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ResIpsa

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Thu Feb 15, 2018, 09:28 PM Feb 2018

America was poised for a renaissance. [View all]

Workers were about to be paid more...The debt was manageable. Healthcare in reach. Solar and wind as energy alternatives. (finally.) Federal Judicial Seats were primed for citizen friendly judges, sentencing reform, legalization of MJ, redistricting Reform, the end of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan...and they cheated and stole it from us. President Obama had been such a forward looking steward of our country, and we were about to have our first woman President. And we were robbed. Cheated and ROBBED. And as we sit (just like with Gerrymandering under Bush), our Federal Benches are being filled with Anti-Abortion Judges and the Supreme Court has been skewed for the next thirty plus years.
Nothing was/is beyond the pale for the right wing. WHAT are we prepared to do about it? It's not in our nature, but, I'm afraid it's time to fight ugly. Not sure even what that looks like, but, dt has to go. SOON. It'll take literally a generation to reverse...and that's IF we hold the Govt. What's going to happen when the 911 style terrorist attack happens again? What then? I hope it isn't in the cards, but, NOTHING is beyond these people.
How can we push Mueller along some? Why hasn't he brought initial charges to start the right off with whatever they have in reserve to counter it? He MUST have multiple charges. He needs to bring the low-ball stuff now. We can't keep letting dishonest prevail.
if you fight fair with folks who refuse to fight fair, losing is inevitable. We have to get some steel in our spines.

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Got to disagree. Nobody "cheated". American voters did it to themselves. tonyt53 Feb 2018 #1
Guess you never heard of Interstate Crosscheck or gerrymandering. The repugs cheated all right. brush Feb 2018 #4
Oh, I've heard of them all. Still up to the voters. I'm not retracting anything. tonyt53 Feb 2018 #8
Aided and abetted by the Russians, Comey, fakebook, Twitter Sh'tter democratisphere Feb 2018 #11
Then you're not looking "around" enough RandomAccess Feb 2018 #17
Truth, thank you. diane in sf Feb 2018 #20
None of that means if voters turned out, Clinton wouldn't have won mythology Feb 2018 #25
I disagree completely RandomAccess Feb 2018 #26
Uninformed. brush Feb 2018 #43
And you're a Russian bot. trof Feb 2018 #34
Not hardly. Just someone that spent a couple of school years doing bomb drills under desks. tonyt53 Feb 2018 #35
Wrong. On every single count. trof Feb 2018 #36
You have no idea and never will. Yeah, just keep up the same nonsense and see what happens tonyt53 Feb 2018 #40
THANK YOU. ResIpsa Feb 2018 #10
Gerrymandering is completely normal Loki Liesmith Feb 2018 #14
"Normal"? What does that mean? It sure doesn't mean that it didn't affect elections... brush Feb 2018 #18
Both sides do it Loki Liesmith Feb 2018 #21
Both sides? That phrase sounds familiar. Oh, that's what trump said about the Charlottesville nazis. brush Feb 2018 #22
Post removed Post removed Feb 2018 #23
YOU are wrong. But you likely will never accept that. tonyt53 Feb 2018 #27
Do you not get, especially in GOP states, Dems don't draw district lines. Repugs have been known... brush Feb 2018 #28
Yes, I get it. But I also know that what I previously stated is true. tonyt53 Feb 2018 #30
Dems may flip districts in red states, especially now with the trump backlash, but repugs... brush Feb 2018 #31
It is called misogyny crazycatlady Feb 2018 #42
This Cosmocat Feb 2018 #37
repukes stole a SC seat Skittles Feb 2018 #38
Agree to disagree.. ResIpsa Feb 2018 #2
All the American voter had to do is to vote against trump. tonyt53 Feb 2018 #12
no it was not that simple Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2018 #15
Ah, another conspiracy theory follower in the making. tonyt53 Feb 2018 #29
psychic? Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2018 #32
Not even remotely wrong - except in the eyes and mind of the naive. You are simply naive. tonyt53 Feb 2018 #33
Hillary was held to impossible standards, while Trump was held to no standards at all Skittles Feb 2018 #39
Strikes me that Liberals can beat the snot out of each other... ResIpsa Feb 2018 #13
What are you doing? 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2018 #3
Do you mean what am I doing personally? ResIpsa Feb 2018 #9
The United States wont see the sestercenntenial in 2026. roamer65 Feb 2018 #5
I sincerely hope not. ResIpsa Feb 2018 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author ResIpsa Feb 2018 #6
'Obama/Steward/Biblical Principle' eom sprinkleeninow Feb 2018 #16
Things are SLOWLY falling into place...Bannon answered ALl BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #19
I would like to think this is true but: scarletlib Feb 2018 #24
The second I heard they installed 45 I knew we were in for interesting times nolabels Feb 2018 #41
With the Republican's controlling the House and Senate it would have been more gridlock with jalan48 Feb 2018 #44
Who knew a homebrewed e-mail server would Blue_Tires Feb 2018 #45
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