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14. Most Cheaters Try To Hide It

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Sun Jun 9, 2019, 03:05 PM

Jun 2019

Trump wears it as a badge of honor (as does McConnell).

As a consequence, America has lost its way. And it will take time to build the consensus on how to put it back together, including the safeguards to prevent it from happening again. Indeed, with Citizen United still in place, it may not be possible.

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The President Is A Cheater--today's LA Times. [View all] CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2019 OP

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Jun 2019 #1

Thanks so much! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2019 #3

He's more than a cheater. kentuck Jun 2019 #2

Oh, I agree, my dear kentuck! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2019 #5

They are not mutually exclusive... kentuck Jun 2019 #12

Well, that was the word the author used. So I went with it! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2019 #13

Well, the average person probably understands "cheater" much better than some other descriptions? kentuck Jun 2019 #16

... CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2019 #17

To a true journalist. :-) kentuck Jun 2019 #55

I think in simple brief language, "cheater and liar" sums him up pretty well.... KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2019 #24

cheater, liar, thief, coward, scumbag Hermit-The-Prog Jun 2019 #29

When we get his financial record, we'll be able to put it all together. Lie, Cheat and Steal. Motto Doitnow Jun 2019 #39

What is so apparant is, Wellstone ruled Jun 2019 #4

Indeed, this is true. I guess because the corporate masters are republicans. CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2019 #6

See this daily in what used to be Wellstone ruled Jun 2019 #9

I hear him called out on a daily basis on news programs. Fact checked in real time. oldsoftie Jun 2019 #20

They are just figuring this out???? Sherman A1 Jun 2019 #7

I suspect that the author knew this from before. CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2019 #8

The president is a low-down, dirty varmint. dchill Jun 2019 #10

OF COURSE HE IS.... AND HE SHOULD BE LIVING IN THE SLAMMER RIGHT NOW!!! trueblue2007 Jun 2019 #11

Most Cheaters Try To Hide It DallasNE Jun 2019 #14

Commander-in-CHEAT. calimary Jun 2019 #15

Great read! Kid Berwyn Jun 2019 #18

the president kicks his ball so much... KayF Jun 2019 #19

Why wasn't he arrested before 2016??? Dirty Socialist Jun 2019 #21

Precisely Sherman A1 Jun 2019 #22

He was probably busy ratting out the competition. Dave Starsky Jun 2019 #47

Dave, I agree. And... Captain Zero Jun 2019 #52

Thank you CaliforniaPeggy kr PufPuf23 Jun 2019 #23

Truth will out malaise Jun 2019 #25

K&R...👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍 spanone Jun 2019 #26

He's only getting away with it because he was enthroned. erronis Jun 2019 #27

K&R smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #28

Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump mnhtnbb Jun 2019 #30

Yep! And + an extra thousand for your last paragraph, mnhtnbb. calimary Jun 2019 #40

try to imagine if a woman or a POC behaved like he does Skittles Jun 2019 #31

He does. I have a very good friend PatrickforO Jun 2019 #34

there's no question there's a startling contrast between Obama and Trump Skittles Jun 2019 #37

Yes uponit7771 Jun 2019 #54

Excellent article. Thank you for sharing it. n/t PatrickforO Jun 2019 #32

He should be carried out in a straitjacket. BigmanPigman Jun 2019 #33

'The Big Con' pbmus Jun 2019 #35

k&r Demovictory9 Jun 2019 #36

There is only 1 reason Traitor Trump is president Farmer-Rick Jun 2019 #38

"Cheater" comes nowhere close to the kind of crimes and misdemeanors Trump is guilty of. Nitram Jun 2019 #41

He needed to cheat to win the presidency in 2016. I have no doubt he'll Poiuyt Jun 2019 #42

So? The sitting POTUS is indeed above the law and cannot be prosecuted for breaking laws. Ferrets are Cool Jun 2019 #43

K&R BlueJac Jun 2019 #44

k&r lordsummerisle Jun 2019 #45

Congress is not "at a loss". The Senate is enabling him 100% Crash2Parties Jun 2019 #46

Sadly, for a bunch of Americans, if you're not cheating, you're not trying hard enough to win aikoaiko Jun 2019 #48

Sorry, but I disagree. The author is not part of the Times' editorial board. CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2019 #49

I wasn't clear. I'm sure she does loathe Trump. aikoaiko Jun 2019 #50

Well, they already knew that. And yes, they like since it validates them. CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2019 #51

With this SOB I go between white hot anger and boneweary disgust. argyl Jun 2019 #53