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NanceGreggs

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Fri Feb 15, 2019, 01:49 AM Feb 2019

It's GOT to be BIG [View all]

Last edited Fri Feb 15, 2019, 02:46 PM - Edit history (1)

I don’t know what the Russians have on Republicans currently in Congress, but it must be some really nasty shit. It’s got to be mind-bogglingly corrupt, astoundingly vile, and immoral beyond all imagining.

There is no other explanation for their behaviour. The GOP has always worked against the best interests of the nation and its citizens. But for the past two years, they have been working against the best interests of their own party – in fact, they’ve done things that have undermined the image it took them decades to carefully craft.

The party of “fiscal responsibility” is now the party of out-of-control debt. The party of “Christian principles” is now the party of an adulterous, self-proclaimed pussy-grabber who lies on a daily basis. The party of “family values” is now the party that takes children from their parents and locks them in cages – and/or simply loses them.

As dense as some – okay, most Republicans in office can be, a lot of them can actually read. They’ve seen the same poll numbers we have. They’ve read the same Tweets, the same newspapers, the same websites – so they know that Trump is costing them voters, and can’t possibly be legitimately re-elected. They’ve heard some of their most respected former colleagues publicly denounce their party membership and speak out against them.

So why would any Republican senator or congressman/woman persist in protecting this “presidency”? Why would any power-that-be in the GOP persist in kissing the Russian traitor’s ass – knowing that while it may please “the base”, that base isn’t big enough to keep The Dotard in office past 2020?

Why would any Republican go-along-to-get-along with a “pResident” who is leading their party down the path of political destruction – by going against everything that party has worked so hard to pretend to stand for?

There is only one explanation for so many elected Republicans being willing to undermine their own party – and, in many cases, their own future political aspirations.

There is only one explanation for certain Republicans having gone from he’s a kook! to unabashedly kissing his rear-end.

And the explanation is so simple, even a Republican could understand it. There are a LOT of dirty people in the GOP – and the Russians have the evidence to prove it.

The question now is what skeleton could these Republicans possibly have in their closet that is worse than what we already suspect is there?


(Edited to fix typo)

