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Showing Original Post only (View all)For those beginning to consider "some sort of compromise" with Trump and [View all]
his crew: STOP! Can you even IMAGINE how extreme he will be if we roll over and he can crow about it to the knuckle draggers?
The die is about to be cast. Let it ride.
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Atticus
Jan 2019
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No, face saving for the president...period...he began this blackmail and he gets nothing.
Demsrule86
Jan 2019
#15
There are two possibiities...he uses the national emergency, reopens the governent but does nothing
Demsrule86
Jan 2019
#98
Trump will declare a National Emergency and still no wall will be built. That's the Endgame.
PubliusEnigma
Jan 2019
#39
It seems as though you basically agree with Mitch: no sense opposing Trump; pay the
Atticus
Jan 2019
#59
That will not be offered Limbaugh and Coulter who engineered the shutdown will be livid.
Demsrule86
Jan 2019
#16
I believe funding for border security is already in the bill that was passed by Congress.
Honeycombe8
Jan 2019
#41
IIRC it started with Newt Gingrich. Goddam GOP trying to break the federal government ...
Hekate
Jan 2019
#92
He will keep this up forever.The GOP has been doing this for years...no deal. We don't
Demsrule86
Jan 2019
#12
You can't give into blackmail...Trump wants to be re-elected too but no matter what
Demsrule86
Jan 2019
#80
No deal. No wall. How big of a sucker does one have to be to think Trump will not use the same ploy
dameatball
Jan 2019
#28
The "no food safety inspections" could bring everything down, including us...just wait til 150 kids
BamaRefugee
Jan 2019
#35
Let you Congress critters know - you do not want big $$ spent on a wall by any name
lunasun
Jan 2019
#44
He had his chance for compromise. It was the bill passed by the House and Senate that
Vinca
Jan 2019
#49
The first I ever heard that story, I was taking Latin in high school.We laboriously translated it...
Hekate
Jan 2019
#94
I admire your courage and your integrity. Please hang on. We need folks like you. nt
Atticus
Jan 2019
#78
The Mad King was under the impression that he could break Mme Speaker and make her buckle...
Hekate
Jan 2019
#88
I trust Speaker Pelosi and Senator Schumer. They have a plan & Trump has none. nt
Hekate
Jan 2019
#93
While I admire the resolve of most posters, at some point we'll have to cave.
JustABozoOnThisBus
Jan 2019
#103