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Can all this drama really sustain itself for four years? (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 OP
No, it really can't. MineralMan Mar 2017 #1
I think this is by design KentuckyWoman Mar 2017 #2
Oh, people are watching. MineralMan Mar 2017 #5
The corollary to they are playing eight dimensional chess is they are blithering idiots. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #6
No. kentuck Mar 2017 #3
I think we either end up with President Pence (bleh) or a radically altered nation for the worse. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2017 #4
I heard reports about his thinking resignation. He's already on thin ice and he knows it. caroldansen Mar 2017 #7
Dealing with drama is part of life nolabels Mar 2017 #8
If the Russia stuff is real bad the GOP will dump him this year dem4decades Mar 2017 #9
Four weeks.... panader0 Mar 2017 #10
These 3 months feel like forever kimbutgar Mar 2017 #11

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
1. No, it really can't.
Fri Mar 31, 2017, 10:11 AM
Mar 2017

It's all going to come to a head and burst, spewing orange pus everywhere. Carry an umbrella. That's my advice.

KentuckyWoman

(6,685 posts)
2. I think this is by design
Fri Mar 31, 2017, 10:15 AM
Mar 2017

while we all fuss over the baffoonery du jour what shit is going on behind the curtain?

No one is watching.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
5. Oh, people are watching.
Fri Mar 31, 2017, 10:17 AM
Mar 2017

Congress is dismantling everything President Obama did, one thing at a time. They're doing it systematically, and most people don't even notice.

Big doings behind the scenes at the side show while everyone's in the Big Tent watching the circus.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
6. The corollary to they are playing eight dimensional chess is they are blithering idiots.
Fri Mar 31, 2017, 10:17 AM
Mar 2017

That explains them getting rolled on Chump Care, The Wall, and the ersatz Muslim ban.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)
4. I think we either end up with President Pence (bleh) or a radically altered nation for the worse.
Fri Mar 31, 2017, 10:16 AM
Mar 2017

That is changed extra-Constitutionally by Trump (as encouraged by Bannon) in order avoid a shameful collapse of his presidency. There would have to be some sort of catalyst for this, most likely war or a terrorist attack.

That really sucks because the idea of President Pence really sucks, but it's probably preferable to the highly unprecedented alternative.

nolabels

(13,133 posts)
8. Dealing with drama is part of life
Fri Mar 31, 2017, 10:29 AM
Mar 2017

The Chinese saying 'May you live in interesting times' is either a curse or an opportunity to understand how things work. If the 'R's' draw the wagons in a standoff it could last a couple more years.

Everybody that needs a quick fix probably should sit back and grab some

dem4decades

(11,296 posts)
9. If the Russia stuff is real bad the GOP will dump him this year
Fri Mar 31, 2017, 10:31 AM
Mar 2017

Next year is to close to the mid terms. It's going to be a long 4 years no matter what.

kimbutgar

(21,157 posts)
11. These 3 months feel like forever
Fri Mar 31, 2017, 11:51 AM
Mar 2017

People are stressed out and they are going to explode. The chumps idiots are too stupid but the anti chump grouos are fighting back and the media is actually doing their jobs.

He's going down as well as Pence and the GOP. I bet the intelligence agaencies have confirmation the rethug party knew what was happening and became willing participants. We will have a constitutional crisis this year. How we pick up the pieces depends on who emerges as leader of the
Anti chump group. MAybe Obama will come back briefly.

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