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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,704 posts)
Tue May 22, 2018, 11:39 AM May 2018

I am starting to see the boiling frog metaphor with Trump and his criminal cabal

As the metaphor goes you can boil a frog without the frog knowing it by warming the water a little bit at a time. Trump and his criminal cabal is slowly chipping away at the legitimacy of our most cherished institutions until they will become irrelevant.


These mid terms will tell us if Americans want a democratic republic or not.

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I am starting to see the boiling frog metaphor with Trump and his criminal cabal (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth May 2018 OP
The mid-terms will tell all. dawg May 2018 #1
It is an apt metaphor dalton99a May 2018 #2
yep... dhill926 May 2018 #3
Well maybe you shouldn't consume that media anymore. nt Kirk Lover May 2018 #9
Me, too. I am worried about that. It us exhausting. nt leftyladyfrommo May 2018 #4
Apt metaphor, when Drumpt goes full Czar I will say to my unconcerned fellow citizens: kairos12 May 2018 #5
I want to see frog marching. Sneederbunk May 2018 #6
Here's how to deal with those frogs properly ProudLib72 May 2018 #10
that is the BEST movie, ever. mopinko May 2018 #11
My favorite character is the dog ProudLib72 May 2018 #12
i need to watch it again. mopinko May 2018 #13
Good metaphor DSB. nt Snotcicles May 2018 #7
The metaphor is pepe the frog GETTING BOILED as in RUMP and his corruption and his ideology. nt Kirk Lover May 2018 #8

dawg

(10,607 posts)
1. The mid-terms will tell all.
Tue May 22, 2018, 11:42 AM
May 2018

And as much as we might complain about the false-equivalency of the mainstream media, only a fool could fail to see the stark choice that is laid out for us.

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