Your analysis of the situation is spot on. Ignorance can sometimes be a bliss but it undermines democracy. Politicians are profiting from the general lack of knowledge of these people who navigate mainly on their gut feelings.
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That sadly also describes our commander in chief
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Quoted because this is the funniest (sadly) thing Iāve read in a long time. And obviously, 100% true.
Because there has never ever ever ever been a speck of corruption anywhere in any other presidential administration ever!
No one ever said that. Of course there has been corruption in every presidential administration and corruption will remain as long as the free flow of money from special interests remains. But the corruption has reached new levels and it is blatant. Most of the heads of the departments of the US government appointed by the present administration were former lobbyists or worked for the very organizations they are now supposed to oversee for the good of all US citizens. Itās like putting cats in charge of the canaries in a coal mine
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I would laugh at that if it were not so sadly discouraging.
What you wrote labels you as one who believes and supports the concept that since some previous officeholder behaved badly in some areas we should close our eyes and ears to the corruption in all areas by the current liar, molester, scumbag.
It is the encouragement of aplogists and sycophants like you who enable our nationās high speed decline toward 3rd world status or worse.
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I thought Bayrunner was being sarcastic.
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He was and itās obvious. But when TDS kicks in, get ready for the red eyes and frothing at the mouth!
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Donāt forget the either/or option we were faced with in 2016. Please oh please donāt try to make the case weād be better off with Hillary and her entrenched swamp-tastic network in power. I supported Trump not because I love Trump but because he represents the idea that SOMEBODY outside the same ol same ol could be elected. The key is whether someone can come along to promote the America First agenda without the ridiculous sideshow.
If heās as egregious as you say, what does it say that the leading candidate the āoppositionā can produce 3 years later canāt remember what state heās in or the fact he was out of office for two years during the Parkland shooting??
Embrace the change that a non-establishment person was elected and hope that it can be built upon. Because honestly, itās the only hope we have.
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Words have meaning. The words published in the post to which I responded are those commonly used by many others when attempting to defend the reprehensible conduct of a man who is totally unfit for office.
The fact that the same defense of what should be indefensible is a symptom of a social breakdown of the type which history has clearly shown leads to a collapse of a nationās conscience and will inevitably lead to the economic collapse of the nation and its people.
A āleaderā who brings nothing to the office other than criticism and blame of his predecessors for current events is no leader, he is a mindless reactionary and a threat to the nation.
America deserves better leadership than that imposed by a dictator worshipping, misogynist and pathological liar.
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Thank you!
I believe that is how Jimmy Carter characterized himself (non-establishment) when he ran in 1976.
I would say that someone self proclaiming themselves as non establishment is a key red flag to the contrary. There was no need for any such proclamation from Trumpā¦ His actions made that clear from day 1.
Let us not forget that after Obama moved into the White House, he spent the first year (and more) of his Presidency blaming George Bush for everything. George Bush kept quiet, contrary to what Obama is doing after moving out of the White House.
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And that memory is somehow supposed to excuse Frau Chaoās corruption?
Outrageously false claim on Obama speaking out now or blaming Bush then.
Stack up all the Obama blaming GW against Trump blaming Obama and you will find a new āTrumpā tower in the results.
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Ah, āWhataboutism,ā a rhetorical device so discredited it has its own Wikipedia entry:
Cheers,
Earl
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Trump blames Obama for all his trouble, Obama blamed Bush for all his trouble. I donāt like any of the 3 but the point is, Bush was a gentleman and kept quiet while Obama ranted. Obama canāt keep out of the spotlight and criticizes Trump as much as Trump blames Obama for all of Trumpās problems.
Obama really has nothing to complain about when Trump bad mouths him because Obama was doing the same thing to Bush.
Scum bags, all of them. The day after they move into the White House, they start taking care of their friends.
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