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reformist2

(9,841 posts)
Tue Mar 11, 2014, 04:28 PM Mar 2014

What if the Tea Party hounded Obama/Biden out of office - would the new government be legit?


Oh of course, the Tea Party doesn't represent all of the "American people" - but then again, neither does the new government in the Ukraine.

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What if the Tea Party hounded Obama/Biden out of office - would the new government be legit? (Original Post) reformist2 Mar 2014 OP
Yes it would be assuming Obama and Biden resigned..... bowens43 Mar 2014 #1
if they fled the country with $12 billion in their pockets, yeah probably so geek tragedy Mar 2014 #2
Hmm... banksters ripped us off for trillions and didn't have to go anywhere. Warren Stupidity Mar 2014 #5
What if the sun refused to shine? Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #3
If any popular movement in this country created anything resembling the unrest in Kiev Warren Stupidity Mar 2014 #4
If they were both Impeached by the House and removed by the Senate it certainly would Bandit Mar 2014 #6
 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
2. if they fled the country with $12 billion in their pockets, yeah probably so
Tue Mar 11, 2014, 04:38 PM
Mar 2014

especially if they had agreed to sign away power they had illegally grabbed through bribes of judges the night before.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)
3. What if the sun refused to shine?
Tue Mar 11, 2014, 04:40 PM
Mar 2014

What if the clouds refused to rain?
What if the wind refused to blow?
What if the seas refused to wave?
What if the world refused to turn?
What if the stars would hesitate?
What if, what is isn't true?
What are you going to do?
What if, what is isn't you?
Does that mean you've got to lose?
Digging for the feel of something new



In all seriousness though, you simply cannot compare the two situations. They are as different as appels and oranjes.

 

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)
4. If any popular movement in this country created anything resembling the unrest in Kiev
Tue Mar 11, 2014, 04:51 PM
Mar 2014

our government would conduct a response using any means necessary to clear the streets and restore "order", including shooting people dead and mass arrests. They would not hesitate to kill us by the thousands.

Bandit

(21,475 posts)
6. If they were both Impeached by the House and removed by the Senate it certainly would
Tue Mar 11, 2014, 05:39 PM
Mar 2014

be legitimate. Just as it was in Ukraine when the Democratically elected Parliament Impeached the President and he resigned. The Democratically elected Parliament is still the Government and has put into place an acting President until elections can be held in the next couple of months. Oh and by the way there is no "NEW Government". It is the same government they had at this time last year, minus a corrupt President.

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