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In reply to the discussion: As I watch what that MOTHERFUCKER is doing, I keep going back to Merrick Garland [View all]
Melon
(1,523 posts)75. Huhhhh....avoiding difficult decision puts us right back....
Flawless….
Joe was carrying one of the lowest approval ratings of any sitting President.
“ is there anything you would have handled differently from Biden….”
“ Not a thing….” Harris
I’m lost on flawless. If we have flawless and lost every single swing state…we need to somehow find better than flawless. There are strong people in the party that need to be front and center and new contenders like Mark Cuban. We set ourselves up for round two when we run proven losing candidates. Bernie…Hillary…Harris. We have what doesn’t work figured out.
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As I watch what that MOTHERFUCKER is doing, I keep going back to Merrick Garland [View all]
Stinky The Clown
Feb 2025
OP
Agreed. He knew what he was doing...to footdrag and delay, delay, delay until trump got off completely...
brush
Feb 2025
#51
Are you serious? I really want to know if you think presidents should use the DOJ that way.
Maru Kitteh
Feb 2025
#6
Do you believe that an executive-branch agency is or should be wholly independent of the chief executive?
Seeking Serenity
Feb 2025
#13
President Trump loooooooooooooooooves your answer! (not that I don't agree with you) nt
kelly1mm
Feb 2025
#33
Cash Patel is right up your alley then. That is precisely the kind of LE/DOJ tool you advocate. nt
Maru Kitteh
Feb 2025
#61
A president demanding of his ag that illegal behavior is prosecuted
questionseverything
Feb 2025
#78
Exactly, we chased trump all over the country with indictments, etc. Yet, he still was doing well in polls.
Silent Type
Feb 2025
#15
What difference does it make? Stop with what might have been. It serves no purpose.
NoMoreRepugs
Feb 2025
#5
Maybe he knew voters wouldn't care about trump's fraud, rapes, racism/bigotry, etc. Hell, even our hero Smith wimped
Silent Type
Feb 2025
#7
No, the one's who are the traitors are those who refused to vote for VP Harris. If you are looking for a scape goat,
JohnSJ
Feb 2025
#14
Berating the electorate, even if justified, is not a viable strategy for electoral success. nt
kelly1mm
Feb 2025
#34
No. However we should look at why after 4 years of President Trump, Jan 6, multiple incitements, 34
kelly1mm
Feb 2025
#38
they voted for a multi-felon con man rapist who TRIED TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT
Skittles
Feb 2025
#31
That maybe they had concerns that were not the ones that others demanded that they must have?
Seeking Serenity
Feb 2025
#45
Wrong. The wrong candidate, unfortunately, was Biden. He should've steped down an turned it over...
brush
Feb 2025
#54
Did you not get that I said Joe should've stepped down for a Dem primary in 2020?
brush
Feb 2025
#74
While I have issues with Garland and his mishandling and delays in the prosecution of trump, I am much more angry at
JohnSJ
Feb 2025
#10
did I miss something? Who exactly prosecuted Trump? I must've missed that.
Stinky The Clown
Feb 2025
#58
What's "really fucking impressive" to Stinky is how Garland's delays . . . .
Stinky The Clown
Feb 2025
#62
that's the long and short of the evidence people bashing the prosecutor bring to the table
bigtree
Feb 2025
#66
This scenario I've posted about already. Not saying it's what happened, only saying it has plausability.
in2herbs
Feb 2025
#57
Ultimately it came down to the fact that Garland brought a knife to a gun fight...
SKKY
Feb 2025
#60
and the majority of the American populace should have voted for VP Harris but didn't.
JohnSJ
Feb 2025
#82
In 2024 Trump picked up about 3 million votes over his 2020 total,
DJ Synikus Makisimus
Feb 2025
#93