I'm to the fucking point where I'm way beyond pissed.

[LuckyCharms]

I woke up this morning to realize that I am still struggling with a health problem that I had thought resolved itself.

Then I turned on the TV to morning Joe, and realized that the news has been nothing but the same old fucking bullshit for approximately 1 year. THE SAME OLD FUCKING GARBAGE WHERE EVERYONE KNOWS THERE IS A HUGE PROBLEM WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION, AND YET NOTHING IS DONE.

We are hanging our hats on the results of the Mueller investigation. I'm now starting to realize that Congress will do absolutely nothing to get Trump the fuck out of there, no matter what the results of the investigation are. So, then the only hope will be State charges. We are hanging on by our pubic hairs at this point.

The problem is the United States Congress. The Republicans in Congress are complicit in what will surely be the complete downfall of this country. Because of greed. Fuck them all in the ass with red hot strands of barbed wire.

[kydo]

1. Yep, that pretty much sums up my feelings. only difference.

My version has a butt load more curse words.

[Rene]

15. spot on assessment of the horrid administration and complicit repugs. I feel the same

[Afromania]

2. Pretty much

day after day after day, for all of 2017. The Republicans aren't going to do anything because they are in on the game. The only way for this to even begin to start getting fixed is to vote. Muller can't save us, we can only save ourselves; and understand that 30% of this country doesn't give a good god damn if the country is turned to rubble in the name of "winning"

[mnhtnbb]

3. I would argue that 30% of this country doesn't give a good god damn

if the country is turned to rubble in the name of white male supremacy.

This is the last gasp of heterosexual white males refusing to relinquish power to those they feel are not superior beings: women, people of
color, those of a faith different than the WASP tradition, and the LGBT community.

[CurtEastPoint]

4. Bingo.

[mnhtnbb]

6. It really makes you wonder if the 30% appreciates the irony of choosing

a man who colors his skin orange to lead their "fight".

Talk about clueless.

[Chipper Chat]

24. All orangutangs

Must be embarrassed as hell.

[mnhtnbb]

37. .

Really!

[Afromania]

9. Yea, that's what I mean when I say "winning".

This is the last ride for this particular version of the gop and they know it; hence the naked ambition.

[Maraya1969]

42. I hold on to the thought that most of them will lose their next election.

The generic poll between Democrats and the GOP Shows Democrats with a commanding 13 point lead over the GOP.


https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/20/upshot/democrats-2018-congressional-elections-polling.html


91
Democrats Are Dominating the Generic Ballot. What Does That Mean?
The party’s advantage has ballooned over the last few months, improving its outlook for retaking the House.

By Nate Cohn

Dec. 20, 2017
Despite all the unusual political events of the last few years, one thing in electoral politics is proceeding by the book: the growing Democratic advantage on the generic congressional ballot.

The generic ballot is a poll question that asks voters whether they’ll vote for Democrats or Republicans for Congress, and historically it’s been a decent predictor of the House popular vote. Democrats now lead by over 13 points, according to the FiveThirtyEight generic ballot tracker, after a CNN/SSRS poll on Wednesday gave Democrats a staggering 18-point edge, 56 percent to 38 percent.

A 13-point edge would be similar to or larger than their advantage in 2006, when Democrats won control of both the House and the Senate.

[druidity33]

56. Unfortunately...

we are immersed in the SQUIRREL!!! phenomenon. Sigh. I expect that just prior to the next election, "new information" will come to light through different media pathways to show that actually, provably, Democrats have been ruining the country. Progressives especially! And the folk will lap it up. No proof. No reason for people to believe it. But they will. Ugh... sorry. It's been a real depressing day. Sometimes it feels like no matter how hard you try, how good you are... shit just piles on you from above. Thank goodness for beer.

[Maraya1969]

58. Maybe we should do like they did and hold some juicy bits on the competitor until their good news

is overshadowed

[murielm99]

47. They don't even have to relinquish power.

All they have to do is share it.

I don't want to see anyone powerless. That is what so many men are afraid of. They are afraid of the unknown and afraid of being powerless. It does not have to be that way.

[Collimator]

64. Hear, Hear

That is a noble thought. Thank you for expressing it.

[mercuryblues]

5. The only way out of this is to

Get Out The Vote. If we are stuck with trump the Dems can neuter him. If the R's don't impeach him, they need to primary him for a chance to save their party.

[CrispyQ]

26. I read posts like yours & I wonder,

when in the past 35 years have you seen the Democratic Party show some grit & stand up to the R's? And what makes you think they are suddenly going to do that?

