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scheming daemons

(25,487 posts)
Wed Dec 27, 2017, 11:12 PM Dec 2017

We've had Presidents....

....who have been bigots (Andrew Jackson, James Buchanan, Woodrow Wilson).


We've had Presidents who were crooks (Richard Nixon, Warren Harding)


We've had Presidents who were womanizers (JFK, Bill Clinton)


We've had Presidents who were incompetent (George W. Bush, Herbert Hoover)




But Donald Trump is the first President that is *ALL* of those things.

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We've had Presidents.... (Original Post) scheming daemons Dec 2017 OP
And mocks the disabled. n/t moondust Dec 2017 #1
I think that falls under "bigot".... buy YMMV scheming daemons Dec 2017 #2
I guess I have a special category moondust Dec 2017 #12
All of those things and a whole lot more! democratisphere Dec 2017 #3
Ditto! burrowowl Dec 2017 #6
That is true. rusty quoin Dec 2017 #4
The basest of presidents. Sneederbunk Dec 2017 #5
Have we had any President who was murielm99 Dec 2017 #7
Not just the most corrupt ThoughtCriminal Dec 2017 #8
Trump may be the most corrupt thbobby Dec 2017 #9
Trump first to be imprisoned..?? aeromanKC Dec 2017 #10
Someone ought to do a cartoon of Dump wearing a dunce cap with horns because we can't decide Doitnow Dec 2017 #11

moondust

(21,177 posts)
12. I guess I have a special category
Thu Dec 28, 2017, 05:19 AM
Dec 2017

of infamy for that, but either way TheRump probably has the longest list of them all when it comes to his minus column and the shortest list of pluses.

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
3. All of those things and a whole lot more!
Wed Dec 27, 2017, 11:17 PM
Dec 2017

None of IT is good and most of IT is pure evil and destruction.

murielm99

(32,630 posts)
7. Have we had any President who was
Thu Dec 28, 2017, 12:33 AM
Dec 2017

this fucking STUPID?

I have always gotten the impression that Coolidge was not overly bright, but was he a fucking MORON?

As for liking the ladies, I don't care. That does not interfere with one's ability to govern. And I think in Clinton's case, it was often exaggerated and outright lied about.

ThoughtCriminal

(14,698 posts)
8. Not just the most corrupt
Thu Dec 28, 2017, 12:45 AM
Dec 2017

Probably more corruption than all others combined.

And given Nixon/Reagan/Bush/Bush, that is remarkable.

thbobby

(1,474 posts)
9. Trump may be the most corrupt
Thu Dec 28, 2017, 01:18 AM
Dec 2017

But it is hard to know.

Other presidents have had checks on their power. The GOP is just as corrupt as Trump. The checks and balances that have previously put limits on corruption do not apply when the GOP is complicit in his corruption. There is a criminal conspiracy in control of our country. Rampant voter suppression. Stealing a Supreme Court Seat. Gerrymandering with the intent of making GOP majorities (in both state and federal seats). Collusion with a foreign government trying to ruin our democracy.

The perfect storm. The GOP mafia must be fought with ANY available means.

aeromanKC

(3,798 posts)
10. Trump first to be imprisoned..??
Thu Dec 28, 2017, 01:25 AM
Dec 2017

Money laundering/RICO is pretty serious territory that could likely lead to prison time.

Doitnow

(1,103 posts)
11. Someone ought to do a cartoon of Dump wearing a dunce cap with horns because we can't decide
Thu Dec 28, 2017, 01:34 AM
Dec 2017

if he is dumb or evil or both. In any case, the result is the same----misery for this country. Seems like he delights in making us miserable. Just because his head has to be in turmoil all the time, why do we have to put up with it?

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