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Tuesday, November 20, 2018

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/11/trump-lies-about-voter-fraud-are-impeachable-offenses/576151/
i disagree wth this editorial by bob bauer.
bob does important work in electon protection,
and his blog is worth reading
but as obama's lawyer he was occasionally willing to
be a hired mouthpiece for partisan intersts.
here, the drumbeat for impeachment is being used to promote
a partisan agenda to weaken the institution of the presidency now
that the blue party has retaken the house.
with pence as vice-president, impeachment is the last thing
the democrats should want.

trump is from new york, which has maintained a culture of overt corruption for over 100 years, in the interests of a democratic machine called tammany hall.
obama has links to a smilar culture of coruption n chicago, which he may or may not be part of. trump is right to be suspicious of professional repeat voters. less than 100 years ago jfk's grandfather john fitgerald was expelled from congress for voing fraud. jfk's running mate, lbj, stole his way into the senate.
bill clinton embezzled his way into power, used that power the way bill cosby used roofies, got caught and impeached, and had the audacity not only to win a second term, but to seek a third term via his wife. imagine the uproar if reagan had appointed pat nixon as secretary of state.
at the moment we don't know whether trump is in bed with putin, who may also have colluded with the green party candidate. if putin is controlling trump, he may also have controlled hillary. the threat of possible foreign subversion of american elections is a genuine concern, that should not be played for partisan advantage.
at the fec, a democratic appointee is pushing a proprosal to unconstitutionally censor political speech on the internet.
voters in arkansas and north carolina, followng missouri's lead, voted to impose an unconstitutional poll tax. 
the top priority of the new democratic house is to pass a democratic stimulus package to repeal citizens united, but congress lacks authority to overturn the supreme court's rulings on the constitution, except by proposing constitutional amendents. this is the real impeachable offense, not president trump's confusion in thinking you need a voter id to buy a box of cereal.

protecting democracy should not be a partisan issue. bob bauer more than any other democrat i can think of has won important cases for free speech about elections, and he continues to have my respect. but here he is being partisan, at the risk of a constitutional crisis.






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