4 years, Republicans have abandoned almost EVERY principle they’ve espoused over the last 3 decades all in the name of Donald Trump?

[sikofit]

@ImRightYoureWrong

@PizzaReverend

Republicans are going to regret this.

Dirt from China? On the table.
Sham public investigations of opponents? On the table.
Canceling elections “for the good of the country”? On the table.
Locking up Political Opponents? Trump has been screaming about doing so since day friggen one.

The Dershowitz Doctrine is now part of Public record. The United States of Trumplandia is now a real danger.

And those slack jawed spineless worms in the Senate will allow it.

We will remember and we won’t forgive.

Isn’t incredible how in only 4 years, Republicans have abandoned almost EVERY principle they’ve espoused over the last 3 decades all in the name of Donald Trump?

Almost?

[Jezcoe]

I don’t know what you Libs are going on about.

The President’s legal counsel argued in front of the Senate at an impeachment trial that the President cannot be held accountable for abuse of power For re-election if that abuse of power was in the President’s mind good for the country.

What is the big deal about that?

I mean it isn’t like he said it on Lou Dobbs show or nothing.

That would have meant something.

[SottoVoce]

Based on this line of defense, Nixon did nothing wrong. The history books will need to be rewritten. Nixon’s legacy and presidency will no longer be a black eye in American politics.

[ImRightYoureWrong]

Remember when Obama wiretapped Trump tower. No problem now.