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muriel_volestrangler

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12. There was a Former Guy pattern: keep positions open until the lame duck period, and then stuff them

Reply to Mr. Sparkle (Original post)

Wed May 26, 2021, 02:48 PM

May 2021

with reactionaries and Republican apparatchiks. To give them the maximum time possible in the Biden administration where they'd oppose - well, democracy. Not necessarily directly, but just by being against anything the elected government did. It either screws up government, screws up progress, or wastes the time of decent people while they fight it. For the former guy, ideally it did all three.

Trump's role model, was, in many ways, Cartman from South Park - "Respect ma authoritah!!!! Screw you guys, I'm goin' home!"

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'Effective 6:00 PM Tonight': Biden White House Shows FOUR Trump Appointees the Door [View all] Mr. Sparkle May 2021 OP

Shubow told CNN he refused to resign SoCalNative May 2021 #1

Albert Speer would have been TFG's first choice if he'd been available. Ocelot II May 2021 #2

... trusty elf May 2021 #22

That exact same thought occurred to me. EOM Siwsan May 2021 #3

Funny, I thought the 1/6 armed insurrection at the Capitol bottomofthehill May 2021 #4

Exactly. calimary May 2021 #6

Drain the cesspool! CaptainTruth May 2021 #5

out with the trash !! in with the good replacement's !! monkeyman1 May 2021 #7

Imagine what another four years would have looked like. Evolve Dammit May 2021 #8

Why try The Mouth May 2021 #14

Kick the Kulture Klub to the Kurb!! bucolic_frolic May 2021 #9

Shubow's temporary relief is over. Marcuse May 2021 #10

That's an amazing letter from Jeff Speck. Full of quotable lines that should resonate with the rest erronis May 2021 #11

That's a jaw-dropping smack across the face. Huzzah, Mr Speck! Hekate May 2021 #16

There was a Former Guy pattern: keep positions open until the lame duck period, and then stuff them muriel_volestrangler May 2021 #12

Need to get rid of DeJoy ASAP The Mouth May 2021 #13

Insane that he's still there! What's the holdup?? FailureToCommunicate May 2021 #18

Now if Biden will move the deteriorating FBI HQ from D.C. to one of the GSA approved sites. LastLiberal in PalmSprings May 2021 #15

What do they call the horror of the Rose Garden? Marthe48 May 2021 #17

Should had shown them something other than the door. LiberalFighter May 2021 #19

All of Trump's residences Mr.Bill May 2021 #20

As featured in Architectural Indigest Blue Owl May 2021 #21

Good. SuperCoder May 2021 #23