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PoliGAF 2017 |OT3| 13 Treasons Why
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thepotatoman
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"We're all gonna die" is his life defining doctrine.
The guy legitimately panics about everything being the end of america unless we "Do Something"™. Even climate change he's the one of the few republicans that want to do something about it.
It's his best and worst trait depending on the issue. It makes him likely to cross party lines when something really troubling does happen, while also making him likely to support every war or military action ever conceived.
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
This does not look good for him at all.
maabus1999
Member
Yeah not sure he'll make it to 2018 even...Means we have a good chance of a pence or ryan presidency.
platypotamus
Member
I do declare, the sky is a fallin', ya'll, and it is givin me the vapors, lawd, mercy me,
Get the Senator some sweet tea, pronto, before he faints.
If the GOP controlled house can create impeachment proceedings, the senate can damn sure finish them. Trump needs to be removed now, they are going to lose seats in the house and it might even flip in 2018 no matter what they do. They want to care about their political lives? How about dealing with Trump in the news, 24/7 all the way up to 2020. Watch governorship, legislatures in states 2020 senate races etc all flip going into a friggin Census year. The quicker they can get away from this walking nightmare, the quicker they can control it even if it pisses off their base. They survived Nixon, hell the next person they got is their conservative god Reagan 6 years later because their base are fickle sportsmanship playing jackasses who vote for the winning team. They will be back and the sooner they can work on making people forget that Trump was attached to the party the better. The fact they still don't get this shows how truly inept and spineless they are to their base.
Trump will regret his words and deeds.
neurosisxeno
Member
I think with how involved Pence was with the "vetting" of Flynn, if Flynn goes down Pence is out as well. I think it's more likely if Trump goes down Pence goes with him, and Paul Ryan continues his failing upwards into the Presidency.
whyamihere
Banned
oh.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Please, please, PLEASE.
Oopsey.
Unless Pence is tossed at the same time Trump is Pence will just get his own VP in before he is removed leading to that new VP elected to president. Ryan can only fail upward if BOTH VP and President are removed without a replacement.
neurosisxeno
Member
The candidate in Georgia went all in supporting Trump like 2 weeks ago. In the past 2 weeks he's fired the FBI director which resulted in massive backlash, had his staff lie about why he fired the FBI director, replaced Spicey because people were made at him, gotten hammered by the media from literally every angle, the AHCA has proven to be just as unpopular as it was the first time around, and now he has admitted to leaking classified intel to Russia in the damn Oval Office. If there was ever a time to think Ossoff is going to win, it's right now.
That's true, but unless I'm mistaken any VP pick has to be approved by the Senate. Who the hell would Pence pick that would clear the Senate? Everyone around him has horrific image problems.
timetokill
Banned
For Flynn, James? No, for me.
If Trump goes down due to Flynn, Pence will strongly be encouraged to resign as well so they can clean-slate, I think.
whyamihere
Banned
Early voting starts soon!
Box of Kittens
Banned
Starting to worry?
metalslimer
Member
I think I'll cry if we can't win the Georgia race at this point
Hillary, duh.
StopMakingSense
Member
This is how we get President Romney
maabus1999
Member
So hundreds of appointees are still unfilled...I don't think there are hundreds of people left who will attach themselves to Trump, chaos aside where nothing will get done anyways.
smokeandmirrors
Banned
man obama's presidency seems like it was years ago
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
Ivanka, image problem solved!
James Comey.
Remember when Sessions recused himself? I just saw some messages about that yesterday. It was three months ago, it feels like five years ago.
neurosisxeno
Member
That's... actually genius. I mean for the Republicans at least. If Trump gets ousted and it's clear Pence is tainted and unpopular, you put Romney in the VP slot knowing the Senate will approve him as a Moderate Republican who is decently qualified for the position, plus you can play footage of him in the debates criticizing Russia as a dangerous threat (and getting laughed at) to show an entire partywide pivot. Vice President Romney could be the key the Republicans saving at least a bit of face on the Russian Connections.
Basileus777
Member
How is this genius? It's not that difficult to pick a VP that will pass the Senate and Romney isn't saving a party.
Must have been my donation to Quist.
Only a week til the Montana one, however. Now that one's not nearly as close as the Georgia one, but still, this isn't gonna help.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
If it came to that, I think Democrats should approve any Republican not directly connected to Trump. It's important that Pence and other Republicans feel safe getting things to that point, and that requires an advance commitment from Democrats. I also believe if it gets to that point that Democrats should allow Pence to pardon Trump as Ford did Nixon. What matters is the end effect of Trump not being President, not every little pissant victory before and after.
But he might not fill the vacancy at all. LBJ didn't during his partial term. It's not the end of the world not to.
shinra-bansho
Member
Tpeepee.
No tpp
They'll lose the tie breaker vote, though. I don't think McConnell would allow that to be the case.
neurosisxeno
Member
It is when you've just forced out the democratically selected leader of your party and the entire party is in shambles. Romney might not have had the best luck running against Obama, but he could easily represent a concerted effort to moderate the party in a post-Trump era. If Republicans in the House and Senate want to keep their jobs they're going to have to make it up to the voters and get somebody that has been vocally against Trump through, Romney fits that bill and then some.
LostMyNarbles
Member
I'm not even sure what would motivate Romney to want the VP position. If I was him I'd be chilling with my millions and watching the party that threw me to the curb burn. Why would any Republican want to try and pick up the pieces from this dumpster fire of an administration?
Box of Kittens
Banned
FUCK!
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