They're not exactly my party, first off. I voted for both George Bushes -
We all make mistakes. :D
Before some Democrats muttered about Trump's legitimacy, some Republicans lied about Obama's. Before that, some Democrats spoke of Bush as having an asterisk by his name because he also won despite losing the popular vote, and after the Florida recount was prevented. Was that the start of it? I am not so sure, because I remember that during Clinton's administration, some of the nut wing claimed that because he had gone on a trip to Russia as a student, they believed he had renounced his citizenship while there (being a Commie, ya know, Commies do that sort of thing) and was therefore ineligible to be president. Was that perhaps the start? I don't recall any such rhetoric being directed at GHW Bush, Reagan, Carter, or even the unelected Ford, aka His Accidency.
Grumbling on the fringes here and there doesn't normalize a idea. When mainstream media spend the better part of four years suggesting a President was elected due to Russian interference and heavily implying that President is Putin's puppet, well now, that would normalize a idea.
I don't see how the government could just let Trump hang onto top secret federal property, apparently including nuclear secrets.
Presidents can declassify whatever they want from what I've heard. I'll wager this will go to the Supreme Court, where, rightly, we'll see them decide that was dumb, and going forward Presidents won't have that ability.
Clinton did nothing close to that bad
We obviously won't agree here. I, and many other Americans, not just Republicans, will see them on par.
Let me ask you: Obama was far too smart to do that, but what if he HAD? Just suppose that Obama had boxes full of stolen federal property that could get people killed, or help us lose a war someday, sitting around his house in Chicago and refused to give them back. What should the feds do? Would you really not want them to go take the stuff back because it would be controversial and upset the liberals?
As I said earlier, Presidents can declassify whatever they want, yes, it's exceedingly stupid, but they have that power.
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Date: 2022-08-30 03:29 pm (UTC)We all make mistakes. :D
Grumbling on the fringes here and there doesn't normalize a idea. When mainstream media spend the better part of four years suggesting a President was elected due to Russian interference and heavily implying that President is Putin's puppet, well now, that would normalize a idea.
Presidents can declassify whatever they want from what I've heard. I'll wager this will go to the Supreme Court, where, rightly, we'll see them decide that was dumb, and going forward Presidents won't have that ability.
We obviously won't agree here. I, and many other Americans, not just Republicans, will see them on par.
As I said earlier, Presidents can declassify whatever they want, yes, it's exceedingly stupid, but they have that power.