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milestogo

(17,833 posts)
9. They will say the US let go of democracy without so much as a whimper.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 07:28 PM
Monday
How would go about squaring that TheProle Monday #1
He could say he was just kidding. milestogo Monday #4
lol. you mean the sting operation where Orange surrendered his information? bucolic_frolic Monday #22
And what would that accomplish exactly? PoindexterOglethorpe Monday #2
Have the military arrest him for treason milestogo Monday #3
Simply declaring a state of emergency PoindexterOglethorpe Monday #26
Trump should have been arrested for all the classified material he stole questionseverything Monday #28
"...put him on trial for all of the crimes of which he is accused." markodochartaigh Monday #34
It would help set the tone for a nationwide response to the eminent Emergency. Magoo48 Tuesday #53
My 2 cents DingleBerryNW Monday #5
This response is worth a lot more than 2 cents. Magoo48 Tuesday #54
See my wish list. A lot of doors need to barred. usonian Monday #6
I'm Hoping Biden Taped Their Conversation And He..... global1 Monday #7
He won't do a damn thing, just like Garland wouldn't. I am thoroughly disappointed. Absolutely disappointed. SWBTATTReg Monday #8
They will say the US let go of democracy without so much as a whimper. milestogo Monday #9
I am so afraid of that. n/t yellow dahlia Monday #36
The irony is that Frank D. Lincoln Monday #15
Biden was afraid to replace Dept heads and Cabinet members, yellow dahlia Monday #38
It's very "We must destroy democracy to save it" Sympthsical Monday #10
My thoughts are similar. It isn't democracy being saved if it is overridden TheKentuckian Monday #11
Even Lincoln had elections during the Civil War Sympthsical Monday #12
To be fair, Lincoln was looking at losing half the country to rebels. We're losing the whole country to mobsters. jaxexpat Monday #19
Exactly! yellow dahlia Monday #39
There are probably a dozen "national emergencies" in effect. Did you mean to say you want Biden to stage a coup? tritsofme Monday #13
And do what? Elessar Zappa Monday #14
Enjoy the fantasies because Biden is too good and decent to do anything other than elocs Monday #16
Casting pearls before treasonous swine? BattleRow Monday #17
All that is necessary for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing. milestogo Monday #21
Ah, Mr. Burke to the rescue, with sanity. Ergo, good people must act to thwart the actions of bad people. jaxexpat Tuesday #44
So we should kill democracy to save it Asa13 Monday #18
That isn't what I suggested at all. milestogo Monday #20
Right right, emergencies for me but not for thee. tritsofme Monday #23
False equivalence. jaxexpat Tuesday #45
Only in the mind of someone twisting themselves in a knot trying to justify their support for a coup. tritsofme Tuesday #46
We'll all see who's twisted into a knot after 1/20/2025. I surely hope I'm wrong. jaxexpat Tuesday #49
No one is going to stage a coup. What's the point of a discussion so divorced from reality? tritsofme Tuesday #50
So who becomes President on January 20th in your plan? Polybius Monday #24
Democracy has already been killed Lokee11 Monday #37
Thank you for putting it all out there. yellow dahlia Monday #41
After reading the attached, I see why there was no will from the get go to hold the orange convict acountable. Hotler Monday #25
For what? So Clooney, Stephanopolous and the news script writers can descend again? live love laugh Monday #27
Now your talking! rich7862 Monday #29
I think we need a national movement to not allow the Constitutionally disqualified and mentally unfit Trump to take ShazamIam Monday #30
No, there is no such process other than prevailing on his electors TheKentuckian Tuesday #47
Trump had Top Secret bathroom at Marmalardo Kid Berwyn Monday #31
Surely that would start a second Civil War Polybius Monday #32
This would be pointless, but... AdamGG Monday #33
I agree, but think it's important to note that Biden will have confirmed more lower court judges than Trump by January. tritsofme Monday #42
Great - wasn't aware of that AdamGG Tuesday #43
I Think That It Simply Should Be Illegal For A Felon To Be President Baron2024 Monday #35
It isn't and it is near impossible to make it so. TheKentuckian Tuesday #48
what would be funny is to do it, and make the supreme court shut it down, knowing that restriction will carry over to Takket Monday #40
Yes, full immunity DemMedic Tuesday #51
Makes you wonder why Trump didn't do it in 2020 Shrek Tuesday #52
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