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NRaleighLiberal

(60,021 posts) Mon Feb 18, 2019, 03:48 PM Feb 2019

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trump's behavior - and those enabling him - indicate they feel like they are protected and

untouchable. Stone, McConnell, Manafort, Nunes - and on and on and on.

Or, their hubris and ignorance is so over the top that they don't have a clue and it will all come tumbling down (Mueller?!)

If it is door #1 - they feel protected....could they be? Who indeed is pulling the strings right now? (Vlad?)

Either way, it is incredibly frustrating and angering.....and that this is still going on is beyond ridiculous.

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trump's behavior - and those enabling him - indicate they feel like they are protected and (Original Post) NRaleighLiberal Feb 2019 OP

disagree, its all a distraction. beachbum bob Feb 2019 #1

could be part of their posturing to the base, who are talking civil war if he is removed from office Grasswire2 Feb 2019 #2

"who are talking civil war" DontBooVote Feb 2019 #4

no idea... Grasswire2 Feb 2019 #5

Oh my eyes are open and I agree, the seeds are indeed planted. DontBooVote Feb 2019 #6

I'm ready. I need a uniform and musket. notdarkyet Feb 2019 #8

That's the interesting thing about hubris. It's a false sense of being untouchable. Claritie Pixie Feb 2019 #3

Alternatively malaise Feb 2019 #7

+1, guilty and very stupid like Spiro Agnew. The guy was ... LITERALLY .... taking money in evelopes uponit7771 Feb 2019 #10

People lose their minds malaise Feb 2019 #11

Just got through talking about this and about the "liberal media" who wont focus on the fact that uponit7771 Feb 2019 #9

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)

1. disagree, its all a distraction.

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Mon Feb 18, 2019, 03:48 PM

Feb 2019

Grasswire2

(13,571 posts)

2. could be part of their posturing to the base, who are talking civil war if he is removed from office

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Mon Feb 18, 2019, 03:53 PM

Feb 2019

..and I realize that's part and parcel of the intention to destroy America from within.

DontBooVote

(901 posts)

4. "who are talking civil war"

Reply to Grasswire2 (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 18, 2019, 04:03 PM

Feb 2019

How would that manifest?

And what are we doing as a contingency?

Grasswire2

(13,571 posts)

5. no idea...

Reply to DontBooVote (Reply #4)

Mon Feb 18, 2019, 04:05 PM

Feb 2019

..but open your eyes and look around. The seeds are planted.

DontBooVote

(901 posts)

6. Oh my eyes are open and I agree, the seeds are indeed planted.

Reply to Grasswire2 (Reply #5)

Mon Feb 18, 2019, 04:09 PM

Feb 2019

notdarkyet

(2,226 posts)

8. I'm ready. I need a uniform and musket.

Reply to DontBooVote (Reply #4)

Mon Feb 18, 2019, 04:40 PM

Feb 2019

Claritie Pixie

(2,199 posts)

3. That's the interesting thing about hubris. It's a false sense of being untouchable.

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Mon Feb 18, 2019, 03:58 PM

Feb 2019

Hubris always loses.

malaise

(269,172 posts)

7. Alternatively

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Mon Feb 18, 2019, 04:20 PM

Feb 2019

They may all be guilty

uponit7771

(90,364 posts)

10. +1, guilty and very stupid like Spiro Agnew. The guy was ... LITERALLY .... taking money in evelopes

Reply to malaise (Reply #7)

Mon Feb 18, 2019, 04:54 PM

Feb 2019

... while VP for bribes.

malaise

(269,172 posts)

11. People lose their minds

Reply to uponit7771 (Reply #10)

Mon Feb 18, 2019, 05:08 PM

Feb 2019

over greed

uponit7771

(90,364 posts)

9. Just got through talking about this and about the "liberal media" who wont focus on the fact that

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Mon Feb 18, 2019, 04:53 PM

Feb 2019

... Benedict Donald is being enabled by Moscow Mitch

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