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CrispyQ

(37,827 posts)
115. This.
Mon Dec 19, 2016, 10:17 PM
Dec 2016

The dems have either been weak and stupid, or they are complicit. Either way, they've lost the game. They may never see power again.

K&R... spanone Dec 2016 #1
Yes, he is a threat. kentuck Dec 2016 #2
Yes we do. pangaia Dec 2016 #8
no, i think the question is mopinko Dec 2016 #15
With a Republican majority in Congress, the question is how much WILL he do; hamsterjill Dec 2016 #20
the uncertainty is a big part of the problem srobertss Dec 2016 #43
It's scary, because in many ways he's using the same tactics! Especially turning large RKP5637 Dec 2016 #104
Kicked and recommended. WheelWalker Dec 2016 #3
Definitely worth reading the entire thing. K & R Pacifist Patriot Dec 2016 #4
K&R. Not only a threat, a puppet of a foreign entity. n/t rzemanfl Dec 2016 #5
yes, to our democratic process of government bigtree Dec 2016 #6
If you have to ask . . . . . . no_hypocrisy Dec 2016 #7
This editorial will never be understood by Trumpski and his comrades GusBob Dec 2016 #9
tRump scares me madokie Dec 2016 #10
Me too, absolutely.. whathehell Dec 2016 #12
I agree with you. hamsterjill Dec 2016 #23
Yes, my major fear about him is whathehell Dec 2016 #59
"Say what you will Bob Loblaw Dec 2016 #70
Lol. whathehell Dec 2016 #88
He was Bob Loblaw Dec 2016 #89
and we will be just as dead tavalon Dec 2016 #86
Yes, exactly. n/t whathehell Dec 2016 #87
This! smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #99
Same here tavalon Dec 2016 #85
I sadly agree with you Pachamama Dec 2016 #95
Reminds me of how we felt with the rise of Hitler, all of the dictators back then! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2016 #105
Yes, he is a threat - and the republicans, in congress, well asiliveandbreathe Dec 2016 #11
A companion piece from Smithsonian, DU thread by Muriel Volestrangler UTUSN Dec 2016 #13
This is even a question? ananda Dec 2016 #14
YES He Is! Donald Trump, the Family of Donald Trump and the Presidency... Raster Dec 2016 #16
K&R! Omaha Steve Dec 2016 #17
Yes. And in related news, water is wet. malchickiwick Dec 2016 #18
Around here, the water is as hard as a rock. tclambert Dec 2016 #22
Anyone who doesn't pipi_k Dec 2016 #19
+1 hamsterjill Dec 2016 #24
The KKK, American Nazis(alt-right) the Russian dictator Putin workinclasszero Dec 2016 #21
The scariest thing is the media is playing the alt right like it's a joke. Initech Dec 2016 #103
Yeah, I'm stunned with how some in the media cover this with giggles. FFS, just how clueless RKP5637 Dec 2016 #106
Death threats, rape threats, harassment threats are no laughing matter. Initech Dec 2016 #112
Don't you feel like we're in some kind of Stephen King novel, really? It's like a TV RKP5637 Dec 2016 #114
I feel like we're living in an episode of The Twilight Zone or the X Files. Initech Dec 2016 #116
This. CrispyQ Dec 2016 #111
Russian interests say yes too. He's the perfect chaos candidate and easy to manipulate. ffr Dec 2016 #25
Trump alone is not a threat to democracy. He'll need a lot of help. subterranean Dec 2016 #26
That should be a statement Perseus Dec 2016 #27
This last election and the hacking of DU should show w/out a doubt that democracy is over for now. Botany Dec 2016 #28
This is what scares me workinclasszero Dec 2016 #50
YES-- he's a threat to everything we hold dear ailsagirl Dec 2016 #29
Democracy, and humanity! nolabear Dec 2016 #30
The entire Republican Party is a threat to democracy. Maven Dec 2016 #31
Absolutely correct. Look what they are doing right now in NC mnhtnbb Dec 2016 #38
Bingo! workinclasszero Dec 2016 #51
Incompetent governing + a terrorist attack... ginnyinWI Dec 2016 #32
YES! smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #33
American democracy has collapsed elmac Dec 2016 #34
Thank you for posting that video. dawn frenzy adams Dec 2016 #110
this is not accidental AlexSFCA Dec 2016 #35
Agree. MarvinGardens Dec 2016 #39
Dem moderates have been pushed out? What's your evidence for that assertion? JudyM Dec 2016 #47
learning AlexSFCA Dec 2016 #53
Your "both sides are the problem" characterization is exactly wrong. Maven Dec 2016 #49
