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intheflow

(28,460 posts)

21. You got this backwards.

Reply to LuvNewcastle (Reply #17)

Mon Jul 20, 2020, 08:19 PM

Jul 2020

Obama's failure to act decisively then enabled us to get where we are now. That line of thinking is so old it's how we ended up with Confederate generals in the US Congress after Reconstruction, who then became statues, which brings us right up to the present again.

It is time to stop this bullshit and build a new paradigm. Neurenburg trials for them all.

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It's real, and it's here. [View all] Nevilledog Jul 2020 OP

It's GOP senators Pantagruel Jul 2020 #1

Yes, like politicians in 1933 Germany said they could control Hitler. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2020 #8

Who, exactly is Von Papen here? NNadir Jul 2020 #23

Short version: he was an aristocrat/military commander/politician and, full time megalomaniac...... jaxexpat Jul 2020 #34

I know who von Papen was. NNadir Jul 2020 #38

You forgot tiresome and officious. If not a tad paranoiac as well. jaxexpat Jul 2020 #39

Smell the coffee. Newest Reality Jul 2020 #2

Vlad's glad, though! czarjak Jul 2020 #3

Putin's rootin' . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2020 #9

Darned tootin'! czarjak Jul 2020 #15

This is some seriously scary shit we're seeing right now. Initech Jul 2020 #4

When the evictions start next month, this chaos will seem tame. sarcasmo Jul 2020 #5

+1 appalachiablue Jul 2020 #30

It's time for Wall Street to bail out Main Street. -nt CrispyQ Jul 2020 #45

So very True sure why not Jul 2020 #6

x 1000 Ferrets are Cool Jul 2020 #7

When will the bloated orange failed human have his version of the Reichstag fire? Red Pest Jul 2020 #10

Get ready. Be prepared. Whatever that looks like in your current world. It could change in Nov. Evolve Dammit Jul 2020 #11

K&R 2naSalit Jul 2020 #12

And, Curtis Jul 2020 #13

I know how you feel, but that's a risky move. LuvNewcastle Jul 2020 #17

You got this backwards. intheflow Jul 2020 #21

FOESAD! SlogginThroughIt Jul 2020 #25

JSYK: I know what that means. dchill Jul 2020 #32

Exactly!!! Curtis Jul 2020 #26

Exactly! dchill Jul 2020 #31

It was both Obama and Pelosi. Both wanted to just move forward Eyeball_Kid Jul 2020 #42

I favor a second impeachment. Laelth Jul 2020 #20

Chump just needs to be tried in a real court with a real judge and jury FakeNoose Jul 2020 #35

Silence is complicity. Laelth Jul 2020 #46

MF45's Gestapo needs to be stopped immediately kimbutgar Jul 2020 #14

and soon, it'll be in a town near you. Loge23 Jul 2020 #16

You can bet durablend Jul 2020 #40

Meanwhile the fascists knowing they have been pegged live love laugh Jul 2020 #18

Sigh. Laelth Jul 2020 #19

It's been creeping in for a long time. warmfeet Jul 2020 #22

Oh, should we all surrender then? NNadir Jul 2020 #24

Are our institutions strong enough to withstand the blunt force trauma of Putin inflicted upon them Mr. Ected Jul 2020 #27

No Doubt colsohlibgal Jul 2020 #28

Yup. orangecrush Jul 2020 #29

We have had better days Jeff_was_here Jul 2020 #33

A Christian should be Christ-like Beringia Jul 2020 #44

Kick dalton99a Jul 2020 #36

Kick for visibility. love_katz Jul 2020 #37

Amen. n/t Eyeball_Kid Jul 2020 #41

It" been here all the time. Scruffy1 Jul 2020 #43