They DONT want to help you.

That’s the gist of this cockamamie philosophy of the GOP. Government bad. Government shouldn’t be in the business of helping people. Just making war. You need help? Figure it out for yourself. Stop needing things. Go away. You’re on your own.

Hed look good in orange.

Nor can I. I hit the mute button or change channels.

Can’t stand to watch him or hear his voice. So I avoid it as often as possible.

Sending you love, comforting vibes, and solace.

So sorry to hear this, MM. All my sympathy. Use DU for strength during this rough time. Many strong shoulders here for you to lean on, at least figuratively.

That, or the 25th Amendment, article 4.

Swing SoCal Left!

We're working on it!

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If I were a citizen of another country, I'd be afraid to come here because it's so damn gun-crazy.

I doubt I'd feel safe.

Besides, I learned one thing from the Watergate era - "don't buy books by crooks", as a result of all the Watergate jailbirds and other felons who purportedly found Jesus in prison and wrote books about it so they could live off the lecture/book tour circuit once they got out. I also learned as a mother that you don't reinforce or reward bad behavior.

Good point. Unfortunate. But true enough.

And thus it should be asked - "then what does that say about THEM?"

I think we have every right to ask that, loud, and frequently!

Welcome to DU, Cold War Spook!

trump doesn't, and probably can't, realize that. His outlook is so myopic and limited that he can't. Seems to me that since nobody's ever told him "NO, Donald!", and since he's always been rich, having been born into wealth, and has so effectively projected an image of power that nobody ever questions him (especially when he uses that power to bully and prey upon the weaker, less influential, and less monied), this shitty behavior of his that we now have to live with - has NEVER BEEN CHECKED.

There have never been any sorts of significant consequences that he's had to face, that might check or modify his shitty behavior. Everything and everyone in his life - all of it - has somehow reinforced or otherwise validated that shitty behavior. There's been no downside to check or modify his shitty behavior. NO consequences of any sort. Not in business. Not in investing. Not in public relations. Not in sex. Not in trendiness. Not with women. Not with colleagues. Not with adversaries. Not with the press. Not with the public. As a matter of fact, it's been quite the opposite. He's been rewarded with the ultimate prize on earth - the presidency of the most powerful country on earth: ours.

I keep thinking about that old cliche "the bigger they are, the harder they fall." I'm almost afraid to imagine what donald trump's ultimate fall might be. Because in his position NOW, he's poised to take us all down with him.