The end of American democracy?

TFLYTSNBN wrote:https://youtu.be/0fE5r4aLdaE

Creepy Joe Biden's history of groping woman and little girls is irrefutably documented.

Biden is touchy feely with everybody. I could wish he had a wider understanding of personal space but calling it groping is very very refutable however.

Trump on the other hand has over 20 sexual assault accusations against him including a current rape lawsuit in which he has been corruptly using the entire justice department to fight a subpoena for his DNA, is on tape bragging about literally groping women without their consent, has also on tape bragged about using his position in the Miss Teen America pageant to burst in on naked underage girls in their dressing rooms, and is just generally a disgusting piece of feces.

And we know which one you support, so spare us any pretense of concern on this point TFLY. You clearly don't give a crap.

gcomeau wrote:

TFLYTSNBN wrote:https://youtu.be/0fE5r4aLdaE

Creepy Joe Biden's history of groping woman and little girls is irrefutably documented.

Biden is touchy feely with everybody. I could wish he had a wider understanding of personal space but calling it groping is very very refutable however.

Trump on the other hand has over 20 sexual assault accusations against him including a current rape lawsuit in which he has been corruptly using the entire justice department to fight a subpoena for his DNA, is on tape bragging about literally groping women without their consent, has also on tape bragged about using his position in the Miss Teen America pageant to burst in on naked underage girls in their dressing rooms, and is just generally a disgusting piece of feces.

And we know which one you support, so spare us any pretense of concern on this point TFLY. You clearly don't give a crap.

Joe is equal opportunity male female about it. I think it happens when he is expressing empathy/compassion. But you are right. Given the sensitivity of the times, he shouldn't be doing that. As a public person, I've had to learn that myself.

Don

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Jan 20 is the end of "the end of American democracy."

It is also a new beginning.

January 20th wasn't the end of American democracy. There are neither beginnings nor endings to American democracy. But it was a beginning.

I have a current earworm. Roy Orbison's "It's Over".
Trump's Big One has just been thrown out by SCOTUS, not even accepted to be heard.
The reason I'm mentioning it on this topic is that Trump claimed he was supporting the Texas bid in order to preserve US democracy. Extraordinary to claim that using a supposedly partisan court to invalidate the legally cast votes of tens of millions, would be in support of the democratic process.
Seems from a distance that the court has reaffirmed its ethical foundations. Well done.

Daryl wrote:I have a current earworm. Roy Orbison's "It's Over".
Trump's Big One has just been thrown out by SCOTUS, not even accepted to be heard.
The reason I'm mentioning it on this topic is that Trump claimed he was supporting the Texas bid in order to preserve US democracy. Extraordinary to claim that using a supposedly partisan court to invalidate the legally cast votes of tens of millions, would be in support of the democratic process.
Seems from a distance that the court has reaffirmed its ethical foundations. Well done.

Perhaps the most interesting thing about the courts incl the Supremes is that they were almost all conservative judges appointed by Republicans. The Supremes have their liberal minority, of course. But otherwise, not so much... I am sure that there were some demo appointed judges in the mix, but can't think of any.

Now on Monday when the electoral college meets. That is now a forgone conclusion. Final opportunity for Trumpist road blocks is at the calling of the roll on Jan 6. After that the jig is up. Trump moves toward defending himself in the courts.

Don

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Meanwhile, in the run-off elections in Georgia, we have Newt Gingrich saying the quiet part out loud and complaining that if more people vote, republicans will lose.

An interest in bit of info...

Steve Schmidt, a long time Republican operative and never Trumper along with being one of the founders of the Lincoln Project, declared today that he is joining the Democratic Party. His reason: The Democratic Party is the only party in America still advocating democratic values.

I enjoy listening to Steve. He is the most eloquent defender of democracy over against authoritarianism that I know.

On another note, I see that Mitch McConnell formally recognized Joe Biden as President-elect today. Interesting, that. I wonder if he intends to compete with Trump as the leader of the Republican Party.

Don

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n7axw wrote:An interest in bit of info...

Steve Schmidt, a long time Republican operative and never Trumper along with being one of the founders of the Lincoln Project, declared today that he is joining the Democratic Party. His reason: The Democratic Party is the only party in America still advocating democratic values.

I enjoy listening to Steve. He is the most eloquent defender of democracy over against authoritarianism that I know.

On another note, I see that Mitch McConnell formally recognized Joe Biden as President-elect today. Interesting, that. I wonder if he intends to compete with Trump as the leader of the Republican Party.

Don

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with a bit of luck they will all turn on each other and devour themselves

Well not the end of Democracy yet but not for lack of Trump trying. He just incited a mob in DC to try to storm the Capitol and stop Biden's election certification and they're battling Capitol Police as we speak.

Welcome to the tail end of the attempted coup anyone who was paying attention to Trump the last 4 years knew he would try if he lost an election.