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kairos12

(12,852 posts)
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 08:40 AM Oct 2020

Reminder about how the Reich Wing Changes the Rules When They Can't Win

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Upsetting the balance of power screams the Reich Wing Zombies when Dems talk about changing SCOTUS. A little history reminder on the 22nd amendment. When the Reich Wing couldn't defeat Roosevelt they came up with the 22nd Amendment.

https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/how-the-22nd-amendment-came-into-existence

snip:

The blog post mentioned comments made by Republican presidential candidate Thomas Dewey in late October 1944 about a proposed presidential term limits amendment. President Roosevelt defeated Dewey for Roosevelt’s fourth term in office in November 1944 but died shortly after his inauguration in 1945. Congress did not approve the 22nd Amendment’s language until 1947, and the states did not ratify the amendment until 1951.

AOC rightly commented on this.

Again, with feeling, fuck you Republicans.

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Reminder about how the Reich Wing Changes the Rules When They Can't Win (Original Post) kairos12 Oct 2020 OP
Anyone remember Masters of Deceit from Civics class? The Blue Flower Oct 2020 #1
Reminds me of pedophiles loudly "warning"... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2020 #2
Yup, Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #3

The Blue Flower

(5,442 posts)
1. Anyone remember Masters of Deceit from Civics class?
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 08:44 AM
Oct 2020

J. Edgar himself wrote it. He warned about communists infiltrating government agencies, even at the most local level like the PTA, and changing the rules to suit their agenda. It was the identical playbook.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
3. Yup,
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 09:09 AM
Oct 2020

They cannot win unless they cheat and part of the cheating is ignoring or changing the rules as they go.

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