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RE your remarks on CNN's on "Newsroom" that House Republicans are standing with the President at the moment because of base pressure, but "they resent being put in this position all the time."
Well, heres the thing, Charlie. The position your fellow Republicans find themselves in is of their own making and anyone with a functioning brain has known that all along.
The sad truth is that the powers-that-be in your party could have put a stop to all of Trumps idiocy, his cruelty, his inane policies from day one, simply by telling him in no uncertain terms that they would not support him if he continued to pursue policies that damaged the Grand Old Party.
Weve all seen how spineless your pResident is, how hes grovelled before Putin, Kim Jung-Un, Mohamed Bin Salman. He would have caved the second influential GOPers confronted him, and threatened to speak out against him if he refused to toe the line that your party once considered sacrosanct.
Instead, your party not only supported Trumps every idiotic move, they enabled him. Instead of putting a muzzle on an obviously rabid dog, they unleashed him and as a result, he has bitten your party in the ass without restraint or consequences.
The Republicans could have spoken up at any time when Trump insulted our allies, when he absolved Putin of attacking our election, when he locked toddlers in cages, when he denigrated our national heroes, when he refused to follow the rule of law, when he abandoned the Kurds to the delight of Putin but they didnt.
They could have threatened to withdraw their support when their pResident put inept cronies in cabinet positions, when his best people were indicted and imprisoned, when he told easily-debunked lies, when he promoted ludicrous conspiracy theories as fact, when he jeopardized our national security by handing over classified information to the Russians, when he installed people in the White House who were refused security clearances due to red flags, when he personally pocketed taxpayer money, when he humiliated our country by acting the ignorant buffoon on the worlds stage.
Instead, your party chose to feed the foaming-at-the-mouth animal who has devoted himself to undermining our democracy by destroying the citizenrys faith in the institutions that underpin that democracy the FBI, the CIA, the judicial system, a free press while doing the bidding of our enemies.
So forgive me for pointing out the bleedin obvious, Charlie. Its people like you, who remained silent until it was too late, who are responsible for where you are now. Its always easy to be the outspoken hero willing to drop a dime on the arsonist after the nation has been burned to the ground. Its always easy to dial 911 after the hate crime has been carried out, and the victim has been pronounced dead. Its always easy to be the after-the-fact witness who claims he didnt see the theft-in-progress until the bank robbers have been caught red-handed with bags full of cash.
What gives me hope as an American citizen is the fact that Republicans are now being exposed as the spineless sycophants theyve always been, despite decades of pretending they ever had a backbone to begin with.
What encourages me is the fact that your party has finally been exposed as the ass-kissers they are, willing to protect and defend an arrogant, self-serving, bloviating idiot before they will protect and defend the Constitution they swore an oath to, and before they will stand up for the constituents who relied on them to do exactly that.
To put in bluntly, Charlie, your party has proven beyond all doubt that its willing to destroy the country rather than stand up to the pResident who is systematically dismantling our nation and your party along with it.
Not only does that demonstrate your partys own lack of patriotism. It demonstrates your partys willingness to stand by in silence as our democracy is destroyed by a simpering dumb-ass whose only claim to fame is being Putins bitch.
So dont cry for the beloved country, Charlie Dent. Cry for the country that was once a beacon of hope the world over, and is now becoming just another shithole country that your party has turned us into.
There is nothing more pathetic than people like you people who sound the alarm after the children are gunned-down in their classrooms, after the shoppers dead bodies are scattered all over the mall, after the Kurds are slaughtered, after the voters are prevented from voting, after migrant children are traumatized and locked in cages, after our traditional allies were alienated, after a womans rights were denied, after the idiotic, self-serving pResident your party with Putins help installed in the Oval Office.
You, Charlie Dent, are the poster boy for too little, too late. You are the epitome of the hypocrisy your party represents. You are the boy who finally cried wolf after the sheep already lay bloodied and slaughtered among amber waves of grain.
Your shame is obvious, along with every other Republican who claims to suddenly have acquired a conscience but only when personally and politically convenient to do so.
Its not comfortable to be on the losing side, Charlie. That was a lesson learned by Nazi collaborators when they were marched through the streets, spat upon by decent people who faced death rather than succumb to an enemy out to destroy their country.
I honestly dont know whats worse those who continue to support the traitor-in-chief, or those who pretend to be outraged after his blatant treason has become too obvious to be ignored.
madaboutharry
(40,208 posts)Those who remained silent will be remembered as the cowards that they are. Shame will be their legacy, like those who during WWII closed their curtains and pretended not to see.
