Lucky
Us
In a weird way we owe the insurrectionists, and Mike
Pence, a big "Thank you!"
You see, if Pence had done as he was asked by Trump and
thrown the election results to the States there would
have been no attack on the Capitol. The self-coup would
have quietly gone into effect and Republican-led state
legislatures could have conceivably awarded the election
to Trump. Even if that hadn't immediately happened the
federal government, in the interim, would have suffered
a state
of gridlock never seen before. As the inevitable court
proceedings dragged on Trump would use the debt-ceiling
to hold the Congress hostage, refusing to sign anything
that kept the government gears turning. The resultant
effects to the economy would have been devastating.
Inevitably the election results would reach the Supreme
Court. Thus, game over for Democracy.
Here's the thing that confuses me. Pence would have suffered
little had he'd gone along with the scheme. Trump would
have
retained
power
and
the Republican Party would make sure that he was installed
in the White house until the day he died, or got bored
and let Ivanka take over. Pence would be replaced by
one of Trump's kids, no doubt, but at least he wouldn't
have to worry about the Sedition Act… unless Trump
had a bad hair day.
Fortunately Pence suffered some sort of bizarre, for
him, attack of conscience and chose to defend the Republic
that day.
I'll never understand why unless he's as much of a gutless
turd as he appears.
Or maybe he was always aware of the long game the GOP
is currently playing which involves using the insurrection
as cover in rigging future elections at the state level,
ostensibly to ward off any future "vote
fraud". So Mikey chose to play it safe, Trump threw
his treasonous Hail Mary on the 6th, and the DOJ is now
busy with little fish while the big fish continue playing
the
system
all the
way to 2024.
So, before, instead of never seeing authoritarianism
coming at us we're now looking straight down the gun
barrel
at it. Can we convince Manchin and Sinema to help us
dodge the fatal blow in time?
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Fox News is actual news the same way that homeopathy
is actual medicine.
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Dick Cheney and Karl Rove are not defenders of freedom.
They're typical Republican opportunists looking at the
Trumpist's running amuck and angling to get at the Federal
trough again.
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Okay, God, we gave you Betty and Sydney. Now tell Satan
it's time to take Rupert. Unless even Hell won't have
him. Then I understand.
=Lefty=
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