The US is a Banana Republic

[SkyDekker 1,465]

• US mercenaries invade Venezuela
• Department of Justice is a political tool
• Armed people storming federal buildings for haircuts

We are witnessing a slow march to dictatorship and a full collapse of American Democracy.

Edited May 7, 2020 by SkyDekker

[timber 4]

We are a Republic!

[normiss 798]

America. It was fun while it lasted.

#ThanksTrump

[Phil1111 1,149]

Come November America will start to look like a leader again. I have hope.

[JerryBaumchen 1,362]

27 minutes ago, Phil1111 said:

Come November America will start to look like a leader again. I have hope.

Hi Phil,

So do I.  But, the election may be a squeaker. 

And, if course, if it goes against him Trump will rant & rave, 'Fake News. - Rigged Election.'

Jerry Baumchen

[434 2]

7 hours ago, Phil1111 said:

Come November America will start to look like a leader again. I have hope.

The yellow danger is finalizing, no escape now. 

[SkyDekker 1,465]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/07/michigan-lawmaker-armed-escort-rightwing-protest

[kallend 2,026]

Another Inspector General fired for looking too closely at the Trump administration.

https://www.npr.org/2020/05/16/857334790/president-trump-removes-state-department-inspector-general-steve-linick

[SkyDekker 1,465]

Started this thread less than a month ago. Cannot even count how many further steps the US has taken to prove it is a Banana Republic.

[Guest]

On 5/7/2020 at 10:24 PM, JerryBaumchen said:

Hi Phil,

So do I.  But, the election may be a squeaker. 

And, if course, if it goes against him Trump will rant & rave, 'Fake News. - Rigged Election.'

Jerry Baumchen

Oh, you mean like Hillary? Hah

[JerryBaumchen 1,362]

15 minutes ago, markharju said:

Oh, you mean like Hillary? Hah

Hi Mark,

Show me one, just one, quote where HRC said that.

Jerry Baumchen

[airdvr 210]

She didn't have to say it...she lived it.  And she still couldn't win.

Brazile sums it up near the end: “If the fight had been fair, one campaign would not have control of the party before the voters had decided which one they wanted to lead. This was not a criminal act, but as I saw it, it compromised the party’s integrity.”

[Guest]

13 minutes ago, JerryBaumchen said:

Hi Mark,

Show me one, just one, quote where HRC said that.

Jerry Baumchen

You know as well as I do that in the debates just before the election, Hillary remarked on this (whether Trump would respect the results). Her stooges screamed RUSSIA-RUSSIA-RUSSIA for years afterward. They couldn't accept that the electorate had given their annointed one the finger.

[kallend 2,026]

2 minutes ago, markharju said:

You know as well as I do that in the debates just before the election, Hillary remarked on this (whether Trump would respect the results). Her stooges screamed RUSSIA-RUSSIA-RUSSIA for years afterward. They couldn't accept that the electorate had given their annointed one the finger.

The electorate gave Trump the middle finger.  The Electoral College gave it to HRC.

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, airdvr said:

She didn't have to say it...she lived it.  And she still couldn't win.

Brazile sums it up near the end: “If the fight had been fair, one campaign would not have control of the party before the voters had decided which one they wanted to lead. This was not a criminal act, but as I saw it, it compromised the party’s integrity.”

Says the woman who coached HRC with debate questions.

[Guest]

33 minutes ago, kallend said:

The electorate gave Trump the middle finger.  The Electoral College gave it to HRC.

Well put. That's what it was there for (to keep NY and CA from deciding the election for everyone else). Edit for the dumbfucks who can't travel forward 240+ years to a time when larger states would exist.

Edited June 1, 2020 by Guest

[kallend 2,026]

Just now, markharju said:

Well put. That's what it was there for (to keep NY and CA from deciding the election for everyone else).

Federalist #68, written by Alexander Hamilton, shows that to be totally untrue.  I suspect he knew more about it than you.

[airdvr 210]

Just now, kallend said:

Federalist #68, written by Alexander Hamilton, shows that to be totally untrue.  I suspect he knew more about it than you.

Care to enlighten the uninformed perfersser?

[Guest]

1 minute ago, kallend said:

Federalist #68, written by Alexander Hamilton, shows that to be totally untrue.  I suspect he knew more about it than you.

Undoubtedly. The Founders understood the tyranny of the majority. Not an easy balance.

[kallend 2,026]

1 minute ago, airdvr said:

Care to enlighten the uninformed perfersser?

So you haven't even investigated the origin of your own Constitution.  SHAME ON YOU.

 

[jakee 1,489]

10 minutes ago, markharju said:

Says the woman who coached HRC with debate questions.

Brazile passed on questions during the primary. Hillary won that election.

 

So, y'know, how the fuck did you find such a stupid meme?

Edited June 1, 2020 by jakee

[JerryBaumchen 1,362]

15 minutes ago, markharju said:

You know as well as I do that in the debates just before the election, Hillary remarked on this (whether Trump would respect the results). Her stooges screamed RUSSIA-RUSSIA-RUSSIA for years afterward. They couldn't accept that the electorate had given their annointed one the finger.

Hi Mark,

OK, you do admit that you cannot find one, just one, quote from HRC as you claimed that she had said something.

I'm good with that.

Jerry Baumchen

[jakee 1,489]

11 minutes ago, markharju said:

Well put. That's what it was there for (to keep NY and CA from deciding the election for everyone else).

No, it was put there to stop the people deciding the election for the elites. And it did that job well.

 

(Plus the state of California didn't exist at the time, but that's just details.)

Edited June 1, 2020 by jakee

[JerryBaumchen 1,362]

10 minutes ago, markharju said:

Well put. That's what it was there for (to keep NY and CA from deciding the election for everyone else).

Hi Mark,

How about you check on when the EC was created; and then when CA became a state.

I'm waiting.

Jerry Baumchen

[Guest]

9 minutes ago, JerryBaumchen said:

Hi Mark,

How about you check on when the EC was created; and then when CA became a state.

I'm waiting.

Jerry Baumchen

Once again, you knew that I knew but you shat on me just to make your pathetic point. Your attorney tricks don't help your remarks one bit. As in founders seeing a future where large (densely populated) states could dominate others.

Edited June 1, 2020 by Guest