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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhen we get rid of one evil, then we might end up with someone more evil?
Just remember, Nixon, then Reagan, Bush and Bush Jr! There is more evil than before and now we see the worst possible, today! I hope and prayer that we will never seen anyone who even remotely as evil as Trump? But with the political spectrum of the right, who's is to say that there isn't a more evil person who want to be president? God, help us all! Don't get me wrong! I want Trump gone yesterday!
niyad
(113,370 posts)All-In
(312 posts)tonyt53
(5,737 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,184 posts)And hopefully a Democratic Congress in 2018.
He's not going to escape Trump's shadow, believe me.
leftstreet
(36,109 posts)Trump is not 'evil'
Sociopath. Narcissist. Freak
BillyBobBrilliant
(805 posts)Pence, or then
Sessions, or then
Ryan...
Holy Shit, we are fucked!
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)We can handle that, though.
haele
(12,660 posts)Even if we think we "win", the ability to contain or mitigate whatever "evil" may occur is the most important consideration, not just the face. That aggression, that nativist fear, that overwhelming childish narcissism - the Lizard Brain - is inherent in the fabric of our nation. In some ways, it has lead to progress as well as great evil, and we as a nation need to be able to both recognize it and keep it under control.
Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of that evil, and adjust until we as a nation can bring it under control. We don't need to keep fighting as "Good and Evil", we need to aim for the "Better v Worse" solutions, and *excise* that which blocks progress to a future for everyone that's at least livable or can be acceptable to mature people.
There are many ways to fight. There are many ways to progress.
Haele
Orsino
(37,428 posts)...will chasten them all. Oh, they'll try to put on a brave face, but a Pence presidency isn't quite a do-over, even if he survives the criminal investigation. The GOP brand is suffereing already, and their Congressional reps are made that much weaker.
It won't be quick, but the way things seem to be going will tarnish them for a long time.