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RKP5637

(67,108 posts) Fri Feb 22, 2019, 03:19 PM Feb 2019

Core problem w/USA - Too damn many authoritarians, politicians, liars, lawyers and wacky religious

types. A friend of mine once said this, looking at today in the US, never has it been truer IMO.

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Core problem w/USA - Too damn many authoritarians, politicians, liars, lawyers and wacky religious (Original Post) RKP5637 Feb 2019 OP

We have many good politicians... SHRED Feb 2019 #1

Yeah, it was a pretty broad brush. Keep the good ones. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2019 #2

We have allowed the narrative to demonize the left and decency for entirely too long. onecaliberal Feb 2019 #3

Definitely!!! tRump, for example, is arrogant and bombastic, but seems to get little effective RKP5637 Feb 2019 #4

SHRED

(28,136 posts)

1. We have many good politicians...

Reply to RKP5637 (Original post)

Fri Feb 22, 2019, 03:21 PM

Feb 2019

...and lawyers in this country.

RKP5637

(67,108 posts)

2. Yeah, it was a pretty broad brush. Keep the good ones. n/t

Reply to SHRED (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 22, 2019, 03:26 PM

Feb 2019

onecaliberal

(32,854 posts)

3. We have allowed the narrative to demonize the left and decency for entirely too long.

Reply to RKP5637 (Original post)

Fri Feb 22, 2019, 03:39 PM

Feb 2019

RKP5637

(67,108 posts)

4. Definitely!!! tRump, for example, is arrogant and bombastic, but seems to get little effective

Reply to onecaliberal (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 22, 2019, 03:50 PM

Feb 2019

push back ... same for many and many. Hopefully Mueller and the House will be putting tRump in his place. I really also think the media is often complacent, but that seems to be changing some.

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