From Entrapment to Impeachment

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How to Entrap and Impeach a President

Step 1: Once the presidential candidate from the opposing political party is chosen, portray said candidate as a bumbling, idiotic, alcoholic, military-obligation-dodging, spoiled frat boy.
Status: Complete.

Step 2: When the presidential candidate from the opposing political party wins a close election, claim that the election was stolen, no matter how it might damage the nation. Hold fast to the notion that the person is not “really” the president, thus planting the seed of “noble” dissent.
Status: Complete

Step 3: After a devastating attack on the United States, perpetrated by a cunning and lethal enemy not bound by traditional nation-state “rules” of warfare, portray the president as incompetent and stupid.
Status: Complete

Step 4: When the president leads the nation in to a military action that will bring “justice” to the perpetrators of that attack, issue dire warnings about engaging in a land war in Asia, citing previous same-location precedent. When the public stands behind the president in spite of your warnings, stand behind him, but don’t put your heart in it.
Status: Complete

Step 5: When the president warns the nation about a gathering threat posed by a despotic, murderous regime that has dodged the UN in every effort to attain weapons capable of hundreds of thousands of casualties, accuse the president of being a reckless warmonger. Forget that the previous president, from your political party, issued the same warning.
Status: Complete

Step 6: When the president uses top secret intelligence to lobby the nation and the world to engage in military action to topple said despotic regime, stick with the reckless warmonger idea and ratchet up the rhetoric.
Status: Complete

Step 7: When the president instructs the nation's military to topple said despotic regime and sieze the initiative against enemies just like in step 3, stick with the reckless warmonger idea, adding the phrase “rush to war”, in spite of the year of discussion that allowed said despotic regime to prepare adequately to react to the assault and hide their weapons. Don’t forget to issue dire warnings of tens of thousands of American casualties, possibly as a result of the use of those highly-lethal weapons.
Status: Complete

Step 8: After the despotic regime is toppled and the dictator captured to face trial, express support and “job well done” to the American military while maintaining a loathing of them.
Status: Complete

Step 9: When the real work of rebuilding a nation scarred by the despotic regime gets difficult, claim that the military action is now a “quagmire” and repeat the “reckless warmonger” and “rush to war” matras.
Status: Complete

Step 10: When the lethal weapons cited in step 6 fail to publicly materialize, accuse the president of lying to the nation and the world. When reports of weapons being found start cropping up, don’t follow up on them – the president’s word must not be verified as accurate. Add “liar” to the “quagmire” “reckless” “warmonger” “rush to war” rhetoric.
Status: Complete

Step 11: When enemy combatants are captured and kept in prison, keep a close eye on those prisons. When a few prison guards take the time-proven interrogation techniques of stress inducement and personal humiliation a little too far for your standards, accuse the president of specifically authorizing those actions. When the prisoners are deprived of material items that will fuel their hateful ideology, claim that their civil rights are being violated. Forget that they are not legally entitled to any “civil rights”. Claim a huge political victory when the prisoners are finally given those materials, but keep claiming violation of their civil rights.
Status: Complete

Step 12: When the president authorizes covert intelligence/counter-intelligence operations that will allow the U.S. to track enemies that operate using the tactics and ideology of the enemies from step 3, repeat the mantra of concern about violating civil rights. Publish as much information as possible in the national press regarding the details of those operations. Forget that the ideology and tactics of the enemy make for a strong likelihood of a devastating attack that goes beyond the scale of attack from step 3.
Status: Complete

Step 13: Repeat step 12.
Status: Complete

Step 14: When the president expresses anger at the press for releasing information that is likely critical to national security, wrap yourself in the First Amendment, regardless of the potential future harm to American citizens. If/when he threatens legal action, throw his “bring it on” rhetoric back at him.
Status: In Progress

Step 15: When the president authorizes another covert intelligence-gathering operation and doesn’t follow the lawful procedures he previously followed for fear of the program being leaked again and causing the deaths of American citizens, catch him dead to rights on breaking the law by not informing high-clearance governmental officials in your political party.
Status: Future action

Step 16: Push for the president’s impeachment for violating law, but inflame the rhetoric of “violating civil rights” to a fevered pitch, since civil rights trump potential loss of life. Impeachment is just icing on the cake.
Status: Future action

Step 17: When the politico-cultural wars come to blows during the impeachment, sit back and watch the fun of the nation tearing itself to pieces. Blame the president for it all because he didn't reach out enough to the opposing party.
Status: Future action

Step 18: When the nation is once again subjected to a devastating attack from those militant enemies, who were aided by your actions to reveal the protective actions taken by the president and further erode the unity of the nation, blame that president for whatever happens, whether or not he’s still in office.
Status: Future action