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2. "keep letting conserva. destruction of liberal" - Who, not me. As for
Thu Aug 5, 2021, 05:53 PM
Aug 2021

"Can we at least proceed through the legal process?" -

*** The legal process is for the targets, the accused, to go through. What does that mean for regular partisans who want our agenda worked on - to sit around without the agenda while "the legal process" is being worked through (for the target/accused)? That's the same as to going without the agenda while taking up defenses for the target/accused.

If the target is being pursued maliciously *SOLELY* by dirty tricksters to get rid of an opponent, that's different. If we're talking about CUOMO, a significant amount of the "process" (an investigation) has resulted in findings, enough for the rest of us to cut bait and let him "proceed through (the rest of) the legal process on his own.

Since President BIDEN, Speaker PELOSI, several Dem governors and other Dem leaders have had enough, I'm not saying anything very outlandish.

A quotation much bandied about in our Dem circles is SANTAYANA's “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

Really along the same lines is: " 'Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.' "
https://www.businessinsider.com/misattributed-quotes-2013-10 - "Becker traced the original back to Rita Mae Brown, the mystery novelist. In her 1983 book 'Sudden Death,' she attributes the quote to a fictional 'Jane Fulton,' writing, 'Unfortunately, Susan didn’t remember what Jane Fulton once said. "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results." ' "

My *opinion* - and now emphasizing the other word, *my* - is that your post takes us with CUOMO back to Bill's Square One, such that both quotations apply.

While dirty tricks against somebody might happen, even often, the CUOMO situation doesn't appear to be a James O'KEEFE type operation, especially after the investigation and its conclusions. Granting knee jerk immunity based just on label/brand ain't the game for me here.

If political dirty tricks are the issue then th Party needs to defend itself. If cash in the freezer is, then the fellow is on his own.

*** I've had my say, made my case, and want no part of being flamed as happens too often. Anybody disagreeing, fine, that's all that needs to be said or just moving on to a thousand other threads.








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