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C_U_L8R

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2. The problem with pissing on magats

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Sat Oct 8, 2022, 10:58 AM

Oct 2022

They just might like it.

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For those all wobbly about the blowback of indicting Trump---an old English saying: [View all] Atticus Oct 2022 OP

Please refrain from urinating on Magat's... Kittycatkat Oct 2022 #1

But they believe in trickle down theories. GreenWave Oct 2022 #37

The problem with pissing on magats C_U_L8R Oct 2022 #2

Trump supporters J_William_Ryan Oct 2022 #3

I can't help but feel that our politicians -- and political appointees... malthaussen Oct 2022 #4

Why wouldn't they? They're extremely well-insulated. calimary Oct 2022 #5

Yep. And it usually doesn't matter much. malthaussen Oct 2022 #6

TERM LIMITS!! usaf-vet Oct 2022 #7

This might help a lot. Extended to SCOTUS as well. calimary Oct 2022 #8

If the Court had a code of ethics half of them would fail. The same with Congress. True Blue American Oct 2022 #32

Instead of term limits ... Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2022 #35

I favor term limits. The balance of benefits is greatly in favor of the people. NCjack Oct 2022 #38

Term limits eliminate experienced people -- good and bad -- in increasingly complex gov't. Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2022 #39

I think that the really good politicians in Congress recruited NCjack Oct 2022 #41

Imagine 2018 - now without Pelosi, and others with experience, in the House. Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2022 #42

Congrats on your 5000th post! COL Mustard Oct 2022 #12

Thank you COL Mustard..... in the Kitchen? :-) :-) usaf-vet Oct 2022 #16

With Miss Scarlett.... COL Mustard Oct 2022 #19

You two timer. Now we know you're guilty of something. usaf-vet Oct 2022 #29

OP DontBelieveEastisEas Oct 2022 #20

LOL Joinfortmill Oct 2022 #9

Yup. Not to mention that he has been bleeding support for a while now. GoCubsGo Oct 2022 #10

it's no small thing to do this: NJCher Oct 2022 #14

I think there's also a fair amount of "disinclined to exert themselves." GoCubsGo Oct 2022 #15

Whether Trump is indicted True Blue American Oct 2022 #33

I'm worried about the blowback of not indicting TFG. And, off topic but important, if it is Pepsidog Oct 2022 #11

I like the old English saying William769 Oct 2022 #13

Well, I don't want to get that close to them, but point taken Warpy Oct 2022 #17

I don't think there will be much blow back. lees1975 Oct 2022 #18

Fear not action, but inaction Martin Eden Oct 2022 #21

"If you boil them in a kettle/ A lovely tea to sooth your brains." meadowlander Oct 2022 #22

This country helped defeat Snackshack Oct 2022 #23

We're battling oligarchs, the richest of which is putin. rubbersole Oct 2022 #24

Reagan? True Blue American Oct 2022 #34

i agree. a lot of the really radical violent magas ended up in jail. there's also the fact that a certainot Oct 2022 #25

I'm all wobbly about NOT indicting Trump. Joinfortmill Oct 2022 #26

Not wobbly here, lock that bastard up. Handler Oct 2022 #27

Show Mr. "You're Fired" the same mercy he's shown thousands of others Blue Owl Oct 2022 #28

If a Trump indictment brings them out into the open G2theD Oct 2022 #30

Tell it to the wobbly DoJ n/t Silent3 Oct 2022 #31

Yea we appeased the south for 157 years. The Jungle 1 Oct 2022 #36

It isn't up to us to let TFG slide or not so there's nothing for us to be wobbly about. Kaleva Oct 2022 #40