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GliderGuider

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26. Back then the country could still claim to be a democracy.
Wed Dec 21, 2016, 01:04 PM
Dec 2016

At least sort of.

Now it's all oligarchy, all the time. (In Rex Tillerson's case he's an oiligarch...)

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and I haven't seen this reported anywhere else as of yet except the Huffington Post still_one Dec 2016 #1
I don't know EveRy place it was written, but I posted a link to it in USA Today. napi21 Dec 2016 #4
The NY Times and Washington Post report it, but it sure isn't emphasized. I wish it still_one Dec 2016 #7
Just like Trump's tax returns man on the moonshine Dec 2016 #9
just listen to Reid in vid: "Comey is a front for the Republican party" TRAITOR! wordpix Dec 2016 #21
i'm not clear on the impact the subpoena itself had on the election. unblock Dec 2016 #2
Anyone with any doubt turned away from her because of this blow to her character. It suppressed The Wielding Truth Dec 2016 #13
again, i'm not clear on how the subpoena itself did that. unblock Dec 2016 #15
HRC getting "cleared" was too late to help her---by then, million$ had voted already wordpix Dec 2016 #19
i get that -- but again, i see the damage being done by comey's letter. unblock Dec 2016 #22
It's extremely relevant because if there is no subpoena, there is NO letter maxrandb Dec 2016 #23
that isn't the way it played out in the news in real time, at least. unblock Dec 2016 #24
The subpoena's lack of probable cause shows that Comey's last-minute interference FiveGoodMen Dec 2016 #28
i agree. that just makes comey's letter all the more evil. unblock Dec 2016 #30
And the J. Edgar "Mary" Hoover award goes to... tenorly Dec 2016 #3
Lock him up onecaliberal Dec 2016 #5
I bet he'd like that. tenorly Dec 2016 #6
Enlighten me. What do you mean? DawgHouse Dec 2016 #12
A Hillary Hit Job Nothing More TaterBake Dec 2016 #8
I wonder how high the Aspens grow in the Urals. Rex Dec 2016 #10
Can the federal DA for the area or the state DA where the warrant was executed investigate this cstanleytech Dec 2016 #11
This smells like Watergate to me. McCamy Taylor Dec 2016 #14
To Me, RobinA Dec 2016 #16
between this and Russian hacking, it's worse than Wgate, much worse wordpix Dec 2016 #18
Yeah, one minor detail Cosmocat Dec 2016 #25
Back then the country could still claim to be a democracy. GliderGuider Dec 2016 #26
this is what repukes do--whatever they want--and then backtrack like Uday/Kusay's fundraiser wordpix Dec 2016 #17
Traitor Comey's skiing in the Urals---really? He's in Russia, he should just stay there wordpix Dec 2016 #20
I think the Urals comment was a joke xor Dec 2016 #31
Comey is pond scum and lacks any professional or other ethics Gothmog Dec 2016 #27
And WHY is Comey still employed????? BigDemVoter123 Dec 2016 #29
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