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What does COUP mean to you? Does it include a weaponless federal investigation? In what universe?

Posted - January 2, 2018

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  • I go by dictionary definitions and by the context in which a word used.
    Many words have two or more correct definitions.
    I try to avoid developing subtle connotations in my language because it can too easily lead to misunderstandings.
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    coup kuː/

    noun

     

    1.   a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government. "He was overthrown in an army coup”

     

          synonyms: seizure of power, overthrow, takeover, 

               ousting, deposition, regime change.

    2.     an instance of successfully achieving something difficult."it was a major coup to get such a prestigious contract"

            synonyms: success, triumph, feat, stunt, accomplishment, achievement, attainment, stroke, 
    master stroke, stroke of genius; scoop; tour de force; successful manoeuvre.
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    According to either of these definitions, a weaponless federal investigation cannot be a coup.
    By the first definition, it is run by the government and overthrows nothing.
    By the second, no matter how successful the investigation turns out to be, it is no more than a mundane process of following correct investigative procedures. There is no stroke of genius, no unusual effort, and the result is virtually guaranteed.
      January 2, 2018 5:40 PM MST
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  • 113301
    Well the newest lie being promulgated by doofus don and his toadies is that the Mueller Investigation is a coup the point of which is to overthrow his government. Fox news cable station is the voice of the doofus so everyone on that network talks coup coup coup. Republicans who have flipped/turned and now suck up to the doofus also are singing that same song. They are setting the stage for the doofus to fire Mueller and stop all investigations by softening the ground, priming the pump, getting his base enraged and ready to back him up.  They already agree to whatever he does says or doesn't do and doesn't say. Congress is made up of spineless toadies who  won't impeach the doofus. Our only hope is for the Dems to sweep  the  2018 mid-term elections and get back the majority in the House and the Senate and then the IMPEACHMENT train will be able to leave the station and head for glory! Unless doofus don has a complete mental breakdown before then. He is getting more and more erratic. His speeches are repetitive. He cannot move on from Hillary or Obama. He is stuck in that groove. If this were a book I'd read the end because the suspense would be intolerable! Thank you for your comprehensive and informative reply Hartfire. Let the "coup" continue and succeed! :)
      January 3, 2018 2:47 AM MST
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  • 2217
    It's what the Americans do to foreign countries such as Iraq, Libya, Ukraine etc and attempted in Syria and are now trying in Iran. In every case a complete disaster.

    Don't blame Mr Trump; the US establishment were at it long before he came on the scene.  

      January 3, 2018 7:18 AM MST
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  • 1233
    Of course the legal system can be used maliciously as a weapon..... 

    The witch hunt is not a coup in itself. It's ground work to get people ready for the coup. They're trying to win in the court of public opinion so that when they blow his head off, hardly anyone cares.

    The reason they haven't done it already is because they know the propaganda isn't working. This post was edited by Zeitgeist at January 3, 2018 8:16 PM MST
      January 3, 2018 9:57 AM MST
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