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It's GOT to be BIG [View all] NanceGreggs Feb 2019 OP
The Russians didn't just hack the DNC, they hacked the RNC and got YEARS of emails. RockRaven Feb 2019 #1
Yep. volstork Feb 2019 #49
K&R Jeffersons Ghost Feb 2019 #2
Lock the Russiapublicans UP! Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2019 #3
They have Kompromat on a bunch of them Jarqui Feb 2019 #4
Might be this pic found in his yearbook. Funtatlaguy Feb 2019 #39
I wonder what method the KGB lets the R's know that they are compromised. erronis Feb 2019 #42
In Lindsey's case, a 63 year old man with no significant other ever ... Jarqui Feb 2019 #53
That's what I mean by ... NanceGreggs Feb 2019 #60
I agree. I suspect he's much more concerned with being put in a closet with bars on it or Jarqui Feb 2019 #70
Or world wide wally Feb 2019 #5
10- ROGER! Mopar151 Feb 2019 #20
gops are all sex crazed animal lovers. trueblue2007 Feb 2019 #6
The dirt the Russians have on them is the only thing that makes any sense at all. Grammy23 Feb 2019 #7
What the Russians don't know about, Delmette2.0 Feb 2019 #16
It sounds like they're playing an RPG. Initech Feb 2019 #57
some of them yes but as a party they've always followed their pied piper, afraid to cross certainot Feb 2019 #83
Either that or they're terrified pnwmom Feb 2019 #8
OR.. Fuzzpope Feb 2019 #10
Sad, Dan Feb 2019 #41
Follow the money DownriverDem Feb 2019 #63
I think that might be the next major indictment. We've had Butina, we've had Erickson, pnwmom Feb 2019 #64
Hey Nance crazytown Feb 2019 #9
Hopes of becoming the new billionaire safeinOhio Feb 2019 #11
As putine's current coterie would say: Fat Chance, Yankees. erronis Feb 2019 #43
GOP: going against everything that party has worked so hard to pretend to stand for ffr Feb 2019 #12
+2. But could you make that cretin's image a lot smaller. Fit it on a piece of dung? nt erronis Feb 2019 #45
Wait, you mean that isn't a piece of dung? FiveGoodMen Feb 2019 #50
It's dung all the way down Midnightwalk Feb 2019 #77
You just spoke my mind. There is something so crazy illegal going on, that it's scary. C Moon Feb 2019 #13
Think about the time line and it doesn't make sense. BigmanPigman Feb 2019 #14
Like the TV show, The Americans, the Russians have had highly trained assets here for decades. Mr. Evil Feb 2019 #15
It takes evil to know evil Pluvious Feb 2019 #21
So very true. The only immigrant that should be deported is Rupert Murdoch. Mr. Evil Feb 2019 #24
Amen to that! Mickju Feb 2019 #52
The russkis are known for chess playing - many moves before denouement. erronis Feb 2019 #46
I believe Comrade McConnell is a Russian* asset... Raster Feb 2019 #28
So, does that mean that Moscow Mitch is profiting from his wife's family's side business Mr. Evil Feb 2019 #56
I think he's using his in-laws ACCESS to money to cover... Raster Feb 2019 #61
Maybe Mueller can use the money trail to charge him with conspiracy Mr. Evil Feb 2019 #62
I think it goes even deeper. Scruffy1 Feb 2019 #71
What ungodly EVIL lurks in the hearts of republicans? Achilleaze Feb 2019 #17
Its not like we just suddenly realized how corrupt they are, or did we? BSdetect Feb 2019 #18
I think we have known for a while bdamomma Feb 2019 #38
Putin controls trump and the GOP Gothmog Feb 2019 #19
I worry we might not even know the outcome of Mueller's investigation...... a kennedy Feb 2019 #22
Here's another possibility Brawndo Feb 2019 #23
Sorry, not buying. n/t NanceGreggs Feb 2019 #26
I sincerely hope I'm wrong. Brawndo Feb 2019 #29
Yeah, that's what I think, too happybird Feb 2019 #36
Half-right krkaufman Feb 2019 #66
Food for thought matt819 Feb 2019 #25
Of course their corruption is of their own making. NanceGreggs Feb 2019 #32
Cherchez la femme underpants Feb 2019 #27
Jeez. Totally non-PC. Let's change it to "Suivez la puissance et l'argent" erronis Feb 2019 #48
It was a song! BumRushDaShow Feb 2019 #68
I try to bring literature up in here and I get jumped on 🙄 underpants Feb 2019 #75
K&R! gademocrat7 Feb 2019 #30
They are stuck between a rock and a hard place, as shown by Mark Sanford and Jeff Flake marylandblue Feb 2019 #31
K&R dewsgirl Feb 2019 #33
I think GOPers are just Aholes. If Ruskies had something on 200 Congresspeople, someone would speak Hoyt Feb 2019 #34
There are things in this world ... NanceGreggs Feb 2019 #35
Maybe. I think they are just greedy racists sticking together to Make America White Again. Hoyt Feb 2019 #37
I think it's that Russia gave them a lot of money, and they took it. Honeycombe8 Feb 2019 #40
K&R smirkymonkey Feb 2019 #44
Russians hacked the DNC and RNC Miigwech Feb 2019 #47
Hell, it is common knowledge now MCconnell 3 million from russia Eliot Rosewater Feb 2019 #51
Ditto. n/t ariadne0614 Feb 2019 #54
Yep. It must be something big Sancho Feb 2019 #55
The repugs have always gotten away with being evil sob's... Ferrets are Cool Feb 2019 #58
Or, it could be much simpler than the Russians. Stonepounder Feb 2019 #59
Misconception krkaufman Feb 2019 #65
Pedophilia. Those fuckers like'em young. Hotler Feb 2019 #67
That's what I suspect. 2naSalit Feb 2019 #79
Pizzagate, payoffs from enemy countries, anything they project onto Dems is likely IronLionZion Feb 2019 #69
Just so it's not another of those things that gets covered up dflprincess Feb 2019 #72
I'd like to see this question answered by: Haggis for Breakfast Feb 2019 #73
Putin's payroll is growing The Wizard Feb 2019 #74
Lordy there are tapes - videotapes Apollyonus Feb 2019 #76
The RNC and DNC were both hacked but only emails from the DNC were released. Do the math. LonePirate Feb 2019 #78
from Malcom Nance Gothmog Feb 2019 #80
Whether or not the Russians have anything on Republican Congress-bots, they are motivated only by a Nitram Feb 2019 #81
If they are only motivated ... NanceGreggs Feb 2019 #82
I just told you. Two SCOTUS appointees (and the possibility of a third), suspending regulations Nitram Feb 2019 #84
The GOP ... NanceGreggs Feb 2019 #86
Follow the $ B Stieg Feb 2019 #85
yep - everyone is overthinking things Locrian Feb 2019 #87
Well said! B Stieg Feb 2019 #88
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