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Bleacher Creature

(11,257 posts)
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 09:47 PM Feb 2017

Two days to save William Henry Harrison's legacy!!!

Harrison died from pneumonia 31 days after his inauguration, making him the shortest serving President in history. This is his best chance to lose that title forever, but that means you-know-who has to quit by the 19th (Sunday).

Based on yesterday's press conference, he looks like he's only barely hanging on mentally. How do we get him the rest of the way there?

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Two days to save William Henry Harrison's legacy!!! (Original Post) Bleacher Creature Feb 2017 OP
Like every ousted CEO, he'll go if his golden parachute is big enough VMA131Marine Feb 2017 #1
But only Bill Gates and Warren Buffett could probably afford the buyout. n/t PoliticAverse Feb 2017 #3
I was dismayed to read that both Trump's parents lived into their 90's Fast Walker 52 Feb 2017 #2
I don't think they had the fondness for fast food that he does. n/t PoliticAverse Feb 2017 #4
true-- there's hope! Fast Walker 52 Feb 2017 #5
Or cocaine kiranerys Feb 2017 #7
I want Trump to live a very long life. Bleacher Creature Feb 2017 #6
No torturers "off the hook," ever! pat_k Feb 2017 #8
 

Fast Walker 52

(7,723 posts)
2. I was dismayed to read that both Trump's parents lived into their 90's
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 09:49 PM
Feb 2017

but who knows... he's lived a crazy life.

Bleacher Creature

(11,257 posts)
6. I want Trump to live a very long life.
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 09:54 PM
Feb 2017

And I want him to be lucid enough to see the stain he leaves on the country's legacy, knowing that with every day that passes, he becomes more of a pariah.

I've said the same thing about both Bush and Cheney, although Trump has largely let them off the hook by comparison.

pat_k

(9,313 posts)
8. No torturers "off the hook," ever!
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 11:17 PM
Feb 2017

I have a problem with the notion that "Bush looks good by comparison."

Bush and Cheney are election thieves and war criminals. The only remedy is prosecution.

When congress let them "off the hook" they paved the way to Trump. We are seeing what happens when you don't call on the nation hold the torturers accountable for their actions (as when Obama gave CIA torturers blanket immunity).

Apologies if I sound a bit testy, but this hits a sore spot.

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