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NanceGreggs

(27,814 posts)
Sun May 5, 2019, 01:53 AM May 2019

Just Gotta Say This

I am sick to death of hearing how the Democrats aren’t doing enough, saying enough, acting aggressively enough towards Trump. To hear some people spin it, the problem isn’t the lying, thieving, law-breaking, tub-o’-lard sitting in the White House – it’s the party that has failed to take him down.

Stop yelling that the firefighters aren’t putting the blaze out fast enough, when the known arsonist – the one whose been setting fires for more than two fucking years – is watching every conflagration with a shit-eating grin on his face, surrounded by the people of his party who not only fan the flames, but ensure he has an endless supply of matches and gasoline.

Of all the look over there! distractions Trump & the Traitors have perpetrated since he took office, this has been the biggest distraction of all – propagating the idea that Trump and the GOP are not at fault for the disastrous state of our nation, because the true fault lies with those who have yet to remove him from office.

What the Republicans are selling right now is not how successful Trump’s tenure in office has been, but the lack of success of those who would topple him. They are not saying we’re better than you because, despite the overwhelming evidence, we didn’t elect a racist, Putin-fellating, pussy-grabber to the highest office in the country. They’re saying we’re better than you because we know we elected a racist, Putin-fellating, pussy-grabber – and there’s nothing you can do about it.

Enough already. Stop buying what the Republicans are selling. Trump is responsible for Trump. The Republican party is responsible for Trump. The ass-kissers who suck-up to the idiot in the Oval Office are responsible for Trump. The perjurers, the corrupt appointees, the criminals placed in positions of power, they are all responsible for Trump and everything he’s done to destroy our democracy, diminish our standing in the world, and encourage division at every turn.

The Republicans elected, supported, protected, and enabled Donald J. Trump – and continue to do so. They have sat silent as he lies, as he disrespects the office of POTUS, as he breaks the law without hesitation.

So let’s stop pointing our fingers at ourselves and our party. We didn’t put this asshole in the WH – so let’s stop buying into the GOP-spin that it’s somehow our fault that he’s still there.

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Just Gotta Say This (Original Post) NanceGreggs May 2019 OP
I can't rec this enough... dhill926 May 2019 #1
Amen to that dalton99a May 2019 #2
YES! elleng May 2019 #3
Yes!! CatMor May 2019 #4
Yes to this a thousand times emmaverybo May 2019 #5
Tell it, Nance solara May 2019 #6
Well stated JohnnyRingo May 2019 #7
Thank you, as always. fierywoman May 2019 #8
PREACH IT, SISTER Skittles May 2019 #9
Keep the message in mind True Blue American May 2019 #10
truth has been said! violetevergarden May 2019 #11
X1000! we can do it May 2019 #12
So right about this! FakeNoose May 2019 #13
K&R... spanone May 2019 #14
I agree with Nance Gothmog May 2019 #15
k&r BSdetect May 2019 #16
Someone posts "First they came.." on here almost daily. So I think a lot of DUers disagree with you. MadDAsHell May 2019 #17
And exactly where did I say ... NanceGreggs May 2019 #18
You're reading comprehension is pretty bad if lunatica May 2019 #30
Will the next Repubic talking point be The Wizard May 2019 #19
At this point ... NanceGreggs May 2019 #20
Thank you. TwilightZone May 2019 #21
They have been hibernating Andy823 May 2019 #24
k&r n/t lordsummerisle May 2019 #22
So much this! msdogi May 2019 #23
But a Dem... JoeOtterbein May 2019 #25
Words cannot describe how right this is mcar May 2019 #26
It is time to take Trump's narratives, turn them on him and jam them up his @$$. Thomas Hurt May 2019 #27
Well done! oasis May 2019 #28
Thank you! lunatica May 2019 #29
Exactly! dlk May 2019 #31
Well larwdem May 2019 #32
Precisely. n/t Still Sensible May 2019 #33
Not enough is said about getting Dems to run for any and all available Senate Rethug seats. It Doitnow May 2019 #34

solara

(3,836 posts)
6. Tell it, Nance
Sun May 5, 2019, 02:24 AM
May 2019

You always do..and this definitely needs to be said and repeated and heard and seen and shared and tweeted.

You're the best


Thank you

11. truth has been said!
Sun May 5, 2019, 06:56 AM
May 2019

people who are mad at trump, aren't able to directly complain to them and thus finger pointing towards innocent parties. this has to stop.

FakeNoose

(32,639 posts)
13. So right about this!
Sun May 5, 2019, 07:38 AM
May 2019

Chump is already trying to get "four more years" but his first 2-point-5 years have been an unmitigated disaster. He grabs all the credit from Obama's economic boom while at the same time tearing down every other thing Obama tried to accomplish. Chump sows chaos and dissension wherever he goes and that's his only message. We've heard it already and we know how empty it is.

Chump doesn't deserve four more years, just as he didn't earn the first four. It's up to us Democrats and independent voters to unite behind our candidate (whomever he/she may be) and take this national trash out for the good of the country.



 

MadDAsHell

(2,067 posts)
17. Someone posts "First they came.." on here almost daily. So I think a lot of DUers disagree with you.
Sun May 5, 2019, 07:01 PM
May 2019

Sitting there saying to ourselves "This isn't my fault so I have no responsibility for cleaning up this mess" sounds like a great way for those of us in the States to end up in cages ourselves.

NanceGreggs

(27,814 posts)
18. And exactly where did I say ...
Sun May 5, 2019, 07:36 PM
May 2019

… that we have no responsibility to do anything?

We always have a responsibility to do whatever we can to defend and protect our democracy. But that responsibility does not include accepting the blame for having fucked it up in the first place.

How you read “we’re not to blame for what Trump & the GOP are doing to this country” as meaning “let’s sit around and do nothing” is anybody’s guess.


TwilightZone

(25,471 posts)
21. Thank you.
Sun May 5, 2019, 08:04 PM
May 2019

Agree entirely. That line of reasoning has gotten incredibly tiresome. A few posters have either been asleep for the past two years (and, particularly, since we took over the House) or are being intentionally ignorant.

Andy823

(11,495 posts)
24. They have been hibernating
Sun May 5, 2019, 09:13 PM
May 2019

They only come out during primaries, and general elections, then they hibernate till the next election cycle. The "doom and gloom" bugs!

msdogi

(430 posts)
23. So much this!
Sun May 5, 2019, 09:07 PM
May 2019

thanks for posting, let's all take this to heart and find solidarity in our party, and support the leaders we have elected.

mcar

(42,329 posts)
26. Words cannot describe how right this is
Sun May 5, 2019, 10:25 PM
May 2019
Stop yelling that the firefighters aren’t putting the blaze out fast enough, when the known arsonist – the one whose been setting fires for more than two fucking years – is watching every conflagration with a shit-eating grin on his face, surrounded by the people of his party who not only fan the flames, but ensure he has an endless supply of matches and gasoline.


Thank you Nance!

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
29. Thank you!
Sun May 5, 2019, 10:34 PM
May 2019

I’m really getting fed up with the fucking hand wringing, woe is us going on. It’s worse than having trolls!

dlk

(11,566 posts)
31. Exactly!
Sun May 5, 2019, 10:37 PM
May 2019

I wonder how much of the "Democrats aren't doing enough" spin is circulated by Russian bots and trolls?

Doitnow

(1,103 posts)
34. Not enough is said about getting Dems to run for any and all available Senate Rethug seats. It
Mon May 6, 2019, 12:26 AM
May 2019

ought to be a golden opportunity to clean house, folks. Why do I hear Schumer is having a hard time recruiting candidates?

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