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Golden Raisin

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22. Like so many items in this disturbingly abnormal presidency,

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Wed Apr 26, 2017, 10:00 PM

Apr 2017

and the preceding election and campaign, this shuttling via bus of the entire Senate to the White House is absolutely unprecedented in my lifetime (and Truman was President when I was born.) It's like some 1950's Hollywood toga and sandals Roman epic pic in which the mad Emperor Caligula or Nero summons the Senate to him.

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Did anybody else think the bus trip was demeaning and a security risk to boot? [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2017 OP

What bus trip? PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2017 #1

The entire Senate took a bus to the White House to hear Trump was about North Korea. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2017 #2

Yes it was all over the news today. The entire senate was forced to go to the White House for a anneboleyn Apr 2017 #18

Why would he do this? forgotmylogin Apr 2017 #33

Thank you. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2017 #34

Yes. They got loaded onto a bus like a bunch of 2nd graders The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2017 #3

"...on their way to a field trip at the zoo." And were they NOT?! WinkyDink Apr 2017 #17

That's what I thought too- it was just like a field trip. I wonder how many meals they Luciferous Apr 2017 #30

Yes... didn't one of the senators call it a "dog and pony show"? femmocrat Apr 2017 #4

Bernie refused to go to be used for an obvious photo op. nt tblue37 Apr 2017 #5

Smart move. femmocrat Apr 2017 #7

Good for him. pangaia Apr 2017 #9

I never can understand why our Dem senators (and other Dem leaders and tblue37 Apr 2017 #15

He didn't? underpants Apr 2017 #12

Being a photo-op and being an actual briefing concerning a potential military strike... SaschaHM Apr 2017 #29

Exactly what I thought freepotter Apr 2017 #6

I can't believe they were all fooled by the whole thing and actually showed up. pangaia Apr 2017 #8

Yep. Demtexan Apr 2017 #10

Except Sanders, it appears. pangaia Apr 2017 #13

Looks like Bernie was the smartest one HoneyBadger Apr 2017 #35

Why did Kaine, Schumer, Gillibrand, Booker, Harris, Warren, etc go? HoneyBadger Apr 2017 #36

Right..and Schumer and Gillibrand are mine.... pangaia Apr 2017 #37

The rethug Senators HAD TO GO, you know, party unity, and all that... Raster Apr 2017 #20

heck, YEAH! furtheradu Apr 2017 #11

It really bugs me that they went like some friggin 'king' summoned them... WePurrsevere Apr 2017 #14

I sort of want to see the bus HoneyBadger Apr 2017 #16

One of the buses SCVDem Apr 2017 #32

It's a practice run for something sinister Generic Brad Apr 2017 #19

Well, that's a chilling thought. We now know that there was a Cold War-era bunker Tanuki Apr 2017 #31

I thought the same thing. CrispyQ Apr 2017 #38

This looks like the workings of a bully. Chemisse Apr 2017 #21

Like so many items in this disturbingly abnormal presidency, Golden Raisin Apr 2017 #22

power play to show who is the dominant male...and it worked. dems fell for it nt msongs Apr 2017 #23

I was busy all day and missed it. cwydro Apr 2017 #24

Certainly demeaning. smirkymonkey Apr 2017 #25

King Trump commanded their appearance left-of-center2012 Apr 2017 #26

It was a dominance zentrum Apr 2017 #27

Yeah, but... SaschaHM Apr 2017 #28