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Baked Potato

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29. Agreed, and a great many of them are people who would do anything to further the cause

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Sat Feb 8, 2020, 10:52 PM

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Article: They Are Afraid [View all] bdamomma Feb 2020 OP

They make people afraid or worse with their laws. Traitors lunasun Feb 2020 #1

They are authoritarians. Nothing is important to them but the thoughts and the will of the Leader. enough Feb 2020 #2

That just makes their nearly unanimous acquittal all the more despicable. catbyte Feb 2020 #3

The members of the Reichstag who passed the enabling act were afraid unblock Feb 2020 #4

Yes bucolic_frolic Feb 2020 #21

Fuck all of them !!! SamKnause Feb 2020 #5

This is complete bullshit coeur_de_lion Feb 2020 #6

I believe you hit the real truth of the matter. They use fear as cover. ancianita Feb 2020 #10

They don't like the behavior. They like the results. Texin Feb 2020 #14

Fear of failure. Qutzupalotl Feb 2020 #22

yeah bullshit coeur_de_lion Feb 2020 #25

In case they didn't get enough votes to remove. Qutzupalotl Feb 2020 #26

Best thing I heard said about this is... llmart Feb 2020 #27

They are NOT afraid of Тяцмр himself. They... Whiskeytide Feb 2020 #32

+1 Very insightful response (n/t) Pluvious Feb 2020 #33

ding ding ding!...... +1 nt Hotler Feb 2020 #28

Those up for re-election in 2020 lack moral courage and the livetohike Feb 2020 #7

Expressing this does not absolve them. Republicans are simply cowards. Pepsidog Feb 2020 #8

Afraid of what...? FirstLight Feb 2020 #9

tRump bdamomma Feb 2020 #11

Once elected, the global right-wing machine OWNS these people. KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2020 #12

Agreed, and a great many of them are people who would do anything to further the cause Baked Potato Feb 2020 #29

"Let it rain, rain, rain." Eric Clapton. Evolve Dammit Feb 2020 #13

Just 12 more words..."And they know that more damning evidence is likely to come out." Stuart G Feb 2020 #15

I wish Sherrod had run. pat_k Feb 2020 #16

He was my top pick too TexasBushwhacker Feb 2020 #31

Ironically... pat_k Feb 2020 #35

But Cheeto has made much of their fascist wish list come true sandensea Feb 2020 #17

Republican Senators JGug1 Feb 2020 #18

They had one chance to get him before he got them. They chose poorly. Efilroft Sul Feb 2020 #19

A coward dies a thousand deaths... nt Xipe Totec Feb 2020 #20

They aren't afraid of Donnie Short Fingers maxrandb Feb 2020 #23

The Rs had their chance to fix this mess they created and chose to do nothing. Fk them. With votes. OMGWTF Feb 2020 #24

"Next on Unsolved Mysteries! Were they just too afraid to stand up to him? Or struggle4progress Feb 2020 #30

The problem is that the vast majority of THEM also did things Nixon never did. GoCubsGo Feb 2020 #34