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Originally Posted by elphenor
It's not unprecedented no
But I can only think of one time where it wasn't a bad sign for the president and that's when general MacArthur was fired by Truman
Nixon hired a special investigator over Watergate and then promptly fired him, too funny
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Originally Posted by duga
The head of the FBI in particular was only fired one other time while Clinton was president. And then he was only fired because everyone was insisting he resign but he refused.
This is Trump's Saturday Night Massacre. He's flailing. One thing he clearly didn't think of - the FBI is incredibly loyal to Comey. And that's on top of the subpoenas that were issued for Flynn hours before he fired Comey.
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OK guys thanks for that. So is it true to say that in terms of numbers of people fired, replaced or resigning, there has been no precedent before such as this? In terms of actual numbers, and looking at how soon Trump is into his presidency at this point?
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This is a moment that will be in the history books. From here, we go one of two ways. One, republicans finally realize they need to get off the Trump train and there is bipartisan support for an independent investigation. Or, they continue to bury their heads in the sand, Trump realizes he truly can get away with anything he wants, and then it's officially Trumpland.
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Bolded ftw I fear.
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Originally Posted by Anteater
It was fun seeing a meme elected as president, but even the spiciest memes cannot live forever.
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No. No it was not. It was sad and terrible.
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Originally Posted by Frownland
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Jesus H Christmas! His previous opponent in the race for the presidency?
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Originally Posted by rostasi
I'm thinking that 2018 may be more of an uplifting year for the country in some ways with some justice hopefully being served and a midterm election turnaround. How much this shows thru the body politic, it's a bit hazy, but one could hope and act in ways to hasten this.To keep it in Nixonian perspective, it took something like 9 or 10 months after the Saturday Night Massacre before we had the guy resign. Of course, we then had the bumbling Ford to contend with.
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One of whose first acts was to ****ing pardon the slippery ****.
