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Sat Sep 21, 2019, 09:51 AM

That's about where we are!

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In all the years since I started protesting the VN War in the 1960s, I never thought I would see the shit we are seeing today. Each day I feel as tho I am in a nightmare and will and should awake any moment ... and then I realize we are living in this motherfucking nightmare and there is no awakening from it until MF45 is removed from office.



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Reply That's about where we are! (Original post)
TruckFump Sep 2019 OP
tblue37 Sep 2019 #1
TruckFump Sep 2019 #2
elocs Sep 2019 #19
KPN Sep 2019 #43
elocs Sep 2019 #46
KPN Sep 2019 #47
malaise Sep 2019 #3
Bayard Sep 2019 #4
Stuart G Sep 2019 #5
TruckFump Sep 2019 #8
Stuart G Sep 2019 #12
not_the_one Sep 2019 #16
pangaia Sep 2019 #22
soldierant Sep 2019 #33
pangaia Sep 2019 #35
Hortensis Sep 2019 #44
elocs Sep 2019 #20
pangaia Sep 2019 #23
Turin_C3PO Sep 2019 #36
pangaia Sep 2019 #37
Turin_C3PO Sep 2019 #38
homegirl Sep 2019 #41
Taraman Sep 2019 #29
SergeStorms Sep 2019 #39
Siwsan Sep 2019 #6
I_UndergroundPanther Sep 2019 #32
TreasonousBastard Sep 2019 #7
dalton99a Sep 2019 #9
Stuart G Sep 2019 #10
smirkymonkey Sep 2019 #11
Soph0571 Sep 2019 #13
TruckFump Sep 2019 #14
Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2019 #15
triron Sep 2019 #17
TruckFump Sep 2019 #18
BarbD Sep 2019 #21
TruckFump Sep 2019 #25
ffr Sep 2019 #24
quarbis Sep 2019 #26
TruckFump Sep 2019 #28
quarbis Sep 2019 #30
TruckFump Sep 2019 #31
iamateacher Sep 2019 #27
moondust Sep 2019 #34
Ferrets are Cool Sep 2019 #40
trusty elf Sep 2019 #42
TruckFump Sep 2019 #45

Response to TruckFump (Original post)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 09:58 AM

1. K&R for visibility. nt

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Response to tblue37 (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 10:02 AM

2. Thank you.

This last biz...the whistle blower report...has really gotten to me. I lived through the impeachment of Nixon, the BS VN War, the bombing of Iraq and had convinced myself I had seen the worse.

I never imagined what we are seeing today.

Edit for typo

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Response to elocs (Reply #19)

Sun Sep 22, 2019, 06:16 AM

43. The House held impeachment hearings, called them

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that, and crafted Articles of Impeachment. We have done none of that.

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Response to elocs (Reply #46)

Sun Sep 22, 2019, 11:37 AM

47. Words do have meaning. We should use that word in tRump's case. nt

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Response to TruckFump (Original post)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 10:04 AM

3. Just the truth

Rec

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Response to TruckFump (Original post)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 10:07 AM

4. Sad but true

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Response to TruckFump (Original post)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 10:13 AM

5. But he will be removed from office. It has hit the fan, and spewing all over.

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Response to Stuart G (Reply #5)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 10:21 AM

8. Every time I think this, MF45 gets another pass.

I hope you are right that this is the time that the entire evil empire will tip over.

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Response to TruckFump (Reply #8)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 10:42 AM

12. I think this time is so repulsive that there won't be a "pass."

I don't think that everyone ( as of today, Saturday) knows or realizes the essence of the crime. And that one will take some time...Nixon tried to erase the tapes, or did erase them. In the end..I think that did it.

Here, Trump contacts ...THE foreign adversary - Russia to get dirt on his opponent Joe Biden. But, I think it will take time for the realization to take hold. A little like the flu spreading. Little by little it spreads.
Eventually most get it.

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Response to Stuart G (Reply #12)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 11:37 AM

16. meanwhile, the turd gives us herpes, severe gas, indigestion,

 

headaches, COPD, IBS, DVT/PE, etc etc...

Sniffles? What sniffles?

