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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo, GOP, here we all are ...
The boy you put in the WH is an incompetent idiot who, in less than two weeks, has issued executive orders contrary to law, has insulted world leaders who are our allies, has made our country a laughingstock for electing him in the first place although our electing him is rather a misnomer, isnt it, considering the interference in our election process by our sworn enemy, Putin, along with James Comey, who was apparently willing to use his position to assist putting Trump in office, things you have been more than happy to overlook.
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now were left wondering where the Republican party will be as a result of the above. Well, it leaves you wondering, not us.
We know that Trumps approval rating is already sinking like a stone. We know that his many of his staunchest supporters are already displaying buyers remorse. We know that the anti-Trump contingent is already more than half of the country. We know that every time the Idiot-in-Chief opens his ignorant mouth, the anti-Trump contingent gains more allies.
What it all comes down to is this: Anti-Trump equals anti-Republican. You put this out-of-control con-artist in the Oval Office. You elevated a bloviating, self-serving, stupid-beyond-all-imagining jerk to the highest office in the country. That means you OWN his every word, every statement, every action, every policy even every inane Tweet that demonstrates his incompetence, his lack of self-control, his obsession with his own narcissistic view of himself as somehow omnipotent and answerable to no one.
Every day this dumb fuck is in office equals another day that your party loses support. Every minute this dumb fuck brings us closer to inciting war is another minute that brings your party closer to being annihilated by voters who see you as enabling his insanity.
Youre only two weeks into this administration, and youre already looking down the barrel of a gun. There are voters who wouldnt hesitate to pull the trigger right now imagine how itchy their trigger-fingers will be when they cast their ballots in 2018 after two years of this bullshit.
So you have a choice. You can rid the country of the rabid dog you unleashed now, or you can get put down with him two years from now, when even the most strident attempts at damage control wont be enough to save your sorry asses.
Your move.
Xipe Totec
(43,888 posts)neverforget
(9,436 posts)The Wizard
(12,536 posts)started as a joke. Not anymore. We have a weirdo steering the ship of state, Captain Queeg in an Armani suit and a strange hair piece. He will always be a minority pResident.
cilla4progress
(24,718 posts)They and he could read this.
The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)Carters Iran mission. All this in 2 weeks.
All time fucked up asshole extrodinare.
Glamrock
(11,787 posts)However, until this country puts regulations in place to make "news" factual, as opposed to "presenting both sides", I just don't have your optimism.
People afraid of losing their healthcare coverage are not interested in "the other side" of the story.
People afraid of losing a loved one in a war are not interested in "the other side" of the story.
Where the GOP has gone really wrong here is by allowing Trump to rile-up fear among the populace - like fear of Muslim terrorists entering the country.
What they didn't add into the equation is how quickly that fear can be turned against a "pResident" who is bringing them ever closer to what they fear the most: an unstoppable world war due to an unstable ignoramus who is goading our enemies while distancing us from our allies.
That isn't Politics 101 - it's common sense.
SticksnStones
(2,108 posts)He just put a prime time entertainment coat of glitter paint on that same message they've been hammering and yammering about to their base since Texas ran low on oil to pump out and they went looking around the world for other sources to pillage.
The republicans won't put a stop to him. He's enacting everything they've ever hoped for. Theyll further their xtian dogma. They'll do their looting of federal and state coffers. They'll hand out lucrative contracts to their friends and family and once the damage is done they get to blame it all on the aberration that is/was the trump presidency. He gives them cover.
Wars cost money so somebody is getting rich. Why stop getting rich? And many, if not most, of those in congress will never have to send their loved ones to fight those wars.
I don't think the GOP sees anything wrong. Well, except for the constant protesting which they will move to curtail through local legislation - in the name of public safety, of all ironies - soon enough.
I worry greatly about my 15 nieces and nephews who are all of draft age.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)19.5% of Rosnef Oil to Trump via Glencore Corp in exchange for Sanctions relief,we got ourselves one hell of a mess. This will make Nixon look like a Boy Scout.
Hekate
(90,565 posts)sheshe2
(83,668 posts)I am so ashamed of our country right now.
