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ElementaryPenguin

(7,800 posts)
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 06:58 PM Jan 2020

If you think it was hard to keep a Democracy...

Wait until Trump & Co. find out how hard it will be to keep a dictatorship in America!

We ain't the Chinese, or the Russians - who've really never known democracy or freedom!!

Americans have never known anything else.

Trump has alienated all the intelligence agencies, screamed at and humiliated the military brass...

He's got McConnell, Barr, Pompeo, Graham, Stephen Miller, Devin Nunez, Gym Jordan...Sean Hannity, Donald Jr....

It ain't gonna be enough.

And it ain't gonna last very long.


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If you think it was hard to keep a Democracy... (Original Post) ElementaryPenguin Jan 2020 OP
Thanks for this uplifting post, elleng Jan 2020 #1
You're welcome ElementaryPenguin Jan 2020 #8
I believe that the acquittal of Trump will infuriate and energize Democrats The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #2
Things have a way bdamomma Jan 2020 #4
Like 6 bankruptcies? ElementaryPenguin Jan 2020 #13
Like that phrase - ElementaryPenguin Jan 2020 #12
I'm definitely with EllenG onethatcares Jan 2020 #3
I need to stick with threads like these renate Jan 2020 #5
This is the perfect storm for Trump right now... ElementaryPenguin Jan 2020 #9
Thanks for the uplifting post. yonder Jan 2020 #6
Excellent points, y! ElementaryPenguin Jan 2020 #10
"That national stage works both ways" renate Jan 2020 #15
For example... ElementaryPenguin Jan 2020 #22
Secession is going be back in vogue. roamer65 Jan 2020 #7
Yep. ElementaryPenguin Jan 2020 #11
"It ain't gonna be enough. And it ain't gonna last very long." Talitha Jan 2020 #14
White Men deaniac21 Jan 2020 #16
Yes - everyone who hates injustice and cruelty. Talitha Jan 2020 #17
Unfortunately, that really seems to be true. ElementaryPenguin Jan 2020 #20
You see the way Moscow Mitch shuffles down the hallway like an ancient dinosaur? ElementaryPenguin Jan 2020 #19
Love your spirit...and much appreciated right now! Thanks for sharing!❤ Karadeniz Jan 2020 #18
You're very welcome. ElementaryPenguin Jan 2020 #21
Defiance and hope, not depression. I like it! Thanks for posting this. nt crickets Jan 2020 #23
If the military, intelligence, etc. OliverQ Jan 2020 #24

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,683 posts)
2. I believe that the acquittal of Trump will infuriate and energize Democrats
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 07:07 PM
Jan 2020

and many independents like nothing we've seen in decades. So now let's just hope the candidates' surrogates and supporters can get their shit together and stop arguing about who gets to drive the fire truck while the house is burning down.

bdamomma

(63,845 posts)
4. Things have a way
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 07:13 PM
Jan 2020

of blowing up in tRump's face, let that happen in this instance.

You know if this happens in the US, no one is safe, he can round up anyone who disses him.

You can't yell out "I have rights", no you don't.

ElementaryPenguin

(7,800 posts)
12. Like that phrase -
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 08:49 PM
Jan 2020

"Stop arguing about who gets to drive the fire truck while the house is burning down."

Indeed.

onethatcares

(16,167 posts)
3. I'm definitely with EllenG
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 07:07 PM
Jan 2020

on this.

even the 2A crazees would wake up and realize their rights went down the drain.

renate

(13,776 posts)
5. I need to stick with threads like these
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 07:15 PM
Jan 2020

I just feel so f-ing helpless and sad right now.

Thank you so much!

ElementaryPenguin

(7,800 posts)
9. This is the perfect storm for Trump right now...
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 08:45 PM
Jan 2020

But he may come to wish he never took power.

At one time, Mussolini was riding high, too.

Ultimately, it did not turn out well for him.

yonder

(9,664 posts)
6. Thanks for the uplifting post.
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 07:55 PM
Jan 2020

+/-75% of Americans want to see witness testimony. If tRump starts blabbing about being "exonerated" on Sunday at the Superbowl, that's 75% of a whole lot of people watching that game who are going to be asking questions about just what the hell happened. That national stage works both ways. tRumps ridden this horse hard and he put it away wet for maybe the last time.

renate

(13,776 posts)
15. "That national stage works both ways"
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 09:24 PM
Jan 2020

AW YISS!!!!

Thank you! I needed to hear that! You're right!

And since it'll be on during the Super Bowl, when people are getting together, it just takes one person in a group to say "hey, wait a sec...." out loud for the others to at least consider it.

ElementaryPenguin

(7,800 posts)
22. For example...
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 11:39 PM
Jan 2020

One of the duties of the officials of Trumpistan might be to explain to African Americans, er, African Trumpistanians, that they are going to go back to the bonds of slavery - along with other people of color.

Good luck with making that happen.

Talitha

(6,584 posts)
14. "It ain't gonna be enough. And it ain't gonna last very long."
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 09:12 PM
Jan 2020

Thank you for posting such uplifting thoughts!

The 'America' these rich, old pasty-faced white men want back will NEVER return. It's gone, and it's scaring the crap out of them. They seem to forget that this country belongs to our Youth - of every race, of every creed, of every economic class, and of every sexual preference.

These old men seem to have forgotten that many who were children in 2016 are now Voters in 2020. They saw classmates gunned down, and are experiencing climate change. So get ready to step aside old white men, because thankfully, your time is limited.



Talitha

(6,584 posts)
17. Yes - everyone who hates injustice and cruelty.
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 09:50 PM
Jan 2020

BTW just for the record, I'm a 'mature' (old? ) white woman... just wanted to make that clear.

ElementaryPenguin

(7,800 posts)
19. You see the way Moscow Mitch shuffles down the hallway like an ancient dinosaur?
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 11:27 PM
Jan 2020

Mitch McConnell is an OLD man physically - who doesn't appear to have ever exercised.

Trump, Barr...these guys are unhealthy creatures who may well have strokes when things really start to heat up!

ElementaryPenguin

(7,800 posts)
21. You're very welcome.
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 11:33 PM
Jan 2020

These scoundrels will ultimately be defeated. And whenever the Trumplodytes do figure out how much they've been used and manipulated, that angry is going to grab ahold of Sean Hannity and tear him from limb to limb.

It won't be pretty.

 

OliverQ

(3,363 posts)
24. If the military, intelligence, etc.
Fri Jan 31, 2020, 12:35 AM
Jan 2020

cared about America, Trump would have never gotten this far. Bill Barr would have already been locked up or killed by the CIA/DoJ. What you fail to realize is most people in the US government are corrupt and authoritarian. They are not going to save this country from tyrants.

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