The dems are the ones that have been neutered. Thirty-five years of drifting right every time some pundit called the party liberal. Capitulating to the 2000 election theft without a peep. Not questioning the 2004 Ohio election results. Letting a president lie us into a war without any consequences. Gee, I wonder how the GOP got the idea they could do whatever the fuck they want?

Our problem is that we haven't had a true opposition party for over 35 years. We have a few fighters, one less since they kicked Franken to the curb, but as a party, the dems are weak & the GOP knows this. If the dems get any influence again, they will "look forward & work with the other side in the name of healing the nation."

Congress, dem or repub, is not going to do anything.

I don't mean to sound confrontational, but I'm so fucking pissed at the dems & their 40 year milquetoast strategy.

[mercuryblues]

30. Oh I get it

And agree to a certain extent. With D's in solid control they will be writing the bills, approval of appointments, and a few other things. Will they be doing the opposite of what the R's are doing now, no. To me it is a step in the right direction. We will end up with bills that have a shit burger in them to get bi-partisan support, but we won't have bills made entirely of shit burgers.

I wish Dem's would learn that you can't compromise with crazy; Nazi; and/or willfully stupid.

[MsLeopard]

52. Well said

It maddening, and I couldn’t agree more.

[PatrickforO]

57. Agree. The milquetoast strategy is taking us exactly

nowhere.

[Golden Raisin]

33. Assuming our elections still have any integrity.

Given what transpired in 2016 I am highly doubtful. Gerrymandering, Russians, homegrown manipulation and suppression have basically neutered our electoral system. Trump in the Oval Office is Exhibit A. Thinking we will be able to, "throw the bums out" is increasingly a dicey and shaky proposition.

[Hoyt]

7. Primaries start in many states in just 5 months. 11 months later, we can take the House.

If we take the House, I'm not sure the investigation really matters that much.

If we don't take the House, were screwed and it's our fault.

[pangaia]

20. In order to take the House, there need to be open elections.

In my view, that is not going to happen.

[pandr32]

31. I worry about this as well

Particularly after what happened in Alabama.

We can expect dirty tricks on steroids.

The Republicans know they could lose the power they have grabbed and they would find their corrupt agenda overturned. They will pull out all the stops with everything they've got (along with all the ill-gotten help they can get from Russia and elsewhere)--this is war.

[duforsure]

8. You need to focus

We The People can , and will not allow this to continue by helping people get registered to vote, and voting these russian controlled criminals out of office. I have faith the American people know what's going on enough to join together against their attacks on our country, and all of us, except for only the most corrupted ones, and few who can't see what they're doing to themselves.

[Corgigal]

10. Mueller probably has plenty of the goods

on the key players. A large report could be dropped at the Post or NYT that could destroy any of them. Which is why congress is doing the crazy crap they are doing lately. Hail Mary pass abounds.

Let's see what America is made out of. We are a nation of laws, and we have to give the investigation the time to do the work.

[LittleGirl]

11. What took you so long?

Sorry, not trying to flame you. I've felt this way for literally months and the tax bill was the last straw for my contempt for congress. I hate them more than #45 and I never use the word hate except when I can find no other word to describe my misery for how this country is being railroaded into a ditch. And the recession is coming. I can feel it.

[djacq]

12. Blame those who said the same about Democrats

And voted against their own interest. The orange clown came with a warning label.

[ehrnst]

25. Thank you. (nt)

[bronxiteforever]

13. I will crawl over broken glass to vote these f**kers out

And put a blue Congress in their place.

[BSdetect]

14. The GOP leaders were involved in the election fraud

Don't expect them to let us win anything in 2018.

They are beyond decency.

[Paladin]

16. I would have never believed this country could sink this low, in such a short time.

I want a positive turnaround, by whatever means necessary, and I want it damn soon.

[True_Blue]

17. The only way he'll be impeached

Is if the Democrats take back the House and Senate in 2018. Hopefully they'll impeach both Pence and Trump, then Nancy Pelosi would be POTUS, assuming she's Speaker of House again.

[Kimchijeon]

21. You are more optimistic than I am

Frankly, I don't trust they'd take any action, ever. "oh let's reach out to our friends across the aisle and heal"

More of the same old weak mentality that allowed this garbage to get elected in the first damn place.

[ananda]

18. I have to practice conscious escapism just to stay sane.

This is a horrible world!

[jodymarie aimee]

19. I guess the When they go low

We go high is past its shelf life date, then....We in WI never believed that, no matter how high minded it sounds. We live in hell here for 8 years now.

