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NanceGreggs

(27,813 posts)
Thu May 11, 2017, 11:58 PM May 2017

I Admit it!

I am dying of curiosity to know what the Republicans are going to say when Trump & Co go down – and we all know that is now inevitable.

Please allow me a bit of speculation as to what we’ll be hearing from the GOP in the weeks to come …

Sure, we heard Trump lie about literally everything – from the size of the crowds at his inauguration to claiming that he’d won the electoral college vote by a historical margin – but we didn’t realize he was a liar.

Yeah, we knew about the many lawsuits against Trump due to cheating workers out of their pay, his fake “university” scam, and the many accusations of sexual harassment /molestation – but we never saw any reason to doubt his honesty and moral ethics.

Of course we read his inane and incoherent “tweets”, wherein he frequently lashed out at perceived enemies and displayed symptoms of extreme paranoia – but it never occurred to us that he was mentally unstable.

Yes, we were aware that Trump has steadfastly and repeatedly refused to release his tax returns, but we had no reason to believe he was hiding anything.

Granted we did notice that Trump called every unfavourable poll and news story “fake news” – but we dismissed it as being his “unique style” of presidentin’.

Of course we heard the “pussy grabbing” remarks – but we never thought they were indicative of a lack of good Christian values.

Needless to say, we saw Trump openly mock the disabled – but we figured it was all in good fun and everyone would laugh along with him.

Okay, sure, we’ve watched as Trump has attempted to “repeal and replace” Obamacare with legislation that would leave millions of Americans without any healthcare coverage whatsoeverbut we were assured that the citizenry was totally happy with that state of affairs.

Without doubt, we knew that Trump was using taxpayer’s dollars to fund his golfing getaways every weekend, along with charging the taxpayers for entertaining foreign dignitaries at his personal “club” while pocketing the money – but we didn’t realize that those taxpayers would actually notice.

Yes, we were cognizant of the fact that Trump and his cohorts all have obvious and inexplicable ties to Russiabut it never entered our minds that those ties meant anything nefarious.

We have noticed that while Trump has never said a single word against our sworn enemy, the Russians, he has never missed an opportunity to praise Putin and his tactics – but we never imagined that such a position was indicative of being pro-Putin and anti-American.

Yes, we are aware that Trump invited Russian operatives to the White House for a meeting that barred the US press from attending – but we had no cause to think that this represents anything secretive, or should give rise to speculation about where our “pRresident’s” true fealty lies.

In summary, we Republicans are truly astounded that as things are turning out, our pResident – the man we have supported, defended, and made a million excuses for – looks more and more like a Putin ass-kisser whose entire administration is comprised of fellow Putin ass-kissers.

If only we’d seen those “red flags” – the ones so obvious, they can be seen from the nearest asteroid belt – before we decided to put every effort into placing an ignorant, Russian-loving dumbass in the White House, we wouldn’t be in the position of trying to come up with ludicrous excuses to explain why we did so.

Friendly advice to the GOP: Admit your wrongdoing, own up to the fact that a “win” was far more important than the well-being of your country, and accept responsibility for the fact that – with malice aforethought – you were willing to put a mentally-unhinged Putin Puppet in the Oval Office rather than see an extremely qualified female Democrat in the White House.

Until and unless you acknowledge what is now obvious, you will forever be known as the party that was willing – nay, anxious – to throw your country and your fellow Americans under the bus in order to assuage a foreign adversary, all in hopes of chalking-up a “win” on the political scoreboard.

What we now face as a country is the indisputable fact that while ONE of our political parties still stands by the Constitution and the rule of law, their “friends across the aisle” are more than happy to look the other way while their Russian-loving pResident embraces policies that are clearly abhorrent to Americans everywhere.

I, for one, look forward to hearing your excuses for doing so. I’ve no doubt they will be, if nothing else, wildly entertaining.

"We had NO IDEA what was going on" is, in view of the in-your-face evidence, beyond laughable - the problem being that no one is laughing.

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I Admit it! (Original Post) NanceGreggs May 2017 OP
K&R 2naSalit May 2017 #1
Nance-be careful- you know what they say killed the cat Gothmog May 2017 #2
Bat crap crazy The Wizard May 2017 #3
Clean your glasses if u want to see cuz their feet will be flying as they dance around NoMoreRepugs May 2017 #4
You have a real way with....FACTS! n/t MLAA May 2017 #5
I can't wait until Trump is no more than a bad memory. lpbk2713 May 2017 #6
You are going to hear "I was following orders" from any and all actual subordinates. gordianot May 2017 #7
Luckily we learned that isn't a defense. sharedvalues May 2017 #11
It seems to be continually difficult for some and gains new adherents in mass. gordianot May 2017 #22
The whole party has been corrupted by foreign money, foreign agents elmac May 2017 #8
My guess is that they'll go full Alex Jones. tenorly May 2017 #9
It's too late. GOP already own Trump. sharedvalues May 2017 #10
Nance, I agree with your last 5 paragraphs, but the republican rationalizations are too sensible and NBachers May 2017 #12
They are going to pull the Patriot Card rufus dog May 2017 #13
They will say he was bad, but emails and Benghazi HRC was worse. kairos12 May 2017 #14
K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow May 2017 #15
K&R trusty elf May 2017 #16
Ummmm..... GallopingGhost May 2017 #17
A lot of them radical noodle May 2017 #18
K&R! Mountain Mule May 2017 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author Dnice29 May 2017 #20
What I think they'll say, after Trump is removed by Pence under Amendment 25, PatrickforO May 2017 #21
Excellent malaise May 2017 #23
spot on, as always!! niyad May 2017 #24

