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sinkingfeeling

(51,457 posts)
Sat May 9, 2020, 09:41 PM May 2020

Been thinking about the ten Benghazi hearings that looked into every

detail of 4 American deaths. Based on these, shouldn't we have 200,000 hearings to look at what this administration did that allowed the deaths of 80,000 (as of tonight) Americans?

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Been thinking about the ten Benghazi hearings that looked into every (Original Post) sinkingfeeling May 2020 OP
Republicans go full speed ahead SoCalDem May 2020 #1

SoCalDem

(103,856 posts)
1. Republicans go full speed ahead
Sat May 9, 2020, 09:48 PM
May 2020

they never second guess or apologize.. when they get control of things they rampage..It's just what they do.,. their supplicants LOVE them for it.

Dems tend to respect rules, laws, and norms.. we second guess EVERYTHING and always try to negotiate. I always chalk it up to the fact that our sort tends to be more educated people who can appreciate nuance and measure..

That's why we rarely ever get much success these days. When we do get power, we tend to start negotiating amongst ourselves and do it publicly. That gets translated to weakness by media and the second-guessing only gets worse from there.

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