Too bad he can't give us dementia or Alzheimer's, so we could forget him... (I am certainly not making light of any of these illnesses)

"Repulsive" has been hitting new lows. Yet he can, and does, go lower.

We have got to make Repulsive and Republican synonymous.

Here is hoping that this one finally does it....

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Response to Stuart G (Reply #12)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 12:07 PM

22. " I think this time is so repulsive that there won't be a "pass."

That's what everybody has thought every time something worse has happened in the last almost 3 years..

It didn;t happen then and it ain't going to happen now....

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Response to pangaia (Reply #22)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 03:54 PM

33. It almost doesn't matter whether he stays in office with a "pass"

or gets impeached and convicted, or resigns, or gets crushed in the 2020 election, or lives, or dies, or stays in the country or leaves it with or without his entire crime family (blood, marriage, and other).

His base will still be here. And they grow more guanopsychotic with every passing day.

And they vote, and they have guns. (yes, we vote too, and some of us have guns. But ...)

I don't want to be a total downer. Has anyone any constructive ideas o what to do with them?

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Response to soldierant (Reply #33)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 04:18 PM

35. I learned a new word today. Thaksa

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Response to Stuart G (Reply #12)

Sun Sep 22, 2019, 07:04 AM

44. It's a repeat of the "dirt on Hillary" that helped elect him.

IF it makes a big difference in public opinion (ahead of judicial decisions), it will be because it helps people on the LEFT who failed themselves and their nation in 2016 do better.

Some negligents will have woken up not to how bad they were but to at least something of the RW threat. We shouldn't expect new wisdom in those who betrayed by not voting Democrat, but it should help with others among them that Biden is a white man and not a woman. Fewer will enjoy being subverted by "dirt" slurs targeting their flaws and weaknesses.

In any case, in all of them fear is a great motivating factor. Just wish it manifested as more commitment in this trying period, instead of in whining and ankle-gnawing. I'd be glad trade the lot for some RW types who were straining to get at their enemies instead.

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Response to Stuart G (Reply #5)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 12:04 PM

20. Losing the election will remove him from office but the Senate sure as hell won't convict Trump. n/t

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Response to elocs (Reply #20)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 12:08 PM

23. "Losing the election will remove him from office '

No it won't. He will not leave...

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Response to pangaia (Reply #23)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 04:24 PM

36. He'll leave.

If the Democrat wins, then Trump must vacate the office by noon on Jan. 21st. If he refuses he’ll be dragged out of office. Not even the Supreme Court would allow him to stay in office one second longer.

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Response to Turin_C3PO (Reply #36)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 04:50 PM

37. I am not confident about that, but I hope you are right.

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Response to pangaia (Reply #37)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 04:53 PM

38. I have to believe that

the Secret Service and US Marshalls are loyal to the constitution. If not, then, well... our Democracy would be officially dead.

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Response to Turin_C3PO (Reply #38)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 09:07 PM

41. I'm of the same

mindset BUT I believe Trump will sneak away to Russia in the middle of the night before the Inauguration. There is no extradition agreement between the USA and the Russian Federation.

Within a year Putin will have Trump eliminated.

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Response to elocs (Reply #20)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 12:42 PM

29. Impeach him anyway

I really really don't care if the Senate looks the other way. Get these R senators on historical record.

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Response to Taraman (Reply #29)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 06:12 PM

39. I've been saying that for months.

Thus far the Republican Senate has had it pretty easy. They lay back, let Trump do his worst, ignore the hue and cry and wait for the next turd sandwich to come out of the White House. Impeach Trump in the House, send it to the Senate, then make the lazy bastards record their votes on the Congressional record! Let their constituents see what gutless, lawless pieces of rat dung they are. No more free lunch for the gutless cowards in the GOP controlled Senate.

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Response to TruckFump (Original post)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 10:15 AM

6. I consider the situation to be that we are now living under a hostile takeover.

Bone chilling.

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Response to Siwsan (Reply #6)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 01:07 PM

32. I agree with you and a kick!

We have a hostile coup going on by a bunch of people who are criminals narcissist athoritarian and sociopaths.
I really believe the republican party is for the rich criminals,the narcissists ,sociopath,psychopath,and authoritarian personalities themselves and thier followers.

