Krauthammer Warns: ‘Some Republicans’ Want Trump ‘Taken Out Of Office’

[corbe]

   NCLB was something GWB's Administration did very early and it was a good bill until he compromised with Ted Kennedy/Teachers Union and screwed the whole damn thing up. 
   So it's proof Administrations can write legislation and also screw it up in order to get it passed.  JS

[XenaLee]

You mean like Bush? Not no, but HELL NO!

Or like McCain (2008)..... or Romney (See:  RomneyCare).

We haven't had a 'real' rightie choice as president since Reagan.  That says a lot about where we are in relation to FUBAR.

[Applewood]

Trump has repeatedly demonstrated that Trump is all about Trump and little else. 

Hell, he is not even made an effort to articulate his "agenda" and sell it to those who are skeptical.  No efforts made to lobby or push for ObamaCare repeal in the Senate.  No efforts to appear before the people to make his case for agenda items that we need to get behind him for.  None.

Just a bunch of useless insulting Tweets, and a couple of court nomination bones tossed to the Right.

Trump is apparently limited to playing The Apprentice in the White House, Tweeting his disdain of everyone that he is upset about and pimping his daughter's 'foundation' at the G-20 while using taxpayer money to 'jump-start it'.   

Trump has done little to build a coalition among his own party's detractors and little to act as a statesman.   His own rabid followers and feckless leaders have told those who refused to surrender principles to support him to 'get out' of the party.

I don't want Trump to be removed from office by the Politburo Oligarchy, but I'm not going to do a damned thing to oppose it either.  He said he did not need us Conservatives who opposed him on principles.  So he can air dry out there with his own limited fan base.

Trump is his own worse enemy, having done little to ameliorate the growing agitation towards him from his own party.

Ya know @INVAR , my head is going to fall off one day from nodding in agreement at your posts.

[INVAR]

Or like McCain (2008)..... or Romney (See:  RomneyCare).

We haven't had a 'real' rightie choice as president since Reagan.  That says a lot about where we are in relation to FUBAR.

And we never will because too many on "our side" think voting for the lesser Liberal to stop the bigger Liberal on the other side is what we have to do to 'save the country'.

So the trajectory of candidates will keep sliding Left until one day the choice is going to be between a Lenin and a Stalin with the imbeciles on "our side" exclaiming that Lenin is a Conservative and we have to stop Stalin at all costs.

[catfish1957]

Krauthammer Warns: ‘Some Republicans’ Want Trump ‘Taken Out Of Office’ [VIDEO]


 

The Hell you say!!!!!!!!!

[Right_in_Virginia]

We can't start impeaching Presidents just because we don't like them. Otherwise we'd basically have a Parliamentary system and the President would serve at the whims of the Senate, not the people.

In other words the Constitution would be null and void.

[Right_in_Virginia]

And if Clinton were impeached,  what would we have gotten?  President Gore.  And Gore probably wins in 2000 as the Incumbent.

Clinton was impeached @dfwgator   The indictment then moved from the House to the Senate for the trial, where he was acquitted.


       

[ConservativeGranny]

Sure lets leave a mentally unstable man as POTUS. It is much more  fun. Like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to get today.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Sure lets leave a mentally unstable man as POTUS. It is much more  fun. Like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to get today.

Wow, our little forum sure does have more than its fair share of certified psychiatrists.

Lucky us.

[edpc]

Wow, our little forum sure does have more than its fair share of certified psychiatrists.

Lucky us.

Well....Krauthammer is one and he questions Trump's fitness.  I'm doubtful that's solely based upon Trump's lack of experience in government.  He'd never say anything publicly, but I'd love to know his professional opinion and assessment of the last two WH occupants.

[Emjay]

I'd rather Pence was president too.

The rabid aggression toward anyone who wouldn't pledge fealty to Trump is going to come back and bite him.

Well, I'd rather Ted Cruz was president, but he ain't.  Donald Trump is and he was duly elected.

If we let pique at Trump get us joining with the forces of evil, we are making a serious mistake that could haunt the country for years.

As Krauthammer said, " I opposed the Trump candidacy, I don’t think he is very well fit for the presidency, but fitness is not a reason for impeachment and removal — high crimes are,”

Democrats and traitorous semi-Republicans are trying to find high crimes, but there are no high crimes. 

[DCPatriot]

We can't start impeaching Presidents just because we don't like them. Otherwise we'd basically have a Parliamentary system and the President would serve at the whims of the Senate, not the people.

OTOH if Trump does something illegal, then yeah, all bets are off.

I can get on board with that POV. 

[DCPatriot]

Charles must be a member here.....     

[truth_seeker]

Or like McCain (2008)..... or Romney (See:  RomneyCare).

We haven't had a 'real' rightie choice as president since Reagan.  That says a lot about where we are in relation to FUBAR.

Yeah, and even the  Apostle Reagan enacted our only Amnesty bill, failed to retaliate when our troops were killed in Lebanon, ran up the deficit greatly. 

Big clue: None of them are perfect. Not even the best of them, so picking every single nit, every single day is ridiculous.

[Emjay]

It is possible that Pence would be a better President. Trump is too much about Trump more than he is about the job.


The fact that he did not fire Comey immediately, and has not fired Mueller, and refuses to do massive purge of Obama people who are actively sabotaging him, shows me that Trump does not have the balls I thought he did.


He is on the right track. But Trump has to understand that he is never going to have the support of Congress or the GOPe no matter how much he buckles and compromises. What Trump should do is to ignore them.


Trump should do like Obama, just ignore Congress and go full steam ahead. Invite Putin to the WH. Hug and kiss him on the floor of Congress.


