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<img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="The Democrats Have the Country on a Slippery Slope" data-lazy-src="https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/adam-schiff.jpg" /><noscript><img src="https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/adam-schiff.jpg" alt="The Democrats Have the Country on a Slippery Slope" /></noscript><div class="featured_caption">Adam Schiff, member of the United States House of Representatives. (<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adam_Schiff_official_photo.jpg">US Congress/Public Domain</a>)</div> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-content entry-content">  <p class="subtitle">There are many issues on which Democrats could legitimately challenge Trump in the next presidential election but they remain focused on hoax scandals.</p>  <p><span class='et-dropcap'>T</span>he fake “whistleblower’s name— Eric Ciamerella—has been known for a long time, but not officially. Now it is official. Senator Rand Paul has officially <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/rand-paul-drops-c-word-names-whistleblower-demands-testimony" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released his name</a>. Funny, isn’t it, that only the Republicans want Ciamerella to testify. The Democrats won’t hear of it.</p> <p>If the American people are paying attention, the Democrats are in trouble. When Russiagate fizzled out on them, Adam Schiff (D,CA) orchestrated a fake “whistleblower” who the Democrats cannot risk putting on the stand to testify. The Democrats’ focus shifted to sleazy State Department types who could offer nothing but second or third hand hearsay followed by a hearsay second telephone call that cannot be confirmed.</p> <p>Why are the Democrats out on a limb like this? They can rely on the presstitutes to cover up for them in every respect and to continue to repeat endlessly without any verification their charges against Trump, but after going through the hoax of Russiagate are the American people stupid enough to fall for the replacement hoax?</p> <p>Some analysts believe that the House Democrats are using the so-called impeachment not to produce any evidence, as they have none, but to gin up hatred of Trump especially among the youth who are known to want to be included in whatever is cool. The Democrats’ project is to make hating Trump cool and to convince young people to base their vote on being cool and hating Trump.</p> <div class="content-sidebar"><h2> </h2></div><p>I recently asked where are Attorney General Barr’s indictments of Obama regime officials for the attempted Russiagate coup against Trump. Some Republicans explained that Barr is waiting until closer to the election in order to get maximum impact on the voting public. If so, this is a mistake. The longer Barr waits, the longer the presstitutes and Democrats have to discredit the indictments in advance as Trump’s effort to produce a countervailing news story. The longer Barr waits, the more of Trump’s presidency is given up to the impeachment circus. The longer Barr waits, the longer Republicans have to become demoralized by the complete absence of integrity among the American media and House Democrats. It is really very disgusting for anyone not caught up in the emotion of hating Trump at all costs. Honest people with integrity don’t want to be associated with such dirty business.</p> <p>There actually are a lot of Americans who have been conditioned to hate Trump so completely that they would accept his removal by a coup. They are so emotional that they are unable to think about the consequences for democracy of a coup. This is the slippery slope the Romans went down. Once an emperor was removed by a coup, every emperor could be, and often was, removed by a coup. The subsequent internal disorder contributed greatly to the fall of Rome.</p> <p>There are many issues on which Democrats could legitimately challenge Trump in the forthcoming presidential election that would resonate with many honest Americans. Democrats could challenge Trump for the coup against Bolivian President Morales. They could challenge Trump for dismantling environmental protections and for permitting mining and energy companies to loot national monuments and wildlife refuges. They could challenge Trump for persecuting Julian Assange for practicing traditional journalism. They could challenge Trump for serving Israeli instead of American foreign policy interests. These and other issues would make a real campaign, one worthy of a democracy. Instead, we get hoax scandals.</p> <p>What this tells us is that there is not enough integrity in the Democratic Party and American media for democracy to survive. When the political process consists of nothing but lies and hatred, democracy is not possible. Why are the House Democrats and the American media destroying democracy?</p> <p><em>This article was originally published at </em><a href="https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2019/11/14/the-democrats-have-the-country-on-a-slippery-slope/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PaulCraigRoberts.org</a> <em>on November 14, 2019.</em></p> </div> </div> <div class="post-footer"> <div class="social-icons ed-social-share-icons"> <p class="share-title">Share:</p> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2019/11/18/the-democrats-have-the-country-on-a-slippery-slope/&t=The%20Democrats%20Have%20the%20Country%20on%20a%20Slippery%20Slope" class="social-share-link" title="Share "The Democrats Have the Country on a Slippery Slope" via Facebook" data-network-name="facebook" data-share-title="The Democrats Have the Country on a Slippery Slope" data-share-url="https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2019/11/18/the-democrats-have-the-country-on-a-slippery-slope/"> <span class="et-extra-icon et-extra-icon-facebook et-extra-icon-background-hover" ></span> </a><a href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=The%20Democrats%20Have%20the%20Country%20on%20a%20Slippery%20Slope%20https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2019/11/18/the-democrats-have-the-country-on-a-slippery-slope/" class="social-share-link" title="Share "The Democrats Have the Country on a Slippery Slope" via Twitter" data-network-name="twitter" data-share-title="The Democrats Have the Country on a Slippery