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Response to TruckFump (Original post)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 10:16 AM

7. Some of the crap J. Edgar pulled was worse, but...

J. Edgar was never the President.

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Response to TruckFump (Original post)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 10:31 AM

9. Perfect.

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Response to TruckFump (Original post)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 10:33 AM

10. Thanks for posting...K and R...Outstanding! Yes, Trump will be removed from office.

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Response to TruckFump (Original post)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 10:36 AM

11. K&R

 

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Response to TruckFump (Original post)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 10:42 AM

13. Indeed

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Response to Soph0571 (Reply #13)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 10:47 AM

14. Makes Rod Serling's mind seem normal...

...and THAT is frightening!!!!!

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Response to Soph0571 (Reply #13)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 10:55 AM

15. it's the Twitler Zone

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Response to TruckFump (Original post)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 11:38 AM

17. About where?

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Response to triron (Reply #17)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 11:54 AM

18. In a totally corrupt system. EOM

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Response to TruckFump (Original post)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 12:05 PM

21. We can't wait for 2020.

I share your history of protesting Vietnam. As bad as McCarthy yelling about commies everywhere and blacklisting those brave enough to stand up to him, watching my cousins PTSD from Vietnam, the WMD debacle, Big Pharma, the destruction of our planet -- all of these things don't compare to where we are in 2019. We cannot wait until an uncertain result in 2020.

Congress must act NOW. IMPEACH!

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Response to BarbD (Reply #21)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 12:28 PM

25. Agree and if not House bringing impeachment...

...then someone needs to find the balls or ovaries to leak the whistle blower complaint and let the shards fall where they may from whomever gets hit.

I lost my first love in VN. I will never forget what that war did to so many. War is not the answer...we learned that long ago. I protested the bombing of Iraq and look how many lives have been lost there. They are now sending young people who were born AFTER the bombing started.

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Response to TruckFump (Original post)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 12:13 PM

24. K&R

Yup!

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Response to TruckFump (Original post)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 12:30 PM

26. I fought in Vietnam but

I still don’t believe the crap that’s going in America today
When did we become a dictatorship—Trump is fucking unbelievable. I can’t believe how low we’ve sunk.

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Response to quarbis (Reply #26)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 12:41 PM

28. I protested, but it was for the soldiers -- to keep them safe.

Like I said above, I lost my first love...and other friends, too. And some came back as the walking wounded and will never be the same. A few took their own lives.

Thank you for your service. It is an honor, IMO, to be a Vet.

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Response to TruckFump (Reply #28)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 12:53 PM

30. I had a friend

Who wrote me every month but still protested. He got arrested in DC. He, like you, separated the Wat from the Warrior. I probably would have protested but I didn’t get out until 1972. I enlisted for 4 years and ended up an intelligence unit. I am very proud I served but promised both daughters if they enlisted I’d break their legs. 😇

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Response to quarbis (Reply #30)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 12:55 PM

31. Good for you.

My son is a Vet, but he served in peace time -- in the Navy -- in the 1990s. This was a good deal for him. He matured like I could not believe! But I do agree...in today's world, enlisting is NOT a good idea!

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Response to TruckFump (Original post)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 12:30 PM

27. K&R

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Response to TruckFump (Original post)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 04:17 PM

34. Pretty much what I've been thinking.

When I heard them claim a President cannot even be investigated I thought gee, Al Capone should have gone into politics where, according to Dump, everything is just politics as usual: "us vs. them." Then Mr. Capone, too, could have claimed that anything threatening to him is nothing more than his political opponents trying to bring him down.

And John Gotti. And Bernie Madoff. And a host of others.

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Response to TruckFump (Original post)

Sat Sep 21, 2019, 08:37 PM

40. Wow, is that apt!

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Response to TruckFump (Original post)

Sun Sep 22, 2019, 04:19 AM

42. ...

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Response to trusty elf (Reply #42)

Sun Sep 22, 2019, 09:05 AM

45. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Good one!

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