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usajumpedtheshark

(673 posts) Wed Jul 13, 2022, 07:06 AM Jul 2022

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The take away from the 1/6 that bothers me the most is: [View all]

the sheer number of individuals willing to engage in immoral, unethical and illegal activities to maintain or increase their political power.
None of them were willing to tell the American people about the despicable actions being taken as they happened. No punishment or consequences for their actions have touched most of them.

Oaths sworn betrayed
Morals and ethics ignored
Honor and courage absent
Shame buried
Consumed by greed and desperate for power
Country betrayed.

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The take away from the 1/6 that bothers me the most is: [View all] usajumpedtheshark Jul 2022 OP

In DC the cream rises to the top multigraincracker Jul 2022 #1

+1 2naSalit Jul 2022 #4

As can be amply demonstrated rambler_american Jul 2022 #6

Truth! Higherarky Jul 2022 #30

Republican cream. Hortensis Jul 2022 #8

The flip side of that: shit floats. calimary Jul 2022 #56

I've heard it described another way. Straw Man Jul 2022 #64

And they pretend they can't understand why we hate them Walleye Jul 2022 #2

They think we are stupid losers because we are not grabbing power and money. Irish_Dem Jul 2022 #17

They think inthewind21 Jul 2022 #37

Good point. We let criminal sociopath leaders get away with all their crimes. Irish_Dem Jul 2022 #42

Remember? Grasswire2 Jul 2022 #53

I agree. No wonder criminals flock to state and federal office. Irish_Dem Jul 2022 #54

I believe in looking forward, as in driving a car - soldierant Jul 2022 #74

Exactly! n.t. RocRizzo55 Jul 2022 #76

limbaugh spent 30 years rationalizing that to 50 mil a wk. then trump killed him. certainot Jul 2022 #73

The whole bunch are a nasty, miserable, dangerous bunch who cause death and destruction. Irish_Dem Jul 2022 #80

And When This Is All Said And Done... global1 Jul 2022 #3

The newcomers concern me more than the incumbents. n/t allegorical oracle Jul 2022 #9

And headed on to a Govt Pension Captain Zero Jul 2022 #63

You are right on all counts moniss Jul 2022 #5

Truth! And if Nixon, or Reagan, or Ford or... FailureToCommunicate Jul 2022 #35

BINGO! inthewind21 Jul 2022 #40

And most of them are the most PatSeg Jul 2022 #7

Yeah, and the problem with "superpatriots" is that if you criticize anything they're doing COL Mustard Jul 2022 #20

Yep, it has been a cheesy political tactic PatSeg Jul 2022 #25

Yet inthewind21 Jul 2022 #43

Absolutely PatSeg Jul 2022 #51

Break up the media conglomerates. Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2022 #78

Yes, I agree PatSeg Jul 2022 #81

Oaths and morals are really just aspirational goals in today's politics. I would like to see someone Pepsidog Jul 2022 #10

A "Country Betrayed." Eight Republicans pick the worst possible place to celebrate July 4 Botany Jul 2022 #11

Never forget. Pinback Jul 2022 #58

And the Dems should hang their 4th of July with Vlad.. Botany Jul 2022 #59

Normally in most banana republics, coup plans are kept secret... brush Jul 2022 #12

How many of them are in jail right now? durablend Jul 2022 #21

Quite a few are in jail now, and with all the revelations and evidence coming out... brush Jul 2022 #28

Quite a few inthewind21 Jul 2022 #45

After the hearings and evidence that has come from... brush Jul 2022 #50

40% of the country is with them deelee Jul 2022 #26

We shall see. That means 60 aren't. brush Jul 2022 #32

Do you think inthewind21 Jul 2022 #46

We're talking now about the J6 coup attempt.- brush Jul 2022 #49

He could get convicted in DC. Elessar Zappa Jul 2022 #55

Most of the right abandoned and betrayed their former political ideology Hortensis Jul 2022 #13

The western world's social question for our times. jaxexpat Jul 2022 #23

The years of brainwashing have paid off deelee Jul 2022 #27

Right, you are and hello. jaxexpat Jul 2022 #41

One of the things that annoys me the most Danascot Jul 2022 #14

Not all of them were doing illegal things deelee Jul 2022 #29

Not to put too fine a point on it... dchill Jul 2022 #15

If one thinks about it this has been in play for decades. hadEnuf Jul 2022 #16

Welcome to todays GOP. Snackshack Jul 2022 #18

Yep, IthinkThereforeIAM Jul 2022 #48

Exactly geardaddy Jul 2022 #19

What you said, plus the fact they'd vote for TFG again. nt Ilsa Jul 2022 #22

It is absolutely true that the repug party has no morals at all. overleft Jul 2022 #24

In their hearts, they hoped it succeeded. NT Jack the Greater Jul 2022 #31

Yeah, all of that & Trump's treason gang was a bunch of buffoons... Joinfortmill Jul 2022 #33

Social media inthewind21 Jul 2022 #47

Should inthewind21 Jul 2022 #34

They have to live with themselves here on and the hereafter. judesedit Jul 2022 #36

I feel you. And that's just the morals and ethics part. It's worse than that. ancianita Jul 2022 #38

Its pure selfishness nowforever Jul 2022 #39

Decades of corporate media imposed ignorance on the American People has its' costs. Uncle Joe Jul 2022 #44

Exactly seta1950 Jul 2022 #52

Extremely Well Said usa........ DENVERPOPS Jul 2022 #57

INDEED Skittles Jul 2022 #60

We've all been shocked, saddened, disgusted, and/or angered to realize how deeply many of our Martin68 Jul 2022 #61

They look at their oaths like those online terms you have to accept to download an app. SunSeeker Jul 2022 #62

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jul 2022 #65

The Republicans knew from the beginning modochartaigh Jul 2022 #66

And that's from the top "leaders" to the lowliest who broke in the Capitol. halfulglas Jul 2022 #67

Cream rises to the top. So does pond scum. Marcuse Jul 2022 #68

Horrible Joinfortmill Jul 2022 #69

My take is the exact opposite. If all the RWers in Trump's WH had gone JCMach1 Jul 2022 #70

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jul 2022 #71

The more we hear the more clear it becomes J6 was a legitimate coup attempt JCMach1 Jul 2022 #72

This message was self-deleted by its author traitorsgalore Jul 2022 #75

Not that it was isolated or unique to the January 6th movement Bucky Jul 2022 #77

Climate change analogy lambchopp59 Jul 2022 #79