Former President Trump was found guilty on all counts in his historic and unprecedented criminal trial, making him the first former president of the United States to be convicted of a crime.
This is a great day for Conservatism, the rule of law is upheld.
Conceptually, a conservative presence in American politics is a good thing
Not really, no. The entire philosophy of conservatism is sticking to/going back to the old ways AKA standing in the way of progress. The US has plenty of THAT from the economic elite who want to keep calling the shots without politicians helping them.
I wouldnt call it woke, if I was more conspiracy inclined, maybe Russian style dictatorship.
Orange has positioned himself as the outsider and acts like this entire thing was a witch hunt. Convicting him didnt do much. Hell, come November, I'm still voting for the lesser of two evils, but Im not happy about it.
My bigger concern at this point is my state governer, mayor, and sheriff. Being real, they affect my day to day way than the president, and its not like the states give a shit about federal law anymore, with weed, 2a sanctuaries, illegal sanctuaries, that sort of thing.
God I would have loved to have been on that Jury. During the selection process when they ask "do you have any reason to be biased against the defendant?" I'd be like "Oh I recognize him! He sold steaks from The Sharper Image 20 years ago. I remember as soon as I saw the commercial I hopped in my car and tore ass to the LaGuardia airport but by the time I got there they'd been discontinued. What's he been up to since then?"
Not really? Think about how dangerous it would be if all you had to do to disqualify your political opponents was parade them through a kangaroo court and send them to jail? That's basically what Russia is.
At the end of the day, the American people should have final say in choosing their leader. Of course, this comes with the caveat that an electorate has to be willing to participate, and be able to tell when someone isn't fit for presidency. It also comes with the asterisk that you can't run for president after committing treason, or like an act of terrorism, but I think everyone is kinda in agreement on that.
It's odd. If it were up to me, no crime would disqualify you, mainly due to the risk of corrupt judges convicting oppositional candidates, like they do in Russia.
Imo, what should be done is no crime can disqualify you from office. That would prevent any corrupt judge from convicting candidates for political reasons.