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EarlG

(21,947 posts)
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 01:38 PM Feb 2020

So am I right in thinking that

there are a bunch of corrupt officials live on national TV right now, publicly laughing and whooping it up over the fact that they committed a bunch of crimes and got away with it?

Please proceed, I guess...

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So am I right in thinking that (Original Post) EarlG Feb 2020 OP
'Zactly right. n/t LuckyCharms Feb 2020 #1
Spot on. dewsgirl Feb 2020 #2
You bet! The biggest one is McConnell redstatebluegirl Feb 2020 #3
You are right - that's exactly what is happening live on national TV out of our White House Pachamama Feb 2020 #4
So the revolution will be televised. lagomorph777 Feb 2020 #27
You are correct. SamKnause Feb 2020 #5
Just like a Mafia movie dalton99a Feb 2020 #6
They are like the bank robbers who sped off in the get away car. madaboutharry Feb 2020 #7
Nailed it - they are hailing to the chief malaise Feb 2020 #8
You mean, their king, IMO. That's what's happening. n/t cynatnite Feb 2020 #10
Hard to tell between all the loud sniffs.... greatauntoftriplets Feb 2020 #9
Nose full of Adderall again? lagomorph777 Feb 2020 #28
It was full of something. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2020 #30
Small wonder DENVERPOPS Feb 2020 #44
Right, you are. Arkansas Granny Feb 2020 #11
Need to break up some of the propaganda machine ... Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2020 #12
With Putin behind the scenes, working closely with these corrupt officials & against the US. nt AnotherMother4Peace Feb 2020 #13
We're in a Wild West town with no sheriffs. BusyBeingBest Feb 2020 #14
That would be a big "Yep, and what can you do about it, inferior being?" (from them) n/t TygrBright Feb 2020 #15
There are 10 months to salvage our Democracy NoMoreRepugs Feb 2020 #16
nailed it ! nt steve2470 Feb 2020 #17
You are correct, sir. Different Drummer Feb 2020 #18
THey care nothing about how history will view them. BobTheSubgenius Feb 2020 #19
They believe history is written by the victors lunatica Feb 2020 #34
Watch ratings go down because of them. ancianita Feb 2020 #20
Good because i turned off instantly marlakay Feb 2020 #22
Me, too. Me, too. ancianita Feb 2020 #24
Me too. I only watch Chris Hayes, Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O'Donnell lunatica Feb 2020 #35
I absolutely agree, lunatica...! Sogo Feb 2020 #38
That is exactly what is going on. budkin Feb 2020 #21
NPR at 1 ET - Ugh defacto7 Feb 2020 #23
They "got away with it" for now. The wheels of justice grind slowly, but they grind. CaptainTruth Feb 2020 #25
It appears, to me, that you are correct. n/t Laelth Feb 2020 #26
Now is the time for 86 million good Democrats to come to the aid of their country. BKDem Feb 2020 #29
Yup ismnotwasm Feb 2020 #31
yeah, so what are we going to do about it?? handmade34 Feb 2020 #32
You only called it as we see it. marble falls Feb 2020 #33
The tail end of what bothers me is that I wonder if Ilsa Feb 2020 #36
The Rs got away with Watergate, Iran-Contra, Iraq, and now this. They're more empowered everytime. OMGWTF Feb 2020 #37
This message was self-deleted by its author RandiFan1290 Feb 2020 #39
Pretty much. icymist Feb 2020 #40
Almost more important than regaining the WH in November, Sogo Feb 2020 #41
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. Marcuse Feb 2020 #42
Exactly... I went to see Susan Rice last night in Iowa City. Peacetrain Feb 2020 #43
Pretty much this...nt Wounded Bear Feb 2020 #45
Makes ya proud to be a 'Merican, right? Ferrets are Cool Feb 2020 #46
The biggest payback would be warmfeet Feb 2020 #47
this should backfire on them Skittles Feb 2020 #48
Was that the reason? bucolic_frolic Feb 2020 #49
Capo DJ has his thugs in hand so far burrowowl Feb 2020 #50

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)
4. You are right - that's exactly what is happening live on national TV out of our White House
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 01:40 PM
Feb 2020

It’s disgusting

madaboutharry

(40,209 posts)
7. They are like the bank robbers who sped off in the get away car.
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 01:41 PM
Feb 2020

And they're in their hide-a-way counting the money.

The republicans are a criminal gang.

It is sickening.

malaise

(268,967 posts)
8. Nailed it - they are hailing to the chief
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 01:42 PM
Feb 2020

Not one word of apology - the fascists are celebrating - what I don't know because he is still IMPOTUS.
Now he's attacking Romney

greatauntoftriplets

(175,733 posts)
9. Hard to tell between all the loud sniffs....
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 01:43 PM
Feb 2020

but yes. Such a poor put-upon victim thanking his willing accomplices.

DENVERPOPS

(8,817 posts)
44. Small wonder
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 07:07 PM
Feb 2020

his hero is oxy-Rush........

Rush ILLEGALLY obtained oxycodone over a prolonged time period, had hundreds and hundreds of pills in his possession, and completely escaped punishment (except for his hearing loss.) How does that work???????

F***ing good thing he wasn't a minority kid, he would have gotten life in prison with no parole........

Doesn't anyone question how Trump is getting his supply of Adderall ???????

Maybe that explains all his trips to mar a lago and his golf courses???????

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,337 posts)
12. Need to break up some of the propaganda machine ...
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 01:50 PM
Feb 2020

Monopolies destroy. We have too much power concentrated in too few hands.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
34. They believe history is written by the victors
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 03:16 PM
Feb 2020

So they believe they will go down as heroes because they think they won the war.

Fact is, we’re just now rousing ourselves. We’ve run out of people to save us, so we just have to save ourselves. Just like President Obama said, we are who we’ve been waiting for.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
35. Me too. I only watch Chris Hayes, Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O'Donnell
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 03:22 PM
Feb 2020

They are consistently against Trumpism or pretending both sides are equal. They stick meticulously to telling the truth and the facts. They’ve proven they can be trusted and are not falling for the ratings game.

Ilsa

(61,694 posts)
36. The tail end of what bothers me is that I wonder if
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 03:34 PM
Feb 2020

any of these criminals will be held accountable when this is over.

OMGWTF

(3,955 posts)
37. The Rs got away with Watergate, Iran-Contra, Iraq, and now this. They're more empowered everytime.
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 04:25 PM
Feb 2020

Response to EarlG (Original post)

Sogo

(4,986 posts)
41. Almost more important than regaining the WH in November,
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 04:31 PM
Feb 2020

....is keeping the House and re-taking the Senate!

Peacetrain

(22,875 posts)
43. Exactly... I went to see Susan Rice last night in Iowa City.
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 04:34 PM
Feb 2020

And she has scared the potatoes out of me. We have to get this white house back this time.. there has been so much damage done to our government structure

warmfeet

(3,321 posts)
47. The biggest payback would be
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 08:48 PM
Feb 2020

to set everything back to normalcy.

Oh, and to highlight at every opportunity, this fucking orange freak and his repiggy cohorts that upset the apple cart.

Democrats, can and should, become the party of law and order. The party that cares about the constitution and the norms of governmental operation. The party of stability.

The repiggies should be revealed as boat rockers, the ones who are changing the status quo.

Time to turn the narrative 180 degrees.

bucolic_frolic

(43,146 posts)
49. Was that the reason?
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 10:38 AM
Feb 2020

because I'm sensing giddiness, power, privilege, dominance, or something worse that I just can't put my finger on

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