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Well, we either have a despot or mob rule--hard to have both.

Congress has abdicated its role, and the rot is now so plain that even a 78 year old can get the idiot masses to vote him in to do something.

The thing about power...it only stays with the people who have the balls to wield it. Congress needs to find their balls or we'll just be back here in another four years.



> Well, we either have a despot or mob rule--hard to have both.

It's really not that hard to have that combination, i.e., "authoritarian populism".


You'll note that I used the word despot, and not authoritarian. This was not an accident.


> Congress needs to find their balls

Some of the GOP tried to do that a few years ago, and went against Trump.

They were all destroyed.

There's no longer an escape hatch from this.


They should have convicted him when they had the chance, either time they had the chance to do it. But party over country seems to be the motto.


To misquote Death of Stalin, they had they choice between his conviction and his revenge. They picked poorly.




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