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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Speaker: "Will you come into my parlor said the spider to the fly."
"....The Spider turn'd her round again, and went into her den,
For well she knew that cunning Fly would soon come back again.
And then she wove a tiny web, in a little corner sly,
And set her table ready for to dine upon the Fly;
And went out to her door again, and merrily did sing,
Come hither, pretty little Fly, with the gold and silver wing.
Alas, alas! how very soon this cunning little Fly,
Hearing her wily flattering words, came slowly fluttering by.
With humming wings he hung aloft, then nearer and nearer drew.
Thinking only of his crested head and gold and purple hue:
Thinking only of his brilliant wings, poor foolish thing! at last,
Up jump'd the hungry little Spider, and firmly held him fast!
She dragged him up her winding stair, into her dismal den,
Within her little parlour; but he ne'er came down again.
And now, my pretty maidens, who may this story hear,
To silly, idle, flattering words, I pray you ne'er give ear;
Unto a beatiful lady, close heart, and ear, and eye,
And learn a lesson from this tale of the Spider and the Fly."
~By Mary Howitt, 1829
blue neen
(12,405 posts)WhiteTara
(30,110 posts)Don't throw me into that briar patch.
He knows that right now, his base will turn on us. But also, don't forget Elmer Gantry and his return to the grift even after his exposure of corruption and graft. We must make the spider web so tight there is no escape.
ProudMNDemocrat
(18,814 posts)They are stupid enough to take the bait.
coti
(4,625 posts)Are you that resigned?
We have to do better than this.
Pelosi is NOT going to impeach, no matter what Trump does! It's disgusting.
Bernardo de La Paz
(50,623 posts)Raven
(14,077 posts)coti
(4,625 posts)I'm seeing people being lulled into complacency and the language I'm using is jarring in my attempts to snap them out of it.
Ellipsis
(9,154 posts)Grasswire2
(13,684 posts)And I mean no racial allusions here (I know that the story of Brer Rabbit has been under criticism in Disney's telling)
SunSeeker
(53,432 posts)Curtis
(349 posts)Remember she took impeachment off the table with the W Bush cabal? That helped embolden the GOP because they knew then Democrats would do nothing to punish a runaway illegal Republican party. Then Obama refused to look backward at the Bush regime and possible indictments for any crimes for torture, the Iraq War or anything else So, it got worse with McConnell against Obama. Then they even got worse with Trump, and once again Pelosi and other Democratic leaders refuse to do their constitutional duty and even hold impeachment hearings because Republicans won't do their part, whaaaaa....Jesus. They make us look like snowflakes and whimps.
lillypaddle
(9,605 posts)leanforward
(1,080 posts)The facts are out there in the names on the LLCs listed/named in financial and IRS documents.
Kid Berwyn
(17,636 posts)The Constitution needs all of us and all we have to survive.
Freedom is worth it. Donald Trump, not so much.
Jim Comey was a real nut job. A Traitor. (Photo courtesy of TASS)