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DFW

(60,348 posts)
22. No, but that is something we can't count on until/unless it happens
Tue Oct 6, 2020, 07:28 AM
Oct 2020

Trump will obviously order everything up to and including voodoo in order to stay alive until the election, and I say the more, the merrier. He will look and sound like death warmed over if his illness progresses and he doesn't isolate himself. If he holds a rally and looks like he is a refugee from a wax museum and sounds like a character from a horror film, it won't do him any good.

When asked his opinion, Biden will wisely say he didn't see the video, and really has more important things to do. That will deprive the Republicans of footage they would otherwise show on Fox to show how heartless Biden is, and they already have an uphill battle if they want to portray Biden as heartless, since a greater "mensch" has seldom run for President.

When Spiro Agnew got called on his offense while still in office, Nixon, probably against his own instincts, chose the well-liked and respected Gerry Ford to replace him. That made it easy for the Republicans to accept when he resigned, because a Republican replaced him that didn't turn the country against their party in general. Richard Milhous WHO? Never heard of him. If Ford hadn't pardoned Nixon before he was even indicted for anything, Jimmy Carter would have just been a footnote to history, and Ford wouldn't have had the dubious honor of being the only president never to have been declared the winner of a presidential election. Frankly, I'd prefer that Pence not get that honor, either, or if so, as a caretaker lame duck who serves out the last few months after the election. I do not want to see a bunch of frivolous Republican lawsuits get traction, and postpone the election.

Not only should the election go as scheduled, even if Trump is comatose by the time it happens, but I want to see a Democratic Congress enact laws that make it a serious felony to deny citizens the right to vote, or to enforce unconstitutional regulations that restrict that right. Armed goons at polling places that try to intimidate voters need be carted off by more heavily armed Feds, and then go away for a mandatory ten years at hard labor. So do those who throw away voter registrations, set up robocalls with false voting information, or tamper with or misprogram voting machines, and ALL voting machines need to be forensically tested after giving their tallies. Notice that everyone even accused of these crimes is ALWAYS helping Republicans. No more incidences like that one machine in Ohio in 2004 that gave Bush 3000 votes in a precinct with 600 registered voters.

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I want Trump and the Greed Over People party STAMPED OUT along with that damn virus Skittles Oct 2020 #1
It's like a swirling toilet bowl, flushing the GOP away forever Blue Owl Oct 2020 #2
This must have just come out of left field! gratuitous Oct 2020 #3
I DO like that image, elleng Oct 2020 #4
What are the odds that Thomas, Stripsearch Sam and Beer Kavanaugh Hassler Oct 2020 #5
It's what happens when someone lobs a few hand grenades into a cesspool. democrank Oct 2020 #6
More Senators are likely to come down with it BootinUp Oct 2020 #7
and their staffs, who do a lot of the REAL work. Captain Zero Oct 2020 #9
I'll endorse any thread that puts "republicans" and "death spiral" together. NBachers Oct 2020 #8
My violin couldn't get any tinier... DSandra Oct 2020 #10
All good to hear, as well as the RNC being officially low on cash DFW Oct 2020 #11
Well said!!! BigmanPigman Oct 2020 #15
I 2nd BigmanPigman's post. Duppers Oct 2020 #19
All that you say is true NJCher Oct 2020 #21
No, but that is something we can't count on until/unless it happens DFW Oct 2020 #22
Brewing in their own Cauldron Cha Oct 2020 #12
Who sups with the devil should bring a long spoon struggle4progress Oct 2020 #13
Here's what that "death spiral" is going to look like ZZenith Oct 2020 #14
I Think There Is A 100% Chance The Whitehouse Lied About The Timeline DallasNE Oct 2020 #16
Yes they did lie. It was given away accidentally in one of the so called updates by the drs Thekaspervote Oct 2020 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author DallasNE Oct 2020 #17
It couldn't happen to a more deserving group of feudalist wannabes. Brother Mythos Oct 2020 #18
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