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EarlG

(21,951 posts)
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 10:43 AM Jun 2018

Pic Of The Moment: The Legal Argument Of A Dictatorship



Giuliani: Under constitution, Trump could shoot Comey and not be indicted


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Pic Of The Moment: The Legal Argument Of A Dictatorship (Original Post) EarlG Jun 2018 OP
Dictators throughout the planet are furiously copying and pasting the "Dictator Legal Memo" Fred Sanders Jun 2018 #1
Some said I was exaggerating when I said the our greatest threat is the Republican Party. olegramps Jun 2018 #6
K&R. Almost none of them show any remorse or concern for democracy. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2018 #13
olegramps - what a great list of sins. If one or more repugs haven't practiced all of these erronis Jun 2018 #15
it just never stops huh? bdamomma Jun 2018 #2
Or molest his own or other children. keithbvadu2 Jun 2018 #3
Ghouliani's spewing not fooled Jun 2018 #4
Based on his ranting... malthaussen Jun 2018 #5
Seriously, Rudy, stop talking. Initech Jun 2018 #7
Even as a hypothetical bucolic_frolic Jun 2018 #8
We may have to re-write the lessons of history.... radhika Jun 2018 #9
I think the lessons of history don't need to be rewritten. As you have said, this is how it erronis Jun 2018 #16
K&R Gothmog Jun 2018 #10
do we genuflect when we present il duce with his required tribute? niyad Jun 2018 #11
Interesting. I thought taking a knee was a form of disrespect. Mooning or throwing it a middle erronis Jun 2018 #18
I wonder how much we would have to pay them? niyad Jun 2018 #20
If he's above the rule of law duforsure Jun 2018 #12
Carrying this argument to its logical conclusion - you are right. The prez could call off erronis Jun 2018 #19
A-hole President BlueJac Jun 2018 #14
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jun 2018 #17
I call BULLSHIT vlyons Jun 2018 #21
This is a ridiculous statement, we should be laughing at this FakeNoose Jun 2018 #22
What Republicans don't understand duforsure Jun 2018 #23
Well done! orangecrush Jun 2018 #24
Trump has declared himself King . During the middle ages when kings ruled there was a doctrine geretogo Jun 2018 #25

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
1. Dictators throughout the planet are furiously copying and pasting the "Dictator Legal Memo"
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 10:49 AM
Jun 2018

of the world's leading democracy, as it once was.

A 🎁 for tyrants, neatly packaged.

Where is American corporate media on this desperate attempt to escape justice?

olegramps

(8,200 posts)
6. Some said I was exaggerating when I said the our greatest threat is the Republican Party.
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 11:59 AM
Jun 2018

I have posted "The Fourteen Characteristics of the Fascism" a number of times on this forum. Each and everyone can be clearly demonstrated to be the stated goals of the Republican Party. Just to recap: Nationalism, Disdain for Human Rights, Scapegoating and establishing enemies to be crushed, Supreme Military, Sexism, Mass Media Control, Religion Intertwinement, Marriage with Corporate Power-Oligarchs, Suppression of Labor, Disdain of Intellectuals, Crime and Punishment Champions, Cronyism-Corruption, and lastly and most importantly Fraudulent Elections measures. Only those who worship Trump are true patriotic Americans. All others are the enemy to be despised.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
13. K&R. Almost none of them show any remorse or concern for democracy.
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 01:26 PM
Jun 2018

This may well represent the largest brainwashed cult ever to exist in the history of humanity.

............... ............

erronis

(15,303 posts)
15. olegramps - what a great list of sins. If one or more repugs haven't practiced all of these
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 01:43 PM
Jun 2018

Here's a checklist for them.

ALEC and the neocons and PNAC - Kochs (cocks), Mercers (mercenaries), Murdoch (mordoch) are all quickly making sure their playbooks are updated.

not fooled

(5,801 posts)
4. Ghouliani's spewing
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 11:51 AM
Jun 2018

should be just desperate spinning from a mouthpiece for the scared crook in the White House.

If his wishful thinking goes anywhere, this country is screwed.

malthaussen

(17,204 posts)
5. Based on his ranting...
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 11:54 AM
Jun 2018

... I think the appropriate authorities should consider revoking his license to practice law.
Not that that would shut him up.

-- Mal

bucolic_frolic

(43,191 posts)
8. Even as a hypothetical
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 12:52 PM
Jun 2018

using a specific living person could be questioned as intimidation or an implied threat

These guys are politicizing everything for their own benefit

radhika

(1,008 posts)
9. We may have to re-write the lessons of history....
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 12:52 PM
Jun 2018

Name any dictator of the past - Hitler, Stalin, Pinochet etc....if they were duly elected somehow in their nation, everything that THEY did was totally permitted. (Their followers and henchmen, not so much. But they could be pardoned.)

Going forward, there is only one law - OBEY ME.

erronis

(15,303 posts)
16. I think the lessons of history don't need to be rewritten. As you have said, this is how it
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 01:45 PM
Jun 2018

has been done before. Probably long before there was a written history to record our inhumanity to each other.

erronis

(15,303 posts)
18. Interesting. I thought taking a knee was a form of disrespect. Mooning or throwing it a middle
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 01:48 PM
Jun 2018

might be more respectful.

I'd love to see one of those paid actors that are always propped behind the dump show the cameras how they really feel about it.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
12. If he's above the rule of law
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 01:26 PM
Jun 2018

Then that means we can't be assured of free elections, and rigging them has no consequences . The laws that he could ignore and commit without anything stopping him are endless, and his oath taking office, and our Constitution is meaningless. Which he and the Republican Congress are already doing now on a daily basis.

erronis

(15,303 posts)
19. Carrying this argument to its logical conclusion - you are right. The prez could call off
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 01:50 PM
Jun 2018

the elections completely. Declare a national day/week/month/year/lifetime of golf holidays or incarceration or disappearances.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
21. I call BULLSHIT
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 02:08 PM
Jun 2018

Wish more Dems, media, punditsetc. would also call it BULLSHIT loud and clear. Very very loud.

And one more thing - #somuchcollusion

FakeNoose

(32,645 posts)
22. This is a ridiculous statement, we should be laughing at this
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 04:12 PM
Jun 2018

Does anybody really think James Comey - Director of the FBI - would stand by quietly while the orange asshole shoots him? Hell no, Comey would have dropped him in a heartbeat, before Trump could even pull a gun out of his pocket.

Comey has had 20+ years of FBI training and before that I believe he had military service. Trump can barely manage a cellphone, let alone a service weapon. Oh my God, why can't he just STFU!

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
23. What Republicans don't understand
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 05:18 PM
Jun 2018

The next one like him could be worse , a lot worse, and be a Democrat.

geretogo

(1,281 posts)
25. Trump has declared himself King . During the middle ages when kings ruled there was a doctrine
Mon Jun 4, 2018, 06:35 PM
Jun 2018

called the " divine right of kings " . This is what Trump is ruling from .

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