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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,157 posts)
Sat Jul 14, 2018, 10:28 AM Jul 2018

Even with all the denials and stonewalling...

...we’ve never had a President whose own legitimacy has been under such a cloud, and we’ve never had a President whose lawful right to govern has been called into question due to matters of foreign interference.

Put aside partisanship for just a second and look at that completely objectively. We’ve been a country for 242 years now and this is the first time the American people have had to consider the full underlying legitimacy of the President (other than perhaps in 1824 or 2000 but this absolutely dwarfs those).

These are truly astonishingly interesting times.

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Even with all the denials and stonewalling... (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2018 OP
i'd put 1876 (tilden/hayes) in that list, but yeah. unblock Jul 2018 #1

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1. i'd put 1876 (tilden/hayes) in that list, but yeah.
Sat Jul 14, 2018, 10:35 AM
Jul 2018

it's particularly galling when he governs with complete contempt for the majority.

shrub, at least (amazing that donnie is so bad he manages to make shrub look almost decent by comparison), pretended to be president of all of us, claimed to be a uniter not a divider, etc. he was certainly capable of making quite partisan statements, but for the most part he acted like he knew he was president of the entire country.

donnie acts like he's president of all republicans only and the rest of us need to be purged or enslaved.

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