A world of authentic, post-spin journalism: The dream Jon Stewart spent a decade making real is now America’s waking nightmare. What did he get so wrong?
we saw blow-back that the country thought bill clinton did something wrong but nothing bad happened to him. they didn t want him removed. but the fact that he looked exonerated. they didn t like that either? they did not like that either. and remember, george w. bush ran on restoring honor and integrity to the white house. and it was it was a it was a hurdle. so i would say to republicans, it is not making this preordained to the american people. when they make a judgment that it s wrong, there is definite blow-back on that. and i hope they don t. if the president would accept censure, this would have happened a long time ago. any normal president would allow republicans to go out and say what he did is wrong but it s not impeachable. but he will not tolerate even the slightest bit of criticism. so we end up with people not defending it or denying it took place. all kinds of things. here s the other thing you could factor into this about how people voters may not like
abo antedote to the scandal. jimmy carter ran on honesty and george w. bush ran on restoring honor and decency so the oval office. there s not a lot of evidence. if you look at the position now, what impeachment is doing is confirming than confounding or changing the linings of division on trump. it s not changing opinion much in terms of job approval. but what it is doing, i think, is deepening the discontent among those who disapprove. over 90% who disapprove in trump said he doesn t believe in the rule of law and acted improperly in ukraine. that s a challenge for him. an opponent sure. and he ultimately needs some of those people to decide he s the lesser of two evils. is it obviously a vote for democrats. no. it a benefit for trump? i don t think. i think your point about the political pendulum swinging one way. it ends up on the other side.