Duty To Warn FTW

[highplainsdem]

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[Irish_Dem]

1. A president who tried to overthrow the government and sold us out to enemies.

Raises all kinds of money from Americans and could get elected again.

[GreenWave]

28. If only somehow the word "elected" could get expanded like the Supreme Court should.

it would be a form of capital punishment for treason!

You know Irish Dem, every time I read your posts my brain reads them in JFK's voice.

[Irish_Dem]

35. I have enough Boston relatives to do a nice accent.

My father sounded like JFK.
Both were Boston Irish.

[crickets]

2. I don't know that it's treason, but if there's no law

against what he's doing, there should be. It's vile.

[MontanaMama]

3. What's worse than what the TFG is doing

are the people lining up to give him their money. I would think a lot of them can’t afford it and do it anyway. Clearly a cult.

[Whiskeytide]

4. Exactly. Тяцмp is a two bit con man, and has ...

… become a serious threat to democracy only because so many refuse to see him for what he really is. The stupidity is maddening.

[gratuitous]

9. Or, alternatively

They see very well that the former guy is a serious threat to democracy, and they're very okay with that. Because they're very sure for some reason that they'll benefit even more from a dictatorial autocratic system.

[Whiskeytide]

15. Agreed. But I think that's a relatively small group of people ...

… who believe they are in a position to milk that system for their gain. His masses - the cult - are not in such positions. I really don’t think they understand the concept of democracy v an autocratic dictatorship. They don’t have a clue what their rooting for - only that we’re against it so they have to be for it. We hate Тяцмp, so they love him. I have come to believe it is that simple in their Civics deprived minds.

[CottonBear]

38. You have precisely described my sister. NT

[Ray Bruns]

7. Let them eat cake

[Lonestarblue]

12. Yes. Jim Jones was able to convince followers to give him their possessions and join his commune.

And we all know the end of that cult—918 people were essentially murdered by Jones and his helpers. The MAGA cult is much larger but just as indoctrinated into their worship of Trump.

[Ferrets are Cool]

19. It reminds me what poor people do for televangelists.

[FakeNoose]

5. It's further proof that Chump is vile and shameless

Lock him up for life!

[SWBTATTReg]

6. the fake billionaire...

That says it all.

[progressoid]

8. Monetizing the presidency to a greater or lesser extent is commonplace for most

modern ex-presidents with the notable exception of Jimmy Carter.

[FoxNewsSucks]

11. That's right.

He's the only one who has spent his retirement living like an actual Christian and helping poor people. Habitat for Humanity is great.

[not fooled]

24. Giving speeches to Wall Streeters

or serving on corporate boards or whatever else most former presidents do for money is getting money from money.

Conning poor or even middle class people into handing over money for a con is a whole other kettle of fish.

[FoxNewsSucks]

10. How fucking stupid are the people sending him money?????

"I'm a billionaire, send me your money" and the morons do it?????

[NoMoreRepugs]

13. Average American adult reads at a 7th grade level.

Now think of the bottom third of the lower half. Chilling isn’t it??

[Joinfortmill]

29. It's gone up. It was the 5th grade when I corrected papers.

[NoMoreRepugs]

33. My guess would be that they are equivalent.

[calimary]

14. Totally escapes me, that's for sure!

I can barely look at a photo of him without being tempted to throw something at the TV.

But there are those who almost literally worship the schmuck.

They have their very own golden calf.

[Raster]

18. And for the Love of God...

...If low-rent Amurikkka needed a Savior, couldn't they have picked someone better than tRump*?

This is what gets me: This is the hill that MAGAt Amurikkka wants to die on: tRump*?!?

[Ferrets are Cool]

20. But, for the love of God, they have picked a whole lot of

scum to send money to...ie:televangelists.

[calimary]

32. Yeah, no shit. I was just watching a discussion about this on MSNBC.

Because it slays people among "the cognocenti" why a super rich white dude would be so big a hero to the "blue collar" crowd.

Regardless how wealthy he is, he does have a kind of "common touch."

Regardless how wealthy he is, he positions himself as the underdog in the fight, and those "blue collar" demographics LOVE it.

And he's been in and on television, already in their living rooms AND bedrooms (where people watch A LOT of TV toward the end of the evening). That was pointed out as part of Johnny Carson's appeal, too.

[RestoreAmerica2020]

21. Ah stupid people? Here's what Cipolla had to say in his thesis re: five basic laws of human stupidit

And I'll add relevant quote by LBJ --that imo explains the mindset of 71 Million that voted for ffg..the most stupidest person on the woooorld (according to his professor at Wharton.)

President Lyndon B. Johnson once said, “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.”

snopes.com

Carlo Cipolla, Five Basic Laws of human Always and inevitably, each of us underestimates the number of stupid individuals in the world

That there are stupid people in the world is well known. But Cipolla was convinced that we underestimated their number and influence in our lives and in society. He stated that “any numerical estimate would prove to be an underestimate”.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://psychology-spot.com/basic-laws-of-human-stupidity/&ved=2ahUKEwjLpfG2l9H5AhX3DEQIHcO4A6I4ChAWegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw1-xsGDUSPfhSaxB0YqR4iQ

[FoxNewsSucks]

23. It's sad that those are both so true.

[housecat]

26. Those are the voters we're up against

[Lovie777]

16. Then why is shithole always broke....

shithole doesn't pay the bills, i.e city and town rallies, et al.

GQP is paying his legal bills. shithole doesn't pay the lawyers, and there's a lot more.

[RestoreAmerica2020]

17. I believe it was Michael Cohen who said ..when ffg finds a loophole within the law

..he'll do what it takes to take advantage of whomever, whatever to benefit himself-- and that is why he is able to slime his way out of any accountability that lands the his fatnalgas in prison. Paraphrasing here.

Wait, not sure if it was Cohen, it may have been Mary Trump (I'll check sources and correct on edit.)

[Scrivener7]

22. It's a shame no one has actually muzzled him.

[kacekwl]

25. Yea you know where that's gonna go.

Nowhere. This guy commits crimes daily so.....

[Joinfortmill]

27. Dirty, rotten, stinking, treasonous piece of trash.

[Rhiannon12866]

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[dalton99a]

31. +1

[Duppers]

36. Love these!!

Buffett's quote was my fav.

[Slammer]

34. treason shall consist only of...

Well, Trump did this to bring aid and comfort to himself.

I guess that qualifies as giving aid and comfort to the enemy....

[BobTheSubgenius]

37. It is INCREDIBLE, at least to me, the shapes these imbeciles will twist themselves into.

All to somehow find an excuse or two for him, even if it's the incredibly weak tea of bothsiderism.

[The Jungle 1]

39. The Rosenberg's got to ride the lightening for their treason!

[Marcuse]

40. He's far from the final chapter in the con playbook.