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Kerry Canfield's avatar

({[“they’re safe as long as they stay quiet …]})

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VEE LAVALLEE's avatar

That's a fallacy, nobody in this admin is safe until he's gone. They will be committing slow suicide the longer they stay. He doesn't care about even the people putting their careers and for some their lives on the line for this scum bucket.

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Janet Wilson's avatar

True that. One of the many things that needs to be instituted once adults are back in the White House is an independent body capable of sanctioning electeds who work against the Constitution....including the President, his hires and cabinet members.

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VEE LAVALLEE's avatar

If you elect a really smart progressive candidate it can be accomplished pretty easily. Though I can’t think of any candidate that would behave like trump again! What you need is a younger version of Bernie Sanders. It doesn’t matter if it’s a man or a woman. My candidate would be Pete Butagge (I know I’ve spelt it wrong sorry Pete.) He’s got great ideas isn’t afraid to buck the norms of the party, speaks eloquently without being too “posh” about it and I think that being gay in this day and age isn’t a drawback like it was even 5 years ago! After trump I think people are starting to realise that old white hetrosexual men are a danger to society!

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Janet Wilson's avatar

I don't think the country can move that far that fast. It is a long way from Donald to Pete....but I agree, the future is for community minded, plain speaking and likeable, trustworthy candidates who work hand in hand with their electorate, looking for free trade, democracy, peace and the prosperity that comes with that, and pushing for no more war anywhere. What is clear is that 30% of the USA is disgruntled enough to support an obviously disastrous choice, in the faint hope some of his wealth will rub off on them. That cannot continue. Beefing up the education system, including free post secondary training and education for all, and national health care would do a LOT to stabilize the country.

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VEE LAVALLEE's avatar

Beefing up the education system and offering free to first degree tuition, is good. An educated populous doesn’t fall for the “trumpers” in society. The dems should also offer free medical care from birth to death for everybody. We manage to do that here in the UK and we certainly aren’t as rich as the States! Actually we have private health care too. If you’re rich enough and want to have a doctor on tap so to speak the Harley Street docs are perfectly willing to take your money. Which is good for the rest of us lol. I can’t see how they are going to handle the no more wars question. Security between countries has never been at such a low point than it is these days. Maybe being kinder to people from other countries and sharing each others values gradually will bring about change. Unfortunately their will always be warlords. They have learned to keep their own citizens under their control. Fascism needs to be fought constantly. The disgruntled people in the here and now have to be listened to and helped to help themselves. All change takes time and commitment. If you find someone willing to be that person help them to be elected. All change comes from within.

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