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In reply to the discussion: we just couldn't do it. we had to wait until he really ruined something big. [View all]GoneOffShore
(17,339 posts)18. I'd like to tweet this out and put it on Facebook.
It says so much about what many of us knew would happen back in November 2016.
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we just couldn't do it. we had to wait until he really ruined something big. [View all]
unblock
Oct 2019
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There seems to be some human inability to believe that the worst can happen...
First Speaker
Oct 2019
#1
A fair point. And I fear that ANY Republican would continue pmurT's policies,
GoneOffShore
Oct 2019
#19
Agreed. Indeed, Donnie being a very unusual personality will help the right-wing
unblock
Oct 2019
#20
He knows that with Moscow Mitch in the Senate, he won't be removed before 2021. There is no
ehrnst
Oct 2019
#66
Many of us knew long before that what was at stake. The "Never Hillary" asses didn't care because
ehrnst
Oct 2019
#67
The nation and the media need to reflect on why this has been allowed to go on when we all know...
Garrett78
Oct 2019
#23
a democratic candidate who acted like donnie never would have gotten out of the starting gate.
unblock
Oct 2019
#26
Absolutely, but if a Democratic president's misdeeds weren't known until after taking office...
Garrett78
Oct 2019
#44
So we know what you let him get away with. Are you done sticking your heads in the sand?
usaf-vet
Oct 2019
#32
lengthy and as damning as my list was, there's plenty more where that came from.
unblock
Oct 2019
#41
You are right hard to choose. GOP is filled with blind heartless cowards with blood on their hands.
usaf-vet
Oct 2019
#42
Trust me, millions of 'Muricans find everything totally satisfactory, and they're COLLEGE FOLKS...
BamaRefugee
Oct 2019
#34
And still there are those who say we Democrats are just pissed we lost the election!
Alwaysna
Oct 2019
#37
After Nixon, no one tried to check the power of the POTUS. After Trump, I am hoping they will.
McCamy Taylor
Oct 2019
#50
It is the nature of our democracy that Congress won't do anything until the shit hits the fan...
Wounded Bear
Oct 2019
#51
Impeachment is supposed to have a high bar--if it didn't, Obama would prob have been gone.
NCLefty
Oct 2019
#55
Until he demonstrated himself to be *exactly* who Hilary warned us he was. n/t
Beartracks
Oct 2019
#59
I believe that the impeachment inquiry may have triggered him. He feels cornered.
ehrnst
Oct 2019
#64
sadly, doing anything to save ourselves from this disaster requires some republican support
unblock
Oct 2019
#68
So, it wasn't "waiting" so much as it was being realistically prevented from doing anything
ehrnst
Oct 2019
#71