Gothmog

(145,046 posts)
2. Nance-be careful- you know what they say killed the cat
Fri May 12, 2017, 12:16 AM
May 2017

I admit that I am also very curious and I am looking forward to seeing what is actually said

The Wizard

(12,541 posts)
3. Bat crap crazy
Fri May 12, 2017, 12:20 AM
May 2017

It's the insanity defense. The thought disorders, loose associations and cognitive dissonance are covered by Obamacare. And that goes for his unusual followers.

NoMoreRepugs

(9,400 posts)
4. Clean your glasses if u want to see cuz their feet will be flying as they dance around
Fri May 12, 2017, 12:21 AM
May 2017

the obvious and attempt to deflect - deflect - deflect.

gordianot

(15,236 posts)
7. You are going to hear "I was following orders" from any and all actual subordinates.
Fri May 12, 2017, 12:36 AM
May 2017

The following orders crowd is already tuning up the chorus. As for as the minority swarm that surrounds him they will stay home like they did at the inaugural and recent rallies.

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)
11. Luckily we learned that isn't a defense.
Fri May 12, 2017, 12:50 AM
May 2017

In 1945.

You know you're in an autocracy when following orders means committing crimes.


And we know that real patriots refuse such orders. Like Sally Yates did.

gordianot

(15,236 posts)
22. It seems to be continually difficult for some and gains new adherents in mass.
Fri May 12, 2017, 05:00 AM
May 2017

There is a direct correlation with personal loyalty oaths to specific persons.

 

elmac

(4,642 posts)
8. The whole party has been corrupted by foreign money, foreign agents
Fri May 12, 2017, 12:42 AM
May 2017

they all need to go down but first the American voter needs to grow a brain.

tenorly

(2,037 posts)
9. My guess is that they'll go full Alex Jones.
Fri May 12, 2017, 12:44 AM
May 2017

"The Illuminati, Rothschilds, Trilaterals, and Bilderbergers got together in the Bohemian Grove - an' put Rachel Mad-cow an' the rest of the fake news media up to it! Uh-huh!"

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)
10. It's too late. GOP already own Trump.
Fri May 12, 2017, 12:48 AM
May 2017

Nothing they do now can remove Trump's stink from the GOP, and likewise the GOP's stink from Trump.

NBachers

(17,096 posts)
12. Nance, I agree with your last 5 paragraphs, but the republican rationalizations are too sensible and
Fri May 12, 2017, 12:55 AM
May 2017

plausible. Remember, you're dealing with a luna-cult of Mansonites who exist in a bizarro wormhole. To be authentic, your excuses need to come from a tangent of Plutonium-based insanity.

I'm actually reassured to see that you have trouble tuning into this Nitwit wavelength.

 

rufus dog

(8,419 posts)
13. They are going to pull the Patriot Card
Fri May 12, 2017, 12:56 AM
May 2017

I will bet anyone. tRump will implode and the remaining repubs AND the media will start pushing the meme that Democrats need to support the Pence admin or we are not patriotic and are supporting Russian efforts to destabilize Western Democracies.

Dollars to donuts, and the media won't call out the hypocrisy.

GallopingGhost

(2,404 posts)
17. Ummmm.....
Fri May 12, 2017, 01:53 AM
May 2017


I really can't think what to say about this meme except thank goodness I have never liked or eaten Froot Loops.

Thanks for the bedtime visual nightmare.

Mountain Mule

(1,002 posts)
19. K&R!
Fri May 12, 2017, 02:12 AM
May 2017

Although I doubt if Dolt 45's core has the ability to come up with excuses even as feeble as the examples you gave. That exercise might force them to think for 2 or 3 seconds - something they abhor. My guess is that they'll all shriek "Fake news!" and "But what about Hillary's e-mails!?" and "Not only wasn't Obama born here, but he wasn't even really black! You Dems let him get away with terrible things and then you got rid of America's only hope for just a few teensy mistakes that anyone could have made!"

I'm already hearing crap like this from the repugs.

Response to NanceGreggs (Original post)

PatrickforO

(14,566 posts)
21. What I think they'll say, after Trump is removed by Pence under Amendment 25,
Fri May 12, 2017, 02:50 AM
May 2017

then Pence goes down in the Russia scandal and we get Paul Ryan.

They'll say, "Well, we wanted Ryan all along!"

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