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In reply to the discussion: The pardon of Arapio is a disgrace to this nation. [View all]SergeStorms
(19,217 posts)73. Wasting your energy.....
being mad at Trump is futile......at the moment. Hey, I do it too, and it IS about civil rights. It's about EVERYONE'S rights, but wasting our energy while Trump is in power, and having a Republican controlled Congress that won't do diddly about ANYTHING, can't consume us. Fight it, rail against it, but don't let it consume us. It's an exercise in futility right now.
We'll get our chances to rectify Trump's abuses, but it's going to take time. In the meantime, we can't drain our resources and energy NOW. Save a little for LATER, when WE'LL have the power to do something about it.
I really don't mean to be argumentative. It's just a difference of opinion about when and where to focus our energies. We're all in this together.
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There are many central issues, and this is one of them. Arpaio is NOT a distraction, the so-called
still_one
Aug 2017
#29
It is more than just a disgrace. It drops us into a Constitutional Crisis.
Stonepounder
Aug 2017
#16
The Supreme Court ruled in 1925 that the presidential pardon power applies to criminal contempt
onenote
Aug 2017
#48
He wanted it to be part of a late Friday news dump, hurricane was a bonus to distract people
MrPurple
Aug 2017
#43
The GOP spent eight years trying to scorch the earth to hamper Obama, and now we
fishwax
Aug 2017
#67