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The biggest topic on the Right... (Original Post) joshcryer Nov 2017 OP
Incredibly succinct ACCURATE summary bobbieinok Nov 2017 #1
Remarkably accurate. ffr Nov 2017 #2
Nailed it! malaise Nov 2017 #3
Indeed. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2017 #9
Some people can cut right through the Gordian knot lunatica Nov 2017 #4
Great plan Wingers! FailureToCommunicate Nov 2017 #5
Yeah and after it all plays out humbled_opinion Nov 2017 #6
And then have.... SergeStorms Nov 2017 #7
Unless -- of course -- a convenient distraction comes along; i.e. SQUIRREL! Fritz Walter Nov 2017 #8
Exactly eom LittleGirl Nov 2017 #10
K&R uponit7771 Nov 2017 #11
Bastards !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ProudMNDemocrat Nov 2017 #12
What is the link . . StatGirl Nov 2017 #13

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
4. Some people can cut right through the Gordian knot
Tue Nov 14, 2017, 06:48 PM
Nov 2017

The Gordian Knot is a legend of Phrygian Gordium associated with Alexander the Great. It is often used as a metaphor for an intractable problem (disentangling an "impossible" knot) solved easily by finding a loophole or thinking creatively ("cutting the Gordian knot&quot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordian_Knot

humbled_opinion

(4,423 posts)
6. Yeah and after it all plays out
Tue Nov 14, 2017, 07:17 PM
Nov 2017

and the guilty are impeached the same wingnuts will be calling for national unity and blaming Democrats.

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
7. And then have....
Tue Nov 14, 2017, 07:23 PM
Nov 2017

an extremely tainted, majority Republican Congress stand by and do absolutely nothing about it.

Fritz Walter

(4,292 posts)
8. Unless -- of course -- a convenient distraction comes along; i.e. SQUIRREL!
Tue Nov 14, 2017, 07:38 PM
Nov 2017

NFL players have pretty much stopped taking a knee.
Hillary's book tour is over, for the most part. (So is Donna Brazille's, thankfully).
Drumpf will take a brief victory lap after having drastically lowered our standing in Asia -- and once he's had his nap, diaper change and a quick round of golf.
The War on Christmas(TM) will be confined to a few brief skirmishes until Black Friday comes.

Yeah. We're good.
For now.

Except... there's that massive, wealth-transferring tax bill thing.
But, let's not focus on that.
Too boring.
Too complicated.
Let's just trust in our RepubliCON-controlled Congress to work things out...

SQUIRREL!

StatGirl

(518 posts)
13. What is the link . .
Wed Nov 15, 2017, 02:11 PM
Nov 2017

. . . between Moore being elected and Sessions resigning? Is it that the Senate will refuse to seat Moore, and the governor will appoint Sessions?

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