While I have been extremely impatient with Atty General Garland, I am taking a step back and trying to gain perspective and calm myself down. It's pretty easy to fall into the "rage reaction". I repeat two points to myself.
The first has already been expressed here and elsewhere. TFG is feeling more and more desperate. More and more peop…
While I have been extremely impatient with Atty General Garland, I am taking a step back and trying to gain perspective and calm myself down. It's pretty easy to fall into the "rage reaction". I repeat two points to myself.
The first has already been expressed here and elsewhere. TFG is feeling more and more desperate. More and more people in the know are talking to the committee. Charges are close to being filed in Georgia and New York. TFG's statements are more and more self-incriminating. And I see the "sinking ship" - rats are starting to travel down the rope to the safety of the dock. TFG's self destruction may lead to a large exodus of formerly loyal capos and picciottos.
The second is that we really should consider the fact that Merrick Garland might be the perfect person for this job. He has a long career of integrity and excellent judgement. I believe that when he acts, he will do so effectively and precisely. Keep in mind he has a judge's point of view. He is not going charge anyone until he ABSOLUTELY knows he will have a conviction.
So I am parking my frustration and anger. I am still looking for a place to put it :) But if you review Garland's impeccable career, and you consider that he has the mind of a Supreme Court justice...perhaps patience is appropriate. In the meantime, don't change the channel. TFG is squirming. Can't you feel it's desperation, smell it's fear?
Thank you for writing this. When I make myself take a step (or several!) back I have to agree 100%. This is why I think Biden, as well, may be an even more brilliant president than I already think he is. I think the administration is trying to deflate as much air out of Trump and Company as they can before the Midterms (this summer may very well be crazy!) all while patiently giving Trump all the rope he needs to keep incriminating himself. They are playing the long game, which requires intelligence, integrity and maturity and also even an empathy for all the pain that America has suffered so far. Trump, and Putin, are definitely starting to realize that they are in a pot of water now - and that water is heating up!
You wrote: "...patiently giving Trump all the rope he needs to keep incriminating himself." As disgusting as tfg is and as audacious those "campaign rallies," it seems he is almost going overboard to tell the world what he's done. I am wondering if it's stupidity, hubris, pride in his perceived "cleverness," or the fact that he believes he IS above the law - or maybe all of the above. He's certainly playing out a lot of rope these days and kudos to Biden for not allowing that rope to distract him from the work of governing.
He's doing what he knows best from days of yore: Confounding others by accusing them of faults he himself has committed, lying through his teeth, bullying the little guys, promising his flock he will provide for them (though with little follow through,) dazzling a few with his good looks and money (fading, fading) and generally being a piece of work. Back in the day, with relatively few who noticed, he got away with Mafiosi tactics. Now he's playing with the big boys, some of whom are Black women. Oh, may they prevail!
Bill, I agree with you and despite the anger and eagerness and impatience of many of our fellow readers (and writers) I have also watched, read and listened to people, many former prosecutors, who explain how tricky it is to make a charge stick because the issue of whether or not the person, in this case, the former guy, has ever actually believed the election was stolen. If his lawyers can make the case that all his actions have been due to his belief that "they've" been "after him" since day one, any DOJ case falls apart. So, much of any of these cases and issues hangs on proving he really believed everything was rigged against him. So, the DOJ must build cases and charges around their ability to prove he has always known exactly what he was doing and he wanted to take over. Pure and simple. At least, that's what I think.
He said early on that if he didn’t win, the reason would be rigging. Before any votes were cast. And that he would accept election results only if he won. Does this point to sincere belief in a steal (not on his behalf, that is)? If he is paranoid, does that excuse him? If a paranoid schizophrenic kills because voices in his head urge him to do it, he doesn’t go scot free, does he?
No question. Trump is not one to merely react. He plots and sets up conditions to give himself space to operate, just like his statement that he could shoot someone without losing a supporter. Just like Putin, placing 100,000 troops on the Ukraine border and claim it is a defensive position against NATO. And this is after Putin took Crimea and sent out of uniform Russian soldiers with arms for militia groups into the eastern industrial section of Ukraine. They have killed about 30,000 Ukrainians so far. And there was the shooting down of a European commercial plane over Ukraine.
Both Putin and Trump rely on their opposition and supporters having short memories, and focusing only on the moment and the redirection of blame onto the victims.
With Trump's message this past weekend that Pence could have "changed the election," I think a strong argument could be made that Trump knew he had lost the election and was doing everything he could to grab back and hold on to the power the voters had taken from him. (Thank goodness!)
Thank you. Being temperamentally an impatient feminist hothead New England WASP (did you see the contradiction in there??), I've been focusing over the last five years on legal writers and podcasters who can keep me focused on how the law works, and why that is a good thing. Among many other things, it helps me resist the impatient, often ignorant hotheads who are ALL OVER social media.
I am not a president, just a citizen who would not be considered for the same patience from the courts as what trump and supporters get with their lies and antics to the courts. I like one Clinton secretary would be sitting in jail till I talked. That is the aggravating part.
Yes, concur with all these feelings. Listen to Laurence Tribe, his teacher. He too, has confidence in Garland. We can only pray he is right. But every day I wake up to these stories saying "how is TFG not behind bars already?" Then I take a deep breath to realize I'm not a lawyer nor a judge, just another hurt American watching this monster deface our country to see how much further the leash can reach.
