What If the Next President Is Even Worse?

[Rusty Edge]

c) removed by his cabinet in a 25th Amendment scenario

I don't think they can use the fact that he is a colossal idiot as a reason....

No, they would have to go the crazy route, like if he tries to start a nuclear war. Anything less than that, a couple people have to become vertebrates. But the case for crazy is not out of reach all of the time.

A pool is an interesting idea.

[E_T]

Problem is that with the BS with North Korea, we might be in one soon...

[Elok]

I didn't mean "who's next" literally, necessarily.  I meant that, quite frankly, I don't see anybody qualified to clean up the mess.  [Sleezebag] did not cause Trumpism, only exploited it to get to power only to find out he didn't know how to do anything useful with it.  This is a fairly dysfunctional country, and getting worse.  The effects are going to linger.  Getting rid of [Sleezebag] will only be the beginning, and it might make it harder initially, to get rid of this impotent scapegoat buffoon and trust somebody with power.

[Rusty Edge]

I think it will be pretty hard to achieve much without an objective truth or reality.

When I was a kid the wire services Associated Press and United Press International fed the news to the local papers and the broadcast networks via teletype machine.

Now, with a multitude of sources, and the internet you can find whatever you want to hear. FOX has commentators talking about how [Sleezebag] defeated ISIS. NBC told me that ISIS has practically captured a city in the Philippines and US special forces and air power are providing support to the government. FOX also tells me that [Sleezebag] has popular support. I thought he lost the popular vote in the election, and has been fading in popularity ever since.

Likewise with [Sleezebag] relying on his twitter feed and FOX, rather than the Daily briefing that has input from the various US intelligence agencies, it's easy for things to turn into an echo chamber.

The trouble is that [Sleezebag] isn't the only one subject to that kind of peril. Anybody can fall into the trap of social media/ circle of friends/ internet news. Or fall into the everybody I know voted for X trap.

I think the reality bubbles have to break before we can recover functionality. No, I don't know how to do it. I cringe at the thought of state television.

[Geo]

I cringe at the thought of state television.

[Sleezebag] TV? 

[Rusty Edge]

I cringe at the thought of state television.

[Sleezebag] TV? 

Yes! I'm sure it will be as honest and factual as he is.

[Rusty Edge]

As for the pool idea, I'll take May of 2018.

[E_T]

Pool: Not Before the next Congress and then depending on the midterm election results...

[E_T]

Here is the real question:  Will he get Nominated for the 2020 term?

[Rusty Edge]

I think by then he'll be sick of the criticism to praise ratio, and announce retirement.  Kinda like LBJ in '68.

But I'm expecting prosecutions and resignations before that.