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StarfishSaver

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19. Much of the public is too uninterested or too lazy

Reply to peggysue2 (Reply #4)

Tue Jul 23, 2019, 05:34 PM

Jul 2019

Last edited Tue Jul 23, 2019, 06:46 PM - Edit history (1)

They'd rather insist that someone else do it for them while they whine about how awful everything is and everyone else isn't doing enough.

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If Mueller is the great American everyone claims he is [View all] Control-Z Jul 2019 OP

Yeah, that thought pisses me off, too! donkeypoofed Jul 2019 #1

Will the country be damaged beyond repair Control-Z Jul 2019 #12

Tomorrow he can choose to be a patriot or just another typical Republican HACK. Goodheart Jul 2019 #2

Good chance we will know for sure after tomorrow. gtar100 Jul 2019 #6

It has never been his job to tell "the American people" the "absolute truth." SouthernProgressive Jul 2019 #3

Okay. It's not his job Control-Z Jul 2019 #7

It's not his job to save the country. SouthernProgressive Jul 2019 #8

I believe he took an oath ... GeorgeGist Jul 2019 #11

That poses little significance when it comes to claiming he is the one to save the country. SouthernProgressive Jul 2019 #13

Thank you, GeorgeGist! Control-Z Jul 2019 #14

Right. H2O Man Jul 2019 #32

How about help get rid of trump? He can certainly assist mightily in that. brush Jul 2019 #20

His job isn't to help get rid of Trump. NT SouthernProgressive Jul 2019 #23

His job was to find out if there was cooperation between the trump campaign and Russians... brush Jul 2019 #24

Sounds like you are now talking about what his job was. SouthernProgressive Jul 2019 #25

That's right, and it seems he was doing it well until Barr came in and shut him down. brush Jul 2019 #26

He has already publicly stated this. SouthernProgressive Jul 2019 #29

Okay, perhaps I misunderstood. I thought you said it wasn't his job. brush Jul 2019 #30

I think it's become pretty clear peggysue2 Jul 2019 #4

Much of the public is too uninterested or too lazy StarfishSaver Jul 2019 #19

Then we all lose peggysue2 Jul 2019 #27

Russiapublican hack awesomerwb1 Jul 2019 #5

I'm not expecting much Control-Z Jul 2019 #22

Silent Bob Loge23 Jul 2019 #9

Thank you for that, Loge23. Control-Z Jul 2019 #10

So, let me get this right. Unless Mueller does exactly what we think he should do in his testimony, elocs Jul 2019 #15

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Mueller must be thinking: StarfishSaver Jul 2019 #21

Bingo! Exactly! elocs Jul 2019 #34

He's a lifelong Republican. What do we expect? jalan48 Jul 2019 #16

He's a lifelong Republican Locutusofborg Jul 2019 #28

Bill Clinton- the best Republican president we ever had. Boomerproud Jul 2019 #33

Mueller had a chance to be the hero of this story. Vinca Jul 2019 #18

He is a Republican same as all the others he will run cover for Trump nt doc03 Jul 2019 #31

Yeah StarfishSaver Jul 2019 #35

I think he already told the truth coeur_de_lion Jul 2019 #36