12-02-2019, 03:21 PM
(12-02-2019, 03:08 PM)Dill Wrote: Normal accountability is definitely still there for Democrats. A Dem candidate who made light of rape victims would be immediately out of the running, as would one who backed Russia over the Ukraine.
In that sense, absolutely. In the sense that they can advance far left programs like paying off college debt, socialist medicine with no private insurance, essentially eliminating the country's borders, drastically decriminalizing crimes against property, etc. they are not at all. For all of Trump's foibles, of which there are many, his policy positions are not that radical. His words/tweets are completely beyond the pale and he is clearly comfortable with using his position to his advantage, but his policy positions are pretty standard GOP positions. His biggest difference with GOP orthodoxy is in the foreign policy sector.
Quote:Normal accountability is not there for Trump voters though, who demand a different kind of accountability, one indifferent to norms of decency, not to mention democratic requirements such as a free pres and rule of law. They are systematically separating Trump from forms of accountability based upon constitutional government of checks and balances, all the way claiming it was "no different" for other presidents.
What people like you routinely fail to grasp is that a Trump voter can be aware of all these things, completely acknowledge them, and still prefer Trump to an Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders for pure policy reasons.
