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kentuck

(114,818 posts)
Fri Jun 9, 2017, 01:01 PM Jun 2017

CODE RED [View all]

America is in a crisis. Do not doubt that reality.

There is a threat, within our government, unlike any in the history of our nation. This is not like Watergate. It is much worse.

The President and his Party are putting their political interests above those of our nation. Unlike previous scandals, this time the crisis originates with an external adversary that has befriended the President of our country and is defended by the leaders of the Republican Party.

Our institutions and the very structure of our democracy is threatened. It is far beyond a simple Democratic/Republican division. Our necessity to promote diplomacy with other nations has been curtailed to a dangerous level and our nation is more vulnerable to external attacks.

Most dangerous of all, our country has been partitioned along political divisions, with the Republican Party and their leaders, including the President, ignoring these threats and the dangerous reality they present to our people.

We should not minimize the situation we find ourselves in. The enemy within has perfected a propaganda campaign that uses lies, diversions, obstructions, delays, and division to separate us into partisan camps, that make it almost impossible to unite behind a common cause, including the survival of our democracy.

There will be no quick solutions or victories. It will be a long and difficult struggle to inform and re-educate the American people about the true swamp within which they find themselves engulfed. The truth has been blanketed with a dark cloud of doubt.

We must maintain a strong vigilance and remain united against this enemy within. It is not a trivial matter. It is a dire threat to our democracy.




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CODE RED [View all] kentuck Jun 2017 OP
So agree, Wellstone ruled Jun 2017 #1
Geez, not all of us are ignorant bdamomma Jun 2017 #15
One could see this coming Wellstone ruled Jun 2017 #16
You're right, not all of us are ignorant BrooklynTech Jun 2017 #31
FACISM SoCalMusicLover Jun 2017 #2
ABSOLUTELTY Zoonart Jun 2017 #3
They care about the checks they got Iplayoneontv Jun 2017 #30
Agreed workinclasszero Jun 2017 #4
well said onetexan Jun 2017 #5
Actually, it is CODE ORANGE! Nitram Jun 2017 #6
For me, one of the prime mysteries BadgerMom Jun 2017 #7
Money. klook Jun 2017 #21
money is a symptom. something democracy can regulate. the problem is we certainot Jun 2017 #35
Ailes may be dead but Fux News and the deplorable mind set and foreign banks are alive and thriving. BigmanPigman Jun 2017 #37
there is a major propaganda operation going on in most parts of 40 states with 80 senators certainot Jun 2017 #39
I've said this for years too Bozvotros Jun 2017 #38
dems have to boycott and protest it and certainot Jun 2017 #40
You've made excellent points on the underrated impact of RW Radio.. whathehell Jun 2017 #41
Republicans don't want to govern; they want to rule. CrispyQ Jun 2017 #26
Fear is forcing them to shove their heads in the sand. BarbD Jun 2017 #28
It's really pretty simple Plucketeer Jun 2017 #34
Stop the Watergate comparisons. This is a result of Voodoo economics. SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2017 #8
+1000 FakeNoose Jun 2017 #18
They are her boss though. Keith Olbermann needs a better platform. SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2017 #25
This: I think some big money liberal power brokers need to buy FOX or CNN. CrispyQ Jun 2017 #27
They should have done that years ago. BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2017 #36
Agreed. Why hasn't it happened? SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2017 #43
I think the Reich Wing see themselves as preserving the government kairos12 Jun 2017 #9
Let's call it like it is... N_E_1 for Tennis Jun 2017 #10
no call it as it is bdamomma Jun 2017 #14
Ok with ya. N_E_1 for Tennis Jun 2017 #17
geez, I want to see all of them to go. bdamomma Jun 2017 #19
The President zentrum Jun 2017 #11
Yes, but... Everyone here agrees with you. What do we do?. Amaryllis Jun 2017 #12
So even another bdamomma Jun 2017 #13
I agree - this is on all of us Loge23 Jun 2017 #42
The most dangerous part is that these traitors are running the country for the foreseeable future world wide wally Jun 2017 #20
This is why Masha Gessen is required reading klook Jun 2017 #22
how fascism begins AlexSFCA Jun 2017 #23
Just in case padfun Jun 2017 #24
Perfect, except one word: Not "befriended," but "likely is blackmailing entire family" n/t Pluvious Jun 2017 #29
We're screwed lordsummerisle Jun 2017 #32
Kick. dalton99a Jun 2017 #33
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