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kentuck

(111,076 posts)
Mon Sep 4, 2017, 10:24 PM Sep 2017

One good deed that Donald Trump has done...

...has been to expose the Republican Party for what it is.

They are no longer the Party of Abraham Lincoln. They are the Party of Donald Trump. Many have been slow to accept this "uncovering".

When their supporters march with tiki torches, in all their Nazi and White Supremacists regalia, to black churches, yelling epithets, the times have surely changed for the Party of Lincoln. Then, when Donald Trump fails to condemn the Nazis and Supremacists, no more proof was needed. The deal was sealed.

The sad truth is that the establishment Party in Washington does not have the numbers to stop this takeover of their Party. They are now within the minority of their own Party. They also do not have the courage to do anything about it. They are afraid of the consequences from Trump supporters.

They used to love to impeach Presidents. The one thing they were very good at was tearing down Democratic Presidents. They were ready to impeach Hillary Clinton, if she had won. But now, they are willing to look the other way. Their silence is their approval.

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One good deed that Donald Trump has done... (Original Post) kentuck Sep 2017 OP
In the Army the phrase was silence means concurrence. kairos12 Sep 2017 #1
..and quibbling was still a lie. kentuck Sep 2017 #2
So very true GP6971 Sep 2017 #5
Good Post Angry Dragon Sep 2017 #3
Well said! NanceGreggs Sep 2017 #4
BAD is OK as long as the redumbliCONs are the ones doing it. democratisphere Sep 2017 #6
They are indeed. calimary Sep 2017 #11
A party of truly composed of Deplorables Pepsidog Sep 2017 #7
Indeed. nycbos Sep 2017 #8
big mistake for Republicans and fox-lies Republican TV to pick Donald Trump as their king hehe. Sunlei Sep 2017 #9
Great post Joeyboots Sep 2017 #10
Remember the heinous crimes of Democratic candidates that the R's wouldn't let go? spiderpig Sep 2017 #12
They can make a scandal out of passing gas... kentuck Sep 2017 #13
Obama breathed in prime minister's direction wrong. And we've got proof! Initech Sep 2017 #14
republicans love this clown and own him lock, stock and barrel spanone Sep 2017 #15

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
6. BAD is OK as long as the redumbliCONs are the ones doing it.
Mon Sep 4, 2017, 10:48 PM
Sep 2017

redumbliCONs are the political party of hypocracy.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
9. big mistake for Republicans and fox-lies Republican TV to pick Donald Trump as their king hehe.
Tue Sep 5, 2017, 12:18 AM
Sep 2017
don't think republicans expected their Russian hacker buddies to be 'caught'

Joeyboots

(11 posts)
10. Great post
Tue Sep 5, 2017, 12:49 AM
Sep 2017

And I agree. This is exactly what I was thinking as well. Hopefully, we will all learn lessons from this mess of an administration and be a better nation for it in the future.

spiderpig

(10,419 posts)
12. Remember the heinous crimes of Democratic candidates that the R's wouldn't let go?
Tue Sep 5, 2017, 01:31 AM
Sep 2017

The photo of Dukakis in the tank.

Howard Dean's yell in the primaries.

John Kerry's unforgivable Purple Hearts won while actually serving in a war? (I can't get that R convention delegate's image out of my mind with that insulting purple heart band-aid on her chin.)

That's the Republican MO - ridicule/insult/belittle nonstop while the hypocrites rattle their sabers for wars they won't fight themselves, and steal us blind for the benefit of their corporate masters.

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