Perseus
(4,341 posts)Republicans live for today, the now, that is why they don't care about climate change, they know its real, but they rather put money in their pockets, live like kings, ride on their yachts, fulfill their egos by going to parties held by people richer than them, be called sir everywhere they go and feel important. They know that once they are dead nothing matters, and that is why they don't care about history, about if they leave a better World for the children and grandchildren (not sure if they ever think about that), all they care is for the power they hold today.
Don't you think they know trump is the biggest piece of crap the USA has ever produced? Even before he became president. They know it, but they rather continue living the life they have today with "important" meetings at the White House, being photograph and appearing in magazines, newspapers and the internet. These are people with no principles of solid beliefs, they don't care how history will look at them, at least not now.
When the day comes they know they will be leaving the earth, then they will repent, but by then it will be too late.
dustyscamp
(2,224 posts)with what is happening. These same people will hide in their bunkers stocked full of alcohol & supplies. They'll still blame Liberals for ruining the world and the environment.
emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)collaborated and more. They made Trumps presidency possible;they gave him a power and authority he could not have had without them. They pushed him like dope. Putin alone could never have done it.
JudyM
(29,233 posts)Needs to be spread far and wide, maybe itll help the light bulb go on for some voters.
NanceGreggs:
lordsummerisle
(4,651 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Dingbat. And they HAVE to have their base. Simple as that. Not idealogical.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)Also, hate is a major, difficult driver, in pol'tics.
The Wizard
(12,541 posts)from The Siberian Candidate. They're up to their elbows in Russian bribes sent to off shore money laundries, and hence compromised, thus explaining their anti American behavior. If it acts like a cult and talks like a cult ....
Volaris
(10,270 posts)Perseus
(4,341 posts)A good start, I would say.
I don't know if Nance writings are read outside of DU, but they should, they should be on every newspaper in the country, they are not only very eloquent, bad words included, but they hit every target right in the center.
I look forward to her writings, and sometimes I start reading them without noticing the author, but after a couple of lines I know its Nance, I just check to make sure I am right, and so far I have always been right.
Wonderful writings.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,324 posts)Leith
(7,809 posts)Dent isn't the only obsequious traitor. Any and all of them who joined or stuck with their criminal party after Nixon, Gingrich, and Bush II deserve the worst scorn we can throw at them.
They're all scum.
sprinkleeninow
(20,237 posts)It disturbs me deep into my troubled soul what I and others of like mind and one accord are witnessing presently.
"Like smoke vanishes, let them vanish. As wax melts before a fire."
JustStuff
(1 post)Excellent! U have accomplished in this piece what has taken me way more than 140 tweets @ 280 characters or less while using similar vocab w appropriate punctuation, some similar phrasing, etc. However, most of my descriptive terms were definitely in the pejorative category and to include xtremely colorful words/terms/names. The most frequent color was various shades of blue. So, I thank u for ur effort as it reflects the goal I had in mind from week one of trumps term in office, and maybe most of the members herein.
I knew of trump from my post-grad research (Psychthe study of human behavior) into power, marketing and greed. One assignment included.viewing some vids. One included much of trumps business efforts in early 80s forward. The 1st ten mins there was no doubt I was looking at the pejorative used-car-salesman of early 50s, basically the snake-oil-salesman that drifted from town to town in his horse-drawn wagon full of laudanum, trinkets, other miracle ointments and such.
A quick look at Charlie Dent to recall who he is and hell, look in his eyes similar to trumps. End of true story; again, thank you for putting ur thoughts together in a cogent manner that reflects many thoughts of the rest of us.
JudyM
(29,233 posts)He is a the worst kind of snake oil salesman! As if he gives a damn about what ails us, and all the while making folks sicker.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)2naSalit
(86,536 posts)BSdetect
(8,998 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)No one could have known! Comes the faint echo of the ghost past of Condoleezza Rice chanting the GOP mantra.
bucolic_frolic
(43,128 posts)Kick him again, Sam
Perseus
(4,341 posts)He should, he must.
I know I repeat myself, but Nance...Brilliant! once again.
spanone
(135,823 posts)warmfeet
(3,321 posts)on total control of the three branches of government in perpetuity.
Good luck to that. As soon as they don't control all three branches, there is going to be hell to pay. They have no idea that this will happen, not currently. Good! It will be a horrific surprise when it does.
I love watching the ongoing suicide of the republican party. Good, fucking, riddance.
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)MrModerate
(9,753 posts)Ready for fruitful bipartisan collaboration on solving the country's ills.
It's like that old saying, "You vaporize more flies with a Hellfire missile than with honey."
NanceGreggs
(27,813 posts)magicarpet
(14,144 posts)....coating Fascists with a thick layer of confectionery sugar and then calling these Nazis delectable hand-made French pastries.
Ignore the desert cart focus more on the salad bar, the offerings are far more nourishing and good for you.
MrModerate
(9,753 posts)That I who agreed with much of what I read couldn't finish it.