Are we being pushed into another Civil War?

Hard to believe, isn't it?

 

Saying stuff like this doesn't change the fact that you don't know what an analogy is.

 

This is just nuts. That is not what he said. Are you really a lawyer?

 

You didn't say they would be protesting, you said they'd be armed and murdering thousands of people on behalf of a politician.

 

I completely disagree with you. Ford was contemporaneously judged almost exclusively on that pardon. His administration was neutered the moment he inked the document. That pardon ruined his political career. Now, historically, we can look back and argue whether it was right or wrong to pardon. But contemporaneously, on the moment, that pardon destroyed Ford’s political career.

 

Y'all would have better luck convincing Plank that God is fake than changing the OPs mind here.

 

I think, what should be obvious by now, is the complete disconnect between your view of the crimes that Trump is charged, with the view of most posters here that disagree. For example, Trump is not charged with keeping “a classified document in his bathroom.” Into be sure he is NOT CHARGED for the documents he wrongfully took AND RETURNED. He is charged with his unparalleled levels of obstruction in the government’s efforts to take back those documents - his lie built on life after lie, his concealment, his intentional efforts to hide the documents, and his unsafe storage of the documents on his efforts to play hide and seek. I really strongly suggest you read the full indictment to get a clear picture of what he is charged with.

And Jan. 6th? We don’t know what he will be charged with, if anything. But my best guess is that it will nit be solely on speaking at the January 6th “March on Congress” convention. My best guess is that it will be using his office to induce elected officials to change election results, to falsify records, and engage in widespread efforts to quite literally steal an election.

I think both of those are serious charges. I’m it sure how any sane American can believe that such charges are anything but serious.

 

What do you think happens in a war?

 

There are books and entire courses and papers written to this very day that debate the issue. You may believe he did the right thing, and I wouldn’t quibble. But it is a reach to say it is universally accepted he did the right thing. In fact, many theorize it was the very wrong thing that opened the door to the brazen efforts by Trump to ignore the law and try and steal the election. And to think people, like you, believe that Trump’s crimes might lead to civil war, leads to the logical conclusion that Ford’s pardon em one of the most egregious mistakes ever made by a President.

 

Congrats. You started the dumbest thread we've had here in a long time. And every subsequent post of yours has just made it dumber. I'm out.

 

Difference between Nixon and Trump is Nixon lost the majority support of his party. Nixon was done politically after Watergate. Had he tried to run again, he would have been laughed off the stage. Ford could afford to pardon Nixon even if it meant ending his own political career, because Nixon wasn't a threat to ever hold power again. Can't say that with Trump, who is currently the leader to be the R nomination for POTUS again.

Giving Trump a pardon would be acceptable if Trump agreed to never run for office ever again. But that's never going to happen. I bet Smith and the DOJ offered to either drop the charges or agree to a wrist slap in exchange for Trump not running. But Trump is Trump, and will never admit to any wrongdoing.

 

What would it take to convince you that Trump is bad?