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Arkansas Granny

(31,514 posts)
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 04:57 PM Jan 2019

This guy gets it.


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Tom Nichols

@RadioFreeTom
While I want my colleagues in government service to get paid, if Dems cave now to any "deal," the only people who will be empowered will be Coulter and Limbaugh, and there will be no end to the mischief that will follow; it will make this shutdown seem like a dress rehearsal.

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If Democrats give in to Trump now, he will use these same tactics every time he doesn't get his way.
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This guy gets it. (Original Post) Arkansas Granny Jan 2019 OP
Exactly! duforsure Jan 2019 #1
Absolutely malaise Jan 2019 #2
I think all Dems can agree with this. BigmanPigman Jan 2019 #3
As grandpa said in "Sometimes a Great Notion" Toorich Jan 2019 #4
The nation needs to step up and help out those affected. No Dealing! mysteryowl Jan 2019 #5
Good idea NJCher Jan 2019 #28
That sounds like a really good idea. mysteryowl Jan 2019 #31
on the way home, I heard NJCher Jan 2019 #32
Agree 100% Ferrets are Cool Jan 2019 #6
The coward has to hold the country hostage to get his way... Hulk Jan 2019 #7
Do NOT give in to extortion! Martin Eden Jan 2019 #8
next opportunity for them will be debt ceiling..... getagrip_already Jan 2019 #9
That's what happens when you pay off terrorists. paleotn Jan 2019 #12
I heard in the tee vee the Reich Wing want kairos12 Jan 2019 #10
Truedat. lindysalsagal Jan 2019 #11
And if we do pass Trump's phony bill... Wounded Bear Jan 2019 #13
Any indication of giving in on our part? I see none. SammyWinstonJack Jan 2019 #14
A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything." -- Malcolm X RestoreAmerica2020 Jan 2019 #15
This is the state of 2019 politics. Same reason why the thugs didn't give in on Kavanaugh. MadDAsHell Jan 2019 #16
Nancy knows Kitchari Jan 2019 #17
Crystal clear. dchill Jan 2019 #18
Yeah, let's NOT cave in. PatrickforO Jan 2019 #19
The only deals offered should be plea deals--nt Ponietz Jan 2019 #20
Amazing how the orange buffoon has given so much power to coulter and limbough Perseus Jan 2019 #21
Do not negotiate with terrorists. smirkymonkey Jan 2019 #22
And if moral correctness and harm reduction for the nation isnt enough quakerboy Jan 2019 #23
AND WHO THE FAWK ARE THEY???? a kennedy Jan 2019 #24
Nancy uses Toddler Disipline 101! pazzyanne Jan 2019 #25
K&R.. disillusioned73 Jan 2019 #26
k & r n/t They_Live Jan 2019 #27
K&R...👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 spanone Jan 2019 #29
Stay the course, but keep REPEATING The Con's statement DemocracyMouse Jan 2019 #30

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
1. Exactly!
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 05:03 PM
Jan 2019

And it'll be just the begining of what they'll do. Trump's being manipulated by Coulter's words shows just how weak and clueless he really is now.

BigmanPigman

(51,584 posts)
3. I think all Dems can agree with this.
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 05:22 PM
Jan 2019

At the Women's March I attended the people there backed Pelosi standing strong.

NJCher

(35,652 posts)
28. Good idea
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 12:52 PM
Jan 2019

I think there needs to be an interest-free loan organization formed. The families who need money could borrow from it and pay it back when the government goes back into regular operation and they get their paychecks.

mysteryowl

(7,376 posts)
31. That sounds like a really good idea.
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 05:14 PM
Jan 2019

I heard USAA is doing just that for the National Guard. They put up millions for them to borrow at no interest.

NJCher

(35,652 posts)
32. on the way home, I heard
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 07:00 PM
Jan 2019

a state is doing this. They will have up to nine months to pay it back and the state (CT) is backing the loans.


 

Hulk

(6,699 posts)
7. The coward has to hold the country hostage to get his way...
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 05:57 PM
Jan 2019

Why the government has to suffer says it all. He knows full well this is a crock of steamy, warm shit, and the ONLY WAY he will get it to come to pass is if he takes hostages and refuses to hear reason.

We already know he will lie and stoop to any depth to keep his sick fan KKKlub behind him. Doesn’t matter how many or how big a lie. He could shoot somebody on Fifth Avenue, and it wouldn’t make a difference to these sick fuckers. He even said so, and they are too g’damned stupid to hear what he said and process it.

Nation of fucking low life morons.

Martin Eden

(12,863 posts)
8. Do NOT give in to extortion!
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 06:23 PM
Jan 2019

That would only serve to empower the extortionist in chief and those who can goad him into doing it again.

paleotn

(17,911 posts)
12. That's what happens when you pay off terrorists.
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 06:34 PM
Jan 2019

They just kidnap someone else for even more ransom. Guys in Colombia and Somalia turned it into an art form. Rethugs are no different.

kairos12

(12,852 posts)
10. I heard in the tee vee the Reich Wing want
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 06:30 PM
Jan 2019

to execute the next shutdown to defund PP. They are watching to see if Dems cave.

lindysalsagal

(20,666 posts)
11. Truedat.
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 06:32 PM
Jan 2019

The house is the only body that can force him to play by the rules, even if it destroys people's lives.

The fact that he did the public negotiation stunt shows that he knows he has to drop the wall.

Wounded Bear

(58,642 posts)
13. And if we do pass Trump's phony bill...
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 06:36 PM
Jan 2019

who's to say they will actually come through and open up the gov't?

He didn't say shit about the shutdown in his little photo op.

Trump ain't trustworthy, and neither is McConnell.

Open the gov't first, then we'll talk.

 

MadDAsHell

(2,067 posts)
16. This is the state of 2019 politics. Same reason why the thugs didn't give in on Kavanaugh.
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 07:08 PM
Jan 2019

No one gets a win. Period.

PatrickforO

(14,570 posts)
19. Yeah, let's NOT cave in.
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 07:17 PM
Jan 2019

I'm sick to death of terrible human beings like Limbaugh and Coulter having as much influence as they do. If we all work together we can bury them.

quakerboy

(13,919 posts)
23. And if moral correctness and harm reduction for the nation isnt enough
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 11:43 PM
Jan 2019

I will go a step further and say I think that if Dems cave to trump, 2020 will see dems slaughtered at the polls. Its not just doing the right thing, its also self preservation.

a kennedy

(29,644 posts)
24. AND WHO THE FAWK ARE THEY????
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 11:48 PM
Jan 2019

Coulter and Limpballs??? Seriously WHO THE FAWK ARE THEY??? To has been talking heads, that’s it.....THEY ARE NOTHING PEOPLE, AND YET HAVE THE POWER OF THE PRESIDENT.

DemocracyMouse

(2,275 posts)
30. Stay the course, but keep REPEATING The Con's statement
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 02:59 PM
Jan 2019

That it’s HIS shutdown. Use the video clip.

We must keep repeating it.

Why? Because this country is too big for long, nuanced arguments about not paying terrorists (although that sums it up nicely), and a third of the country is just clueless. We have placed teachers economically and socially beneath the average plumber. (And no offense to plumbers – they deserve even higher wages too).

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