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SWBTATTReg

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32. The cabinet members that can invoke the 25th amendment as well as the repug-controlled ...
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 10:27 AM
Sep 2018

Congress are betraying the country and constitution. Remember this forever, that they allowed an incompetent, pathetic, senile loser of a man to continue running the executive branch of government (or claim he does) when he in fact, he can't and is unfit.

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Yes, it is very dangerous. FM123 Sep 2018 #1
I just posted this article. Pacifist Patriot Sep 2018 #2
The Frum article from The Atlantic as well exboyfil Sep 2018 #8
The cabinet members that can invoke the 25th amendment as well as the repug-controlled ... SWBTATTReg Sep 2018 #32
They know he is a traitor. Deb Sep 2018 #3
Exactly Right. Zoonart Sep 2018 #4
Isn't that exactly what happened when Reagan has Alzheimer's or when Cheney was calling the shots FSogol Sep 2018 #5
Yes and Yes. Zoonart Sep 2018 #6
Great quote. SMoss Sep 2018 #16
Thanks, Moss. Zoonart Sep 2018 #22
Yes, but I think this is a much worse situation... cynatnite Sep 2018 #7
...or Woodrow Wilson's stroke. lagomorph777 Sep 2018 #12
But that was prior to the 25th admendment. There was no procedure to deal with it in Wilson's time. FSogol Sep 2018 #38
Yeah; 25th was written because of Wilson, if I recall correctly. lagomorph777 Sep 2018 #39
JFK appalachiablue Sep 2018 #50
Oh wow, great educational stuff! lagomorph777 Sep 2018 #55
My thoughts exactly! Wawannabe Sep 2018 #43
That's what I'm saying. blueinredohio Sep 2018 #54
He wasn't elected. llmart Sep 2018 #11
Russians are laughing their asses off. pangaia Sep 2018 #26
Yep. Zoonart Sep 2018 #28
+1000 smirkymonkey Sep 2018 #56
Anyone ready for a Parliamentary constitution? exboyfil Sep 2018 #9
Not a safe time to mess with the Constitution. I have plenty of complaints about it too, lagomorph777 Sep 2018 #15
OMG watoos Sep 2018 #17
I love that visual! Blue_playwright Sep 2018 #25
Yes.. but not now.. defacto7 Sep 2018 #52
The Republicans are complicit in this Jarqui Sep 2018 #10
Yes, except it's not even "party first" any more FakeNoose Sep 2018 #13
or is it? bdamomma Sep 2018 #44
don't forget Kavanaugh Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2018 #14
Kavanaugh on the SC is terrifying watoos Sep 2018 #21
Trump was always going to outsource the Presidency anyway... HipChick Sep 2018 #18
It's not like he hired qualified people - and I don't mean that sarcastically hopeforchange2008 Sep 2018 #19
And when things go terribly, catastrophically wrong Harker Sep 2018 #29
The pendulum swings both ways, 2016 coup now a 2018 counter coup. gordianot Sep 2018 #20
I see no counter coup from the right. watoos Sep 2018 #23
You make a good point. Blue_playwright Sep 2018 #27
Trump is easily played, if I were him I would not trust Graham or Pence. gordianot Sep 2018 #33
I find no comfort in the thought that he is being contained The Liberal Lion Sep 2018 #24
Why did they write the OP ed? flibbitygiblets Sep 2018 #30
It's not comforting...but, it's good that they recognize that the GOP are not doing their jobs. Texin Sep 2018 #31
Republican's don't give a damn yuiyoshida Sep 2018 #34
Thank You GOP dlk Sep 2018 #35
This smells distinctly of a McConnell proxy presidency. ffr Sep 2018 #36
I just called both my US Senators and my US Representative. PatrickforO Sep 2018 #37
Who cares if they were NOT elected on a rigged and corrupted system? Farmer-Rick Sep 2018 #40
Yes. Nitram Sep 2018 #41
Reagan Wawannabe Sep 2018 #42
Dangerous, yes, but letting the elected official make the decisions would be even more dangerous. Kablooie Sep 2018 #45
K&R Scurrilous Sep 2018 #46
It is much more than a cover up. It is a coup. A coterie of unelected right wingers is running the Nitram Sep 2018 #47
+1 dalton99a Sep 2018 #49
There we go again "If what the anonymous OpEd said is true" Perseus Sep 2018 #48
Everything in the op-ed has been reported previously, for the most part. Garrett78 Sep 2018 #51
k&r Demovictory9 Sep 2018 #53
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