Congress, including and especially the GOP, is out to torpedo Trump. And with that, they are attempting to teach the American people that they have no power or influence in Washington D.C. politics. The politicians want the American people, and their proxy Trump, out of politics altogether.


The only way Trump can succeed is to steamroll over them. Because they are going to block every single thing he tries to do. This situation has evolved beyond just Trump.


Congress wants to teach the American people a lesson, that they cannot buck the system. The politicians are declaring a coup against America as a whole. They are declaring, "We are in charge!" "We own America!" "Nothing can stop us!"


Especially, we will not let some unwashed stupid 'voters' stop us. To hell with them. We do whatever we want to do, when ever we want to do it, and to hell with everyone else.


Trump has brought to the fore a war by Congress on the American people. Congress wants to rule and dominate America by force, regardless of any silly 'law' or the stupid will of the people. Trump is the representative of that war. Congress believes that if they can take out Trump, they will have taken the American people out of the picture. And that will give them full, unfettered control of America, forever.

Interesting ideas.  All this 'rather have Pence' talk is ridiculous.  I like Pence but Pence wouldn't have had a snowball's chance in the hot place of being elected.

These forces made up of liberals and some disgruntled Republicans are using Trump as an excuse to get rid of a duly elected President.

We shouldn't sit around our keyboards encouraging them.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Well....Krauthammer is one and he questions Trump's fitness.  I'm doubtful that's solely based upon Trump's lack of experience in government.  He'd never say anything publicly, but I'd love to know his professional opinion and assessment of the last two WH occupants. 

Krauthammer is a political pundit first and foremost.  He has been a NT superhero since the election cycle began.

I have about as much confidence in a medical diagnosis from him--implied or otherwise--as I do in anything else he spews.

@edpc

[Emjay]

Krauthammer is a political pundit first and foremost.  He has been a NT superhero since the election cycle began.

I have about as much confidence in a medical diagnosis from him--implied or otherwise--as I do in anything else he spews.

@edpc

I don't think Krauthammer meant that as a medical opinion ... rather it was a political opinion.  And he was kinda on Trump's side in this one so cut him some slack.

[Victoria33]

I'd rather Pence was president too.

The rabid aggression toward anyone who wouldn't pledge fealty to Trump is going to come back and bite him.

@Cripplecreek

Krauthammer is right.

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

Krauthammer's a Shrink.

He's never recanted. Never apologized for it.

I tried reading his last book.

Absolutely revolting, drenched in who and what he is.

I put him on ignore.

[edpc]

Krauthammer is a political pundit first and foremost.  He has been a NT superhero since the election cycle began.

I have about as much confidence in a medical diagnosis from him--implied or otherwise--as I do in anything else he spews.

His work on secondary mania during the late 70s is well-known and well respected in the medical field.  It's often late adult onset, due to previous medical conditions that effect the nervous system.  See if any of this sounds familiar.........


Inflated self-esteem or grandiosity

Decreased need for sleep (e.g., feels rested after 3 hours of sleep.)

More talkative than usual or pressure to keep talking.

Flights of ideas or subjective experience that thoughts are racing.

Increase in goal directed activity, or psychomotor acceleration.

Distractibility (too easily drawn to unimportant or irrelevant external stimuli).

Excessive involvement in activities with a high likelihood of painful consequences.(e.g., extravagant shopping, sexual adventures or improbable commercial schemes).

[edpc]

I don't think Krauthammer meant that as a medical opinion ... rather it was a political opinion.  And he was kinda on Trump's side in this one so cut him some slack.

Krauthammer and I agree on the grounds for impeachment - there presently aren't any.  I wouldn't be so sure about the medical opinion, however.  In the article, he says...

Now, I happen to think, as you know, I opposed the Trump candidacy, I don’t think he is very well fit for the presidency, but fitness is not a reason for impeachment and removal — high crimes are,” Krauthammer said.

He mentioned his fitness, not qualifications.  I believe that's an important distinction.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Krauthammer and I agree on the grounds for impeachment - there presently aren't any.  I wouldn't be so sure about the medical opinion, however.  In the article, he says...

Now, I happen to think, as you know, I opposed the Trump candidacy, I don’t think he is very well fit for the presidency, but fitness is not a reason for impeachment and removal — high crimes are,” Krauthammer said.

He mentioned his fitness, not qualifications.  I believe that's an important distinction.

We simply cannot start impeaching Presidents because they suck or we don't like them.

Why have elections in that case?

[edpc]

We simply cannot start impeaching Presidents because they suck or we don't like them.

I concur.

[Hondo69]

I'm making several assumptions, one being that it didn't matter who beat Hillary we'd be in a very similar boat today.  The media and the liberals would be using every means possible, legal or illegal, to take them out.

Another assumption I'm making is that even if Ronald Reagan himself won the last election some of his biggest battles to fight would be against members of his own party.

Many people take the stance that because Trump is who he is and acts the way he does all these problems are of his own doing.  I don't think that is true at all.

[Oceander]

I'm making several assumptions, one being that it didn't matter who beat Hillary we'd be in a very similar boat today.  The media and the liberals would be using every means possible, legal or illegal, to take them out.

Another assumption I'm making is that even if Ronald Reagan himself won the last election some of his biggest battles to fight would be against members of his own party.

Many people take the stance that because Trump is who he is and acts the way he does all these problems are of his own doing.  I don't think that is true at all.

It's not all his own doing, true enough, and the media is out to get him, but it is a uniquely Trumpian characteristic that (a) most of it is his own fault, and (b) he couldn't do worse if he was actively conspiring with the media to "throw" the presidency for the sake of permanently tainting the GOP.