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Demoiselle

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21. As Mme de Stael said:

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Apr 28, 2017, 07:45 PM

Apr 2017

"If God had not wanted them shorn, He would not have made them sheep."

I know, I know, it's very cynical and a nasty slap at my fellow Americans, but I'm still deeply depressed about it all.
Cheers. Sigh.

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"Shout out to everyone who hated Hillary" [View all] kpete Apr 2017 OP

Is this draining the swamp or not? I can't tell anymore? Blue_Tires Apr 2017 #1

We misunderstood. We weren't jrthin Apr 2017 #6

the swamp was drained and WhiteTara Apr 2017 #8

He IS the swamp. He's The Swamp Thing. calimary Apr 2017 #28

The problem with "draining the swamp" Caliman73 Apr 2017 #20

Well said. narnian60 Apr 2017 #23

There's no question, though not fooled Apr 2017 #39

Very true. Caliman73 Apr 2017 #40

If the swamp is people who believe in good governance quakerboy Apr 2017 #22

He didn't actually specify which swamp. You're so unfair! Honeycombe8 Apr 2017 #27

You can't drain the swamp if the drain was clogged with shit to begin with. Initech Apr 2017 #33

hard to get an accurate read on swamp depth... 0rganism Apr 2017 #46

Yup ismnotwasm Apr 2017 #2

Thanks, Idiocracy! betsuni Apr 2017 #3

Typical liberal media. They try to smear them by saying the "wealthiest" progressoid Apr 2017 #4

"JOB CREATORS!!!" - in India, China, Mexico keithbvadu2 Apr 2017 #15

good tweet. nt retrowire Apr 2017 #5

A one page tax reform policy. ffr Apr 2017 #7

K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Apr 2017 #9

The suckers got their asshole rigged in .. are they Cha Apr 2017 #10

Ted Cruz is Samrter Than Many Democrats louis c Apr 2017 #11

Please don't use the word cruz and smarter in the same sentence. mdbl Apr 2017 #36

He was smart enough to swollow his pride to get what he wanted louis c Apr 2017 #47

Hey, Susan Sarandon! Tell me again how Hillary would have been worse than Trump. NurseJackie Apr 2017 #12

She gets a big juicey tax cut Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2017 #18

Yup. La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2017 #30

Yes she does feel the same way. She was on the view and basically has not changed FloridaBlues Apr 2017 #34

I wonder that too. She was bent on a third party. mdbl Apr 2017 #37

I will never forgive them. NastyRiffraff Apr 2017 #13

I can almost excuse those who were genuine trump believers radical noodle Apr 2017 #14

Memory? hawy Apr 2017 #17

Maya Angelou said it best: LakeArenal Apr 2017 #16

We DID vote for Hillary, though FiveGoodMen Apr 2017 #26

Yep, We DID Mountain Mule Apr 2017 #31

But those fuckin emails !!! / sarcasm uponit7771 Apr 2017 #19

As Mme de Stael said: Demoiselle Apr 2017 #21

This applies to many people here. nycbos Apr 2017 #24

Kick ck4829 Apr 2017 #25

The people who helped elect trump should take a great deal of pride in these headlines Gothmog Apr 2017 #29

But Hillary didn't represent 150% of what I believe! AgadorSparticus Apr 2017 #32

Tupamaros, bienvenidos DFW Apr 2017 #35

Not to mention that Trump will have left such a massively increased debt MrPurple Apr 2017 #41

I have hope for the cabinet departments DFW Apr 2017 #43

I hope so, but it's tough to undo big tax cuts and MrPurple Apr 2017 #44

It all depends on how much damage there is to undo. DFW Apr 2017 #45

I'm still getting NEW anti-Hillary spam daily bucolic_frolic Apr 2017 #38

EDDD affected members of our society. oasis Apr 2017 #42

It wasn't about hate Wibly Apr 2017 #48