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Nothing short of plucking out the 3 horns of the government will prevent the regular logical constitutional succession of the country's executive. And putting h

by ohiovr 6y ago

Nothing short of plucking out the 3 horns of the government will prevent the regular logical constitutional succession of the country's executive. And putting his little horn in it's place...

krapp 6y ago
Bear in mind that one of the options being considered is suspending the Constitution and declaring martial law, as suggested by retired Army General Michael Flynn, Scott Grady and leaders of the Tea Party. And of course, thanks to the Second Amendment, civil war is always an option. These are lunatic options but we appear to be living in lunatic times.
- dane-pgp 6y ago
  I can't help wondering if Biden shouldn't take these lunatics up on their offer. The US armed forces would probably follow his orders and be able to win Civil War 2.0 in very little time, with probably less than 1000 Americans losing their lives (so a lower body count than that attributable to Trump's mishandling of Covid). A line needs to be drawn between people who support the peaceful transition of power, and those that support violence and armed intimidation of civilian election officials. If Biden doesn't settle that during his first term, he risks 2020 being the last free election that the country has.
  - ThrowawayR2 6y ago
    > "The US armed forces would probably follow his orders and be able to win Civil War 2.0 in very little time, with probably less than 1000 Americans losing their lives ." Are you willing to bet your future on that? Seems like a bad gamble to me. "In a poll released this week, 52 percent of veterans said they would vote for President Trump, while 42 percent backed former Vice President Joe Biden. ... In 2016, Trump was favored by 60 percent of veterans who voted, according to exit polling." https://www.kpbs.org/news/2020/oct/29/veterans-usually-vote-strongly-republican-polls-su/ https://www.kpbs.org/news/2020/oct/29/veterans-usually-vote-...
    - mcphage 6y ago
      They do take an oath to uphold the constitution. 52% of veterans may have voted for Trump, but I doubt 52% of veterans are going to violate that oath. In any event, it’s a terrible idea for all concerned.
  - nl 6y ago
    You realize that a former US general (Flynn) is one of the people calling for a military-supported coup, right? While I don't think most of the military support him or anything, I think you should consider scenarios where the chain of command fractures. We've seen this in non-defence agencies (look at the backflips in the Justice department), and it's odd to think the military is somehow immune. Civil war isn't a good thing. I don't know how old you are, but I remember Yugoslavia.
- ohiovr 6y ago
  On January 21st if Trump remains the enemy of the legitimate 3 branches of government he will be dealt with harshly and surely you can count on that.

by ohiovr 6y ago

Nothing short of plucking out the 3 horns of the government will prevent the regular logical constitutional succession of the country's executive. And putting his little horn in it's place...

krapp 6y ago

Bear in mind that one of the options being considered is suspending the Constitution and declaring martial law, as suggested by retired Army General Michael Flynn, Scott Grady and leaders of the Tea Party. And of course, thanks to the Second Amendment, civil war is always an option. These are lunatic options but we appear to be living in lunatic times.

dane-pgp 6y ago
I can't help wondering if Biden shouldn't take these lunatics up on their offer. The US armed forces would probably follow his orders and be able to win Civil War 2.0 in very little time, with probably less than 1000 Americans losing their lives (so a lower body count than that attributable to Trump's mishandling of Covid). A line needs to be drawn between people who support the peaceful transition of power, and those that support violence and armed intimidation of civilian election officials. If Biden doesn't settle that during his first term, he risks 2020 being the last free election that the country has.
- ThrowawayR2 6y ago
  > "The US armed forces would probably follow his orders and be able to win Civil War 2.0 in very little time, with probably less than 1000 Americans losing their lives ." Are you willing to bet your future on that? Seems like a bad gamble to me. "In a poll released this week, 52 percent of veterans said they would vote for President Trump, while 42 percent backed former Vice President Joe Biden. ... In 2016, Trump was favored by 60 percent of veterans who voted, according to exit polling." https://www.kpbs.org/news/2020/oct/29/veterans-usually-vote-strongly-republican-polls-su/ https://www.kpbs.org/news/2020/oct/29/veterans-usually-vote-...
  - mcphage 6y ago
    They do take an oath to uphold the constitution. 52% of veterans may have voted for Trump, but I doubt 52% of veterans are going to violate that oath. In any event, it’s a terrible idea for all concerned.
- nl 6y ago
  You realize that a former US general (Flynn) is one of the people calling for a military-supported coup, right? While I don't think most of the military support him or anything, I think you should consider scenarios where the chain of command fractures. We've seen this in non-defence agencies (look at the backflips in the Justice department), and it's odd to think the military is somehow immune. Civil war isn't a good thing. I don't know how old you are, but I remember Yugoslavia.
ohiovr 6y ago
On January 21st if Trump remains the enemy of the legitimate 3 branches of government he will be dealt with harshly and surely you can count on that.