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factfinder_77

(841 posts) Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:21 PM Jan 2017

Monday Night Massacre - The start of a civil war.

I am scared

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Monday Night Massacre - The start of a civil war. (Original Post) factfinder_77 Jan 2017 OP

No. It is not dark yet, but it's getting there. WheelWalker Jan 2017 #1

a president is within his/her rights to terminate leftovers who would be leaving soon anyway. msongs Jan 2017 #2

It's also the way he's firing the holdovers meow2u3 Jan 2017 #3

Let's see, when's the last time something like this happened...um... cynatnite Jan 2017 #4

WheelWalker

(8,955 posts)

1. No. It is not dark yet, but it's getting there.

Reply to factfinder_77 (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:23 PM

Jan 2017

msongs

(67,420 posts)

2. a president is within his/her rights to terminate leftovers who would be leaving soon anyway.

Reply to factfinder_77 (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:36 PM

Jan 2017

while this is dramatic it is hardly unusual so far as I know

meow2u3

(24,764 posts)

3. It's also the way he's firing the holdovers

Reply to msongs (Reply #2)

Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:38 PM

Jan 2017

Not only are Obama's holdovers being fired, but Canteloupe Caligula is also going out of his way to belittle and degrade professional career people who've served this country without fanfare.

cynatnite

(31,011 posts)

4. Let's see, when's the last time something like this happened...um...

Reply to msongs (Reply #2)

Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:40 PM

Jan 2017

Oh, yeah, Watergate.

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