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mobeau69

(11,131 posts) Mon Mar 28, 2022, 08:53 PM Mar 2022

Are we, as a nation, equal to the Ukrainian people?

I fear not. The ball is in Garland’s court.

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Are we, as a nation, equal to the Ukrainian people? (Original Post) mobeau69 Mar 2022 OP

No cilla4progress Mar 2022 #1

No, not equal percentage-wise. We are way too ignorant and take democracy for granted. Karadeniz Mar 2022 #2

There is zero chance this DOJ will do justice with trump. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2022 #3

Whether trump goes to jail should be Biden's call acting for the good of our nation, not Garland's. mobeau69 Mar 2022 #13

Absolutely not. Chellee Mar 2022 #4

No. We won't fight to save our democracy. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #5

What do the two have to do with each other? brooklynite Mar 2022 #6

Nope I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2022 #7

No. Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #8

I don't know. herding cats Mar 2022 #9

The Committee and Judge Carter did their part and now it's up to Garland to do his. mobeau69 Mar 2022 #11

Ok, I see why you spoke of Garland now! herding cats Mar 2022 #12

No, we're pretty far from it. But, the basis for my opinion has nothing to do GoodRaisin Mar 2022 #10

cilla4progress

(24,712 posts)

1. No

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Mon Mar 28, 2022, 08:59 PM

Mar 2022

Karadeniz

(22,461 posts)

2. No, not equal percentage-wise. We are way too ignorant and take democracy for granted.

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Mon Mar 28, 2022, 09:00 PM

Mar 2022

Eliot Rosewater

(31,106 posts)

3. There is zero chance this DOJ will do justice with trump.

Reply to mobeau69 (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 09:01 PM

Mar 2022

And now that the Manhattan DA is backing off, I will repeat my prediction I have made for years, trump never sees a day in jail.

Terrible if true.

mobeau69

(11,131 posts)

13. Whether trump goes to jail should be Biden's call acting for the good of our nation, not Garland's.

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 09:52 PM

Mar 2022

Chellee

(2,090 posts)

4. Absolutely not.

Reply to mobeau69 (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 09:02 PM

Mar 2022

We don't even have the strength to wear masks for each other, do you think we could pull together to fight an invader? 30% of us would welcome any invader that didn't claim to be a democrat or appear to be brown.

Irish_Dem

(46,426 posts)

5. No. We won't fight to save our democracy.

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Mon Mar 28, 2022, 09:03 PM

Mar 2022

brooklynite

(94,299 posts)

6. What do the two have to do with each other?

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Mon Mar 28, 2022, 09:06 PM

Mar 2022

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,462 posts)

7. Nope

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Mon Mar 28, 2022, 09:08 PM

Mar 2022

We let the ogliarches and corporations dominate us too much.

Scrivener7

(50,901 posts)

8. No.

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Mon Mar 28, 2022, 09:14 PM

Mar 2022

herding cats

(19,558 posts)

9. I don't know.

Reply to mobeau69 (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 09:20 PM

Mar 2022

Ukraine has been a divided nation, with an opposition party to Zelenskyy until Russia invaded them and began the wholesale slaughter of their people. There, not unlike here, Russian propaganda was prevalent and many people strongly believed Putin would never do what he's done.

I honestly don't know if we'd unite under such circumstances, but I want to assume we might.

I don't get the Garland reference, FWIW.

mobeau69

(11,131 posts)

11. The Committee and Judge Carter did their part and now it's up to Garland to do his.

Reply to herding cats (Reply #9)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 09:43 PM

Mar 2022

More than an opinion, Carter wrote what amounts to a speaking indictment. It’s time for Garland to do his.

herding cats

(19,558 posts)

12. Ok, I see why you spoke of Garland now!

Reply to mobeau69 (Reply #11)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 09:49 PM

Mar 2022

I agree on that point.

I don't get the reference to Ukraine, though. Their politics have been a mixed bag (kind of like here) until the invasion brought them all together. What they never wanted to believe could happen did, and much more horribly than anyone could have imagined.

GoodRaisin

(8,905 posts)

10. No, we're pretty far from it. But, the basis for my opinion has nothing to do