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19. Maybe I should throw out the...

Reply to Dem4life1970 (Original post)

Sat Feb 15, 2025, 03:48 PM

Feb 2025

"we're not in a Democracy we're in a Republic" line that MAGA supporters are prone to throw out once in a while..

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Breaking: Elon discovers.... [View all] Dem4life1970 Feb 2025 OP

Slightly related news: Aggie fans & media react to Texas A&M' baseball's home win over Elon GreenWave Feb 2025 #1

:-) n/t AverageJoe Feb 2025 #20

If an unelected foreign-born Nazi can buy his way into the presidency and dismantle our government with impunity, sop Feb 2025 #2

Exactly! Diamond_Dog Feb 2025 #5

Article III sends its regards. Efilroft Sul Feb 2025 #3

As does Chief Justice John Marshall.... lastlib Feb 2025 #37

They're just catching on that the President is an employee of the people. Hugin Feb 2025 #4

And, wait until he claudette Feb 2025 #27

Here's hoping, claudette. Hugin Feb 2025 #32

Absolutely 😊 claudette Feb 2025 #33

IF pResident Muskrat and his Crime Minister let us have an election...... lastlib Feb 2025 #39

Do you think he'll ever figure it out? MadameButterfly Feb 2025 #41

Nah, I doubt he'll figure it out. Hugin Feb 2025 #42

I'm all for being upbeat. We just have to presume that our success does not MadameButterfly Feb 2025 #44

The term "public servant" is totally foreign to this bunch of grifters. KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2025 #50

How did he pass the test for US Citizenship? surfered Feb 2025 #6

He didn't! n/t ReRe Feb 2025 #8

What do you mean? ShazzieB Feb 2025 #45

That's not what the rest of heard. n/t ReRe Feb 2025 #54

He paid cash....... n/t lastlib Feb 2025 #40

THANK YOU, Alex Cole - brilliant way to put it bluboid Feb 2025 #7

confusion Be Leave On Feb 2025 #9

Why doesn't Musk move to Moscow? He'd love it there... FakeNoose Feb 2025 #10

Too much competition for the money Attilatheblond Feb 2025 #17

There are some out there that believe Putin is actually the richest man in the world, not Elon. nt allegorical oracle Feb 2025 #26

It's why Koch's Americans for Prosperity and other ultra right-wing groups . . . peggysue2 Feb 2025 #11

Bingo! Bluethroughu Feb 2025 #21

The way I always say it: louis-t Feb 2025 #22

They only know Ojerly Feb 2025 #34

The Kochs were reared in an extremist family. Jane Mayer's book, Dark Money, points allegorical oracle Feb 2025 #31

See Sarah Cooper's history of wealth Easterncedar Feb 2025 #51

They only stop the President when he is fucking breaking the law! nt Quixote1818 Feb 2025 #12

Or at least TRY to. Haven't had much luck there ever since this POS came on the scene 9 years ago. Karasu Feb 2025 #24

He thinks we live is a monarchy. C Moon Feb 2025 #13

We do not want nor need you, one f elon is enough Humane human Feb 2025 #14

What an absolutely ignorant johnnyfins Feb 2025 #15

kills me that anyone thinks Musk is a genius Skittles Feb 2025 #29

I bet he doesn't feel that way about Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk COL Mustard Feb 2025 #16

I don't like Musk's life expectancy in Russia. He's such an independent spirit! There's only one of them at a time in planetc Feb 2025 #18

Maybe I should throw out the... mwooldri Feb 2025 #19

I remember that from the '90s. Jerry Falwell was interviewed louis-t Feb 2025 #25

That line came from the John Birch Society, back in the '50s or 50's DBoon Feb 2025 #28

it's pretty rare that judges stop executive branch actions Takket Feb 2025 #23

Co-op disease damifino10 Feb 2025 #30

Elon not happy! Aussie105 Feb 2025 #35

The Judges are like Checks and Balances when You ELOON Are Doing ILLEGAL Actions! electric_blue68 Feb 2025 #36

Who is "We," Elon? stollen Feb 2025 #38

Obviously, Musk Needs to Take U. S. Government101 Daleuhlmann Feb 2025 #43

"If the president is subjected to checks and balances, then we do not live in a democracy!" DSandra Feb 2025 #46

But he has a solution Ozimandeus Feb 2025 #47

Following Baron2024 Feb 2025 #48

It's called the rule of fucking law, Elon. Straw Man Feb 2025 #49

More Democratic than having an unpoular President and his unelected twit hatchetman. marble falls Feb 2025 #52

He hasn't noticed how every GOP case Old Crank Feb 2025 #53