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when protests and resistance fail. They seem to be ineffective. It looks like they are deaf and blind to everything. They seem to be ready to trash the entire country before the next election. Time is on their side.
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Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)0rganism
(23,970 posts)they've pretty much got the charges set already
they can finish the job with minimal obstruction before next November
then the ones that got voted out slide over into cush lobbying jobs and hang around on the short list for cabinet positions and ambassadorships and Fox News commentator gigs, so the "threat" of voter revolt really isn't much of a threat, when it applies at all
we're in a nasty bind, no question about it
it will take us generations to rebuild what we've lost already, if we ever even have the chance
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0rganism
(23,970 posts)apparently many of our fellow citizens wanted the whole thing torn down, or didn't recognize the urgency, and/or just didn't give a crap
mythology
(9,527 posts)If you claim that literally everything the Republicans do is the worst thing ever, it is the boy who cries wolf.
Bettie
(16,125 posts)Each thing IS literally worse than the one before.
I have two kids who will graduate high school in the next couple of years and I fear for their futures.
My little guy (3rd grade)? I doubt he'll have a future.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)None of us know what that will look like. It's a part of the excitement of watching them grow.
I dont buy it... heres why or what to do
1. every presidential command (exec order) trump signed can be reversed the first day of office.
2. The complacency rate for voters is very high. Black voters fell from 65% to 59%, Latino voters eligible to vote but did not vote was the highest since 1995.... afraid of the rhetoric perhaps...
3. This party needs to come out of being the party of the associated with tax and spend and associated with the select few. This party MUST change to reach ALL people. We do that by thanking our older politicians for their service, but begin to bring in younger, more progressive representatives.
Tell your high school kids who should be able to vote to actually vote.... no complacency will be a key.
bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)Trump is a terrible, awful president. This country has survived terrible, awful presidents before. It will do the same now.
Fullduplexxx
(7,870 posts)The good news is that you get to try and stop them nov 2018... so now here's how tostop them. get birth certificates gget What ever form of id your state requires ., make sure you vote in november or they will fk you til 2020
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Help finance solid groups out there working for either progressive change, or in simple opposition to Trump/Republicans. Continue to set up protests. Continue supporting Democrats at every turn and understand that they really have been doing well as the party of no.
They can do serious damage before the next election. They have every right to. Elections have consequences. We must show up in large numbers next time around so we can start fixing cleaning up the damage they are and will continue to do. The country will not die over the next year. Our standing on the world stage and the most vulnerable among us will take the biggest hits.
What is not acceptable are those claiming they are on the left and attacking both parties. They are doing serious damage at this point when it comes to rank and file voters. Said people need to be mocked and derided as the Republican supporters they are. Our message in that area must be consistent.
SamKnause
(13,110 posts)Their destruction will be irreversible.
They have all the power when they are in the minority.
They have all the power when they are in the majority.
They cheat, lie, and steal to win.
They are EVIL FUCKING LIARS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!