Riding The Tiger

Riding The Tiger

“Each act of illegal surveillance became more blatant. And when illegal surveillance couldn’t stop Trump’s victory, they had to double down on the illegal surveillance for a coup.

The more Obama spied on Trump, the more he had to keep doing it. This time it was bound to pay off.

Obama and his allies had violated the norms so often for their policy goals that they couldn’t afford to be replaced by anyone but one of their own. The more Obama relied on the imperial presidency of executive orders, the less he could afford to be replaced by anyone who would undo them.  The more his staffers lied and broke the law on everything from the government shutdown to the Iran nuke sellout, the more desperately they needed to pull out all the stops to keep Trump out of office. And the more they did it, the more they couldn’t afford not to do it. Abuse of power locks you into the loop familiar to all dictators. You can’t stop riding the tiger. Once you start, you can’t afford to stop.”    Keep reading……

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3 thoughts on “Riding The Tiger

  1. They get away with this “illegal” shit because the politicians of all parties are members of the same club and the general public doesn’t think this shit is as important than watching pro football, NASCAR or scoping out porn on the net. The pinhole leak in a giant dam will eventually cause it to collapse unless repaired. Same shit here except the dam we know as The United States un the constitution has the pinhole but has no repairmen.

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