"moderates from BOTH parties have been pushed out? WTF? How dare you spew that crap KittyWampus Dec 2016 #117
how in the world does one "build bridges" or work with a person who is completely irrational, niyad Dec 2016 #121
Trump, by himself is no threat Lithos Dec 2016 #36
Even Condoleeza Rice is Pushing Back! McKim Dec 2016 #37
Col. Von Staffenberg, where are you? muntrv Dec 2016 #40
Donald Trump is the living embodiment of Plato's critique of democracy 0rganism Dec 2016 #41
Political extremist, polarization and leaders in power who are ideologues. herding cats Dec 2016 #42
Not any more than any other president can be seen as a threat. Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2016 #44
please understand that he doesn't give a rat's behind about whatever limits a president. and, niyad Dec 2016 #69
Meh. Tough talk Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2016 #71
so, reportedly, did members of hitler's cabinet. niyad Dec 2016 #72
Hitler didn't have a cabinet... Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2016 #78
whatever you want to call them. and no, it is not silly. his speeches, his gestures, niyad Dec 2016 #92
The whole world Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2016 #93
you go right ahead and tell yourself whatever makes you comfortable. the rest of us, niyad Dec 2016 #98
You keep doing the same. Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2016 #108
"by their actions shall ye know them"-- and we have seen his actions enough to know him. niyad Dec 2016 #120
A nice rational pause. CanSocDem Dec 2016 #90
Thanks for the link! Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2016 #91
This is even a question?? randr Dec 2016 #45
Exactly! Generator Dec 2016 #46
Dump has already harmed American democracy in numerous concrete ways. Nitram Dec 2016 #48
Is any President who ignores the Constitution a threat to democracy? guillaumeb Dec 2016 #52
I'm particularly alarmed by the people Trump is surrounding himself with. octoberlib Dec 2016 #54
Clearly and concretely yes!! onecaliberal Dec 2016 #55
KnR Hekate Dec 2016 #56
Trump tests positive Generic Other Dec 2016 #57
Does a bear shit in the woods? malthaussen Dec 2016 #58
"to civilization" Bucky Dec 2016 #60
Uh yes, yes, and yes. YOHABLO Dec 2016 #61
Do we have a democracy in the US? I say no. jimmil Dec 2016 #62
KamaAina: Is Pope Francis Catholic? KamaAina Dec 2016 #63
His 'election' already triron Dec 2016 #64
yes he is bdamomma Dec 2016 #65
I think he's a threat to life on this planet.. whathehell Dec 2016 #66
Trump voters think we are upset because Hillary "lost" Skittles Dec 2016 #67
dear nyt--perhaps if you had DONE YOUR DAMNED JOB of actually being journalists, and telling niyad Dec 2016 #68
To NYT: yes. tandem5 Dec 2016 #73
Of course he is NastyRiffraff Dec 2016 #74
Not just to Democracy, he's a threat to the entire world. nt Autumn Dec 2016 #75
These paragraphs are particularly ominous............. LongTomH Dec 2016 #76
Those three paragraphs stood out to me, too. CrispyQ Dec 2016 #113
we haven't had a real democracy the last 30 years certainot Dec 2016 #77
This. CrispyQ Dec 2016 #115
Yes, he is! And 62 million crazed American voters like it that way radhika Dec 2016 #79
Donald J. Trump told us, repeatedly, that the election had to be "fair" bucolic_frolic Dec 2016 #80
He's a threat not only from his own fascist BigDemVoter Dec 2016 #81
Trump is a threat to life. nt SunSeeker Dec 2016 #82
Kick and recommend Hekate Dec 2016 #83
I think we can fight and defeat him internally tavalon Dec 2016 #84
Yep, he makes Bush seem harmless. This ass is likely to start a war over a tweet. Someplace awhile RKP5637 Dec 2016 #107
If you have too ask. you don't have a clue. Nitram Dec 2016 #94
... orleans Dec 2016 #96
If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck... C Moon Dec 2016 #97
He's a threat to the human species. Third Doctor Dec 2016 #100
Yes of course Emilybemily Dec 2016 #101
Idiots are more of a threat. liberalmuse Dec 2016 #102
ascent of anti-democratic politicians? eniwetok Dec 2016 #109
They have to ask???!!! n/t Different Drummer Dec 2016 #118
Duh. Rex Dec 2016 #119
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