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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsImagine if Hillary did this
I found this on Facebook.
Imagine this scenario: Hillary Clinton is president. It's learned that she has deep ties to Putin and the Russian spy agency. She puts utterly unqualified billionaires in cabinet posts. She pursues public policies that benefit her and her billionaire friends. She puts her daughter Chelsea in a position of influence in the West Wing, gives her her own office and allows her to use that position to forward her own business interests. And Chelsea's husband is her chief advisor. The private business trips taken by Chelsea and her husband are paid for by the taxpayers.
She refuses to release any tax returns, she blocks access to the visitor logs in the White House and Bill refuses to live in the White House so our tax dollars are spent keeping him safe in Chappaqua. Hillary spends almost every weekend lounging in her own, privately-held resort. Her private resort gets reimbursed for any and all "official" government functions (including security) because she chooses to conduct all her "business" and personal functions there. She and her family live in three White Houses at the same time.
In an interview, she names the wrong country she bombed while bragging about the chocolate cake she was eating while she ordered said bombing. I could go on and on. The point is that the outrage, the outcries, the screaming by Republicans would be heard around the world and impeachment proceedings would already be underway.
By the way, this is not about political party affiliation. Let's face it, if Hillary - or any woman or minority candidate - had five children from three partners s/he would never have survived the primary.
pandr32
(11,617 posts)It would be like the French Revolution.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)...I can only imagine.
Mr. Evil
(2,856 posts)reflection
(6,286 posts)But I love that movie.
onecaliberal
(32,902 posts)The pathalogical lying republicans would be breathlessly howling on every Chanel around the clock and impeachment proceedings would be happening.
dgauss
(883 posts)If you were somehow able to engage in conversation and list all the things you just did, reasonably, point by point, and they somehow actually listened to the whole thing and seemed to understand what you were saying - Even if you then politely summarized how Republicans accepting all this from Trump could be seen as a double standard...
Their response would be something like "Even the FBI says there's no evidence Trump did anything wrong with Putin." And in their mind it would end right there. That would settle the whole argument regarding everything you just laid out. Then they'd probably throw in something about emails or Benghazi just to remove all doubt about their righteousness. It's mind boggling.
Mountain Mule
(1,002 posts)They deny reality on every single level - they are so completely brainwashed, it's spooky.
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Skittles
(153,200 posts)INSTALLING AN INCOMPETENT BUFFOON INTO THE WHITE HOUSE DOES NOTHING BUT SERIOUSLY JEOPARDIZE THE WORLD
what will it take to make you fucking Trump-loving pieces of shit see the FUCKING TRUTH?
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Skittles
(153,200 posts)and people like you have shown the world your STUPIDITY
go peddle your fox news-fed rightwing garbage elsewhere
JI7
(89,276 posts)sarah FAILIN
(2,857 posts)Are you really so blind?
JI7
(89,276 posts)phylny
(8,389 posts)Приятного вам отдыха!
Enjoy your stay!
I was too slow.
sarah FAILIN
(2,857 posts)I see the fools on tv at his rallies and it doesn't seem like anyone could be that dumb.
JI7
(89,276 posts)other bigotry.
sarah FAILIN
(2,857 posts)You voted for a Russian Puppet, how PATHETIC!
But do enjoy skulking in the background here while you can. You may learn something.
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JI7
(89,276 posts)Skittles
(153,200 posts)if Russia helped Democrats steal an election you'd be calling them COMMIE TRAITORS
that is EXACTLY what repukes are now
sarah FAILIN
(2,857 posts)I almost want to keep you around for study so we can see what happens when the shit hits the fan finally. I really can not imagine anyone being this ill informed.
druidity33
(6,448 posts)and man auto correct did not want me to type that! Fucking double standards like that made me organize a Union at my workplace! You just made me start simmering and it's near bed time! Dammit!
GGggrrrr.....
K&R... but still...
I don't like being reminded of things that make me angry, especially before bedtime...
i guess I'll get over it.
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dubyadiprecession
(5,722 posts)Future republican politicians won't reference him at all on the campaign trail. His legacy will be a joke at best.
OldRedneck
(1,397 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)INVESTIGATION!
dae
(3,396 posts)benpollard
(199 posts)Just explain to them that Trump is violating our Constitution:
Trump is violating the U.S. Constitution by using the office of president to promote his business interests.
Three of his executive orders have been ruled unconstitutional.
His national security advisor had to resign because he was violating our Constitution.
Trump subverted our democracy to get elected. He is not our legitimate president and would not have won if not for Russia meddling in our election. He is being investigated for colluding with Russia to steal the election.
Trump has business ties to Russian oligarchs.
Trump lies 74% of the time.
Trump had to pay 25 million dollars to settle the Trump University fraud lawsuit.
And then tell them that you cant simultaneously support Trump and love America. America is defined by our Constitution and Trump has violated it in several instances. If you support Trump, that means you don't value our Constitution, and you don't love America.
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Orrex
(63,225 posts)And Fox would have signed her assassin to replace Bill O'Reilly.
Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)They are happily bought and paid for by special interests and will do their masters bidding, whatever that is. Their 'constitutents' are their paymasters, not the voters. They are secure in the gerrymandered districts, or are secure in the knowledge that their paymasters will make sure they are reelected.
So they won't do anything about 45 until their paymasters tell them to.
BigmanPigman
(51,635 posts)leftofcool
(19,460 posts)You know, the stuff that other Democrats are concerned about like Obama's speaking engagement?