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(53,410 posts)The fact that Pruitt is so blatant even after being caught is the same thing Trump does.
Maybe its one of the compulsive behaviors that Narcissists exhibit. They just cant stop. They have to be stopped, hopefully with long terms in prison. Hopefully.
0rganism
(23,962 posts)the people who own up to their mistakes are immediately thrown under the bus, but if you just attack the messenger and the messenger's messenger and a few other people who aren't even tangentially related to the situation, maybe everyone gets distracted and you float by unscathed. it also helps if you belong to the Republican party, since corruption, dishonesty, and coverups in the name of destroying the government are expected from them.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)at least for a time. But Pruitt, like typical Malignant Narcissists like Trump, just up the ante. That in itself sets him apart from your every day sociopath. Thats my point.
0rganism
(23,962 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Fuck your feelings, Pruitt. You're going to prison.
Ohiogal
(32,036 posts)Docreed2003
(16,869 posts)If it weren't for the media, no one would have known what a corrupt shit bag I am...that sounds a lot like "I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you pesky kids and your dog!"
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Not to mention the extraordinarily circumspect media coverage this corrupt administration gets. Nobody ever "lies," they just misspeak or something. Trump's running the presidency like his own personal marketing and money-making machine, but we mustn't speak about Emoluments Clauses and suchlike. Trump can't find a qualified person to fill any number of government positions, but that's not because he's incompetent; in fact, let's just not mention how hollowed out the government is, mmkay?
Docreed2003
(16,869 posts)Anyone who questions the emperor is immediately blasted as "unfair" and "fake news"...its disgusting
FakeNoose
(32,706 posts)... or maybe you could say they're complicit. In many ways the media are just as slipshod as the RW nutters they're reporting, by NOT reporting on them.