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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBy now a normal person would have said, "I wanted to win, but not like this."
That is all.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)A decent person would say I never asked for foreign interference in our elections and I will do everything possible to ensure it never happens again.
There have been 44 presidents, some of high moral character, some of low moral character, and some in the middle. Donald Trump will have the lowest character of any man that occupied that office.
JI7
(89,244 posts)CakeGrrl
(10,611 posts)wouldn't be excused as "the NEW normal".
As it is, he doesn't have to express morality or conscience.
He can lie. It's ignored.
He can tweet inflammatory and potentially dangerous statements. They simply put his flack on the air to say it's "presidential" because the "president-elect" does it.
So, with the assistance of a compliant, Republican-loving MSM, Trump can make shit up as he goes.
The worst of it will be ignored (simply imagine if then-Senator Obama was on tape talking about popping a Tic-Tac and grabbing a woman by the p***y); the rest will be debated and normalized as a new style of governance.
treestar
(82,383 posts)and speak to the majority who didn't vote for him that he will work for them, etc.
Skittles
(153,138 posts)if they did, they would not rely on tactics like gerrymandering, voter suppression, help from Russia and the FBI, fake news, etc
fuck them all