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Stinky The Clown

(68,955 posts) Sun Jul 7, 2019, 10:30 AM Jul 2019

Democrats are hanging on by a fraying thread, yet some people in and out of the party seem hellbent [View all]

on opening big fissures, sewing seeds of discontent, and championing division.

These are NOT ordinary times.

I fear we will once again get one party rule. And with Trump, that could very well be the end of the country as we once knew it.

As my grandmother used to counsel us kids: Pazienza.

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Democrats are hanging on by a fraying thread, yet some people in and out of the party seem hellbent [View all] Stinky The Clown Jul 2019 OP

"Democrats are hanging on by a fraying thread" - did you miss the 2018 Congressional election ? PoliticAverse Jul 2019 #1

Have you missed events since then? pangaia Jul 2019 #2

Since Democrats captured the House in 2018, Republicans can't get anything passed... PoliticAverse Jul 2019 #3

We were the ones that compromised on the emergency bill last week. CrispyQ Jul 2019 #4

That bill passed the Senate 84-8. It was already a compromise. n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2019 #6

They don;t need to 'pass' anything to destroy the country. pangaia Jul 2019 #8

They had the best chance when they controlled the Senate and the House, but... PoliticAverse Jul 2019 #9

Democrats hanging on by a thread is very well directly tied pangaia Jul 2019 #12

The primary season is the season of disagreement. It's ALWAYS been this way. Honeycombe8 Jul 2019 #5

All we have to do is mosey over to a few Republican social media and online news sites. We emmaverybo Jul 2019 #10

Much ado about nothing, IMO. Honeycombe8 Jul 2019 #13

Fair enough. NT emmaverybo Jul 2019 #15

Dissent is the healthy exercise of democracy. Demit Jul 2019 #7

Yes! Thank you! Boomer Jul 2019 #11

Thank *you*. trev Jul 2019 #14

I've been thru 4 election seasons here now, on DU, and I've never seen such open attempts Demit Jul 2019 #16

Yes. We don't need to be them. trev Jul 2019 #18

The Overton Window moved right for almost forty years pecosbob Jul 2019 #17