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if this conversation doesn't terrify and infuriate you, I don't know what to say....... steve2470 Oct 2017 #1
Then why mention it... IthinkThereforeIAM Oct 2017 #58
I find it encouraging. lagomorph777 Oct 2017 #61
yes, I can see the encouragement angle, thanks nt steve2470 Oct 2017 #66
Me too. whathehell Oct 2017 #76
I will believe it after it happens, maybe! Dustlawyer Oct 2017 #79
I'm not stating it as fact, just as possibility.. whathehell Oct 2017 #81
Remember KFC's "Colonel" Harlan Sanders testifying before Congress DFW Oct 2017 #86
Oh, OUCH! lagomorph777 Oct 2017 #91
Don't count on their toleration of insanity having a limit. They draw the line at one thing only: DFW Oct 2017 #84
if limbaugh signaled it was okay, they would drop him. certainot Oct 2017 #90
I have only disgust cilla4progress Oct 2017 #2
Of course they saw it coming Perseus Oct 2017 #64
In 2016, nobody could have foreseen that Trump's control of nukes would be problematic. Girard442 Oct 2017 #3
+1 nt steve2470 Oct 2017 #4
+2 Afromania Oct 2017 #6
Actually anyone with more than two functional brain cells could have seen it which of course cstanleytech Oct 2017 #29
so they are willing to risk nuclear Armageddon for a bullshit giveaway to the rich? Afromania Oct 2017 #5
It doesn't surprise you, does it? HopeAgain Oct 2017 #13
yes and no, I get just how insane these fuckers are, but you'd think the lines would be drawn Afromania Oct 2017 #51
Exactly my reaction. Enoki33 Oct 2017 #21
Of course they are. They're Republicans. Rs have been batshit for 25 years at least. nt Nay Oct 2017 #32
We all knew..... dawnie51 Oct 2017 #7
+1 nt steve2470 Oct 2017 #8
It's deeper than tax cuts HopeAgain Oct 2017 #15
So they are only worried about damage to themselves. Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #9
This is another example of Yertle's psychopathic DK504 Oct 2017 #10
Don't you just love genxlib Oct 2017 #11
excellent points nt steve2470 Oct 2017 #12
oh yeah, that. of course! n/t LittleGirl Oct 2017 #17
Nuclear war: if youre not dead or terminally Eyeball_Kid Oct 2017 #43
They thought, Trump would be merely be a harmless figurehead. DetlefK Oct 2017 #14
I've never seen evil so starkly cilla4progress Oct 2017 #16
Money is God. Eyeball_Kid Oct 2017 #44
You got that right! vlyons Oct 2017 #83
They're really willing to risk nuclear war in order to get a tax cut. LudwigPastorius Oct 2017 #18
"Trump could be the end of the republican party" PatSeg Oct 2017 #19
The Republican Party has only one concern their own welfare. olegramps Oct 2017 #28
But sadly they are destroying PatSeg Oct 2017 #30
Trump thinks a war will help his popularity. He will go to war just for that reason alone. UCmeNdc Oct 2017 #20
Yep DownriverDem Oct 2017 #23
It doesn't matter if that repub is still there. DownriverDem Oct 2017 #22
Pence would sign that tax bill nini Oct 2017 #24
Yep. The actual reason is that they don't want to totally alienate their base of crazies. n/t Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2017 #31
or have them camped out in their offices. mopinko Oct 2017 #55
yep nini Oct 2017 #65
Those whom the gods wish to destroy they Enoki33 Oct 2017 #25
Damn right Hekate Oct 2017 #54
Go to Prof. Reich's page today. He's letting Trump have it with both barrels. LongTomH Oct 2017 #26
Please copy some of his posts. Duppers Oct 2017 #27
just about everything with an "r" after its name is a gutless, craven coward. niyad Oct 2017 #33
☝☝☝☝☝ irisblue Oct 2017 #48
I hope it is the end of the GOP, but like cockroaches..... awesomerwb1 Oct 2017 #34
Phew, its a good thing the JPR types saved us from status quo by voting Trump or Stein stevenleser Oct 2017 #35
+ a billion! nt steve2470 Oct 2017 #36
Thank you steve and Robert Reich saidsimplesimon Oct 2017 #37
my pleasure steve2470 Oct 2017 #38
He needn't worry about the Republican Party. The "Democrat" Party is going to splinter too. n/t SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2017 #39
Greedy SOB's. Willing to blow up the country--and the world--just for more $$ in their wallets mnhtnbb Oct 2017 #40
Is there any way the military could change the nuclear codes behind FM's back? fierywoman Oct 2017 #41
Only problem with that is that Putin would find out, and who knows stevenleser Oct 2017 #42
I understand there are multiple connections after the code defacto7 Oct 2017 #63
Unfortunately I am depending on the tackling ability... Big_K Oct 2017 #71
The GOP Has Always Known What Trump Is--They Made a Calculated and Cynical Choice dlk Oct 2017 #45
No democratic candidate Scarsdale Oct 2017 #46
Our household knew 'he' was a (fill in with your word of choice)_____ sprinkleeninow Oct 2017 #62
That's not at all alarming ellie Oct 2017 #47
And now the SOB just gutted the ACA Smitty63nnn Oct 2017 #49
"Its time for 45 to get the 25." LudwigPastorius Oct 2017 #72
'Do we balance the tax bill against nuclear war?' sandensea Oct 2017 #50
So if the tax bill does not pass then they'll impeach him? SummerSnow Oct 2017 #52
The GOP deserves to die -- but I don't think the rest of the world does... Hekate Oct 2017 #53
My favorite line: "But now it's personal." Grins Oct 2017 #56
+ 1000 LiberalLovinLug Oct 2017 #59
excellent post! nt steve2470 Oct 2017 #60
GOPGovernment of Putin benld74 Oct 2017 #57
Didn't think I could hate Republican zentrum Oct 2017 #67
Boxed in bucolic_frolic Oct 2017 #68
good post nt steve2470 Oct 2017 #69
I think if Pence saw that a large majority would back him, he'd move on it. 7962 Oct 2017 #89
Putin tiptonic Oct 2017 #70
I think they believe a tax bill will give them more leeway to ditch him. Texin Oct 2017 #73
"He" is full of shit. It's not about the tax cuts, they're scared of The Cult. Pence would sign catbyte Oct 2017 #74
He's not crazy or stupid - He's doing exactly what Putin wants!!!!!!! chaking53 Oct 2017 #75
Wow. You think this is on the up and up? Real? nt Honeycombe8 Oct 2017 #77
Republicans. Party over country mgardener Oct 2017 #78
So GOP senators are upset that Trump kicked a fascist little puppy named Jeff Sessions? Efilroft Sul Oct 2017 #80
They are probably actually calculating ThoughtCriminal Oct 2017 #82
I've long said they're willing to burn the whole country down for tax cuts... JHB Oct 2017 #85
excellent post! nt steve2470 Oct 2017 #87
What good are tax cuts Highway61 Oct 2017 #88
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