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kentuck

(111,103 posts) Sun Jan 17, 2021, 05:48 PM Jan 2021

Republicans feel they are under political siege.

They feel existentially threatened.

It's not that they feel they have done nothing wrong. It's that they feel they could lose their power and their positions in government.

Their urge to survive supersedes all others at the moment.

They are defensive and have withdrawn to their corners.

They are looking for excuses and rationales for the behavior of Donald Trump.

They are torn by the question: Should they vote to convict or not?

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Republicans feel they are under political siege. (Original Post) kentuck Jan 2021 OP

doesn't even come CLOSE to how we have felt for the past four years Skittles Jan 2021 #1

Hear, hear......... secondwind Jan 2021 #3

You beat me to it. The seditious, vote-suppressing, racist assholes ... 11 Bravo Jan 2021 #4

We haven't even started yet. durablend Jan 2021 #2

And we have been under horrible siege for 4 years . . . Iliyah Jan 2021 #5

Being "torn" is tantamount to being "concerned". LakeArenal Jan 2021 #6

So, lying in one's own self-made, piss-soaked bed is being "under siege"? GoCubsGo Jan 2021 #7

Fear not lunatica Jan 2021 #8

Good. Because they are. Mr.Bill Jan 2021 #9

They feel that way when they have total control, too. Mister Ed Jan 2021 #10

Entirely self-inflicted. C_U_L8R Jan 2021 #11

They like playing victim. Turbineguy Jan 2021 #12

They're caught in a vicious circle, delightfully. They know the only way OnDoutside Jan 2021 #13

Skittles

(153,169 posts)

1. doesn't even come CLOSE to how we have felt for the past four years

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Jan 17, 2021, 05:54 PM

Jan 2021

FUCK THEM

secondwind

(16,903 posts)

3. Hear, hear.........

Reply to Skittles (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 17, 2021, 05:55 PM

Jan 2021

11 Bravo

(23,926 posts)

4. You beat me to it. The seditious, vote-suppressing, racist assholes ...

Reply to Skittles (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 17, 2021, 05:57 PM

Jan 2021

always pretend to be the victims.

So FUCK 'EM! With a barbed wire dildo.

durablend

(7,460 posts)

2. We haven't even started yet.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Jan 17, 2021, 05:55 PM

Jan 2021

Buckle up, snowflakes.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)

5. And we have been under horrible siege for 4 years . . .

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Jan 17, 2021, 05:57 PM

Jan 2021

ugh . .

LakeArenal

(28,820 posts)

6. Being "torn" is tantamount to being "concerned".

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Jan 17, 2021, 05:58 PM

Jan 2021

Meaning “we will continue to do nothing” and remain on the wrong side of history taking place right before their eyes.

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)

7. So, lying in one's own self-made, piss-soaked bed is being "under siege"?

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Jan 17, 2021, 05:58 PM

Jan 2021

Who knew?

lunatica

(53,410 posts)

8. Fear not

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Jan 17, 2021, 06:00 PM

Jan 2021

They will do whatever the most cowardly thing is.

Mr.Bill

(24,303 posts)

9. Good. Because they are.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Jan 17, 2021, 06:00 PM

Jan 2021

I hope they are terrified. What they should be worried about is their shrinking base.

Mister Ed

(5,940 posts)

10. They feel that way when they have total control, too.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Jan 17, 2021, 06:01 PM

Jan 2021

Their perpetual feeling of victimhood is a big part of what drives them.

C_U_L8R

(45,003 posts)

11. Entirely self-inflicted.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Jan 17, 2021, 06:04 PM

Jan 2021

They had a choice whether to do the best things for the Country... but nooooooo.

Turbineguy

(37,343 posts)

12. They like playing victim.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Jan 17, 2021, 06:39 PM

Jan 2021

Like bank robbers who get shot.

OnDoutside

(19,962 posts)

13. They're caught in a vicious circle, delightfully. They know the only way

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Jan 17, 2021, 06:40 PM

Jan 2021

to start getting past Trump for 2024 is to vote to get him barred from running again, and to do that, 17 need to convict him in the Senate trial. They will be getting savage intimidatory pressure from Trumpers, and it may be the end of their political career for doing so.

If DON'T get him barred, he will keep the grift going on the pretence that he'll run in 2024, meaning they can't move on.

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