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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat safe guards are in place in this country to protect against an attempted coup d'etat?
Because that's what's going on here. A small group of radicals is attempting to bring our government down.
mahina
(17,715 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)with silly hats on their heads...
Much, much bigger.
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]Don't ever underestimate the long-term effects of a good night's sleep.[/center][/font][hr]
IAProgressive
(2 posts)I think we are in the midst of an attempted bloodless coup.
gopiscrap
(23,765 posts)kiranon
(1,727 posts)and the Republic. A sea of citizens to fill the Capitol - peacefully but in huge numbers.
pinto
(106,886 posts)Blatant obstructionism, yeah. No where near a coup though.
Petulant grandstanding by extreme teahadist that's for sure.
Initech
(100,108 posts)The Koch brothers - as despicable as they are - under Citizens - could theoretically buy all seats of Congress and declare themselves dictators.
meow2u3
(24,774 posts)They're actively plotting this coup attempt in Congress, using teabagger rethugs as pawns in their evil game.
flamingdem
(39,332 posts)and those of their ilk. They're funding this disaster.
meow2u3
(24,774 posts)The Kochs don't like publicity, especially bad press. So let's expose them as the traitors they are.
flamingdem
(39,332 posts)I don't think you mean literally arrest them but they can be exposed to the light and that will slow them down a bit.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)Downwinder
(12,869 posts)roamer65
(36,747 posts)This has not reached that level yet.
TeeYiYi
(8,028 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Some pretty extravagant terms can be applied to the the GOP's hostage-taking strategy, but all of it is happening in accordance with Constitutional procedures. That is NOT a coup d'etat.