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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWeighed in the balances and found wanting.
The handwriting on the wall. I wonder if the GOP will be able to read it?
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Weighed in the balances and found wanting. (Original Post)
The Velveteen Ocelot
Aug 2017
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raging moderate
(4,305 posts)1. mene, mene, tekel
I wonder how many of them know this reference.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,732 posts)2. Yes, it's kind of obscure, but I thought it kind of fits.
Belshazzar was a corrupt king, and in the middle of his big party those words appeared on the wall, predicting the death of Belshazzar, the fall of Babylon and its takeover by Belshazzar's enemy.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)3. Most of the GOP
Senate and House Members will do their damnedest to try an steer clear of Trump for a few weeks until they figure out their Poll numbers back home. And they most likely will float various campaign themes and if that backfires,then they will take Trump out,it is Pence that seems to be the 900 pound Idiot in the room.
If Romney's relative resigns as RNC head,then things might change.
Coventina
(27,121 posts)4. Steve Schmidt was just on MSNBC and used the reference.
Made me think of the Johnny Cash song: