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If the GOP keeps the Senate & the WH, it's game over for the US as we know it, IMO. CrispyQ Dec 2019 #1
+++++++++++++ N_E_1 for Tennis Dec 2019 #5
Yep Cosmocat Dec 2019 #80
You are correct, if he wins next year it is over.😔 dewsgirl Dec 2019 #83
There will be no victories for the Democrats if the Senate acquits. Eyeball_Kid Dec 2019 #103
I keep hoping something huge comes to light before the dewsgirl Dec 2019 #112
"He could drop dead at any moment..." CrispyQ Dec 2019 #113
I've thought about that..I'll take my chances. dewsgirl Dec 2019 #114
If Trump gets a second term he's likely to get a third and fourth as well. Kablooie Dec 2019 #89
The country won't survive an acquittal. Dictatorship is imminent. Eyeball_Kid Dec 2019 #101
We've got cruddy leadership right now, but don't feel we are close to a dictatorship. GOPers said Hoyt Dec 2019 #2
Please. What GOPers said about Obama was pure nonsense. milestogo Dec 2019 #13
No comparison StClone Dec 2019 #23
No one said you are denied saying trump is close to a dictator. I just think Hoyt Dec 2019 #58
If you say we both do it StClone Dec 2019 #84
What election? Do you really think that Dictator Donnie will allow Eyeball_Kid Dec 2019 #104
You can sit home and encourage people not to waste time voting if you like, I'm not. We won 2018, Hoyt Dec 2019 #107
I think we're closer than most people think. Beakybird Dec 2019 #3
MUCH closer than people want to believe. ancianita Dec 2019 #29
This, unfortunately. :( Doremus Dec 2019 #36
Amen to that Bb DENVERPOPS Dec 2019 #38
Our 70 yr president harasses 16 yr old girls on twitter & that's not disqualifying to his supporters uponit7771 Dec 2019 #4
IF his followers can do that they are capable of anything StClone Dec 2019 #92
Again, ONE event will solidify an autocratic dictatorship: Eyeball_Kid Dec 2019 #105
He only has temporary control Baked Potato Dec 2019 #6
Thanks BP ! kentuck Dec 2019 #16
He doesn't need numbers. Just crooks in the right places. And he now has that in spades. pangaia Dec 2019 #17
+ doc03 Dec 2019 #35
We have to keep on keeping on Baked Potato Dec 2019 #100
Dictatorships NEVER are backed by a majority of populations. Eyeball_Kid Dec 2019 #106
I see your point Baked Potato Dec 2019 #110
yeah, hate to agree with you... pangaia Dec 2019 #111
Fairly Close delisen Dec 2019 #7
Like what happened in Germany during the 1930's and 1940's, yortsed snacilbuper Dec 2019 #8
Sadly, we are witnessing a facist cult take over our country overleft Dec 2019 #12
I always wondered how it happened in Germany. Never did I think a spineless, coward like McConnel dem4decades Dec 2019 #85
and McConnel laughs about screwing Obama scarytomcat Dec 2019 #109
I would venture that... Newest Reality Dec 2019 #9
A thoughtful post kentuck Dec 2019 #25
Thanks kentuck! Newest Reality Dec 2019 #27
Agree Kitchari Dec 2019 #45
Nowhere near hardluck Dec 2019 #10
THAT was TOTALLY different. We didn;t WANT a dictatorship. Republicans DO. pangaia Dec 2019 #18
"Nowhere near"?? TryLogic Dec 2019 #32
On the brink. BlueJac Dec 2019 #11
They are actively trying to strip the House of all power CanonRay Dec 2019 #14
And they've already sacrificed their own. dchill Dec 2019 #22
After acquittal - it will be jpak Dec 2019 #15
We have until June of next year. Lonestarblue Dec 2019 #19
too close demigoddess Dec 2019 #20
Dictatorship? Odoreida Dec 2019 #21
I was going to say something close to this NJCher Dec 2019 #30
Take what hope you can from bucolic_frolic Dec 2019 #24
Thank you for this n/t Kitchari Dec 2019 #44
The survival of our democracy depends on the rule of law. The enemies Enoki33 Dec 2019 #26
Too damn close. SamKnause Dec 2019 #28
"How close are we to total control by a dictator?" AncientGeezer Dec 2019 #31
Looking for some naive, gullible readers? TryLogic Dec 2019 #42
Yeah....I hear you....but damn...it's out there...tin foil territory. AncientGeezer Dec 2019 #49
Right? SammyWinstonJack Dec 2019 #99
How close? Very far away. CaptainTruth Dec 2019 #33
Looking for some naive, gullible readers? TryLogic Dec 2019 #43
June! nt JoeOtterbein Dec 2019 #34
