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WinstonSmith4740

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23. As Lord Acton observed...

Wed Jul 5, 2017, 12:11 PM

Jul 2017

""Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men."

Obama understood The Constitution. He knew the presidency was designed to be the weakest leg of the triad. (And for good reason...the Founding Fathers weren't dumb.) Trump thinks he yields unlimited, unquestioned, and absolute power, because he DOESN'T understand how our government works. What's wrong with his family? They get to wield the power while he rants and tweets. They were raised to be unfeeling and power hungry, so as long as he's wandering around in his bathrobe and yelling at the TV behind the scenes, they're going to be fine with it. As long as he's in office, they have power which they will use for no other reason than to enrich themselves further. Because they're as corrupt as he is, plain and simple.

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If this doesn't scare the hell out of you ... nothing does [View all] SFnomad Jul 2017 OP

We disconnected my grandmother's stove when she started getting confused like this. NightWatcher Jul 2017 #1

I took the knobs off my mother's stovewhen she forget about a pot on the stove and burned up the pot kimbutgar Jul 2017 #24

No biggie--my wife and I forget pots on the stove a few times a year. Binders Keepers Jul 2017 #30

Re: We disconnected my grandmother's stove ... SFnomad Jul 2017 #36

I saw that and it does scare the hell out of me. I've commented before that I think his health Arkansas Granny Jul 2017 #2

K&R stonecutter357 Jul 2017 #3

His family, and so many others, do nothing Rorey Jul 2017 #4

As Lord Acton observed... WinstonSmith4740 Jul 2017 #23

Give him a break. He was just a little covfefe. progressoid Jul 2017 #5

Its painfully obvious they will not remove him as that would be a huge humiliation BSdetect Jul 2017 #6

He's already done something horrendous by colluding with Russia to steal the election from Hill iluvtennis Jul 2017 #8

It's not the humiliation that stops them - it's the backlash from his unhinged base. LonePirate Jul 2017 #13

Yep, they know the trump brand, including all the kid's business would be in the toilet... brush Jul 2017 #37

I remember Ronald Reagan NastyRiffraff Jul 2017 #7

What scary is that the power happy republicans will not stop him liberal N proud Jul 2017 #9

He can still scribble his signature to the applause of gathered sycophants n/t Pluvious Jul 2017 #14

what got me about that footage is: Javaman Jul 2017 #10

And surely this is standard procedure ekelly Jul 2017 #15

I was kind of thinking he was going to try and walk away from all of it. LiberalArkie Jul 2017 #26

Holy cow...WTF was that all about? SpankMe Jul 2017 #11

I'm sure what you said is absolutely true. This would be his way out and help to save face..n/t monmouth4 Jul 2017 #19

WTF? Forced out because of dementia is saving face? brush Jul 2017 #38

Senile dementia bucolic_frolic Jul 2017 #12

While the visual and audio proof of the Cretin's imbalanced mental Guilded Lilly Jul 2017 #16

"Sundowning" seems to be the major dx from non-pros but people familiar with the disease. n/t monmouth4 Jul 2017 #17

Did he salute the military personnel who were there? gademocrat7 Jul 2017 #18

Thank God CCExile Jul 2017 #20

It's because the self-appointed El Presidente Bannon and his cabal aren't through with him yet. Hugin Jul 2017 #21

hopefully bora13 Jul 2017 #22

I had just heard about that--seeing it--YIKES!!!!!! the man is clearly not all there. niyad Jul 2017 #25

The secret service is no longer there Doreen Jul 2017 #27

Would have been interesting to see where he was heading...... Historic NY Jul 2017 #28

Perhaps he was looking for his golf cart. Guilded Lilly Jul 2017 #29

Bingo, cause he sure walked past the mega-ton Beast. Historic NY Jul 2017 #31

He probably just woke up. n/t Still In Wisconsin Jul 2017 #33

I'm so glad this doddering old bastard will be in charge if Kim Jong Un actually goes and launches Still In Wisconsin Jul 2017 #32

Pretty soon he will not know what he is grabbing for. Sneederbunk Jul 2017 #34

CALLING ARTICLE 25. ARTICLE 25, REPORT FOR DUTY, IMMEDIATELY. (nt) Paladin Jul 2017 #35