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When Richard Nixon finally resigned it was only after Republicans made it clear to him, in the face of overwhelming evidence, that he had to go:
Given all that, the January 6th Committee's strategy of having Republicans give testimony demonstrating Donald Trump's culpability in a long-planned coup designed to subvert the will of the American people and prevent the peaceful transfer of power looked to be a stroke of genius that culminated with the testimony of Russell Bowers yesterday:
Game, set, match and good-bye to the aspiring dictator forever, from Democrats and Republicans alike, including Mr. Bowers, right?
Well, perhaps not.
The following is from an AP story by Bob Christie published the day before yesterday:
Gosh.
One can only wonder if the good Mr. Bowers knows that Mr. Mussolini's trains never actually ran on time.
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"In the wake of World War I, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini began his slow and inexorable rise to power. He created Italy's Fascist Party, became prime minister and eventually took full control of the country's day-to-day decision making. Those decisions, of course, had consequences, and Mussolini liked to take credit for everything that went right in Italy, even when it didn't go that well at all. He was particularly fond of saying he was responsible for successful, large-scale public works projects, such as the railroad system.
In fact, there's an old saying about Mussolini that goes something like this: "Mussolini made the trains run on time." In other words, even dictators have their good points. Sure, fascism is an often brutal model of efficient government, full of poverty and corruption, but hey, at least the trains were newly punctual"...
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When Richard Nixon finally resigned it was only after Republicans made it clear to him, in the face of overwhelming evidence, that he had to go:
...On Aug. 7, 1974, U.S. Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., U.S. House Minority Leader John Rhodes, R-Ariz., and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott, R-Pa., made it clear to the embattled Nixon that he faced all-but-certain impeachment, conviction and removal from office in connection with the Watergate scandal.
Nixon announced his resignation the next evening, effective at noon on Aug 9, 1974...
Given all that, the January 6th Committee's strategy of having Republicans give testimony demonstrating Donald Trump's culpability in a long-planned coup designed to subvert the will of the American people and prevent the peaceful transfer of power looked to be a stroke of genius that culminated with the testimony of Russell Bowers yesterday:
...No doubt anticipating the damage (the testimony) would do to his case, Trump attacked Arizona House Speaker Russell “Rusty” Bowers (R) before Tuesday’s hearing, claiming that Bowers had previously told him that the election was “rigged.” Bowers, perhaps the most compelling and effective witness the committee has questioned to date, stated clearly that Trump’s claim was false. He had not made such a statement, Bowers said, and Trump’s claim that Bowers said Trump won the state was “also false.”
Bowers, who supported Trump in the 2020 election, testified in unequivocal terms about the former president’s pressure campaign. He recalled asking Trump and Giuliani at least twice during a call after the election for proof of noncitizens or dead people voting. Bowers said he “never” received such information...
Game, set, match and good-bye to the aspiring dictator forever, from Democrats and Republicans alike, including Mr. Bowers, right?
Well, perhaps not.
The following is from an AP story by Bob Christie published the day before yesterday:
...Bowers spoke to The Associated Press after he arrived in Washington on Monday afternoon. He will be questioned about a phone call he got from Trump and attorney Rudy Giuliani in the weeks after the November 2020 election where Giuliani floated a proposal to replace Arizona’s Biden electors by having the state’s Legislature instead choose those committed to voting for Trump.
Bowers refused, saying the scheme was illegal and unconstitutional. In an interview last year, he said he told the president he would not break the law to help him gain the presidency...
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...Bowers said efforts by Trump’s backers have harmed the nation, undercut trust in elections and the right of people to vote their conscience.
“I just think it is horrendous. It’s terrible,” Bowers said. “The result of throwing the pebble in the pond, the reverberations across the pond, have, I think, been very destructive.”...
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...But while Bowers said the efforts by Giuliani and other Trump backers have been hurtful, he does not levy any criticism on Trump directly and would support him if he were on the ballot.
“If he is the nominee, if he was up against Biden, I’d vote for him again,” Bowers said. “Simply because what he did the first time, before COVID, was so good for the country. In my view it was great.”...
Gosh.
One can only wonder if the good Mr. Bowers knows that Mr. Mussolini's trains never actually ran on time.
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3 comments:
Puzzling.....The only thing that comes to mind on Rusty Bowers' utterance about the GOP 2024 presidential nominee is...
Stockholm Syndrome
Cheers
E un idiota!
You recently reference Grover Norquist Ross, one of his quotes.
“We don't want a president who can think,we already know what the top 1% want him to do.He only needs to be capable if signing with a pen.”
Sure Bowers thought what trump did before covid was great, a tax cut for the upper echelons that added a trillion to the national debt, but don’t worry about that in true conservative fiscal responsibility, a constant stream of often unqualified conservative judges to the courts and the nirvana of Roe being overturned. So the rationale for voting for him again is clear, more of the same, who gives a rats about the rest of the population living or dying by disease or a gun. As long as the stooge in the oval can legibly sign their wishlist with a sharpie, and can keep the bucks rolling in, doesn’t matter from where just keep it coming.
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