Slope" data-share-url="https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2019/11/18/the-democrats-have-the-country-on-a-slippery-slope/"> <span class="et-extra-icon et-extra-icon-twitter et-extra-icon-background-hover" ></span> </a><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2019/11/18/the-democrats-have-the-country-on-a-slippery-slope/&title=The%20Democrats%20Have%20the%20Country%20on%20a%20Slippery%20Slope" class="social-share-link" title="Share "The Democrats Have the Country on a Slippery Slope" via LinkedIn" data-network-name="linkedin" data-share-title="The Democrats Have the Country on a Slippery Slope" data-share-url="https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2019/11/18/the-democrats-have-the-country-on-a-slippery-slope/"> <span class="et-extra-icon et-extra-icon-linkedin et-extra-icon-background-hover" ></span> </a><a href="#" class="social-share-link" title="Share "The Democrats Have the Country on a Slippery Slope" via Email" data-network-name="basic_email" data-share-title="The Democrats Have the Country on a Slippery Slope" data-share-url="https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2019/11/18/the-democrats-have-the-country-on-a-slippery-slope/"> <span class="et-extra-icon et-extra-icon-basic_email et-extra-icon-background-hover" ></span> </a><a href="#" class="social-share-link" title="Share "The Democrats Have the Country on a Slippery Slope" via Print" data-network-name="basic_print" data-share-title="The Democrats Have the Country on a Slippery Slope" data-share-url="https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2019/11/18/the-democrats-have-the-country-on-a-slippery-slope/"> <span class="et-extra-icon et-extra-icon-basic_print et-extra-icon-background-hover" ></span> </a> </div> <div class="rating-stars"> <p id="rate-title" class="rate-title">Rate:</p><div id="rating-stars"></div><input type="hidden" id="post_id" value="41954" /> </div> <style type="text/css" id="rating-stars"> .post-footer .rating-stars #rated-stars img.star-on, .post-footer .rating-stars #rating-stars img.star-on { background-color: #cc3074; 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His most recent book is <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0986076996/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0986076996&linkCode=as2&tag=forepolijour-20&linkId=GPYVNE7BQVDJXGKC"><em>The Neoconservative Threat to World Order: Washington's Perilous War for Hegemony</em></a>.</p> <ul class="social-icons"> </ul> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div>   <div class="subposts-sidebar"> </div>    <div id="comments"></div>  <section id="comment-wrap"> <h2 id="comments" class="page_title">3 Comments</h2> <ol class="commentlist clearfix"> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-284132"> <article id="comment-284132" class="comment-body clearfix"> <div class="comment_avatar"> <img alt='Lambrecht Albert van Marion' src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%2080%2080'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-lazy-srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7739c3d8a41df770b2078c3e57620f4d?s=160&d=mm&r=r 2x' class='avatar avatar-80 photo' height='80' width='80' decoding='async' data-lazy-src="https://graph.facebook.com/v2.9/100008157099720/picture?type=large&_md5=14eb4b66e0114faddc4725d0bb395150"/><noscript><img alt='Lambrecht Albert van Marion' src='https://graph.facebook.com/v2.9/100008157099720/picture?type=large&_md5=14eb4b66e0114faddc4725d0bb395150' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7739c3d8a41df770b2078c3e57620f4d?s=160&d=mm&r=r 2x' class='avatar avatar-80 photo' height='80' width='80' decoding='async'/></noscript> </div> <div class="comment_postinfo"> <span class="fn">Lambrecht Albert van Marion</span> <span class="comment_date"> on November 24, 2019 at 9:08 am </span> </div> <div class="comment_area"> <div class="comment-content clearfix"> <p>Your nonsense is well like by RT and Sputnik and not to forget Trumpian deplorables.</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-46039241-284132-674f895ab8756' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=46039241&comment_id=284132&origin=www.foreignpolicyjournal.com&obj_id=46039241-284132-674f895ab8756' data-name='like-comment-frame-46039241-284132-674f895ab8756'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class="sd-link-color" rel="ugc"></a></div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-284133"> <article id="comment-284133" class="comment-body clearfix"> <div class="comment_avatar"> <img alt='Lambrecht Albert van Marion' src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%2080%2080'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-lazy-srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7739c3d8a41df770b2078c3e57620f4d?s=160&d=mm&r=r 2x' class='avatar avatar-80 photo' height='80' width='80' decoding='async' data-lazy-src="https://graph.facebook.com/v2.9/100008157099720/picture?type=large"/><noscript><img alt='Lambrecht Albert van Marion' src='https://graph.facebook.com/v2.9/100008157099720/picture?type=large' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7739c3d8a41df770b2078c3e57620f4d?s=160&d=mm&r=r 2x' class='avatar avatar-80 photo' height='80' width='80' decoding='async'/></noscript> </div> <div class="comment_postinfo"> <span class="fn">Lambrecht Albert van Marion</span> <span class="comment_date"> on November 24, 2019 at 9:10 am </span> </div> <div class="comment_area"> <div class="comment-content clearfix"> <p>correction”: well liked. In my opinion you have a troubled mind</p> <div class='jetpack-comment-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-comment-wrapper-46039241-284133-674f895ab8a75' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=46039241&comment_id=284133&origin=www.foreignpolicyjournal.com&obj_id=46039241-284133-674f895ab8a75' data-name='like-comment-frame-46039241-284133-674f895ab8a75'> <div class='likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes-widget-placeholder comment-likes'><span class='loading'>Loading...</span></div> <div class='comment-likes-widget jetpack-likes-widget comment-likes'><span class='comment-like-feedback'></span><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class="sd-link-color" rel="ugc"></a></div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-284143"> <article id="comment-284143" class="comment-body clearfix"> <div class="comment_avatar"> <img alt='GL Dorion' 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