Twump is inciting our enemies and distancing us from our allies. We are going to war and we will be alone. It won't take much for the missiles to fly. I guess they feel immortal. They think the missiles only fly in one direction. Suffer the fools, yet in the end we will all die.
world wide wally
(21,739 posts)Honest Don the weasel boy
Cha
(296,885 posts)but the forces of evil(and I do mean Evil) were too strong.
trump is hoisting himself on his own petard
I have to begin by saying my original plan for this visit was to focus on our agenda to help small businesses and entrepreneurs. This week we proposed new steps to cut red tape and taxes to make it easier for small businesses to get the credit they need to grow and hire.
I want to be a small business president. My father was a small business man. And I believe that in America, if you can dream it, you should be able to build it.
And so, well be talking a lot more about small business and about our economic plans in the days and weeks ahead.
But today, here in this community college devoted to opening minds and creating great understanding of the world of which we live, I want to address something that I am hearing about from Americans all over our country.
Everywhere I go, people tell me how concerned they are by the divisive rhetoric coming from my opponent in this election.
And I understand that concern, because its like nothing weve heard before from a nominee for president of the United States from one of our two major parties.
From the start, Donald Trump has built his campaign on prejudice and paranoia.
He is taking hate groups mainstream and helping a radical fringe take over the Republican Party.
His disregard for the values that make our country great is profoundly dangerous.
In just this past week, under the guise of outreach to African Americans, Trump has stood up in front of largely white audiences and described black communities in such insulting and ignorant terms:
Poverty. Rejection. Horrible education. No housing. No homes. No ownership. Crime at levels nobody has seen." Right now," he said, "you walk down the street and get shot.
Those are his words.
But when I hear them, I think to myself: How sad. Donald Trump misses so much.
He doesnt see the success of black leaders in every field, the vibrancy of black-owned businesses, the strength of the black church.
He doesnt see the excellence of historically black colleges and universities or the pride of black parents watching their children thrive. And he apparently didn't see Police Chief Brown on television after the murders of five of his officers conducting himself with such dignity. He certainly doesnt have any solutions to take on the reality of systemic racism and create more equity and opportunity in communities of color and for every American.
It really does take a lot of nerve to ask people hes ignored and mistreated for decades, What do you have to lose? Because the answer is: Everything.
Now, Trumps lack of knowledge or experience or solutions would be bad enough.
But what hes doing here is more sinister.
Trump is reinforcing harmful stereotypes and offering a dog whistle to his most hateful supporters.
Its a disturbing preview of what kind of president hed be.
And that's what I want to make clear today:
A man with a long history of racial discrimination, who traffics in dark conspiracy theories drawn from the pages of supermarket tabloids and the far, dark reaches of the internet, should never run our government or command our military.
Ask yourself, if he doesnt respect all Americans, how can he serve all Americans?
Now, I know some people still want to give Trump the benefit of the doubt.
They hope that he will eventually reinvent himself that theres a kinder, gentler, more responsible Donald Trump waiting in the wings somewhere.
Because after all, its hard to believe anyone let alone a nominee for president could really believe all the things he says.
But the hard truth is, theres no other Donald Trump. This is it.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/08/25/hillary-clintons-alt-right-speech-annotated/?utm_term=.2d4a3ad0d95f
JHan http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=8578563
DesertFlower
(11,649 posts)listen. 30 years of right wing lies about her didn't help. even some democrats believed them. then there were the bernie supporters who refused to vote for her.
Gothmog
(144,945 posts)Initech
(100,043 posts)And right now is attacking UC Berkley for exercising their right to protest. And his fucking stupid ass fan base is actually applauding this!
The Wizard
(12,536 posts)is far different than being a cheesy actor on a reality TV show. He did say he loved the poorly educated. Now we know why.
He's a threat to civilization who ran a campaign based on fear, hate, division and name calling.
Talk about lowering the bar. Maybe some flag officers might go to let him know the facts. As opposed to big mouths, they have the guns. We have stepped through the looking glass. Bannon? fucking Bannon? We live in bizarre times and a guy with a bizarre hair piece (remove the eyes from that thing Donald) has his little hands on the levers of power. DeVos, holy shit. WTF.
To say Trump is weird would be an understatement.