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Wed Sep 5, 2018, 10:33 PM

EffieBlack (14,249 posts)

Pierce speaks for me: "Just Shut Up and Quit"

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a22998786/anonymous-trump-white-house-op-ed-new-york-times/

Jesus H. Christ on an auto-glass ad, everybody who watched him for 11 seconds on the campaign trail figured this out. You'd have to have had the brain of a marmoset not to be convinced of this back in 19-goddamn-79. More than 60 million people voted for him anyway. You took a job with him. When the scales fall from your eyes, make sure they don't hit you in the feet.
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Yeah, his behavior in office has shocked the hell out of me, too. Who could've guessed that a raving know-nothing with a gold commode might turn out to be a tacky president*?

Enough of this stuff. Stand up in the light of day and tell your stories. All of them, right from the beginning. Admit that what you're confronting now is the end result of 40 years of conservative politics and all the government-is-the-problem malfeasance you've been imbibing since you were wingnuts in swaddling. The fire's licking at your ankles at last. Come out of the cupboards, you boys and girls. None of you are heroes.

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16 replies	Author	Time	Post
Pierce speaks for me: "Just Shut Up and Quit" (Original post)	EffieBlack	Sep 2018	OP
K&R n/t	FSogol	Sep 2018	#1
PERFECT.	Nay	Sep 2018	#2
I was just going to start a thread that I don't think the writer of this Op Ed is a hero	dflprincess	Sep 2018	#3
This:	Merlot	Sep 2018	#9
Bingo!	Roland99	Sep 2018	#4
And as for the whistleblower, who elected he/she/them president?	brush	Sep 2018	#5
"None of you are heros"	sheshe2	Sep 2018	#6
..	Cha	Sep 2018	#7
that is beautiful	Hermit-The-Prog	Sep 2018	#11
If the author was Don McGahn	Mr. Ected	Sep 2018	#8
Great piece.	dalton99a	Sep 2018	#10
O'Donnell's pick: Dan Coats.	Eyeball_Kid	Sep 2018	#12
EXACTLY	Raine	Sep 2018	#13
Thank God/dess for Charlie Pierce!	Coventina	Sep 2018	#14
The republican throne is tarnished	Achilleaze	Sep 2018	#15
idiots like the moron do not know how stupid they are. no self awareness.	pansypoo53219	Sep 2018	#16

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Wed Sep 5, 2018, 10:35 PM

FSogol (42,629 posts)

1. K&R n/t

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Wed Sep 5, 2018, 10:40 PM

Nay (11,946 posts)

2. PERFECT.

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Wed Sep 5, 2018, 10:47 PM

dflprincess (26,884 posts)

3. I was just going to start a thread that I don't think the writer of this Op Ed is a hero

whoever it is thinks they will be able to save themself with this. But the fact is, s/he is involved in a cover up. Anyone who works for this Administration is not protecting the country from Trump they are using Trump to further their own political agenda.

As pointed out in the excerpt EffieBlack posted, whoever wrote this, whoever is engaging in this behavior needs to "Stand up in the light of day and tell your stories".

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Thu Sep 6, 2018, 12:44 AM

Merlot (9,186 posts)

9. This:

Anyone who works for this Administration is not protecting the country from Trump they are using Trump to further their own political agenda.

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Wed Sep 5, 2018, 10:55 PM

Roland99 (52,569 posts)

4. Bingo!

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Wed Sep 5, 2018, 10:58 PM

brush (41,330 posts)

5. And as for the whistleblower, who elected he/she/them president?

We don't want he/she/them making presidential decisions to protect the country while maintaining the chaos.

Again, you weren't elected, the president is unfit for office, cut the crap and start 25th Amendment proceedings already.

And while you're at it, pack up your office, say goodbye (or not) and be done with the enabling of the orange pustule you've been been complicit with all along.

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Wed Sep 5, 2018, 11:01 PM

sheshe2 (76,072 posts)

6. "None of you are heros"

They are enablers to a man that will in fact destroy our country. Fuck you all very much!

LOCK HIM UP

Excuse my language.

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Wed Sep 5, 2018, 11:04 PM

Cha (276,199 posts)

7. ..

Link to tweet

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Thu Sep 6, 2018, 01:09 AM

Hermit-The-Prog (19,729 posts)

11. that is beautiful

Needs more covfefe.

And a flag with strangely colored stripes.

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Wed Sep 5, 2018, 11:09 PM

Mr. Ected (8,312 posts)

8. If the author was Don McGahn

He's already been fired.

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Thu Sep 6, 2018, 01:06 AM

dalton99a (68,317 posts)

10. Great piece.

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Thu Sep 6, 2018, 01:28 AM

Eyeball_Kid (6,650 posts)

12. O'Donnell's pick: Dan Coats.

If you watched his program tonight, he was deductive and methodical. And he's probably right.

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Thu Sep 6, 2018, 04:40 AM

Raine (27,948 posts)

13. EXACTLY

quit hiding under anonymity and show yourself to the public, I'm sick of all these anonymous source, who are thes people...

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Thu Sep 6, 2018, 05:07 AM

Coventina (23,831 posts)

14. Thank God/dess for Charlie Pierce!

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Thu Sep 6, 2018, 05:44 AM

Achilleaze (15,460 posts)

15. The republican throne is tarnished

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Thu Sep 6, 2018, 07:07 AM

pansypoo53219 (19,453 posts)

16. idiots like the moron do not know how stupid they are. no self awareness.

LOOK AT HIS HAIR.

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