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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRick Wilson lights Trump and the GOP on fire in this opinion piece:
"King Donald to GOP: And Nowand ForeverYou Shall Be My Servants"
They sat mute as Donald Trump attacked the religious faith one of their own. They sat staring down at their feet. Why not? So much for his devotion to religious liberty, as he claimed earlier in the day. Trump knows that the evangelical movement is as much a whore to him as any of his previous purchased dalliances. When youre delivering judges, you can grab them by the pussy, clearly.
Remember all the Republican senators this week who were saying they were not going to vote to convict because they thought Trump had learned his lesson? That he would move forward a chastened man?
Yes, Susan Collins, Im looking straight at you. Many of the senators who said Trump had done something wrong but not something impeachable sat in a room today and clapped like trained seals being tossed chum at the Douchebag Seaquarium. Trump rubbed his guilt in their faces, having learned exactly the opposite lesson that they imagine....
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)They are all cowards, excusing their cowardice for a variety of reasons.
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)cilla4progress
(24,783 posts)My recent OP here:
drumpf's superpower is he knows how to play to the worst in people.
then he seduces them into his game to innoculate their conscience.
they won't allow themselves to wake up because they would then see they have no soul
lark
(23,166 posts)Excellent wordsmithing there and so fucking needed.
Arkansas Granny
(31,535 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,097 posts)That deserves its own rec.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)And this from a Republican. That has to hurt Donald in some way. Look what Mitt did to him.
Brother Buzz
(36,478 posts)pandr32
(11,631 posts)I can't recommend this enough!
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,047 posts)Paladin
(28,277 posts)CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)Remember those Teabagger signs? The ones who want English as our official language?
Paladin
(28,277 posts)Seems like a long time ago.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)Yeah, me neither.
bdamomma
(63,931 posts)nt
cilla4progress
(24,783 posts)paywall
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)it seems to be behind a subscriber's paywall after the first paragraph
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State the Obvious
(842 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)No one torpedoes 45 like Rick Wilson. Yeah, hes a Republican, which means nothing right now not with a free-range Trump on the loose.
denem
(11,045 posts)in desperate need of a cage, and jumpsuit to match his complexion.
CatMor
(6,212 posts)instead of guarding the harem they guard trump and his family. He has done a good job castrating the party.
2naSalit
(86,841 posts)SunSeeker
(51,745 posts)SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)Trump has abused his power to an extent never before imagined in the history of our great country. Republicans act like this is normal, and acceptable. There will be a day of reckoning, and they will all be known, and will pay for their sins.
DallasNE
(7,403 posts)Not a single Republican Senator "thought Trump had learned his lesson". That focus group tested message scored the highest in spite of not being believable so, without an alterative, they moved forward with that line. Revenge is in full swing, as we all knew it would be, so these fickle Senators should be prepared for the backlash. Apparently they thought it would be the lesser of two evils.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)all the Republicans across the board repeat it in the same blitzed round of talk shows. When they all do it, which is a Republican habit, you know its as fake as their thoughts and prayers mantra.
Theyve been doing it for decades, nonstop. In the social media days I always wondered how they received their talking points. Fax? Courier? And who chose the talking points?
wnylib
(21,661 posts)I never believed for a moment that any of them really thoyght he had learned a lesson. Trump never feels chastised, only sggrieved.
not fooled
(5,803 posts)And, just think of the "behind the scenes" crap they have heard about how red don comports himself. What gets leaked or made public is bad enough, but there must be even worse that they've managed to keep a lid on.
They know he's deranged and unfit, and would not only fail to learn anything but also rabidly seek revenge.
Hekate
(90,865 posts)Perseus
(4,341 posts)entirety of the article.
Hekate
(90,865 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)scheming daemons
(25,487 posts)He's a political assassin.
Yes... he spent most of his life on the other side..... but we need someone like him.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)And maybe PJ O'Rourke.
All brilliant and outrageously funny at times.
scheming daemons
(25,487 posts)CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)spanone
(135,900 posts)Amen, Rick.
paleotn
(17,989 posts)Lindsey Graham said so himself. Then again, maybe they think the racist shithead base will save them. They're fooling themselves if they do.
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Hermit-The-Prog
(33,484 posts)calimary
(81,527 posts)tiredtoo
(2,949 posts)Is a member of a group put together to defeat trump in the next election. I believe they are all republicans who are responsible for many attack ads on Democratic candidates in the past. Can't remember the name of the group but a google search would likely find it.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)When Lincoln was president, the newly formed Republican Party was the liberal one.
Hekate
(90,865 posts)Warpy
(111,383 posts)until our enemy is utterly defeated.
Neocons were better than outright fascists. Who knew?
not fooled
(5,803 posts)talk about the lesser of two evils.
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)They drop the paywall after a certain period of time.
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)robbob
(3,538 posts)Bookmarking to try later...
marieo1
(1,402 posts)Thank you, Rick Wilson. I have been a Democrat all my life but have had friends and family that were republicans. I didn't agree with their viewpoint but respected their views. I don't know the Republican party today. DJT has become republican party's leader and it isn't the same republican party!! It has become a party of mean, hateful people and DJT is their leader. It took a lot of courage for Mitt Romney to stand up to him. Romney and others like him will bring the republican party back to the respectful party it once was. I am democrat and will always be, but Rep's has been infected with something and someone EVIL.
Botany
(70,614 posts)If I had uncle for every time I have said the Douchebag Seaquarium I would have 10 cents.
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)He posts many of them on twitter for us all to see.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)are you talking about nasty comments or something more sinister, like death threats ?
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)threats against his family, too.
He doesn't publish them, but he calls them out sometimes by user name.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)There should be a statute passed that prohibits such things. The stress of this on any family, especially children, should be make illegal.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)So brilliant
onetexan
(13,071 posts)yortsed snacilbuper
(7,939 posts)Skittles
(153,220 posts)Last edited Sat Feb 8, 2020, 05:03 AM - Edit history (1)
yes INDEED
ecstatic
(32,746 posts)Sooooo funny!
Nitram
(22,913 posts)Cha
(297,799 posts)N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,788 posts)But if I said what I really feel...not that eloquent, yeah thats how to explain it.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth