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defacto7

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10. I've got to ask this..

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #5)

Sat Jul 22, 2017, 01:38 PM

Jul 2017

Do you think voter suppression was strong enough to cause 40% of reg. Dems to not to vote or is it mostly the lazy effect? Voter suppression is becoming wide spread and subtle these days. It's hard to know if people choose not to vote because of fear, work, or credential issus rather than just lazyness. We have to consider all possibilities.

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No President Has Been Removed Through Impeachment. [View all] MineralMan Jul 2017 OP

I feel like his presidency will be the end of the US as we know it kimbutgar Jul 2017 #1

I don't think so, actually. MineralMan Jul 2017 #2

I am really nervous about whether we will ever have free elections again kimbutgar Jul 2017 #3

What happened in Georgia was that 40% of registered MineralMan Jul 2017 #5

I've got to ask this.. defacto7 Jul 2017 #10

Most of those who didn't vote just didn't vote. MineralMan Jul 2017 #13

So, lack of interest? I left that one out. defacto7 Jul 2017 #16

Lack of interest, hopelessness, ennui, and other things. MineralMan Jul 2017 #17

I'm worried Trump fans would form an army if anything happens. Initech Jul 2017 #11

Buck up, kim, its always looks darkest just before the dawn. Nitram Jul 2017 #6

Thank you there are days it feels so dark kimbutgar Jul 2017 #18

I agree. But we felt the same during Nixon, then Reagan and then Bush. Nitram Jul 2017 #22

I agree. He will resign rather than sit though impeachment. If it comes to that. Nitram Jul 2017 #4

Resignation gives him a propaganda advantage defacto7 Jul 2017 #15

It is also the pattern Trump has followed all his life. Nitram Jul 2017 #21

He will resign, and Prez Pence will pardon him. JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2017 #7

"No President Has Been Removed Through Impeachment." awesomerwb1 Jul 2017 #8

Yes, I know that. MineralMan Jul 2017 #14

There is always a first time Gothmog Jul 2017 #9

Or a Fifth Doug the Dem Jul 2017 #19

"Major medical event", resignation for the good of the country followed by pardon grantcart Jul 2017 #12

There IS a first time for everything meow2u3 Jul 2017 #20

Can't both things be pursued? Grammy23 Jul 2017 #23