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mitra  ·  1876 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The White House Letter in Response to the Impeachment Inquiry

I hear this sentiment from some very liberal friends of mine every time the current US administration does some ridiculous shit - "well, now everyone will realize that Trump is stupid/a criminal/a Russian puppet". Everyone who is capable of intelligent thought has already realized the idiocy of the situation, and everyone who still hasn't caught on will deny any wrongdoing no matter the evidence presented. Republicans aren't afraid of looking stupid, they only care about being in power - because that is the only thing that really matters.





user-inactivated  ·  1876 days ago  ·  link  ·  

True, but if you erode any claim to legitimacy they have left it helps. Public spectacles do mean something. And everyone has a breaking point.