While I have been extremely impatient with Atty General Garland, I am taking a step back and trying to gain perspective and calm myself down. It's pretty easy to fall into the "rage reaction". I repeat two points to myself.
The first has already been expressed here and elsewhere. TFG is feeling more and more desperate. More and more people in the know are talking to the committee. Charges are close to being filed in Georgia and New York. TFG's statements are more and more self-incriminating. And I see the "sinking ship" - rats are starting to travel down the rope to the safety of the dock. TFG's self destruction may lead to a large exodus of formerly loyal capos and picciottos.
The second is that we really should consider the fact that Merrick Garland might be the perfect person for this job. He has a long career of integrity and excellent judgement. I believe that when he acts, he will do so effectively and precisely. Keep in mind he has a judge's point of view. He is not going charge anyone until he ABSOLUTELY knows he will have a conviction.
So I am parking my frustration and anger. I am still looking for a place to put it :) But if you review Garland's impeccable career, and you consider that he has the mind of a Supreme Court justice...perhaps patience is appropriate. In the meantime, don't change the channel. TFG is squirming. Can't you feel it's desperation, smell it's fear?
Thank you for writing this. When I make myself take a step (or several!) back I have to agree 100%. This is why I think Biden, as well, may be an even more brilliant president than I already think he is. I think the administration is trying to deflate as much air out of Trump and Company as they can before the Midterms (this summer may very well be crazy!) all while patiently giving Trump all the rope he needs to keep incriminating himself. They are playing the long game, which requires intelligence, integrity and maturity and also even an empathy for all the pain that America has suffered so far. Trump, and Putin, are definitely starting to realize that they are in a pot of water now - and that water is heating up!
You wrote: "...patiently giving Trump all the rope he needs to keep incriminating himself." As disgusting as tfg is and as audacious those "campaign rallies," it seems he is almost going overboard to tell the world what he's done. I am wondering if it's stupidity, hubris, pride in his perceived "cleverness," or the fact that he believes he IS above the law - or maybe all of the above. He's certainly playing out a lot of rope these days and kudos to Biden for not allowing that rope to distract him from the work of governing.
He's doing what he knows best from days of yore: Confounding others by accusing them of faults he himself has committed, lying through his teeth, bullying the little guys, promising his flock he will provide for them (though with little follow through,) dazzling a few with his good looks and money (fading, fading) and generally being a piece of work. Back in the day, with relatively few who noticed, he got away with Mafiosi tactics. Now he's playing with the big boys, some of whom are Black women. Oh, may they prevail!
All of the above. Hopefully, justice is in his future (and Justice, as in DOJ).
Bill, I agree with you and despite the anger and eagerness and impatience of many of our fellow readers (and writers) I have also watched, read and listened to people, many former prosecutors, who explain how tricky it is to make a charge stick because the issue of whether or not the person, in this case, the former guy, has ever actually believed the election was stolen. If his lawyers can make the case that all his actions have been due to his belief that "they've" been "after him" since day one, any DOJ case falls apart. So, much of any of these cases and issues hangs on proving he really believed everything was rigged against him. So, the DOJ must build cases and charges around their ability to prove he has always known exactly what he was doing and he wanted to take over. Pure and simple. At least, that's what I think.
He said early on that if he didn’t win, the reason would be rigging. Before any votes were cast. And that he would accept election results only if he won. Does this point to sincere belief in a steal (not on his behalf, that is)? If he is paranoid, does that excuse him? If a paranoid schizophrenic kills because voices in his head urge him to do it, he doesn’t go scot free, does he?
No question. Trump is not one to merely react. He plots and sets up conditions to give himself space to operate, just like his statement that he could shoot someone without losing a supporter. Just like Putin, placing 100,000 troops on the Ukraine border and claim it is a defensive position against NATO. And this is after Putin took Crimea and sent out of uniform Russian soldiers with arms for militia groups into the eastern industrial section of Ukraine. They have killed about 30,000 Ukrainians so far. And there was the shooting down of a European commercial plane over Ukraine.
Both Putin and Trump rely on their opposition and supporters having short memories, and focusing only on the moment and the redirection of blame onto the victims.
With Trump's message this past weekend that Pence could have "changed the election," I think a strong argument could be made that Trump knew he had lost the election and was doing everything he could to grab back and hold on to the power the voters had taken from him. (Thank goodness!)
Thank you. Being temperamentally an impatient feminist hothead New England WASP (did you see the contradiction in there??), I've been focusing over the last five years on legal writers and podcasters who can keep me focused on how the law works, and why that is a good thing. Among many other things, it helps me resist the impatient, often ignorant hotheads who are ALL OVER social media.
I am not a president, just a citizen who would not be considered for the same patience from the courts as what trump and supporters get with their lies and antics to the courts. I like one Clinton secretary would be sitting in jail till I talked. That is the aggravating part.
Yes, concur with all these feelings. Listen to Laurence Tribe, his teacher. He too, has confidence in Garland. We can only pray he is right. But every day I wake up to these stories saying "how is TFG not behind bars already?" Then I take a deep breath to realize I'm not a lawyer nor a judge, just another hurt American watching this monster deface our country to see how much further the leash can reach.