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We dodged a bullet. (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 OP
Like Pence would do??? elleng Mar 2017 #1
Trump is crazy Cary Mar 2017 #2
mixed blessing, at best. unblock Mar 2017 #3
The courts is where they will do the most damage. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #4
donnie has largely free reign over the executive branch so he can do much damage there unblock Mar 2017 #5
Dems/Indivisible should be contacting civil servants and telling them to resist sharedvalues Mar 2017 #6

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(52,208 posts)
3. mixed blessing, at best.
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 04:14 PM
Mar 2017

much as i'm thrilled that the republicans "leadership" is such a fustercluck that they couldn't even get a bill through their own house majority on their signature issue of the last 8 years, we're still in a terrible position.

one thing we can hope for is that they'll provide their own obstruction, delaying the destruction a more competent and cohesive republican party could have accomplished. that said, they'll still unleash great destruction in the next 4 years.

that the focus for incompetence is on donnie is unfortunate. certainly he is horrible in many ways, including incompetent as well as unethical. that said, the republicans' problems run much deeper.

if it was merely a matter of an inept president, congress could figure it out themselves easily enough. but they can't because they're also incompetent and divided as well.

the focus on donnie is unfortunate because once he goes, whether in 4 years or sooner, republicans are set to get a clean slate and a forgiving electorate when they deserve nothing of the kind. we have to somehow convince the media that the problems aren't exclusively with donnie.

it's the whole republican party.

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(52,208 posts)
5. donnie has largely free reign over the executive branch so he can do much damage there
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 04:21 PM
Mar 2017

at least if they ever figure out how to construct executive orders that stand up in court....

in theory any executive order can be reversed by the next president, but in practice it can take a long time to rebuild. for instance, he could effectively shut down the epa (even if congress doesn't act to formally eliminate it). the next president could start it back up, but it takes time to hire back people and to reopen investigations and so on.

in truth, the damage he does in 4 years alone just within the executive branch could take a decade or more to reverse.


but yeah, i'm hoping democrats are able to filibuster his nominees and slow everything to a crawl....

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)
6. Dems/Indivisible should be contacting civil servants and telling them to resist
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 05:31 PM
Mar 2017

This gov't is illegitimate. Career civil servants in gov't agencies should be slow-walking everything the admin tells them to do. Get that message out1

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