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Rascal Nick Of's avatar

I believe the Democrats have no good reason not to cheat in all major national elections moving forward. They will do it and they will steal whatever election they want. I don’t see any reason so far that they can be prevented from this, short of significant and widespread violence. They focus on Trump mostly because it keeps their brainwashed slaves distracted. He’s their shiny object. Emmanuel Goldstein. For now at least. He will be convicted. And it will be overturned. And their minions will claim the justice system is rigged in his favor. Every possible outcome has been gamed out. It will take a miracle from God himself to dislodge the Democrat mob from our government.

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Pete P's avatar

The Uniparty fixes things for sure. Mitch gets reelected with odd things going on. Kemp seems to go along with everything. Everything is for show and distraction. How many senators are not compromised? 1 or 2 at best?

That is why the expressed fears of Trump are so silly. There is no chance he can ruin their game, even if he gets back in. He changed the Overton Window on a few topics, but Trump didn't give his supporters what they wanted. Instead of shutting down the border we got giveaways to Democratic interests in an attempt to bribe away voters. Trump is Pompey and unwilling to cross the Rubicon. He believes too much in the "rules". Meanwhile the Uniparty breaks laws and norms to keep the people done.

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Rascal Nick Of's avatar

It’s pretty hard to give up that kind of power. George Washing weeps. I sometimes say: the people that make the laws don’t follow them, the people that enforce them don’t either. So why should we? As I keep saying, I just hope at some point they’ve decided that we’ve been punished enough and leave us alone. But communists will never do that. My wife and I are getting started in local a barter network. We really think things are going to get MUCH worse. Hope not though. Never know.

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Pete P's avatar

Building networks outside of the system is wise. Keeping such apolitical to avoid scrutiny of the powers that be is also wise. I think we are for the slow decline like the UK after WW2, but we could be Russia in the 90s and that would be pretty bad.

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NFO's avatar

I don't really think this about hanging a felony conviction on Trump to try to "disqualify" him from becoming President, as many on the Right are howling. The presidential qualifications clause in Article II of the Constitution is clear, unconditional and supersedes all else. Sure, a felon running for the Presidency would be hobbled as a practical matter, but those viewing such conviction as political theater would be all the more inclined to pull the lever for their 'martyr.' Like the media circus since he first came down the escalator, this is all designed to elevate a 'beatable' Trump and, in this case, divert momentum from DeSantis, the guy the Left really fears, as they would need to deal with him substantively, rather than emotionally.

In any case, I don't see a conviction happening, even with a NY jury, once Trump's lawyers force a jury instruction requiring a showing of specific intent to induce the actual election-law felony to which Cohen pled (under a sh!t-ton of other legal jeopardy he then faced).

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Pete P's avatar

Right. This is just hype and distraction and manipulation. DeSantis or Youngkin would actually be boring and effective as presidents. This is a bigger in-kind donation to Trump than all the free media in 2015-6.

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