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In reply to the discussion: What is the strategy behind drip drip dripping info instead of dropping it all at once? [View all]thbobby
(1,474 posts)13. Obama's genius :
Face it guys, despite how crooked this election was, we are stuck with GOP in power for at least 2 years. Take down Trump, Pence. Take down Pence, Ryan. Etc.
By playing this out and slowly dismantling the entire GOP mafia, perhaps we can stop nuclear war, save the disabled and sick. In short, save what democracy we have left.
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What is the strategy behind drip drip dripping info instead of dropping it all at once? [View all]
butdiduvote
Mar 2017
OP
You take down people one at a time so they turn on each other to avoid prosecution
meadowlander
Mar 2017
#2
well it used to be a way to make people with critical thinking skills pay attention
Skittles
Mar 2017
#15
Crazy idea: What if there simply is no big bad conspiracy to take down Trump???
DetlefK
Mar 2017
#16
Thanks for saying this, because it's true. For all the times in my life I've recoiled at reports...
Hekate
Mar 2017
#43
Because life is just like a tv drama where everything gets neatly wrapped up at the end of the hour.
FSogol
Mar 2017
#23
Or TNR--trap, neuter, and release. I wonder--did they notch Flynn's ear before letting him go? nt
tblue37
Mar 2017
#30
A drip provokes a statement, the statement contains a lie, the next drip reveals that lie
hatrack
Mar 2017
#37
A better question is: why doesn't the Administration come clean instead of trying to "plug leaks"?
MatthewStLouis
Mar 2017
#38
Part of it is to give journalists a chance to get up to speed after years of being lapdogs,
KittyWampus
Mar 2017
#39