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Talitha

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92. Intensive background check, vetting, or whatever you call it.

Reply to AndJusticeForSome (Original post)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 05:15 PM

Jan 2019

Not only for presidential candidates, but for ALL people seeking public office.
IMO, if you're not willing to be investigated, we don't want you running our country.

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What one single action could have prevented election of Trump? [View all] AndJusticeForSome Jan 2019 OP

vote...nt SWBTATTReg Jan 2019 #1

This. CrispyQ Jan 2019 #3

+1000 ismnotwasm Jan 2019 #11

+1 Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #26

A single action by a single person AndJusticeForSome Jan 2019 #12

Fred Trump pulls out. dem4decades Jan 2019 #2

But that gives Putin a lot of time to groom another nt AndJusticeForSome Jan 2019 #14

What single action Ferryboat Jan 2019 #56

You mentioned what I would have said. Remove they Comey letter. bearsfootball516 Jan 2019 #4

agreed - maybe Jason Chaffetz NewJeffCT Jan 2019 #47

No Comey letter, no President Trump. dalton99a Jan 2019 #5

Michael Cohen, instead of paying off Stormy, instead breaks ranks and goes public mr_lebowski Jan 2019 #6

That's a good one! nt AndJusticeForSome Jan 2019 #15

That likely would have done it NewJeffCT Jan 2019 #43

Comey should have either shut the fuck up, or he should have been Baitball Blogger Jan 2019 #7

Is this time traveler armed? MineralMan Jan 2019 #8

Ha. Many have posited that about "Hitler in his cradle," but Heinlein pointed out that he was just Hekate Jan 2019 #13

What SINGLE ACTION?.... A HERETIC I AM Jan 2019 #9

How does one time traveler achieve that? AndJusticeForSome Jan 2019 #16

Shoot every Republican that voted to reduce the effectiveness of public schools. A HERETIC I AM Jan 2019 #19

If we're talking about a single action..... JonAndKatePlusABird Jan 2019 #71

Nailed It! Brawndo Jan 2019 #36

Educating the masses bdamomma Jan 2019 #54

His ignorance is a reflection of their ignorance Brawndo Jan 2019 #55

Welcome to bdamomma Jan 2019 #58

Thanks! Brawndo Jan 2019 #59

First and foremost, the RNC could have done its traditional job in smoke-filled rooms... Hekate Jan 2019 #10

far more assertive airing of Russia's hacking efforts by the Obama administration NRaleighLiberal Jan 2019 #17

Grandpa Trump is unsuccessful in dodging the draft? eShirl Jan 2019 #18

Killing Rush Limbaugh FiveGoodMen Jan 2019 #20

The media could have decided that good journalism was more important than fierywoman Jan 2019 #21

They really can't FiveGoodMen Jan 2019 #25

CORPORATE REFORM NOW. Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #28

Interrupt his parents Deb Jan 2019 #22

Hillary calling trump a liar and thief to his face at any of the debates. beachbum bob Jan 2019 #23

Really? She called him a Putin Puppet to his face on national tv. smh Hekate Jan 2019 #62

Steele Dossier zipplewrath Jan 2019 #24

Dont say "hold my nose" and dont whine about our candidate over and over and over. Eliot Rosewater Jan 2019 #27

Anthony Weiner could have been less of a ...well ...you know. malchickiwick Jan 2019 #29

And Hillary customerserviceguy Jan 2019 #88

Jill Stein. ginnyinWI Jan 2019 #30

Stein was never going to win customerserviceguy Jan 2019 #89

Persuade Bill Clinton not convince Trump to run. nt Snotcicles Jan 2019 #31

Pass a law requiring every candidate to release five years of tax returns Clash City Rocker Jan 2019 #32

Bernie could have stopped campaigning in May -- when the numbers showed he had lost -- pnwmom Jan 2019 #33

I agree with this. I'd still go with Comey not interfering... LisaM Jan 2019 #51

What she said njhoneybadger Jan 2019 #78

yeah .... Bernie's fault. trueblue2007 Jan 2019 #84

His father probably had the same personality disorder, which sucked the soul out of his son. pnwmom Jan 2019 #85

A Different Nominee earthside Jan 2019 #34

+1 jalan48 Jan 2019 #64

I think so too. shanny Jan 2019 #73

Wrong way of thinking Midnightwalk Jan 2019 #35

I agree. I think there are dozens of single things that could have Perrenial Voter Jan 2019 #91

Abortion. Go back and tell Fred Trump the baby will be "defective." Maru Kitteh Jan 2019 #37

abortion samnsara Jan 2019 #38

Comey iamateacher Jan 2019 #39

No Jill Stein. muntrv Jan 2019 #40

He shouldn't have been permitted to participate in the GOP Primary Debates lpbk2713 Jan 2019 #41

MSM not focus 60%of thier time on Clinton emails uponit7771 Jan 2019 #42

If I answer, I'll get hidden for "refighting the primaries"...nt SidDithers Jan 2019 #44

Bingo! NurseJackie Jan 2019 #46

+1 /nt LongtimeAZDem Jan 2019 #94

I can't say. I know the answer to that... NurseJackie Jan 2019 #45

Yep; no guarantee, of course, but it probably would have done it. /nt LongtimeAZDem Jan 2019 #93

Mark Burnett giving trumpy the extra money he asked for to stay on the Apprentice... FM123 Jan 2019 #48

Castrate Fred when he was 12...... lastlib Jan 2019 #49

Hillary Clinton, having been defeated once, woofless Jan 2019 #50

Ding ding ding inchhigh Jan 2019 #82

Voting machines that weren't rigged by his friends (if he has any). nt akraven Jan 2019 #52

I don't know there is just one thing... tonedevil Jan 2019 #53

Clinton having someone get all her work emails to the State Department before she left karynnj Jan 2019 #57

Keep Him Away From The 2011 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner nt smb Jan 2019 #60

Multi-faceted election fraud stole the election for Dump diva77 Jan 2019 #61

the media doing in depth reporting on dumps life scarytomcat Jan 2019 #63

If time travel is on the table, I would go back and block Palm Beach butterfly ballot in 2000 Gothmog Jan 2019 #65

Roberts and Alito were nominated and confirmed early into Bush's second term though Polybius Jan 2019 #68

Do you think if Hillary had been Obama's VP would have made a difference? lunamagica Jan 2019 #66

I was furious (at first) that she wasn't his VP Polybius Jan 2019 #69

If the fairness doctrine had not been eliminated... BluesRunTheGame Jan 2019 #67

Prohibit tax exempt churches from preaching politics. Mariana Jan 2019 #70

I think that one's already on the books FiveGoodMen Jan 2019 #74

So, change my Single Action to enforcing that. Mariana Jan 2019 #75

Yeah, I wasn't arguing with you at all. FiveGoodMen Jan 2019 #81

Comey letter. shanny Jan 2019 #72

voting gopiscrap Jan 2019 #76

Paper ballots Marthe48 Jan 2019 #77

Get out the vote, and vote for the Democratic nominee not the Hoyt Jan 2019 #79

the sex act between trump's mother and father. no sperm ..... no Don the Con trueblue2007 Jan 2019 #80

push him SO HARD as he is going down the escalator he flies across the room and cracks his head trueblue2007 Jan 2019 #83

This may offend a few people here customerserviceguy Jan 2019 #86

Don't forget RW media. FOX (not) NEWS. The Wielding Truth Jan 2019 #87

Had he been laughed off the public landscape and forgotten when the USFL failed in 1985. tenderfoot Jan 2019 #90

Intensive background check, vetting, or whatever you call it. Talitha Jan 2019 #92