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ProfessorGAC

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79. I Remember Jerry Ford

Reply to NewJeffCT (Reply #73)

Fri Dec 22, 2017, 12:46 PM

Dec 2017

A quite honorable man who was almost a national joke because he had no moral authority at all given the circumstances.

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GOP plans to get rid of Trump [View all] yardwork Dec 2017 OP

If they're going to do it they're going to wait until closer to the midterms tymorial Dec 2017 #1

The 2018 midterm election is in full swing in January. yardwork Dec 2017 #2

Except that the tax bill IS unpopular. MoonRiver Dec 2017 #23

That is a ray of hope. Maybe the American people will wake up. yardwork Dec 2017 #25

Maybe after the primaries dansolo Dec 2017 #67

Respectfully, I have to disagree Chasstev365 Dec 2017 #3

I don't understand how that disagrees with my post. yardwork Dec 2017 #4

OK, maybe I misunderstood, but you said the GOP turn on Trump. Chasstev365 Dec 2017 #17

Trump is bad at keeping secrets. yardwork Dec 2017 #21

Do you believe this is why Ryan is getting out? FM123 Dec 2017 #32

Yes or his pollsters are telling him he's dead and he wants his Koch check. Chasstev365 Dec 2017 #34

When the average generic ballot average is +13 Democrats you better start panicking. Fred Sanders Dec 2017 #77

And why Ryan wants to get out of Dodge now. nt tblue37 Dec 2017 #69

No they don't oberliner Dec 2017 #5

How so? yardwork Dec 2017 #7

He goes after Republicans that get on his bad side oberliner Dec 2017 #16

Watch them shift the power away from Trump. yardwork Dec 2017 #18

Who do you see leading that shift? oberliner Dec 2017 #19

They're spineless sycophants to the money. yardwork Dec 2017 #24

The facts show otherwise Kaleva Dec 2017 #41

The facts show that Republicans are afraid of Trump oberliner Dec 2017 #43

If the Repubs vote the way Trump wants them to, why is his legislative record so poor? Kaleva Dec 2017 #46

Not one Republican bucked him on this tax bill vote oberliner Dec 2017 #82

Lets look at how the Repubs voted on the Bush tax cuts Kaleva Dec 2017 #87

You have it backwards. Trump is the patsy. yardwork Dec 2017 #54

Sure doesn't look that way - the Congressional Republicans seem pathetic oberliner Dec 2017 #83

How would the tax bill Jspur Dec 2017 #84

Same way all those bills to repeal Obamacare passed when Obama was president. Kaleva Dec 2017 #86

The lsos has a hold on the only people left who will vote for them randr Dec 2017 #6

And the second they start criticizing him he will turn on them like a rabid animal. tanyev Dec 2017 #8

They won't criticize him openly. It will be subtle. yardwork Dec 2017 #11

I am fine with the Repubs betraying 45 and invoking the wrath of the deplorables. LonePirate Dec 2017 #9

The deplorables are easily duped. yardwork Dec 2017 #13

Ive suspected this talk of Ryan retiring was to position him Lee-Lee Dec 2017 #10

I believe that the Russians are dropping Trump. yardwork Dec 2017 #15

They tied themselves to his wagon.... kentuck Dec 2017 #12

They won't lose his base. They'll co-opt it. yardwork Dec 2017 #14

How so? kentuck Dec 2017 #29

Because they were brainwashed to support him. They can be brainwashed again. yardwork Dec 2017 #30

It's not easy to de-program a cult. kentuck Dec 2017 #47

All they have to do is point the deplorables at the new focus. yardwork Dec 2017 #57

This The Genealogist Dec 2017 #51

That is assuming that FOX News will follow the GOP instead of Trump. kentuck Dec 2017 #55

Not saying they will The Genealogist Dec 2017 #58

Who owns Fox News? yardwork Dec 2017 #60

They'll have video. They won't even have to fake it. yardwork Dec 2017 #65

I guess some people here never learn. onenote Dec 2017 #20

I was the second person on DU to predict that Trump would be the nominee. yardwork Dec 2017 #26

LOL, OK! How did the New York Times miss this idea??? nt USALiberal Dec 2017 #80

I'll accept your rather bold statement about your foresight regarding Trump onenote Dec 2017 #81

naw, they have fallen deeply in love with the donald spanone Dec 2017 #22

ANY Republican would do the same! yardwork Dec 2017 #27

And a useful idiot. GreenEyedLefty Dec 2017 #28

That's why Putin picked him up years ago, but Donald's losing it now. yardwork Dec 2017 #33

Pence would be awful, but he sure as hell wouldn't be worse. Paladin Dec 2017 #31

I think Pence would be worse. We'd have a religious dictatorship. yardwork Dec 2017 #35

They are all horrible. Every last one of them. Pence is a freak in a can. GreenEyedLefty Dec 2017 #37

+1 yardwork Dec 2017 #39

yes. Merlot Dec 2017 #75

I think Pence is far more of a true believer NewJeffCT Dec 2017 #44

Especially Not. . . ProfessorGAC Dec 2017 #70

True NewJeffCT Dec 2017 #73

I Remember Jerry Ford ProfessorGAC Dec 2017 #79

They didn't need Trump for their tax bill. Not at all. Orsino Dec 2017 #36

I think that they needed Trump in order to pass the tax bill. yardwork Dec 2017 #38

Trump had nothing to do with the few GOP holdouts who wanted slightly bigger slices of the pie. Orsino Dec 2017 #42

Unless he becomes incapacitated I dont see that happening until 2020. David__77 Dec 2017 #40

I didn't say that he will voluntarily resign. yardwork Dec 2017 #61

Obstruction of justice charges MFM008 Dec 2017 #62

They've just gotten their beaks wet C_U_L8R Dec 2017 #45

Yeah and they'll get it ALL. Who's gonna stop " em? SammyWinstonJack Dec 2017 #50

How exactly was Trump a benefit to passing the tax bill? mythology Dec 2017 #48

They couldn't afford to undermine him while their focus was on the bill. yardwork Dec 2017 #64

No. they still have their eye on destroying social security. Joe941 Dec 2017 #49

I think this is one of the scenarios they are considering. Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #52

That's what I think. Putin is going to abandon Trump. yardwork Dec 2017 #63

I am also sure Putin has other assets in the US. He did not put all of his eggs in the Trump basket Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #66

Exactly. yardwork Dec 2017 #72

Russians are experts at greymattermom Dec 2017 #53

why? this makes zero sense. donnie contributed nothing that any replacement couldn't have done. unblock Dec 2017 #56

Your points seem to reinforce my point. yardwork Dec 2017 #59

republicans cannot move on donnie until he is massively unpopular among the republican rank-and-file unblock Dec 2017 #68

I never said anything about impeachment. yardwork Dec 2017 #71

i can't follow your argument at all. unblock Dec 2017 #74

Read my posts in this thread and see if this makes sense. yardwork Dec 2017 #76

i won't discount the possibility of donnie going out, unblock Dec 2017 #78

Trump is still useful to the GOP. kwassa Dec 2017 #85

These OPs and predictions started in the summer of 2015. former9thward Dec 2017 #88