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LaydeeBug

(10,291 posts)
Tue May 9, 2017, 02:02 PM May 2017

The Biggest story in our nation's history is Russia.

It's *that* fucking important.

And if anyone who watched that testimony yesterday still doubts that they fucked with our voting machines, and our media, and our files, and our everything, you are gaslighting us.

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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,425 posts)
1. It's the Civil War, by a wide margin.
Tue May 9, 2017, 02:08 PM
May 2017

45 will end up being a footnote. An embarrassing footnote, but a footnote.

No post offices, no schools, no parks, nothing.

Stuart G

(38,420 posts)
2. I don't thik it will be a footnote,,,,but a few paragraphs of explanation.
Tue May 9, 2017, 02:13 PM
May 2017

You are correct, very embarrassing paragraphs...but a little more. Such stupidity and self centeredness deserves special mention. And this crowd will get it.... as did Halderman and Erlichman and the Atty General ....what's his name???

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,425 posts)
3. But it will be in invisible ink, so no one will know what happened, like the press releases.
Tue May 9, 2017, 02:16 PM
May 2017

For AG, do you mean John Mitchell?

Can't help but recall the missus, Martha Mitchell.

marybourg

(12,622 posts)
5. After that, the Dust Bowl/Great Depression.
Tue May 9, 2017, 03:06 PM
May 2017

The two World Wars were right up there also.

We'll learn how to de-fang Russia pretty quickly. France has already managed it.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,425 posts)
7. I'm going with the Civil War as the defining issue of the 19th Century, and
Tue May 9, 2017, 07:55 PM
May 2017

the civil rights movement as the defining issue of the 20th Century.

The westward expansion would rank below the Civil War in the 19th century.

The Cold War and the Vietnam War would be the second and third issues in the 20th century.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,425 posts)
8. The Trump affair will be like knocking over a cup of coffee on a precious heirloom.
Tue May 9, 2017, 08:00 PM
May 2017

The stain will never go away, and you'll be sorry it happened.

Nonetheless, the precious heirloom will still be there.

The stain will serve as a warning to be more careful in the future.

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