Seriously, can the poison of this administration be disinfected?

[Cyrano]

I'm not talking about bleach and elbow grease. I'm talking about a filth that could be defined as a disease. I'm talking about a president, and a totally corrupt administration of thieves, scam artists, and greedy, uncaring, corrupt motherf***ers, whom he put into seats of power, and who contaminated the entire executive branch of government. (His cabinet and so much more.)

Even if we Dems win the next election and end up with full control, how do we rid the perception that government is the corrupt (evil?) entity that exists at this moment?

Winning back the House was one small step. But what lies ahead is far bigger than the task that Hercules had in cleaning our the Aegean stables and then some.

[TreasonousBastard]

1. It'll take a while, but we've done it before.

[elocs]

2. No, not completely.

This administration will leave a scar on America that will be there for decades thanks to the federal judges and Supreme Court justices appointed and confirmed.
Will our standing and reputation with the rest of the world ever be the same again?

[Cyrano]

4. Yes. Exactly. We will be living with a terrifying judiciary for decades

[Golden Raisin]

3. This regime has been like an aggressive, metastasizing cancer

on our Constitution, Democracy and the Rule of Law(s). Aided and abetted at every step of the way by a willing and complicit Republican Congress.

[uponit7771]

5. Yes, with justice

[thegoose]

6. Only if the Puke party is permanently eradicated

They've been pulling the "family values," "save the unborn chidren" and "smaller government" bullshit for years. But all these bastards are now forever married to the Dumpster. I'm looking at you...

Paul "Lyin" Ryan
Mitch "Turtle" McConnell
Susan "I Wouldn't Event Harm a Fly" Collins
Devin "Dumbass" Nunez
Lindsay "The Vapors" Graham
Ted "Puke" Cruz

As well as all the lesser weaselly Pukes who eagerly fellated the mushroom while lining their pockets with Russian NRA money. By all rights, their reputations should be permanently destroyed. Begone!

[mn9driver]

7. No. The scars are deep. Some are permanent.

It will be a generation or more before Washington becomes a reasonably functioning and responsible government, if then. One of the first requirements will be the dismantling of the Republican party as it currently exists.