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Hekate

(90,690 posts) Thu Jan 26, 2017, 03:41 AM Jan 2017

A small epiphany today: Trump himself is the shiny object that distracts us, while his handlers... [View all]

....and the GOP are busy busy busy creating things for him to sign.

And he'll sign anything. It looks presidential.

Trump is out front acting as crazy as a tree full of monkeys on nitrous oxide, throwing off bits of fractured light like a disco ball -- and while he is indeed dangerous in and of himself, he is ALSO the shiny object that keeps us and the media distracted from the real shit that is taking place in Congress and elsewhere as the GOP and white nationalists really disassemble our country.

They'll eventually discard him for Pence, but meanwhile he is just incredibly useful.

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A small epiphany today: Trump himself is the shiny object that distracts us, while his handlers... [View all] Hekate Jan 2017 OP

Excellent! This cannot be emphasized enough! scarletwoman Jan 2017 #1

Spot-on! Frogg Jan 2017 #2

Exactly. And that means they won't be impeaching him as long as he's useful. pnwmom Jan 2017 #3

This needs to go viral! Americans need to know how the repp party is using mfcorey1 Jan 2017 #4

Yes, yes, yes. Trump is a distraction, while GOP picks our pocket vlyons Jan 2017 #5

Yep. This occurred to me this morning too. Kablooie Jan 2017 #6

Then why are the Dems mostly voting for the rancid cabinet picks? SleeplessinSoCal Jan 2017 #7

Duh..and what about those 'democrats' voting in his arthritisR_US Jan 2017 #8

Douglas Adams called this some 35+ years ago Fritz Walter Jan 2017 #9

Been wondering about this. democrank Jan 2017 #10

So good to read this. Thank you. Judi Lynn Jan 2017 #11

That is it exactly Lee-Lee Jan 2017 #12

Self kick for the day shift Hekate Jan 2017 #13

Except that shiny object still possesses the nuclear codes. Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2017 #14

I'm sure you noticed where I said he's dangerous in and of himself. What a clusterbomb. Hekate Jan 2017 #16

Yup. We're so busy watching the catastrophe that is Trump MineralMan Jan 2017 #15

Good morning, sez I at the DU coffee station. How about them career diplomats walking out? Hekate Jan 2017 #17

I would love it if the same thing happened at all Executive Branch MineralMan Jan 2017 #18

+ struggle4progress Jan 2017 #19

It's mainly Bannon. KittyWampus Jan 2017 #20