Trump asking Putin...

[myohmy2]

...to dig up dirt on Democrats would have been like FDR asking Hitler to dig up dirt on Republicans...

...why is this acceptable today?

...why is this tolerated?

...

[gibraltar72]

1. Desensitization.

[iemanja]

6. That's really it

Everyone is used to the worst possible behavior from Trump, so when he does something horrible, it just slides, particularly among the media.

[Evolve Dammit]

16. no real rules; "Rule of Law" is for suckers. We're finding out how hollow it is after the coup.

[Thunderbeast]

20. +1

[KPN]

29. And defunding public education ... for decades now!

So dumbification … much like freedumb.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

2. Wasn't acceptable then...

And it's not acceptable now.

Trumpian repuke fascism is unacceptable also.

[Karadeniz]

3. Has he registered yet or still collecting campaign funds without being a registered candidate????

[calguy]

4. I believe his sole purpose is to collect as up until he is forced to register as a candidate

And at that time he will come up with some bs excuse why he can't or won't run. He'll then pocket the money and think about his next scam.

[Karadeniz]

5. I thought I read that hopefuls had to register by a certain date or be collecting illegally. Maybe

that date is yet to come.

[2naSalit]

7. The death of respectfulness.

[Kid Berwyn]

8. Corrupt News Media

Thanks, Rupert! And you, too, NBCBSABCIA.

[lame54]

9. At his last rally...

He was praising the virtues of living under a dictatorship and the crowd went wild

[mrsadm]

25. Really? Any links?

[kacekwl]

10. Pretty much all media

not just faux and the like. They seem to refuse to say anything positive about democrats or democracy.

[keithbvadu2]

11. Check Prescott Bush's laptop.

Check Prescott Bush's laptop.

[dchill]

24. Hell, subpoena TailGunner Joe's cell phone records!

[Blue Owl]

12. No fucking shit!

During WWII there would have been bodies hanging and heads rolling for shit like this

[totodeinhere]

13. With our very liberal free speech policies I doubt if there is anything that can be

done about it.

[Moostache]

14. If this country is as stupid as we collectively appear, then the idea of America is dead.

If the idea dies, I have to be honest - I give fuck all about the physical place of America by comparison.

Secular, representative republic with democratic principles remains the single greatest conception of self-rule in human history. It was always going to be a fight to keep money and lunatics from ruining it, but the IDEA - that the divine right of kings, which had held sway in Europe for 1500 years was really nothing more than a bunch of BS and that an informed electorate of self-interested yet patriotic citizens would know better how to govern - that idea is priceless and precious and on life support.

If the idea dies, fuck this shithole country and 45% of its inhabitants. I could easily live out my days without EVER conversing with or caring for any of them ever again. The ONLY reason I give a shit about these autocratic-loving, louth-breathing, religious-zealots and their ilk is to maintain a functional country. As they make that impossible, I really don't have any fucks left to give for them. They can - and will - die off by the millions and their overlords and masters will not even blink twice. Its sad and it is avoidable, but not for much longer.

Those who would make common cause with a nation's enemies are no longer countrymen - they are enemies and deserve no quarter.

[Probatim]

22. Thanks Moose.

That's about how I feel about these ignoramuses. They love America but hate about 80% of the things that are great about it.

Fuck them and their small minds.

[NNadir]

15. Personally, I would refrain from comparing Trump in any way with FDR.

It's like comparing a collapsed sewer pipe with the Hoover dam.

[bucolic_frolic]

17. It is virtual proof of a concerted fascist/business takeover of the country?

and all those supporting that effort plan to make a lot of money from it? Once polluting is free and unfettered, they will have their payoff - business profits as far as the eye can see?

shrug: :

[marieo1]

18. Agreement

I don't think any of us understand it...............times sure have changed............and not for the better, I might add. I would never have guessed we had so many anti-government creeps in our country!!

[AntiFascist]

19. Trump supporters have become fascist-loving Putin puppets. Its that simple n/t

[uponit7771]

21. K&R, no one saying its wrong and treasonous

[raging moderate]

23. Or like Hoover asking Hitler to dig up dirt on Roosevelt and his administration.

Of course, Herbert Hoover would never have done such a thing. He was a man of honor, just too naive and unsophisticated to figure out what sort of a criminal conspiracy the Great Depression was.

[NoMoreRepugs]

26. Rules are different for Republicans - there are none.

[Nictuku]

27. Thank you!

I hope you don't mind me sharing. This is a question that people really need to think about and answer.

[live love laugh]

28. The law isn't as concrete as we thought. It's a rude awakening.

The resolution of this dilemma will probably result in the imposition of more RW authoritarian laws via an inevitable Constitutional Convention. You can bet they are prepared for it.

Are we?

[geardaddy]

30. A more apt analogy would be

Whoever lost to Roosevelt (that would be Wendell Willkie) asking Hitler to dig up dirt on Republicans.

[Jack the Greater]

31. Except that Wendell Wilkie might have been a twit

... but he was not a dickhead.

[geardaddy]

32. Yeah, you're right.