[CrispyQ]

29. Yeah, I'm feeling damned fine about going high,

even while they have their boot on my neck & I can hardly breathe. Arghhhh!!!

It's time to get in the ring, throw dirt in their eyes, & draw some fucking blood.

[BigOleDummy]

32. Agreed

I am with you 100%. What will be the final straw to break our backs and get liberals/leftists ..... "us" finally outraged enough to DO something?

[CrispyQ]

53. We're having a second woman's march on Jan 20.

My bad. I do think protest marches have their place, but one or two major marches a year is not enough. They need to be consistent, like every 2nd & 4th Saturday of the month. But more importantly, they need to be followed up with calls & emails to congress. My non-political friends were outraged last year after the Con's inauguration. They went to the two big marches, & a couple of post card parties, where they signed & mailed preprinted postcards to Ryan, & five months later, they couldn't be bothered to call Cory Gardner about the ACA. When I called congress about the ACA sometimes the lines were busy. When I called for the tax bill, lines were never busy, voice mail boxes were never full. I even got a couple of real people on the line! Someone on MSNBC said that congressional aides said that the calls against the tax bill were significantly less than the calls against the ACA. Maybe a few more calls would have swayed a critical vote or two.

[still_one]

22. 2018. Last chance to stop the madness

[0rganism]

46. agree, but i also fear it's like slamming on the brakes after driving over the cliff

the time to stop the madness was 15 months ago.

Reagan put us on this road nearly 40 years ago, W turned the corner, and now Donny TwoScoops has driven us right off the edge into the global abyss. i don't have confidence that there will be a lot left to salvage when we hit the bottom.

[still_one]

48. not much choice

[0rganism]

51. true dat

[Ohiogal]

23. I've felt sick

to my stomach ever since I first saw that unfit Dotard boarding a US helicopter last January, wearing a jacket with the Presidential seal on it. I literally felt sickened. Since then it's been a variety of emotions --rage, sadness, sickened, disgust .... And the newspapers talk about Dumpy's "Legislative Achievements", or his "Reshaping the Presidency" or "Unique Use of Twitter" or the fact that he is "Shaking up Washington" -- GAH! Even the New York Times does this! No wonder nobody thinks this mentally ill imbecile is anything but normal!
I wish we'd hear more out and out fury and stronger words from the Dems. The Republicans are beyond help. They all fall into lockstep with The Dotard when all is said and done. And my Senator, Rob Portman, is one of the worst. He is portrayed in the media as "centrist", yet he votes the party line every time. It's infuriating!!!! I write to him about once a week and never hear back. His minions probably delete my letters as soon as they arrive.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

27. If RepubliCONs in Congress the problem (they are), make sure voters KNOW that in 2018

If RepubliCONs in Congress are the problem (they are), then make sure that all the voters know that in 2018.

Also, you can push on social media to split the Trumpanzee base from the GOP establishment. Many of them are already there and will either primary out the GOP to nominate Bannonista alt-right radicals or will stay home if a GOP establishment candidate wins their primary.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

28. Dont internalize anger. Replace w cold loathing. Much healthier & conducive to focused action. . nt

[Enoki33]

34. There are times when l echo that sentiment. The systematic betrayal and

destruction of our country fuels the determination to resist by helping in every way possible at the local level. Whenever l see or hear the illegal resident of the Oval Office instinct reminds that l need a bath, especially when it relates to the $91 M and counting tax payers have coughed up for visits to his private properties. tRump is playing golf to help make his payments to Putin, and we are all paying for it. That is rubbing salt into an already painful wound. There is a criminal enterprise at work, not a president.

[Grammy23]

35. From the mind numbing shock of election night 2016,

I feel like I have been on a roller coaster ride of emotions. I have experienced a wide range of emotions, seen my hopes raised, followed by the certain knowledge that my hopes were being dashed on the rocks of reality. I have been misled by people I thought might get some integrity and defend us by using the Constitution as their guide. The people WE ELECT (supposedly) to represent us stand by and allow tRump to carry out Putin’s plan to attack us from within. We see new tactics to weaken us, remove protections and benefit the wealthy get put in place every day. And yet, nothing is being done to stop the madness.

I honestly had hopes earlier this year that tRump’s reign of terror would be short lived. I thought that once his connections to Putin were revealed that he’d be promptly removed by a Congress that would do the right thing. It is obvious now that that won’t happen. He really could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and still retain the Presidency. The Republicans are gonna ride that horse until the nag drops dead. So much for doing the right thing for the country, much less the citizens who ARE the country.

