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EnergizedLib

(2,933 posts)
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 12:12 AM 12 hrs ago

What is and isn't up for debate

Debatable:

Putting the felonious vomit in the White House once, let alone twice, may or may not be the worst thing America's ever done (Unfortunately, the options are more than I'd like them to be given different injustices carried out by this country in the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries).

Not Debatable:

Putting the felonious vomit in the White House twice (especially after everything we knew in 2024) is undoubtedly the dumbest thing this country has ever done.

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What is and isn't up for debate (Original Post) EnergizedLib 12 hrs ago OP
I'm With You There. I Cannot Disagree That There Are Several "Things America Has Done" The Roux Comes First 12 hrs ago #1
Reelecting Bush was dumb... lame54 11 hrs ago #2

The Roux Comes First

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1. I'm With You There. I Cannot Disagree That There Are Several "Things America Has Done"
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 12:39 AM
12 hrs ago

That in my mind may be debatably our "worst things" (no need to dwell on which now).

But this latest absolute stupidity, besides casting such a sharp light on how trusting the lowly citizen to be in charge of their government can appear way beyond reckless, has me staggered. I frankly had no idea how many rubes lived here! It's way too late to be rejecting immigrants - most of the astonishing idiots from previous generations are already here, many of them now employed by the Federal Government in DC. And most of the rest with firearms in hand prepared for his next call for insurrection.

No way I would alter our reliance on (gag) the average citizen to elect politicians. But on the other end - obviously we do not have nearly enough curbs and brakes available for the appearance of a sociopathic charlatan.

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