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NRaleighLiberal

(60,014 posts)
Wed May 24, 2017, 07:17 PM May 2017

Looking through headlines here, CNN, TPM, Slate, etc - FUBAR level off the charts

I had lunch with my friends today and all three of us are reasonable students of history.

We all agreed there has never, ever been an unqualified presidential disaster like Trump. Closest would be some famous, failed, flawed crooked dictators of the past.

There is no way to get used to this level of corruption and ineptitude. No way.

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NRaleighLiberal

(60,014 posts)
2. It is completely invalid - many of us here have known this since election night.
Wed May 24, 2017, 07:20 PM
May 2017

Do over is the only adequate solution - all others are poor bandaids that won't fix what is wrong.

brooklynite

(94,552 posts)
3. Yup...no need for that pesky Constitution.
Wed May 24, 2017, 07:22 PM
May 2017

Let's change the rules whenever we want to...and let the Republicans do the same.

NRaleighLiberal

(60,014 posts)
6. you clearly don't want to acknowledge the point here, and you never have.
Wed May 24, 2017, 07:24 PM
May 2017

Of course we are in uncharted territory. Our constitution has no provision for this level of criminal activity.

So those of us who say do over are of course being aspirational. It is what SHOULD happen. And of course we also know it is something that under current conditions can't happen.

brooklynite

(94,552 posts)
7. What am I not acknowledging?
Wed May 24, 2017, 07:34 PM
May 2017

Donald Trump is utterly unqualified to be President...and our Constitution doesn't allow for "do-overs".

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
10. Democracy is dead. The bad guys won.
Wed May 24, 2017, 07:45 PM
May 2017

And while you are correct, technically, you are also a person of means if memory serves.

Some will die because of this fraudulent election, they wont have the luxury you have.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
13. No no no, you dont get to say that
Wed May 24, 2017, 07:47 PM
May 2017

Look at the rest of my comment. (i added something after you commented)

Some of us dont have the luxury of giving up, we will be fighting for our lives.

LiberalArkie

(15,715 posts)
14. The Republicans and the elite got the government they paid for.
Wed May 24, 2017, 09:17 PM
May 2017

It is too bad it will destroy them. We may have to live with it 2 more years, but they will have to live it down a lot longer.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
4. I agree. New election this November.
Wed May 24, 2017, 07:23 PM
May 2017

But why not let's game it out:

Does Trump get to participate in the do over?

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
8. I have said that but for a different reason, on the ground russian agents
Wed May 24, 2017, 07:43 PM
May 2017

working on election boards, at precincts, having lived here their whole lives, etc.

flipping votes, etc

lpbk2713

(42,757 posts)
5. It would be interesting to see if DU would go down for three days.
Wed May 24, 2017, 07:24 PM
May 2017



I would hope another election would receive the highest degree of srutiny on all levels.

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