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NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
Thu Feb 8, 2018, 09:15 PM Feb 2018

When we regain power we must not turn a blind eye to what is happening today.

Trump is Trump. I have a feeling his hands are going to be full until the end. What we have is a uniquely vetted President puting people in positions that give them access to a lot of information and they are not being properly vetted, sometimes due to nefarious actions.

We are being harmed in more ways than we see. There is limited to no control in the WH. Trump has clearly brought on people with strong attachments to foreign governments and those people all seem to be driven by self.

I truly think this needs to be a no stones unturned situation when we get power.

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When we regain power we must not turn a blind eye to what is happening today. (Original Post) NCTraveler Feb 2018 OP
And the Democratic Party leadership must realize guillaumeb Feb 2018 #1
Republicans have and will get some serious wins. NCTraveler Feb 2018 #2
True, and suggesting that we "look forward" was, and remains, a mistake. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #3
I think there was justification for not going after... NCTraveler Feb 2018 #5
Well said, and well ended. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #6
There needs to be a real purge. samir.g Feb 2018 #4

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)
1. And the Democratic Party leadership must realize
Thu Feb 8, 2018, 09:20 PM
Feb 2018

that the current crop of GOP leaders is not interested in compromise. They are a special interest lobbying group for right wing billionaires.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
2. Republicans have and will get some serious wins.
Thu Feb 8, 2018, 09:23 PM
Feb 2018

Elections have consequences. Compromising is a numbers game. Always has been, always will be.

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)
3. True, and suggesting that we "look forward" was, and remains, a mistake.
Thu Feb 8, 2018, 09:26 PM
Feb 2018

In my view, when President Obama stated that we should not prosecute bankers and former Bush Administration officials, he made a serious error because the GOP repaid him with 8 years of disrespect and obstruction.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
5. I think there was justification for not going after...
Thu Feb 8, 2018, 10:04 PM
Feb 2018

The Bush administration. I don’t say that lightly. There are clearly legitimate arguments for it.

You want to turn over Obama’s stones 😁. It doesn’t equate to what I have written. The statements you are making reference an internal war. One that Obama masterfully maneuvered is through along wit many other Democrats. Of course there were mistakes.

Back to today. Obama isn’t and won’t be President moving forward. Hopefully we won’t be in a depression when the next Democrat holds that office.

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