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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy doesn't ONE Republican Say No to this Lunacy?
I'm on the verge of tears here. It just seems all hope is lost.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)mulsh
(2,959 posts)n/t
stopbush
(24,396 posts)With them it's all a matter of how deeply they're into make believe (religion) and alternative reality (conservative policies).
Skittles
(153,193 posts)in other words, they care more about their job than their country
TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)old guy
(3,283 posts)They are giddy at the prospects before them. They will never say no.
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See how fast their religious 'family values' were thrown away? Their main religion and ideology is money
byronius
(7,401 posts)They're a criminal class, interested in primal/tribal dominance, sex, and incredible greed.
However -- I would say to you that this past election was their last chance. They chose to turn to a hostile foreign power for help in defeating the evil democracy thing that threatened to leave them floating down the poop creek without a paddle. And now they're going to try to stay up on that shit horse, because if they don't, the oncoming generations are going to make them the villain, which they are.
So -- it's either full-on fascism or a decent future powered by this newfound knowledge of many, many, many similar souls such as you and I that these people are not Americans at all, not in any sense of the word. As soon as you let the enemy in the gates and cut a deal with them for some dream of Stupid Empire, you're screwed. They'll have to kill us all, and I don't think they can do it.
I predict the backlash from this treason (should we survive) will set this country and the human species on a seriously ethical and quite liberal path for generations. Perhaps someday a new generation will forget, or get bored, or just fall asleep -- but I prefer to focus on this particular cycle.
We're going to turn this back and set things right, and Republicans are going to be the supervillains of American history for two hundred years to come. I swear it.
Squinch
(51,004 posts)be in power forever.
Get it all out and then go to swingleft and see what you can do to help get the Congress back.
We all need each other. Despair is the enemy.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)In the next two years as they can. I am not hopeful, at all.
Squinch
(51,004 posts)as we can against them.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)... and the vain and self-serving belief that a scorched earth is the only honorable thing to do before the Dems are in power again.
TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)"future"....just yet. All hope is not lost. Until a nuclear bomb is outside your door then all hope is not lost. I'm imagining all sorts of things going on behind the scenes.
It's only been 12 days...I know it feels like forever because it's just been one long campaign that hasn't ended. But I really believe that Trashpot will not succeed and he will be taken down someway and somehow. We must be patient and we must keep calling and speaking out.
I feel much more support for "our" side since the election. Before there was a deplorable under every rock and now I feel like the tide is turning...and it's going to grow into a tsunami.
JDC
(10,133 posts)So that they can claim it is for the good of all, but it is for the good of themselves and the masters that they serve. Corporations and big money. None of them really represent the people. Not for a very long time.
Blanks
(4,835 posts)They will march lock step as long as they fear they'll be destroyed if they step out of line.
That'll be their undoing. The longer they stay in lock step, the greater the risk something that they're doing while in lock step will destroy them.
...and some of the things that we are getting all excited about are blown out of proportion.
Keep in mind Roberts kept Obamacare alive. There was every bit as much drama about his appointment.
We have to be better about choosing our battles. Staying calm during the battle and not losing sight of the end goal.
C_U_L8R
(45,020 posts)Stuffing their pockets and amassing power.
Why would they be interested in taking down
their faux-golden goose?