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(25,111 posts)They have been corrupt for many years, way before shithole. Shithole just was the icing . . .
Hugin
(33,189 posts)He obstructs them, too.
The GrOPper agenda is horrifying.
The republicans were the cause, Trump is the end result of years of dishonesty and corruption. They created this monstrosity and like Frankenstein, now they can't control it.
True Blue American
(17,988 posts)I refuse to listen to that weak kneed excuse that so many rail sitters use. Both parties do it. No, they do not!
PatSeg
(47,567 posts)and terribly predictable.
spanone
(135,859 posts)dalton99a
(81,566 posts)spanone
(135,859 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Author was on CNN this am. He said they were broke and Karen said they needed cash. The inaugural committee tax forms show a $750k donation to the VP property. For "restoration"? Hmmmm. They don't strike me as people who walk into the VP property and say "what a shithole" we need to redecorate.
PatSeg
(47,567 posts)True Blue American
(17,988 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)A brochure from Mike Pences 1988 House race, the first of two election defeats that helped shape Pences future political image. (Congressman Philip R. Sharp Papers/Ball State University Libraries)
Mike Pence was a young lawyer on the rise, challenging a longtime Democratic congressman in a Republican-leaning Indiana district.
And then, scandal.
Campaign finance records from the 1990 effort showed that Pence, then 31, had been using political donations to pay the mortgage on his house, his personal credit card bill, groceries, golf tournament fees and car payments for his wife.
The spending had not been illegal at the time. But it stunned voters and undermined Pences strategy to portray the incumbent, Rep. Philip R. Sharp, as tainted by donations from special-interest political action committees.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Pence's dirty laundry when dip selected him. Jeez our candidates, if they ever illegally tore a tag off a pillow, get reamed. We need a savvy media running some PR asap.
malaise
(269,157 posts)The WP did some digging on his past 'pounces'
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)I know.
It's interesting to think about what would happen if miraculously trump wasn't running in 2020. For sure Pence would run I guess.
True Blue American
(17,988 posts)Why am I not surprised?
malaise
(269,157 posts)Meadowoak
(5,556 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)wasn't mentioned. Biggest expense sounded like Quayle adding a swimming pool. Although they mention that the public can donate to the decorating fund. Surely there's a living expense stipend? Plus his salary. Why did he need $750k?
Ha..only thing it mentions about the Pences is that Karen added beehives!!!!
http://www.businessinsider.com/number-one-observatory-circle-photos-where-vp-pence-lives-2018-1
enid602
(8,643 posts)The public should NOT have to pay for Mothers beehive!
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)diddlysquat
(1,156 posts)So we can get rid of him also.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)He met with the Ukraine president in Poland.
I believe Bolton was in attendance.
Captain Zero
(6,823 posts)He said he would have his say "in due time".
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)That little smilie guy is perfect for today.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)OnDoutside
(19,968 posts)True Blue American
(17,988 posts)The pigs ear or the mouse? Enquiring minds want to know!
Backseat Driver
(4,394 posts)https://www.businessinsider.com/margaret-atwoods-pigoons-are-starting-to-become-reality-2016-6
A freaky prediction about pigs in a popular sci-fi trilogy is starting to come true
In Margaret Atwood's Flood Trilogy a speculative fiction series about scientific advancement spiraling out of control and ending civilization genetically engineered pigs called "pigoons" roam a post-apocalyptic Earth. Before humans mostly disappeared, the animals were raised to grow bespoke organs for transplantation into people. [snip]
Turbineguy
(37,364 posts)who wants to go to jail for trump.
dlk
(11,575 posts)It comes with the territory.
Salviati
(6,008 posts)... Oh, you said close, nevermind then..
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)dchill
(38,517 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,257 posts)it's hard to argue with evidence of a quid pro quo circuit
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)I can't wait to hear the details. I do know trump thinks there was no transcript.
Peregrine Took
(7,417 posts)SCVDem
(5,103 posts)How far down, past Cronyn and Nunes and McCarthy does this rot go.
We have the direct rot and then we have the enablers.
Those are the party. Their goal is a fundamental change to America without changing the Constitution.
They are a terrorist organization which instills fear in our citizens.
Only they can protect us! BULLSHIT!!!
To the gulag of Cuba with them all.
lindysalsagal
(20,726 posts)Stealing.
DemKittyNC
(743 posts)repuglican scumbags that are in on it the better! I hope with every fiber of my being that this takes them all down!!