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In reply to the discussion: My husband calls him Corleone. [View all]peggysue2
(10,828 posts)Just more contentious nonsense wrapped up in righteous indignation to drive the point: the Democratic Party is driving away young, right-minded voters because of their hate and penchant for racial slurring.
Really???
Mob references are not hyperbole because Trump and his cabal not only sound and behave like a criminal organization but Trump has had mob ties for decades (see Felix Sater & The Russian mob). Or check out Trump's fines for money laundering (ahem, financial discrepancies) in Atlantic City. Or read a bit about the Bank of Cyprus and our current Secretary of Commerce's connections or the curious but well-timed saturation of local media markets by the Sinclair Group or
Etc., etc., etc.
The current hire, Mr S. has obviously been brought in as a slick frontman/lieutenant who sounded very much like a Chief-of-Staff this morning on the Sunday News shows. Why the hire? Because it's all about optics and good communications according to the Trumpster devotees. Translation? It's all about putting the right shade of lipstick on the pig.
Of course, if that's considered too negative then I assume that saving our democratic institutions do not rank high on the 'must do' list.
'That would be a Republic, Madame,' Franklin presumably answered a citizen's inquiry. 'If you can keep it, that is.'
That's the moment we've entered whether we like it or not: If we can keep it.