tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post4199283009594293535..comments2024-03-29T10:02:52.586-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: Truly, Madly, DeeplyLornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-55897681369234153252017-05-12T19:15:20.544-04:002017-05-12T19:15:20.544-04:00The odds are probably about even on both, Owen.The odds are probably about even on both, Owen.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-65161566691102994652017-05-12T12:59:19.073-04:002017-05-12T12:59:19.073-04:00The question is, Lorne, which will come first -- t...The question is, Lorne, which will come first -- the end of Trump's presidency or the end of the American Republic?Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-87097625232067615012017-05-12T10:52:01.581-04:002017-05-12T10:52:01.581-04:00As fascinating and appalling all of this is to wa...As fascinating and appalling all of this is to watch, Mound, one wonders if the American people and their system of checks and balances have any stomach to take on Trump. Clearly, the U.S. is a stunning example of how democracy can so easily slip away, Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-41262779047398436742017-05-12T10:38:40.073-04:002017-05-12T10:38:40.073-04:00I may never have seen a man so desperately longing...I may never have seen a man so desperately longing for the weekend, Lorne. Now he's threatening Comey over leaking what was said between them and musing about cancelling the White House press briefings. He cannot control the message and he is repeatedly tripping himself up with his own lies. His staff, as fine a cadre of professional liars as ever assembled, must be beside themselves as their lies are contradicted by their boss.<br /><br />Americans and especially their Congress need to realize that the U.S. has adversaries, some of them rivals and others actual enemies, who are watching this guy flail around, wounded and steadily weakening. So too are America's traditional friends and allies and we know that many of them are coming to doubt America's reliability and commitment.<br /><br />Article 25 looms ever larger.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.com