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Showing Original Post only (View all)After Gore was cheated in 2000, we did nothing. [View all]
After Bush cooked intelligence and lied about WMDs, we did nothing.
After torture was revealed, we did nothing.
After Gitmo was discovered, we did nothing.
After Wall Street pushed us into a financial collapse, we did nothing.
So, is it any wonder that Trump could think that he can break the law? And, if we do nothing about this, just imagine the next crime by the next Republican president.
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We lost almost 1,000 over the course of ten years for a number of reasons, not just one or two....
George II
Apr 2019
#36
That was the enigma of the Obama administration - losing 900 other seats nationally.
LisaM
Apr 2019
#33
russians have been using talk radio since at least 2008 and why wouldn't they be using social media
certainot
Apr 2019
#102
So they smack us in the face with a 2x4 every time they gain power and every few years
Guy Whitey Corngood
Apr 2019
#17
I doubt you will find a single person here who doesn't vote in every single election.
Autumn
Apr 2019
#92
I think people just took for granted that a piece of shit like Trump could never win. nt
Autumn
Apr 2019
#97
And yet Bush Jr yucks it up at all the functions involving past Presidents. What me worry?
jalan48
Apr 2019
#10
He's letting his 'hippie liberal side' out now that he's retired...and he loves every minute of it.
Chin music
Apr 2019
#73
But accountability is hard and voters might not like us if we punish people for committing crimes!!!
Maven
Apr 2019
#19
it's certainly an admirable aspiration, but only if both sides play by the same rules
NRaleighLiberal
Apr 2019
#117
When a majority of the American voting populace don't really care much about anything other than
NoMoreRepugs
Apr 2019
#50
the same ppl involved, going even further back to watergate, are involved now. They're not
Kurt V.
Apr 2019
#51
What is needed is "denazification". Just like after WWII. And for the same reason. Too many nazis.
Amyishere
Apr 2019
#104
You left out: After Raygun* started his own private war in Central America, funded...
Raster
Apr 2019
#54
All good examples but sometimes there is nothing that can be done...people don't like to consider
Demsrule86
Apr 2019
#57