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I have no more facepalms to give for this country. I have knocked myself out. Literally.
Blue Owl
(50,356 posts)Donald tRump, mass murderer, ain't stoppin' until Jan. 20 and who knows what the final toll will be...
sheshe2
(83,751 posts)Minimum 325K by 01/20/2021.
calimary
(81,238 posts)EVERY number in that 325,000 is a person. A living, loving, caring human being with a family full of loved ones, all shapes, sizes, colors, nationalities, ages - the youngest I heard of this week was a five-year-old.
This just FUCKING HURTS! And I don't even know any of these people. It doesn't matter. They're fellow travelers, all bozos on this bus called Planet Earth. And they have feelings and cares and worries and loves, and people who care about them. They laugh and they cry. And now they're the object of tears - gone. Lost forever down a dark hole called COVID. Leaving a trail of aching hearts and lit votive candles. And the holidays are coming. I bet there were a few of these COVID victims for whom a special Christmas gift had already been purchased or ordered, or made by hand.
And it didn't have to end this way. They didn't have to die.
Damn.
Celerity
(43,339 posts)soldierant
(6,857 posts)MagickMuffin
(15,937 posts)And all that bs Grassley spouted about "death panels" he and the rest of his party are guilty of DEATHS. These people didn't even need to appear before death panels, the death panels are walking amongst us and you know who they are because they refuse to accept the reality and refuse to mask up.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,853 posts)There's surely many who deeply believe it now, but mostly because they've had it hammered into their heads for decades.
keithbvadu2
(36,788 posts)The religious right is like the moral majority; NEITHER.
Political Christians rather than Christians of faith.
Shermann
(7,413 posts)You don't exercise your own logical brain enough and instead let the "gurus" deem what's moral based on their loose interpretations of scripture.
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Rhiannon12866
(205,295 posts)Examples include lack of action after the horror of Sandy Hook, not to mention ripping babies out of the arms of immigrant mothers.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,467 posts)certainot
(9,090 posts)OUTRAGE
MustLoveBeagles
(11,599 posts)I remember when medical personnel were forcibly quarantined during the Ebola outbreak. Kaci Hickox a nurse who had treated patients in West Africa was subjected to widespread vilification and ridicule when she complained over how she was treated. I'm going out on a limb here but I bet the people that were in favor of her imprisonment are the same people that can't be bothered to take safety precautions in this pandemic. Masks and social distancing are tyranny and a violation of their rights.
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2014/10/cdc-some-states-differ-over-quarantine-ebola-responders
certainot
(9,090 posts)seats
some thought of it as an october surprise. it all ended right after the electons.
media needs to investigate if limbaugh convinced dtrump it could work with COVID. they are both stupid and simple enough to equate the two
MustLoveBeagles
(11,599 posts)I should've known. Of course there were probably others too. I remember the doctors and scientists at the time were saying that rw politicians and rw media were spreading misinformation. President Obama invited a nurse who was exposed to it to the White House and even hugged her to people there was nothing to fear. People listened to them then about as well as they're listening to them now, meaning not at all. Funny how all the fear mongering immediatly stopped once they got what they wanted. It wouldn't surprise me if they tried it again with Covid only this time it didn't work. The media does need to look into it but I'm not holding my breath.
certainot
(9,090 posts)every day in oct about it in right wing rag WND
who was pushing the social media in congo 2019 to get locals to attack ebola clinics? but they got that under control
Ian Reifowitz posted a diary Feb 29 Weaponizing an epidemic for political purposes is exactly what Limbaugh did to Obama detailing how Limbaugh and the Republicans used ebola to help them regain the house and senate in 2014. Democrats lost 13 House seats and nine Senate seats. They used fear of ebola in October to win in November and then forgot about ebola after their election successes. It was a manufactured crisis, it worked, and why wouldnt they use it again?
Stainless
(718 posts)That is at least Involuntary Manslaughter! Send him to prison now.....
OldBaldy1701E
(5,126 posts)The entire administration needs to be examined with that mindset. There are just too many aspects of what has transpired that certainly fall into actionable charges. I hope like hell the new administration sees it that way!
certainot
(9,090 posts)they got 9 senate seats
IronLionZion
(45,433 posts)Any bets on when they'll start saying this? Maybe early January before the inauguration?
certainot
(9,090 posts)use the same radio stations to blame democrats in every state - it's what they do
IronLionZion
(45,433 posts)so that's why COVID has spread throughout rural southern and midwestern states. Also those damn foreigners.
certainot
(9,090 posts)wellst0nev0ter
(7,509 posts)That the democrats are so inept at messaging that they can AT BEST only barely beat trump, and lose a bunch of downballot races with these conditions.
brush
(53,776 posts)and gaslighting repugs.
wellst0nev0ter
(7,509 posts)instead of campaigning nicely against goops. Call it a complaint if you want, dems don't know how to campaign in this environment.
brush
(53,776 posts)something rarely done. And we have a shot at a Senate majority. Give up some props, already.
greatbaldeagle
(157 posts)I agree that Democrats suck at messaging. But I think they suck at communicating their accomplishments and how their policies are best for the country, not necessarily talking about the other side. It's not like they aren't aware that he's a con artist, liar, cheat, racist, etc. Some don't care and the rest like that he's that way. I'm convinced that no amount of smearing would have mattered. These people love Trump and are willing to die for him. They hate other people more than they love themselves. What do you do with that?
KPN
(15,643 posts)Never Forget.
Better yet - remind them infinitely.
raccoon
(31,110 posts)malaise
(268,968 posts)Rec
Quemado
(1,262 posts)Phoque = seal (in French).
BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)It took much longer, cost way, WAY more money and diverted more of the government away from doing the jobs they were elected to than the entire JFK assassination case.
UTUSN
(70,686 posts)Initech
(100,068 posts)sarchasm
(1,012 posts)greatbaldeagle
(157 posts)after Bush ignored the warnings. He wasn't asked to resign, got re-elected, took us to war with Iraq based on a false premise, and got away with it. Reagan ignored the AIDS crisis and 89,343 people died under his watch. It barely gets mentioned as far as his legacy goes. Republicans are immune to scrutiny and accountability. It only matters if youre a Democrat.
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)sheshe2
(83,751 posts)Polybius
(15,398 posts)Well he definitely lost but I wouldn't call it a landslide.
We turned red states blue. See Arizona and Georgia. Huge. Absolutely huge.
Texas is turning purple. We won the Presidency with more than 5 million popular votes and you are basically saying we f**led.
I do see it as a landslide. Two new blue states is a beautiful thing as is the Presidency.
Polybius
(15,398 posts)I see a landslide as 400+ Electoral Votes. I don't even view 1992 as a landslide, although I can see the argument being made for it.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,340 posts)Polybius
(15,398 posts)And we all called him out for it then.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,340 posts)They create these inconsistencies; let them sort it out. Either their rule works both ways, or it does not work at all, and they need to explain why.
Keeps 'em busy rationalizing instead of tearing shit up.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)I havent had a single synaptic explosion in my brain since Biden and KAMALA!! won.
Evolve Dammit
(16,725 posts)Hard. With prejudice. "This ain't no party. This ain't no disco. This ain't no foolin' around. No lovey-dovey..." JUSTICE!
AmericanCanuck
(1,102 posts)We also have some in our party
sheshe2
(83,751 posts)and that we do.