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lees1975

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21. What's really troubling in all of this is that while our founders recognized all of the worst case scenarios, we do not
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 12:00 AM
10 hrs ago

have a constitution that seems to give government the power to stop someone like Trump, obviously unqualified, from actually getting on the ballot, much less finding himself in prison for his crimes. It's not just a Republican party that won't do the right thing, we can't even expect that out of the pits of that kind of corruption. Democrats won't use the power they have. They sit around and whine about not being the majority but they have more tools than they are willing to use.

They've done a good job of refocusing the message. Vote for the same old same old and we will try and make it work this time if we can, but if we can't, please still let us play the games, revive the status quo and most of all, hold on to our seats and our checks.

If we ever have another legitimate election, I'll be a primary voter for anyone who hasn't run for public office before.

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