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Cyrano

(15,027 posts)
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 06:34 PM Feb 2020

What's it going to take?

What's left of our democracy is under a full scale cyber attack by the Russians. And they're getting the help of the Orange Beast and his morally dead accomplices, the Republican Party.

In the current attacks on us, there are no bayonets, or bullets, or artillery, or bombs. It's an online assault that is raining propaganda on us and blinding millions of people to reality.

The Orange Creature is doing everything possible to gag our intelligence services and keep them from telling us that we are in mortal danger of losing our freedoms. Not to mention giving the Beast another four years. And does anyone believe that another four years won't end up in "Dear Leader for Life?"

Most of us know this. But millions of Americans don't know it and don't want to know it. We are on the verge of losing American democracy and the freedoms assured us by our Constitution.

Hopefully, our intelligence services are working behind the scenes to protect us. But this week, the Orange Beast has installed one of his ass kissing friends to head up all of our intelligence services.

I often think that we are sheep being led to the slaughter. And anyone who hasn't had that thought is missing today's political realities.

So what's it going to take to rid ourselves the deadly disease that is Trump and the Republican Party? What's it going to take to retain the freedoms we have left?

Are we going to let them steal another election and solidify their grip on all the levers of power?

I mean, really, what's it going to take for us to avoid the obvious criminal activities that are well along the road to destroying our way of life? What's it going to take to avoid a maniac from becoming America's "Dear Leader for Life" Trump?

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What's it going to take? (Original Post) Cyrano Feb 2020 OP
It's going to take us all uniting REALLY soon behind a moderate candidate. Squinch Feb 2020 #1
Kick defacto7 Feb 2020 #2
I don't know, I have ideas but 2naSalit Feb 2020 #3

Squinch

(50,901 posts)
1. It's going to take us all uniting REALLY soon behind a moderate candidate.
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 06:37 PM
Feb 2020

And then it's going to take truckloads of money to match and exceed all of their messaging with GOOD messaging of our own.

This election will be won or lost on our ability to blanket the electorate with effective messaging.

We've never done it before.

We better learn real fast.

2naSalit

(86,308 posts)
3. I don't know, I have ideas but
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 07:14 PM
Feb 2020

they may not be viable.

What I will be asking people about their willingness to participate in taking action before the election; how fast can a wildfire destroy a forest? Or, how long can you survive without air?

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