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Larry Sabato has a brilliant idea... (Original Post) brooklynite May 2021 OP
would the current GOP accept this? dsc May 2021 #1
They would bargain and barter and negotiate and get all they wanted and then vote against it SoonerPride May 2021 #3
They wouldn't BGBD May 2021 #6
A Presidential Commission doesn't require a Congressional vote. brooklynite May 2021 #7
I could live with that right up to the private funding. bottomofthehill May 2021 #2
Agree. This is a govt function and members need to be spooky3 May 2021 #4
Damn, Sir! That Is Smooth... The Magistrate May 2021 #5
Why would we empower a war criminal to evaluate this attack on our nation? Mr. Ected May 2021 #8
You said a mouthful there and MOMFUDSKI May 2021 #9
+1 uponit7771 May 2021 #10
If we can have private audits of elections then Captain Zero May 2021 #11
Who gets to be on the #IraqWarHoax commission? WarGamer May 2021 #12
The only good reason for appointing Dubya FakeNoose May 2021 #13

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
3. They would bargain and barter and negotiate and get all they wanted and then vote against it
Thu May 27, 2021, 02:47 PM
May 2021

fuck them and their delay tactics and treason

bottomofthehill

(8,334 posts)
2. I could live with that right up to the private funding.
Thu May 27, 2021, 02:46 PM
May 2021

This is a government task. It should not be funded with private money, no one either right or left should be able to fund and have any outcome on the outcome.

spooky3

(34,460 posts)
4. Agree. This is a govt function and members need to be
Thu May 27, 2021, 02:50 PM
May 2021

Respected, credible, and accountable to voters. I mean no disrespect to either prior president or to members they might select.

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
8. Why would we empower a war criminal to evaluate this attack on our nation?
Thu May 27, 2021, 03:17 PM
May 2021

I'm sorry, but time hasn't softened my disdain for that man. He's spent the past 13 years attempting to rehabilitate his image and it looks like even some die-hard Democrats have been taken for suckers.

Hey, why not let Donald Trump head the 2042 commission on ethics in government? That's the ticket!

Captain Zero

(6,811 posts)
11. If we can have private audits of elections then
Thu May 27, 2021, 04:59 PM
May 2021

We can have a presidential commission with private funding. Somebody start the GoFundMe.

FakeNoose

(32,645 posts)
13. The only good reason for appointing Dubya
Thu May 27, 2021, 05:15 PM
May 2021

... is that he would do everything in his power to see that Chump ends up in prison.

I don't subscribe to Dubya's efforts to whitewash his own 2 terms, not by any means. But it would be helpful to use him in a way that Repukes might find acceptable.

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