I am tired of playing Charlie Brown to the Congress’ Lucy and the football. We are lured into thinking that finally tRump has gone too far, even for the Republicans. We have a few days of outrage and people rushing to microphones and then it just all dies away. Honestly, I think that is the plan and has been all along. Just wear us down with mind games until we just get too tired to play any more. They have enticed us for nearly a year, making us believe that something would be done.

The remedy we are relying on at this point is Mueller. It is clear that there is still much work to be done to build a good, solid investigation. Sadly, in my estimation, by the time that investigation is completed, it will be far too late. The damage will be done and the U.S. as we know it will be a very different place. Almost unrecognizable. We had a nice run, but we’re done.

[Wednesdays]

41. As pointed out in the Vox article,

Even if Mueller proves his case, it might not even matter.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/11/2/16588964/america-epistemic-crisis

[treestar]

36. Good rant

Now get out for the 2018 midterms! Have we finally learned?

[TomJulie]

38. I Agree LuckyCharms...

I'd almost be willing to bet our home that absolutely NOTHING will come from the Mueller investigation. Only a bunch of the same old BS talk only to keep us hoping for more and ratings for the Networks.

Personally, I think our best hope is to let the Mueller investigation run in the background and start working on deciding who our best viable candidates are and start their campaigns ASAP so they get known and prepare for the mid-terms and 2020.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

39. Same here Lucky...

Although I must admit to a very scary thought that keeps running rampant through my mind.

Please understand this is something I would never do.

I now am beginning to understand the thought process of suicide bombers. I'm an Army vet in during the Vietnam war. I was totally ready in mind and body to give my life for the betterment of this country. Even though decades have past since my tour of duty, (I'm 65), I still have that sense of duty.

I know that this is next to impossible but if I could get close to that orange ass I would push the button on my vest.

Now listen Agent Mike. This is just an understanding of a different mind set and a complete fantasy.

[spin]

55. I lived through the JFK assassination. ...

Those were very bad days for our nation.

I never want to see anything like that happen again.

[Sunlei]

40. All Congress has to do to help mid-class is raise the FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE. $7.25 an hour IS TO LOW!

That is congresses JOB to raise the federal minimum wage! They are failures at their job-

Fuck the Republicans, they're social terrorists-kiss corporate ass for BRIBE money instead of serving the American people!

Even the elected Ds need to BE MORE AGGRESSIVE- GET ON THEIR BACKS_NAG THE SHIT OUT OF THEM, IN PUBLIC_DAILY_!!

[Yavin4]

44. And the Dems should use this tax scam as the basis for raising the min. wage.

Okay corporate America. You've gotten your massive tax break from the government. Now, pay your workers a living wage. There's no excuse not to.

[Sunlei]

67. $15 an hour Federal minimum wage, Congress raises the wage. Ds can run on this to force Congress.

Now is the time, Ds should have pushed this months ago!

[Yavin4]

43. Don't get mad. Donate to Democrats challenging Republicans in the mid-terms.

Even if it's only $5.00, donate it. Every dollar/vote counts.

[Faux pas]

45. Amen plus tax

LuckyCharms! Hope you feel better sooner

[deurbano]

49. Best wishes for a real resolution to your health problem.

And yes, Republicans in Congress (and everywhere else) have proved there is no bar too low for them to slither under. Pathetic... infuriating... depressing (to put it mildly).

[byronius]

50. In this timeline a third of the country are doltish Russian Nazi traitors, and that is disturbing.

Rocky road ahead. I agree with your sentiments utterly. Feel that same way.

[BadGimp]

54. re: Fuck them all in the ass with red hot strands of barbed wire.

[Miigwech]

59. Old saying, "Up their kilts with a wire brush"

[whathehell]

60. When Congress is no longer majority Republican, it will do something.

but Democrats have to actually vote in the 2018 election for that to happen.

[YOHABLO]

61. It really is terrifying that we're hanging in limbo. High anxiety about the future.

[jimlup]

62. Yeah agree 100%

We need to set our sights on November 2018... that is where the first opportunity to get out of this nightmare arrives.

Hope your health problem is OK.. Seriously, we need you strong and vocal!

[mudstump]

63. Don't despair...

VOTE, VOTE, VOTE... and change the majority in Congress. That is the only hope we have.

[MadDAsHell]

65. The problem is we cant win even the gimmee elections.

Everyone buys what we’re selling, until it’s time to vote.

It’s bullshit.

[Scruffy1]

66. I solved the problem years ago.

Unplug, hasul to curb. It's garbage.