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Moral Compass

(1,498 posts)
12. We want this to be true
Thu Nov 30, 2017, 02:33 PM
Nov 2017

I think he’s getting the results he (or Putin) wants.

Yes, he knows nothing about policy but he knows that putting people hostile to the missions of the Department in charge of that department will effectively neuter that organization. He knows that by putting blatantly political hacks into key judgeships that he can demand and get the rulings he wants (we just saw that with the ruling allowing Mulvaney to take over the CFPB).

He has effectively shattered our key alliances and made overtures to strongmen (Putin the most notable). He has the Justice Department entertaining the idea of launching witch hunts against his political opponents. He has Mitch McConnell so cowed that he is pushing through a politically suicidal tax bill that just happens to have everything in it that will directly benefit him and his heirs.

Trump may be correct when he says that he has accomplished more than any other President in the same span of time. His accomplishments just haven’t been legislative to date.

Crazy? Doesn’t really look like it from here.

I’ve got a really bad feeling about this and I think you do too. While we’re waiting for Mueller to ride up over the horizon to save the day the war may have already been lost.

They just want his MFM008 Nov 2017 #1
The good news is the tax bill will make the elderly and the poor so poor and so Eliot Rosewater Nov 2017 #3
you forgot to mention the ones with cancer who will die because treatment will no longer be niyad Nov 2017 #4
Yeah, thanks. Eliot Rosewater Nov 2017 #6
Your right MFM008 Nov 2017 #8
POW "hero" McCain Scarsdale Nov 2017 #13
His wife is a multimillionaire beer heiress. nt tblue37 Nov 2017 #22
He married her Scarsdale Nov 2017 #33
I have a question about? atreides1 Nov 2017 #7
that is a most interesting question. niyad Nov 2017 #10
Does he even KNOW Scarsdale Nov 2017 #14
doubtful... getagrip_already Nov 2017 #18
Reagun was the inventor of "I don't recall". BigmanPigman Nov 2017 #24
but don't forget SCantiGOP Nov 2017 #27
Maybe that is who they swim with...pedophiles BigmanPigman Nov 2017 #29
The issue of mental competency has been addressed a lot in cases of challenging wills dixiegrrrrl Dec 2017 #34
K&R 2naSalit Nov 2017 #2
Does it matter what's wrong? Cary Nov 2017 #5
Trump has been showing signs of senility for some time Gothmog Nov 2017 #9
Here's the video. I'm posting it everywhere this morning: L. Coyote Nov 2017 #11
"if we can use the word works" Egnever Dec 2017 #35
We want this to be true Moral Compass Nov 2017 #12
Great post. You've given me lots to think about. Nt raccoon Nov 2017 #30
Question: Has he legitimately convinced himself that neither he nor anyone associated with him... Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2017 #15
Every Republican in Congress is guilty of treason for supporting a maniac in the White House for Nitram Nov 2017 #16
Dump is hardly "unconcerned" about others' welfare. I think he actually delights in Doitnow Nov 2017 #17
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Please someone restrain him. Stop pretending he is ok. onit2day Nov 2017 #19
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Recommended. H2O Man Nov 2017 #23
"First"???!!! nt Guy Whitey Corngood Nov 2017 #25
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KnR Hekate Nov 2017 #31
It doesn't matter. Nothing matters!!!! Laffy Kat Nov 2017 #32
If stress makes him worse, prison is going to be really rough. Takket Dec 2017 #36
Could be neurosyphilis Alwaysna Dec 2017 #37
+1 dalton99a Dec 2017 #38
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