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magicarpet

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2. .... normalization of this aberrant behavior is what brought us to this point....

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Wed Nov 13, 2024, 12:49 PM

Nov 13

American Democracy is now on its death bed. The only remaining jobs are to find recipients for donor organs and finally to pull the plug keeping this country on life support.

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Trump is the president-elect. He won. [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Nov 13 OP

I was hoping President Biden wouldn't feel the need to Tickle Nov 13 #1

Old school politician. He's better than *rump. haele Nov 13 #17

Biden needs to suspend the constitution, declare martial law lapfog_1 Nov 13 #27

Good lord, some folks have really gone off the deep end. tritsofme Nov 13 #29

yes, trump has gone off the deep end lapfog_1 Nov 13 #30

Right...and yet that rant about suspending the Constitution easily could have come from a Trumper. tritsofme Nov 13 #32

The difference is... I am not owned by any foreign power lapfog_1 Nov 13 #38

Think about this peregrinus Nov 13 #34

Biden could peregrinus Nov 13 #33

I think it's from that same sentiment "when they go low...."crap. aka-chmeee Nov 13 #24

.... normalization of this aberrant behavior is what brought us to this point.... magicarpet Nov 13 #2

Yes. Trust_Reality Nov 13 #28

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Rubio is fine. He's a generic Republican Pete Hesgeth isn't DemocratSinceBirth Nov 13 #5

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I don't think he won. EndlessWire Nov 13 #4

Pretty much the same way berksdem Nov 13 #11

I think he cheated too. suegeo Nov 13 #22

Not until every State has submitted its official results, he hasn't dickthegrouch Nov 13 #6

I haven't been watching the news right now. Have they explained why all the projections were made election night imaginary girl Nov 13 #8

What is there to explain? The margins were wide enough to call those races the same night. tritsofme Nov 13 #19

How normalizing peregrinus Nov 13 #35

Should we pretend there is a different answer? tritsofme Nov 13 #36

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 13 #21

The dump team cheated the best Clouds Passing Nov 13 #9

He doesn't act like a leader of a the model of the free world Dem4life1234 Nov 13 #10

I will not refer to him as my president or by name the next four years. Initech Nov 13 #12

Yup -- to hell with the lot of these miserable motherfuckers Blue Owl Nov 13 #13

And my "fuck you" list has grown exponentially in the last week. Initech Nov 13 #23

He shall always be Convicted Felon Trump Jerry2144 Nov 13 #14

I just call him Orange Fuckface. Initech Nov 13 #31

That's just a pronunciation difference Jerry2144 Nov 13 #37

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Nov 13 #15

he may have won, but AMERICA LOST Skittles Nov 13 #16

"In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs it is the rule." ― Friedrich Nietzsche Ping Tung Nov 13 #18

Many Trumpists Will Rue the Day They Voted for Mango Mussolini cer7711 Nov 13 #20

History Repeats Stonealone Nov 13 #26