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TheKentuckian

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11. My thoughts are similar. It isn't democracy being saved if it is overridden

Mon Nov 18, 2024, 07:49 PM

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I'm not sure it is worst than the alternative but I wish folks would be more honest about preferring our dictator and stop pretending they are promoting self determination.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] milestogo Monday OP

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