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This is new, and more than a little frightening. In my 71 years I dont recall anything like it.
It is the blatant corruption that has far too easily pervaded our structures of governance. Its damned scary, in no small measure because it is routinely met with a casual shrug by an entire party. There have always been good guys and bad guys on both sides, but they were eventually dealt with by their fellows who respected constitutional parameters. Oaths of office meant something, as did words like honor and integrity and trust. These days of hearings have served to confirm, in no uncertain terms, that todays Republican party no longer has any use for such concepts; what had been a growing suspicion has proven to be horrible fact. As citizens of this particular republic we should never have to wonder whether the Senate or the Supreme Court will find in favor of We the People. Yet, here we are. And our hosts are the members of a formerly grand old party who are untroubled by having soiled themselves in front of the whole world.
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BSdetect
(8,998 posts)UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)Nay
(12,051 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,656 posts)dchill
(38,497 posts)RKP5637
(67,108 posts)coti
(4,612 posts)re-establishing our values. Like truth, decency, voting integrity, checks and balances, and fairness.
llmart
(15,540 posts)Let's not fool ourselves in thinking that there aren't millions out there who are just okey dokey with the lawlessness of the GOP and who do not share our values.
coti
(4,612 posts)PWPippinesq
(195 posts)Many I speak with are exhausted, can't keep up with the constant barrage of bad news, are turned off by the unending lies and deceit. Many are turning their backs on it all, can no longer deal with it and are hoping some miracle will happen. We don't have a "perfect" candidate and I worry that Trump, if not unseated, will win by default another term.
jalan48
(13,866 posts)warmfeet
(3,321 posts)We will have to be the change. No one is going to do it for us.
If you expect a functional Democracy without effort, without pain, just fucking forget it.
Without the effort and time, we can kiss this Democracy goodbye.
The republicans would like nothing more than for us to give up.
We are only victims if we allow ourselves to be such.
I am going to fight like hell!
I am also scared.