Dan Coats is a good pick for the driveling propaganda piece in the NYT

[Honeycombe8]

21. I agree with you.

The reason he didn't just resign and tell all to Congress and the public is....he's going to tell Congress? Why? They know, already. And the op-ed guy knows they won't do anything. He knows they're part of the crisis. In fact, but for THEM, there would be no constitutional crisis.

Then he'd make the talk show tour, telling his tales. He doesn't want to get into each and every thing that Trump has done. He gave a descriptive general picture that serves the purpose. 'Nuff said. But after he does the talk show circuit...that's it. There would be no action by Congress. Calls from the public will be ignored. Criticism of him would be heavy (like it is now), as if HE were the one responsible. He'd be accused of being a disgruntled official about to be fired.

Then it would be over, and the country would move on to the next big thing. Nothing would be done. And he'd be replaced by a newbie who wouldn't be able to do anything proactive while learning the job, or who wouldn't want to be proactive.

I agree with those who think it was a call to the country to do something. The country thought it, suspected it, some knew it. But now they really know what's going on. Do something.

And for all we know, the op-ed mystery guy DID tell people who could do something about it (or the group he's a part of - remember that he's not the only one), and they refused or failed to act. I think this is likely.

The important thing is that he did it. Unprecedented. He let the country know that the President is unbalanced and unfit, and to do something.