Are we not there? The Senate has promised a kangaroo court for acquittal of a dictator. Karadeniz Dec 2019 #37
But...we KNOW that. And, as long as we know, isn't there always time to fix it? nt coti Dec 2019 #40
It's not that close, because the truth is still winning. coti Dec 2019 #39
I don't think we're close to a dictatorship. Jedi Guy Dec 2019 #41
I don't remember progressives saying that during the Bush years JonLP24 Dec 2019 #46
Dictatorship? Not very close. Yugoslavia-style break up? Very close. roamer65 Dec 2019 #47
I've been asking the same question lately, especially with Bill Barr's recent actions Ohioboy Dec 2019 #48
Not close. In fact the question, if asked in good faith, is quite absurd. tritsofme Dec 2019 #50
Exactly.... AncientGeezer Dec 2019 #54
Spoiler you ... obnoxiousdrunk Dec 2019 #63
America is stronger than Donald Fucking Trump Skittles Dec 2019 #51
What we're close to becoming is a failed state, not a dictatorship. Garrett78 Dec 2019 #52
This message was self-deleted by its author AncientGeezer Dec 2019 #56
You could just respond to the points made instead of engaging in ad hominem attacks. Garrett78 Dec 2019 #57
Not at all ad hominem ...just calling out BS when it's presented. AncientGeezer Dec 2019 #61
It was completely ad hominem, as you are yet to address a single point made. Garrett78 Dec 2019 #62
You didn't make a point...you uttered debunked talking points. AncientGeezer Dec 2019 #64
You clearly have no argument. Goodbye. Garrett78 Dec 2019 #65
This message was self-deleted by its author AncientGeezer Dec 2019 #68
LOL. Nice try. You've continually refused to do anything but engage in ad hominem attacks. Garrett78 Dec 2019 #69
Really??? What argument do you want..that you're dead wrong? You are. AncientGeezer Dec 2019 #70
The vast majority of posts don't get read, much less receive a reply. That's the best you can do? Garrett78 Dec 2019 #71
You lose G78....start a thread....with this BS...I'll be glad to knock it out AncientGeezer Dec 2019 #73
LOL. You lost after your first reply. Cop-outs and ad hominem is all you've got. And contradictions. Garrett78 Dec 2019 #74
This message was self-deleted by its author AncientGeezer Dec 2019 #75
You are right on slavery. roamer65 Dec 2019 #60
... handmade34 Dec 2019 #90
It's all about the courts zaj Dec 2019 #53
This ----- A HERETIC I AM Dec 2019 #55
Imo, while Trump isn't a dictator, Sophia_Of_PlanetX Dec 2019 #59
The only way to get dictatorship is to take the guns from Trumpers. KentuckyWoman Dec 2019 #66
Not going to happen and here's why. KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2019 #67
Good point n/t Bradshaw3 Dec 2019 #78
HOW??? AncientGeezer Dec 2019 #81
We'll be a gnat's eyelash away from it if the Democratic candidate loses the presidential election. Efilroft Sul Dec 2019 #72
I think Faux pas Dec 2019 #76
One Supreme Court decision Thomas Hurt Dec 2019 #77
He had "total control" in 2017-2018 and we're still here... brooklynite Dec 2019 #79
Exactly. Hoyt Dec 2019 #91
Not at all....not even close. AncientGeezer Dec 2019 #82
Already are a dictatorship and will be as long as the rethuglicons are in charge. democratisphere Dec 2019 #86
We have the House....we are stopping him..Speaker Pelosi is allowing a "dictatorship"...no AncientGeezer Dec 2019 #93
Check back with me in January 2020 after Moscow Mitch and the rethuglicons democratisphere Dec 2019 #95
The Senate isn't going to remove the Orange asswagon...that's baked in. AncientGeezer Dec 2019 #115
And who would have ever thought it would be this KPN Dec 2019 #87
It takes moronic voters to elect a moron. democratisphere Dec 2019 #88
I'm worried Marthe48 Dec 2019 #94
Well we are a union of states. California_Republic Dec 2019 #96
Surely the next Dem president to get elected won't be in charge hughee99 Dec 2019 #97
Maybe closer to anarchy. moondust Dec 2019 #98
When SCOTUS rules that drumpf does not have to comply with subpoenas, we will be there - lark Dec 2019 #102
very close ... this election will tell the future scarytomcat Dec 2019 #108
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