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Efilroft Sul

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12. The Republicans are NOT immobilized by a combination of venality and cowardice.
Tue Jun 12, 2018, 04:32 PM
Jun 2018

Trump gave them everything they didn't already get since 1981 by tearing apart institutions of government. Why they hell would they do a damn thing against him? The party has gone all-in with Trump on the great selling out of America to corporations and a rival international power. Bringing us to heel and making us helpless has been the party's long-term goal. What Krugman perceives as fear by Republican politicians for going against Trump and his asinine base is really tacit approval of the administration's actions.

Putin's puppet, saidsimplesimon Jun 2018 #1
But Hillary is the puppet meow2u3 Jun 2018 #17
Trouble is... SergeStorms Jun 2018 #30
It's so obvious even NY Times published it underpants Jun 2018 #2
Krugman, author of "Conscience of a Liberal", has been a NYT columnist for many many years... Hekate Jun 2018 #37
New York Times editors today... Hekate Jun 2018 #45
Ask a trumpie: if Donnie's not a Russian agent, what would a Russian agent do differently? unblock Jun 2018 #3
EXCELLENT ---- or RandomAccess Jun 2018 #7
I do all the time humbled_opinion Jun 2018 #21
So they admit to Russia meddling in our elections and not a word about tRUMP being elected* as a SammyWinstonJack Jun 2018 #39
"hopelessly, irredeemably corrupt" moondust Jun 2018 #4
The RePutin Party can't be reformed; they've boxed themselves in. lagomorph777 Jun 2018 #9
Of course he is bought and paid for by China and owned by Putin Red Pest Jun 2018 #5
Lord Fatass does look like he never stopped auditioning for the movie. BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2018 #31
I'm starting to blame Trump less for all of this and to blame Republicans entirely renate Jun 2018 #6
This post! Va Lefty Jun 2018 #8
Spineless traitors terrified of the deplorables - and the #NRAROUBLES lagomorph777 Jun 2018 #10
+1 - The founding fathers probably didn't imagine that we'd have traitors sitting in congress either erronis Jun 2018 #11
Yes! I think that's why so many are crawling off the ship... ehrnst Jun 2018 #19
You are absolutely correct. BarbD Jun 2018 #22
yes kpete Jun 2018 #28
Definitely, pukes in Congress are willfully ignoring their oaths. They know it. BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2018 #32
The Republicans are NOT immobilized by a combination of venality and cowardice. Efilroft Sul Jun 2018 #12
Yep! Lyin Ryan said as much after the sham of an election, that they now control all three branches SammyWinstonJack Jun 2018 #40
When you are all owned by Vlad and his oligarch buddies ladym55 Jun 2018 #13
the west luckygreentiger Jun 2018 #20
Effing fox watchers and cretins. n/t BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2018 #33
EXactly right. I am growing very weary of endless analysis of why GOP does nothing; analysis Amaryllis Jun 2018 #29
I'm now calling him "CON Man Don." calimary Jun 2018 #14
KnR for Krugman Hekate Jun 2018 #15
We all knew this shit in 2015 thegoose Jun 2018 #16
I live in Florida I am 68... BlueJac Jun 2018 #18
I live in Florida and am 70 radical noodle Jun 2018 #35
Susan Sarandon, Nina Turner, Jill Stein, Cornel West will never oasis Jun 2018 #23
+1000 Blue_Tires Jun 2018 #24
No kidding. calimary Jun 2018 #25
Except to blame it on Hillary, maybe. Anything but themselves. calimary Jun 2018 #26
They would best stfu. Nobody's buying the "Hillary ran a weak oasis Jun 2018 #27
IMO, they all held less weight than Russian bots and trolls. Eyeball_Kid Jun 2018 #36
Gimme a break. In the process of exercising their "Constitutional rights", oasis Jun 2018 #44
Amen to your post! True Blue American Jun 2018 #38
AMEN!! Duppers Jun 2018 #34
Agree! Trump is doing Putin's bidding. UCmeNdc Jun 2018 #41
And unless that party not only loses ... America as we know it is finished. Botany Jun 2018 #42
Nice opinion article! n/t Zing Zing Zingbah Jun 2018 #43
Being enabled by Republicans and he US media Thrill Jun 2018 #46
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