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IthinkThereforeIAM

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19. The "Advent of Gingerich"...

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Mon Feb 2, 2026, 01:19 PM

11 hrs ago

... or, "how he filled Congress with businessmen first, statesmen last", with his Contract On America.

I have said this for over 20 years. That is what has nearly destroyed Congress. Just look at the GOP heads of the committees we have had, let alone the nasty speakers of the House. Delay, who got the rules changed to allow/require bribes and pay offs just to get into his office for a visit. Required corporations and anyone interested in visiting with him in his congressional office to provide daily catering for his office. Just one of the things about him and the GOP that I cannot forget.

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A healthy democracy...would not allow a deranged, serial abuser of women and children to occupy its most powerful office [View all] babylonsister 14 hrs ago OP

Our democracy is light years from being healthy. spanone 14 hrs ago #1

Kick dalton99a 14 hrs ago #2

My husband last night was talking to a friend about this United States as NOW. chouchou 14 hrs ago #3

Keyword being "healthy". Solly Mack 13 hrs ago #4

Half the people don't vote which left us defenseless against those who would do us harm. Blues Heron 13 hrs ago #5

It has been reported for years that most people get 15 minutes of news a day... IthinkThereforeIAM 11 hrs ago #20

I really hope Nixon can't see what's going on n/t leftstreet 13 hrs ago #6

This very thing was the subject of Olbermann's Countdown this morning. flashman13 13 hrs ago #7

I would expand that statement EYESORE 9001 13 hrs ago #8

Maybe he was sent to a military school because his first sexual assault was against a younger female family member ChicagoTeamster 13 hrs ago #9

Not likely, based on what is known about the family. ShazzieB 11 hrs ago #21

Thanks for the info. I hope this clears things up not just for me but other lurkers as well. ChicagoTeamster 11 hrs ago #23

Yes, it's very easy to speculate! ShazzieB 8 hrs ago #24

Excuse my language.... SergeStorms 12 hrs ago #10

Very well-written piece BaronChocula 12 hrs ago #11

No shit, right? Joinfortmill 12 hrs ago #12

It appears this could well be the largest honey trap and sex trafficking ring run by Putin and the KGB Bev54 12 hrs ago #13

How is this creature affecting the mental health of millions? young_at_heart 11 hrs ago #14

A good article, but it is off target sarisataka 11 hrs ago #15

And who said we were a "healthy democracy"? kentuck 11 hrs ago #17

That is an assumption of a fact not in evidence sarisataka 11 hrs ago #22

Worse than that. He caused an insurrection and got away with it. spanone 11 hrs ago #16

No healthy democracy would ever elect such a criminal - rapist, fraudster, tax cheat, treason -- but racist failing one JT45242 11 hrs ago #18

The "Advent of Gingerich"... IthinkThereforeIAM 11 hrs ago #19

I lived in Houston when DeLay was around. Yes, babylonsister 3 hrs ago #25

The elite have ALWAYS abused women and children. DJ Synikus Makisimus 3 hrs ago #26