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maxrandb

(15,334 posts)
Wed Feb 1, 2017, 10:57 AM Feb 2017

He will get his SC Justice...and a lot more. [View all]

Sorry, the time to fight was November 2016. We can protest. We can gnash our teeth. We can hold our breath until we turn blue, but it is not going to change anything.

Trump will get his SC pick…and maybe 1 or 2 more.

Trump will get his sick “effing” cabinet that can begin demolishing all the progress we’ve made over the past 50-100 years.

Trump will get his “anti-Civil Rights” Attorney General.

He will get his “anti-Public Education” Education Secretary.

He will get his “anti-environment” EPA Director…if we still have one.

He will get his “anti-worker” Labor Secretary.

Hell, he may even get his stupid “effing” wall.

Oh, and I’m sorry to break it to you, but that Dakota Access Pipeline? Yes, he’ll get that too, or at least the construction will begin to move forward.

He and the Retrumplicans don’t give a crap how many protesters are in the streets. To them, the more protesters that are out, the better their policies are working.

That’s reality folks.

And, to those saying “Democrats better fight”? well, to paraphrase our new “Supreme Leader”; “Go ‘eff’ yourselves”

I’m not sure what you expect.

Dems have a 50 seat minority in the House.

Dems have a 2 seat minority in the Senate.

Dems have 15 of 50 state legislatures.

Telling Dems to “fight” is like telling Betty White to get in the ring with Mike Tyson and “fight”

Telling Dems to “fight” is like putting kryptonite in Superman’s shorts and then telling him to “save the world”. No, it’s even worse than that. It’s like sending a puppy to stop a locomotive, and then getting mad at the puppy when it can’t stop the train.

We need to accept that the shoe is on the other foot now. It is Democrats who need us to fight.

Our next battle is 2018.

Sure, we can have some skirmishes between now and then. Run a guerilla warfare operation in some places. Voice our dissent with our voices, our wallets and our feet. We may even scrape out a victory every now and then, but it won’t change anything until we turn our voices, our wallets and our feet into weapons at the ballot box.

We have one job. Just one "effing" job! Organize, motivate, communicate, speak-out, register and VOTE

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Except the TEA Party JustAnotherGen Feb 2017 #1
they were effective but could not stop Holder, Kagan, or Sotomayor La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #3
Yep! JustAnotherGen Feb 2017 #5
You may be New Jersey but he is a New Yorker. former9thward Feb 2017 #56
I'm from there JustAnotherGen Feb 2017 #59
Your time would be better spent grass roots Blue_true Feb 2017 #21
Um JustAnotherGen Feb 2017 #60
There Is A Silver Lining In This Cloud.... global1 Feb 2017 #2
Sounds great to me. old guy Feb 2017 #8
We Lost To Trump Because We Didn't Campaign Against The Repug Party..... global1 Feb 2017 #12
As I said, what you say could very well be true, old guy Feb 2017 #15
If We Can Get The People Out To Vote In Massive Numbers.... global1 Feb 2017 #16
I applaud and encourage your optimism, old guy Feb 2017 #17
Look. Blue_true Feb 2017 #25
Yeah, OK Cosmocat Feb 2017 #36
My next battle is technically 2017 Blue_Tires Feb 2017 #4
Yes, we have some off year Governor's races. Blue_true Feb 2017 #26
We need to start taking back the States sharp_stick Feb 2017 #6
I live in a republican led state where the Blue_true Feb 2017 #27
This is exactly.. disillusioned73 Feb 2017 #7
Dems can't stop it, but they can let the Rs own it completely Crunchy Frog Feb 2017 #9
I agree. They should repeal Obamacare without Blue_true Feb 2017 #28
I take it you are advocating primaries for every Democrat in the Senate onenote Feb 2017 #46
Everything you say is probably true, but that is no reason OldHippieChick Feb 2017 #10
Sorry, as Jan Brewer stated, votes are all that count. Blue_true Feb 2017 #29
You Still Have To Convince People On Why They Should Vote.... global1 Feb 2017 #38
They continue to make it hard to vote and they are in control of OldHippieChick Feb 2017 #52
So we just give up? alarimer Feb 2017 #11
That's not my point maxrandb Feb 2017 #13
I think alarimer got your point. MoonRiver Feb 2017 #14
Don't get your contention on the SCOTUS justice. The filibuster still exists for SCOTUS ... brush Feb 2017 #41
If they use the nuclear option, it only will be for SCOTUS nominees onenote Feb 2017 #47
Exactly, which is why I say the Dems should filibuster trumps SCOTUS picks and call their bluff brush Feb 2017 #49
They'll use the nuclear option without a second thought. Captain Stern Feb 2017 #48
We still have to filibuster, call their bluff. Make them do it. If the Dems don't we will lose... brush Feb 2017 #51
No, we organize grass roots. Get people registered Blue_true Feb 2017 #32
Much depends on what happens after the protests alarimer Feb 2017 #34
I Posted This Somewhere Before - Because Of The Control The Repugs Have.... global1 Feb 2017 #39
Youre bumming me out Rustyeye77 Feb 2017 #18
Don't get bummed maxrandb Feb 2017 #24
Democrats never had 67 senators NewJeffCT Feb 2017 #31
We don't have to be obnoxious, deceitful or deceptive Blue_true Feb 2017 #33
The interesting thing is the posters insistingDemocrats in Congress fight Blue_true Feb 2017 #19
You will get at least one post about republicans Blue_true Feb 2017 #20
+1 n/t okieinpain Feb 2017 #23
great post. n/t okieinpain Feb 2017 #22
All due respect..and I do respect your post... Guilded Lilly Feb 2017 #30
You time is better spend going to your county Blue_true Feb 2017 #35
Which is why I said "local meetings". Guilded Lilly Feb 2017 #44
You Coined A Good Rallying Slogan.... global1 Feb 2017 #40
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2017 #37
He may get all those things but we can make him pay a price. Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #42
It is even worse than that... Joe941 Feb 2017 #43
Gee, I'd never know you were a Browns fan BannonsLiver Feb 2017 #45
That's pretty much it. Captain Stern Feb 2017 #50
Dems are down 47 in the house not 50. Cattledog Feb 2017 #53
So much will depend on the economy rwheeler31 Feb 2017 #54
They got all of that from cheating. They did not win a fair election, and millions are NOT onecaliberal Feb 2017 #55
Bingo! The best we can do is fight a rear guard action. stopbush Feb 2017 #57
Our next battle is today. Until we fix the sham election process, it should be secondary. ck4829 Feb 2017 #58
that's why i think secession may be the only solution. but of course, dems would have fight for tha TheFrenchRazor Feb 2017 #61
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