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Cosmocat

(15,526 posts)
33. Same
Sun Nov 24, 2019, 09:35 AM
Nov 2019

I have had heartburn my entire adult life, about 1990 to now because I saw how big of assholes Rs were back then (Nwet Gingrich and company) and have NEVER understood how so many in the country are cool with, or even cheer on their attempts to blow up the SS and anything related to the New Deal.

AND, every time republicans have one of these surges they are worse and dig us into a deeper hole and they have less repercussions for them as a party.

Nixon had to flee before being convicted in impeachment hearings, and many associated with prosecuted. Reagen was partitioned off and did not suffer for the shit his admin did, and very few saw justice. Bush never was held to account for Iraq, and while they got four year TO from 2006 to 2010, the country saw fit to give them the greatest mid term landslide in our lives because BHO passed the REPUBLICAN version of health care reform.

I told people Trump was not joke when he came down the elavator, that he embodied everything their party had become and if he got the nomination the country was absolutely stupid enough to make him POTUS.

And we have seen the country follow the Rs lead in completely rolling over to him while he has been in office.

Our soul is lost, we have lost every bit of moral authority our brave troops sacrificed for us in WWI and WWII, and decades of right wing slander of liberalism has most of this country CHEERING on the destruction of anything that benefits the average person.

The republican party blows up ANY attempts to reform health care and the country could give a shit while losing its bloody mind over potential for a transgender to use a public bathroom.

We, the sane and decent people are trying to push mud ...

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I just wonder Ohiogal Nov 2019 #1
He just wants to show who's Boss. He fancies himself a king. nt scarletwoman Nov 2019 #2
He is a king MontanaMama Nov 2019 #3
He also admires brutal men who get away with it--and probably fantasized about doing tblue37 Nov 2019 #16
I agree with you there. Ohiogal Nov 2019 #41
He also wants to snuff out any opposition to him being Commander in Chief? kentuck Nov 2019 #28
His narcissism orangecrush Nov 2019 #4
I would like to know that, too. Grasswire2 Nov 2019 #17
it's the kind of thing a dictator would do Skittles Nov 2019 #20
Yep. orangecrush Nov 2019 #38
It's been a while since he can pardon. This is a reminder. n/t pnwmom Nov 2019 #40
Don't think it helps him overall, but Muslim hating white wingers are fine with it. Hoyt Nov 2019 #5
Things are never "under control" jberryhill Nov 2019 #6
Not out of control. Putin is at the helm. kairos12 Nov 2019 #7
Which is my thought exactly. orangecrush Nov 2019 #8
Things have been spiraling out of control since 2012. Initech Nov 2019 #9
I think election night 2014 Hawaii Hiker Nov 2019 #13
Actually I think Gamergate was when things started to spiral out of control. Initech Nov 2019 #23
It was Ford pardoning Nixon in 1974. Dave Starsky Nov 2019 #39
I was thinking of a recent event where things started to go off the rails. Initech Nov 2019 #43
I take a longer view PJMcK Nov 2019 #27
I mean why not go back to slavery? SlogginThroughIt Nov 2019 #36
Democracy has been lost. We are going the same way as Germany in the 1930s. I can't see Doodley Nov 2019 #10
Dismantled and slowly sold off to international high-wealth interests.... KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2019 #15
Same Cosmocat Nov 2019 #33
I'll throw this theory out for comment.... KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2019 #11
hmmm Grasswire2 Nov 2019 #18
It is more personally intersted than that Cosmocat Nov 2019 #34
Yes, he wants a military that is dedicated to him personally. LuvNewcastle Nov 2019 #35
I like to think that there are military people near him Progressive Jones Nov 2019 #12
you just KNOW there are a lot of meetings behind his back Skittles Nov 2019 #21
It seems very clear to me that it is already over Tumbulu Nov 2019 #14
Trump's next outrageous move Sewa Nov 2019 #19
Hmmm. empedocles Nov 2019 #29
I'm not sure what we're doing to stop meddling in 2020. Trump just keeps doing more. NCLefty Nov 2019 #22
It's you. greyl Nov 2019 #24
Trump's running amok serves the interests of a small diverse group of powerful people DFW Nov 2019 #25
Things really started to spiral in September, and are only getting worse. dewsgirl Nov 2019 #26
May be necessary for things to get worse, to mobilize more sectors. Surprise empedocles Nov 2019 #30
🤞🤞🤞 dewsgirl Nov 2019 #31
The commander in chief is head of the army, navy, etc. Joe941 Nov 2019 #32
IMO Shitler's been obeying Putin's playbook page by page. Talitha Nov 2019 #37
Do not underestimate them Johnny2X2X Nov 2019 #42
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