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Towlie

(5,307 posts)
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 08:43 AM Jun 2017

Trump's latest tweet is perversely, tragically, comically, ridiculously, mind-bogglingly wrong!

Unbelievable!

"Democrats would do much better as a party if they got together with Republicans on Healthcare,Tax Cuts,Security. Obstruction doesn't work!"

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How do you get together with people who are keeping their work secret and WON'T LET you get together with them?

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Trump's latest tweet is perversely, tragically, comically, ridiculously, mind-bogglingly wrong! (Original Post) Towlie Jun 2017 OP
Eventually He'll Find Out That Obstruction Doesn't Work.... global1 Jun 2017 #1
@gop obstruction worked for 8 years (mostly). riversedge Jun 2017 #2
Exactly! Obstruction works like a champ! Thanks, Republicans, for showing us Nay Jun 2017 #4
it does without saying, but IOKIYAAR Cosmocat Jun 2017 #6
It works for ReTrumplicans because they don't have any "Red Dog ReTrumplicans" maxrandb Jun 2017 #9
Y E P Cosmocat Jun 2017 #10
Oooo the fucking borg I like it. n/T Corvo Bianco Jun 2017 #15
Yep! Yessiree! Lesson learned! nt Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #18
Ha - and he's an expert on obstruction gone wrong! jmg257 Jun 2017 #3
Ministry of Truth: This year we are at war with Oceania. We have always been at war with Oceania. nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2017 #5
IMHO, every single one of his tweets luvtheGWN Jun 2017 #7
Very true leftstreet Jun 2017 #12
I picture Trump as a modern day Jim Jones... Moostache Jun 2017 #16
I don't think it's "aimed" SHRED Jun 2017 #17
Yet HIS biggest achievement is appointing a supreme court judge lame54 Jun 2017 #8
Why would anyone join forces with a group of people intent of discriminating against others? Solly Mack Jun 2017 #11
Builders should get together with the demolition crew IronLionZion Jun 2017 #13
crack does amazing things to people. Javaman Jun 2017 #14
Don't worry, we'll only obstruct Trump as much as the GOP obstructed Obama. (n/t) FreepFryer Jun 2017 #19
Apparently "Blue Dog" Democrats want to work with Trump on some of these issues. jalan48 Jun 2017 #20
Hitching your wagon to tRump is never a good idea SHRED Jun 2017 #21
I agree. Trump is the worst we have ever seen-why work with him on anything? jalan48 Jun 2017 #22
Democrats are not Obstructing erpowers Jun 2017 #23
+10 SHRED Jun 2017 #24

global1

(25,166 posts)
1. Eventually He'll Find Out That Obstruction Doesn't Work....
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 08:54 AM
Jun 2017

He's right about that. Mueller will teach him that lesson.

Cosmocat

(14,543 posts)
6. it does without saying, but IOKIYAAR
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 10:58 AM
Jun 2017

not allowing yourself to be completely steamrolled as liberal, not so much ...

maxrandb

(15,187 posts)
9. It works for ReTrumplicans because they don't have any "Red Dog ReTrumplicans"
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 11:03 AM
Jun 2017

Last edited Wed Jun 21, 2017, 11:51 AM - Edit history (1)

The Rockettes are jealous of how well ReTrumplicans march in lock-step

Cosmocat

(14,543 posts)
10. Y E P
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 11:08 AM
Jun 2017

The are the fucking Borg, mindless, mean spirited and 100 percent united in destroying man kind.

luvtheGWN

(1,336 posts)
7. IMHO, every single one of his tweets
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 11:01 AM
Jun 2017

is aimed exclusively at his uneducated followers, much the same as a cult leader blusters at his cult flock to keep them interested and in line. Of course, his asinine tweets also serve the purpose of taking the minds of any possible "strays" off Mueller's investigation.

leftstreet

(36,076 posts)
12. Very true
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 11:12 AM
Jun 2017

He constantly hammers variations on the same theme: Tax Cuts! Border! Healthcare!

Over and over.

He definitely knows who brought him to the dance, which tells me he and his people are worried enough if they can't make those things happen

Moostache

(9,895 posts)
16. I picture Trump as a modern day Jim Jones...
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 11:29 AM
Jun 2017

Where Jones used a loudspeaker and droning sermons, Trump uses Twitter.

Sadly, I am willing to bet a good percentage of Trump supporters would drink the Kool-Aid immediately if Twitterlini ordered them to...

Solly Mack

(90,740 posts)
11. Why would anyone join forces with a group of people intent of discriminating against others?
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 11:09 AM
Jun 2017

With people intent on causing other people harm? pain? suffering? even death?

Sure, you can tell yourself that joining them on one thing doesn't mean acceptance of everything but once you start caving in to those who mean to cause as much damage as possible, the bread crumbs you're claiming moral victory over are, and remain, worthless.

Don't tell yourself that's how government works, because you aren't living in a time where those you are working with and living around give a damn about how government works, they only care about what they can get and who they can oppress.

There is no good derived from giving in to a bully. (or bullies, as is the case in American politics)

You don't compromise with your abuser - that merely serves to give the abuser more power over you.



IronLionZion

(45,250 posts)
13. Builders should get together with the demolition crew
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 11:15 AM
Jun 2017

maybe go out for a beer and celebrate the destruction of these programs that make America great.

I'm sure poor elderly people will be comforted by tax cuts.

jalan48

(13,797 posts)
20. Apparently "Blue Dog" Democrats want to work with Trump on some of these issues.
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 11:39 AM
Jun 2017

Is this a good idea?

jalan48

(13,797 posts)
22. I agree. Trump is the worst we have ever seen-why work with him on anything?
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 11:45 AM
Jun 2017

It will only serve to legitimize his Koch agenda.

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
23. Democrats are not Obstructing
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 11:48 AM
Jun 2017

Democrats are not trying to obstruct anything; Donald Trump seems to be lazy and a bad leader. Republicans control all three branches of government and they have a nearly filibuster proof margin in the Senate. However, they have barely passed any legislation in the first five months of Trump's presidency. If you have control of all three branches of government and you cannot pass legislation you are a bad leader. Why is there so much chaos in the White House and the Republican controlled Congress? Why have key government jobs not been filled?

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