So God Damn tired of Democrats being held to a high standard while Republican aren't

[Chasstev365]

As a sitting President, Bill Clinton had to sit through a deposition taken by Ken Star that was designed just to embarrass and humiliate the president, yet George Bush refused to sit under oath with the 911 Commission.

Ken Star and Newt Gingrich were having affairs, as they lead the charge to impeach Bill Clinton.

Susan MacDougal spent time in prison for refusing to testify against Bill Clinton, yet Karl Rove blew off a subpoena of Congress without any consequences.

These Republicans; Kevin McCarthy, Jim Jordan, Scott Perry, Andy Biggs, and Mo Brooks, all defied subpoenas of the January 6th Committee, yet the Clintons were threatened with contempt if they did not appear in front of the Epstein Committee.

This BULL SHIT! Do we do it to ourselves? What can't more Americans see the blatant double standard?

This makes me so angry

[samsingh]

1. me too

and we also do it to ourselves and we lose elections as a result.

republicans are far worse than we can imagine.

[Jose Garcia]

2. You left out Steve Bannon

[walkingman]

3. Hate to say it but...they play hard ball and we play soft ball. When the GOP is in control

of Congress they do as told regardless of the morals, ethics, or legality. When we are in control we always have defectors or get-along bros, or simply look the other way.

I'm not saying they are right or that we are wrong - it is just the reality.

[patphil]

5. It seems to me that we play wiffle.

[Mblaze]

8. I hear you but It seems to me that we play fair

And Constitutionally correct. I don't necessarily want us to become unfair and unconstitutional. So far, we haven't had to tear up the old document but that might become a necessity if this midterm is completely jobbed by MAGA. There is a big test coming up in November.

[patphil]

21. Yup. The soul of America is at stake.

And, in a larger sense, perhaps the soul of humanity.
Humanity isn't very good at learning the lessons of love. We have to get better in a hurry.

[Mblaze]

22. When the boil is finally lanced, I think we'll get better.

The American voter is the needle that will lance that boil.

I'm speaking as a man who has "self-deported" from my father's family. They have always been Republican but now they are MAGA. I can't abide their acceptance of MAGA lies. They have scuttled their honor. Thanks for your response.

[Escurumbele]

4. Democrats do go to knife fights with bibles in hand, they need to get tough, they need to stop being afraid

of what people will say, repubs don't care what people say, they go and do it anyway, we can see so much corruption on daily basis coming from trump, the trump family and republicans, but no one does anything, and I don't include "says anything" because they do "say anything", but words are useless, the situation demands ACTION!

[hamsterjill]

7. I agree.

And Democrats need to stop pretending to put up a fight and then not standing their ground.

If Dems are going to be taken seriously, they need never threaten what they don't intend to do. They need to state a position, stand tall behind that position, and never, ever, ever waiver on that position regardless of what transpires. Don't threaten something they can't deliver on, first and foremost. Because when Dems ultimately cave at any given point along the path, Republicans seize on an act meant as compromise and showcase that as an act of weakness.

[OldBaldy1701E]

6. It's not a question of 'seeing' it...

It is a question of 'doing something about it'.

Which, no one in the position to get the ball rolling seems interested in starting.

So, we are stuck with it. Until someone grows a spine.

[Bobstandard]

9. I know this is trivial, but remember the tan suit crisis?!

[JT45242]

10. Let's not forget one of the biggest fraudsters in the history of medicare/medicaid is Senator Rick Scott

And FL is not at risk of having its money pulled back.

but as always IOKIYAR -- within their own party and the MSM that are owned by the billionaire backers of the Rethuglican criminal enterprises

[Joinfortmill]

11. Yup, time for a bit of dirty fighting

[Kablooie]

12. Yes.

Dems have an aversion to holding Republicans accountable for their actions. “It might look political.”
Then Republicans hold them to account, not caring a whit that the only reason was totally political.

[Mr. Sparkle]

14. The Democrats are afraid to police republicans , Jan 6th and the Iraq war spring to mind

The Gop have no problem doing it the other way around. They know they can get away with murder.

[proud patriot]

15. Very well said

[maxrandb]

16. It's frustrating, but it's NOT Democrats being held to a higher standard...it's Democratic Voters!

I share your frustration and anger, but it's the voters that have a double-standard.

As a Democrat, I am a member of the only voting bloc in America that is expected and required to hold their elected representatives accountable.

I am proud to be a Democrat because of this very point, but it also makes me so effing pissed I can’t see straight. I feel like I am fighting this Retrumplican fascism with one hand tied behind my back.

If any Democratic President had behaved in the way Donnie Dipshit has, the very first people that would run them out of town on a rail would be the Democratic voters that put them in office.

I predicted that the fallout from the Epstein files will be:

"EVERY person on the "left", no matter how innocuous their affiliation, will be forced to resign their position. It won't matter if it's a political, business, or academic position, just the "appearance of impropeiety" will be enough.

On the other hand, those on the "right" will hold their positions, no matter if there are video of them dancing with Epstein and oogling 12 year olds.

Retrumplican voters are simply NEVER required to hold their politicians accountable.

In this divided country, if just 2% of Democratic Voters hold onto a purity test, you end up with Retrumplican single party rule, 6 of 9 Supreme Court Justices appointed by fascists and drunk-ass, bug-eyed snarling corrupt pieces of amphibian shit as the Secretary of (War), FBI Director and AG!

I advocate for straight-the-fuck-down-the-line VOTING FOR DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES!

Yes, I am a "partisan", but I also know this simple fact: If elected Democrats go off the rails, their voters will VOTE THEM OUT...but, if Retrumplicans drive the car down the full fascist, racist, authoritarian road, their voters will buy them the gasoline.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

20. Max from Cleveland ! you rock this should be an OP

[stollen]

17. Don't forget Bob Livingston. The gop gave him a standing O

when he told them he had an affair (it was outed, other he would have been House Speaker).

[BaronChocula]

18. The historical American order

of fearing, revering, and embracing white men devoted to the preservation of white male privilege continues. They represent the opposition to every progressive movement past and present. Average people bend the knee to them believing it to be a safer and more orderly position.

[Samael13]

19. I agree i said this during the sotu

Democrats play nice with Republicans and go along to get along letring them yell things and be unprofessional. Meanwhile Trump sits there and defames us on national TV and a member of congress gets removed for a sign.

[Blue Owl]

23. Same here -- and with "what do Democrats have to do to win voters over" bullshit

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME????

JESUS FUCKING GODDAMNED CHRIST.