Jeff Dickey
Jul 22, 2017 · 1 min read

Professional politicians pay attention. Amateurs like Trump parade their tin ear.

You can bet that after that “what’s Watergate?” performance and the resulting public mood, that Ryan and/or Hatch would take great pains to appear to be the anti-Trump, which would necessarily entail rolling back some of the most egregious abuses of the then-former Hair Führer.

They wouldn’t be Sanders- or even campaign-Obama-class reformers, but they’d know that if they were 1% as toxic to the public welfare as the recently-ex-Commander-in-Tweet, they’d be looking to leave — without the apparent billionaire’s resources, bluster, or most importantly, preparation. They’d much rather collect their pensions and enjoy the view from Lanai than Leavenworth. They’ll serve a quiet term as the last Republican President, hoping that the country hangs together long enough for them to hand off the football on Wednesday, January 20, 2021.

Pro tip: Gentlemen, one of the easiest ways to paint yourself as the anti-Trump is to govern through legislation, rather than by imperial decree (formally known as executive order). That in itself would be a welcome change, and go a long way towards showing that you have at least some respect for the institutions of the nation you serve.

    Jeff Dickey

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