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25. What they most fear is that the Orangutan was heard by witnesses whom they don't control

Tue Nov 19, 2019, 02:58 AM

Nov 2019

and whom they can't subvert.

Which means they will have to do something that resembles governance. That is something they really dread doing. Something they do not desire to be seen doing since they will do it badly, and they hate looking bad in public.

They were along for the ride. Trump wasn't supposed to go off on his own like this, or at least he wasn't supposed to be caught in the act. They were promised that he wouldn't get them tied up in anything that would disturb their calculated dismantling of Federal Democracy and their wholesale corruption of government into a cash cow.

Trump was supposed to keep the Democrats and the Press distracted by stoking the horror show and accusing anyone who mentioned that the sky might be falling of being subversively anti-Trump, anti-American, and anti-Business.

...Oops!

(I wonder in what little room in Fort Meade is the recording sitting, waiting to be heard by the committee?)

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GOP Lawmakers 'Shaken' by Overheard Phone Call [View all] swag Nov 2019 OP

Are they also concerned? Troubled? Still In Wisconsin Nov 2019 #1

Maybe to the point of thoughts and prayers.... lastlib Nov 2019 #21

Shaken, not stirred? lagomorph777 Nov 2019 #31

Not shaken enough to do the right thing for the country tho. Iliyah Nov 2019 #2

what you said Delphinus Nov 2019 #4

this TeamPooka Nov 2019 #20

No kidding. Maybe shaken. But not stirred. calimary Nov 2019 #22

I'll be more impressed when they are stirred... Gore1FL Nov 2019 #3

This Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2019 #19

"Deeply troubled," etc. klook Nov 2019 #5

AND put their names out there not fooled Nov 2019 #6

Shaken...but not stirred. FailureToCommunicate Nov 2019 #7

Jinx! I was gonna post that! dchill Nov 2019 #8

Softball, misleading headline. "Shaken" not over the facts but over their public revelation. PSPS Nov 2019 #9

It's not wrong if you don't get caught pat_k Nov 2019 #26

Shaken 😕 What are they going to do about it? nt iluvtennis Nov 2019 #10

Amateur hour. paleotn Nov 2019 #11

Hell, we're still cleaning out the trash left over from Watergate and Nixon csziggy Nov 2019 #30

They could care less. Traitors the whole lot of them. Pepsidog Nov 2019 #12

Shaken, but they won't do anything sakabatou Nov 2019 #13

when r they gonna hit by lightning? BootinUp Nov 2019 #14

Big breaks follow cracks follow small cracks follow stresses... hvn_nbr_2 Nov 2019 #15

What Susan Collins "concern" level are they at? Yavin4 Nov 2019 #16

They are concerned the Holme's testimony was the most convincing...My lord! Perseus Nov 2019 #17

No, they are concerned at how sloppy they are dansolo Nov 2019 #28

Shaken enough to send Thoughts and Prayers? zaj Nov 2019 #18

I could say what I think about those "GOP Lawmakers"... CaptainTruth Nov 2019 #23

Awww. Now prove it. Hekate Nov 2019 #24

What they most fear is that the Orangutan was heard by witnesses whom they don't control Ford_Prefect Nov 2019 #25

From the original CNN article nitpicker Nov 2019 #27

I agree with the above poster...they're only shaken that the conversation was public. pecosbob Nov 2019 #29