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lostnfound

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35. What needs change is punishments / justice against conmen and criminals

Reply to Butterflylady (Reply #10)

Tue Jan 1, 2019, 09:40 AM

Jan 2019

Why did he have to be president before the egregious fraud became revealed?

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My thoughts. After Rump i'm thinking the president has way too much power!!! [View all] bluestarone Dec 2018 OP

Certainly some stuff needs to be changed..... limiting pardoning power for one sunonmars Dec 2018 #1

yea for sure!! bluestarone Dec 2018 #3

same here! I never worried about it with any of our dems prez or some of the sane GOPs.. samnsara Dec 2018 #2

Real proof of the power comes out when bluestarone Dec 2018 #5

Yes, Congress needs to take back some power it had manor321 Dec 2018 #4

Agree!!! bluestarone Dec 2018 #6

+1. Definitely trade wars. dalton99a Dec 2018 #7

Many things of his need to be limited but for right now.. Mystery sage Dec 2018 #8

To add here bluestarone Dec 2018 #9

It's the Constitution, not a "rule" shanny Dec 2018 #17

True BUT it needs to be changed!! bluestarone Dec 2018 #19

Absolutely. shanny Dec 2018 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author elocs Dec 2018 #23

Agree it won't be easy BUT bluestarone Dec 2018 #31

What needs to changed is who run for president. Butterflylady Dec 2018 #10

What needs change is punishments / justice against conmen and criminals lostnfound Jan 2019 #35

Congress has the power to stop the Fat Turd, but they are too weak. Hope better for 2019 dem in texas Dec 2018 #11

All this would help for sure!!! bluestarone Dec 2018 #12

Congress is not too weak, they are complicit csziggy Dec 2018 #25

Pardon power needs to be curbed, as well as the power to oversee investigations of himself. Goodheart Dec 2018 #13

Agree! bluestarone Dec 2018 #14

Absolutely it does. shanny Dec 2018 #18

It might have helped a little if we did not have Golden Raisin Dec 2018 #15

perfect storm for sure!!! bluestarone Dec 2018 #16

I agree shanny Dec 2018 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author elocs Dec 2018 #22

Yea i hate that fkn Walker bluestarone Dec 2018 #28

Agreed 1000 percent!!! blueinredohio Dec 2018 #24

IN the hands of a good person, pattriot, like Obama or Hillary or most dems Eliot Rosewater Dec 2018 #26

EXACTLY!!! bluestarone Dec 2018 #29

It will change.....when the next dem president is elected AJT Dec 2018 #27

Oh you know they will howl!!! bluestarone Dec 2018 #30

actually, i think he's been a case study on the limitations of presidential power. unblock Dec 2018 #32

Good points! I think like you that his term has been an exercise in the limitations of ... SWBTATTReg Dec 2018 #33

Since ethics is stone cold dead I agree. defacto7 Dec 2018 #34