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THIS is what i really fear! (Original Post) bluestarone Jun 2019 OP
He wouldn't stop ALL investigations... Wounded Bear Jun 2019 #1
EXACTLY!!!!! bluestarone Jun 2019 #2
How's that old song go? "They're gonna make us outlaws again---" nt Atticus Jun 2019 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author Atticus Jun 2019 #4
2020 election is shaping up to be thee most important NoMoreRepugs Jun 2019 #5
Then we need to have a candidate D2020 Jun 2019 #11
The 2020 election will be rigged. It has to be rigged. Bonhomme Richard Jun 2019 #6
Agree with every word in your post bluestarone Jun 2019 #8
If Trump has dirt on Republicans, Habibi Jun 2019 #10
I am sure they can but do they have the.... Bonhomme Richard Jun 2019 #12
What I really fear MarvinGardens Jun 2019 #7
Well i look at it as the opposite. bluestarone Jun 2019 #9

Response to bluestarone (Original post)

NoMoreRepugs

(9,372 posts)
5. 2020 election is shaping up to be thee most important
Mon Jun 10, 2019, 10:39 AM
Jun 2019

Election in the history of the Republic. If the Democratic party cannot instill that sense of urgency into a plurality of the voting public we and the planet are DOOMED. Another Trump and Republican Senate victory will insure a Federalist judiciary for the next 20-30 years and a move backwards in time of at least a half century.

Donate, participate, do whatever the fuck you can to protect your kids and grandkids future.

 

D2020

(45 posts)
11. Then we need to have a candidate
Mon Jun 10, 2019, 03:54 PM
Jun 2019

that will have the voting public behind them. And frankly I am not seeing anyone in the field that will have the backing of both the younger and older voters. Beto really could win it all if he was more recognizable to the entire party.

Bonhomme Richard

(8,997 posts)
6. The 2020 election will be rigged. It has to be rigged.
Mon Jun 10, 2019, 11:09 AM
Jun 2019

The republicans have to control the White House and Senate above all else or they are toast and they know it. I also am not confident that the Democratic leadership really grasp the situation. They are acting like these are normal times and these are not normal times. I really don't have a solution other than a full attack on the republican party non stop. Trump, as bad as he is, is a side show compared to what is really going on. The republicans don't need trump. They never did and could end him at a moments notice. Hell...Pence would have given them everything they want. I am also convinced that trump had nothing to do with picking Barr. That was 100% McConnell and all part of buying time. I suspect trumps only leverage with the party is all the dirt he has on them and I am sure it is a lot. That is what all mobsters do if they can't buy someone off. Just do a little digging in the closet. As I see it the republicans are running out the clock while stopping in the Senate any meaningful bills that will take away their advantages. Next thing we know the election is over, they keep the White House and at least the Senate, and the nation is screwed for a very long time. Fuck decorum. They need to be called out by individual name every single day until the media starts paying attention which would force them to defend themselves publicly. The media loves a fight...let's give them one.
Heck...maybe even set up a separate investigative committee just to investigate the conspiratorial behavior of the republican party. At a minimum start with a McConnell investigation. Now that would get headlines.

bluestarone

(16,871 posts)
8. Agree with every word in your post
Mon Jun 10, 2019, 03:00 PM
Jun 2019

We are definitely in very abnormal times! It's to the point everything is on the line in 2020! With Barr in place how can we fight, when they own the courts? They are not even answering a subpoena anymore for Christs sake!

Bonhomme Richard

(8,997 posts)
12. I am sure they can but do they have the....
Mon Jun 10, 2019, 04:31 PM
Jun 2019

guts to use it and the stamina to face the repercussions of using it.

MarvinGardens

(779 posts)
7. What I really fear
Mon Jun 10, 2019, 12:03 PM
Jun 2019

is that this sort of talk will convince people that voting is futile.

Of course, voting is more important than ever in 2020. The election will not be rigged other than the usual shenanigans which we will overcome if we vote, but there will be plenty of deplorable assholes voting, so we need to far outnumber them this time.

BTW, was the 2018 election rigged for the Republicans? If so, they didn't do a very good job, did they? This outcome shows that if we vote, we win.

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