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In reply to the discussion: We cannot let Trump become worse than Bush. [View all]northremembers
(63 posts)W was the one who said, "I have looked into Putin's eyes and seen my own soul." Bush let Bin Laden get away and used Al Qaida as an excuse to cut taxes, deregulate Wall Street, deregulate fracking, bailout Enron (that one didn't go so well), and invade Iraq. I might be more inclined to say they all suck (Trump, Bush I, Bush II, Reagan, and Nixon). I would not agree with the idea that the Republicans now are so much worse than the Republicans then. They were right about ending slavery. They've been the bad guys ever since.
I look at it as the Republicans are going to do a lot of damage. We can slow them down, but we are going to have to rebuild our democracy which was already on the ropes before Trump, thanks to the last 24 years of Republican scorched earth politics. Whatever agencies he closes we have to replace them with new ones geared towards the goals we set for our country. Whatever freedoms he abolishes we have to replace them with more inclusive ones. We know the Republicans will never be partners and will do everything they can to hold us back. That's all they ever did. We still got social security, legal labor unions, victory over fascism, NATO, the UN, the moon landing, and gay rights. This is only the end if we don't look forward.