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[QUOTE=SgtSoros;5158826]Instead of draining the swamp, Trump has made it much dirtier and restocked it with even bigger crocs.


McConnell et al were always going to throw Trump under the bus when they were through with him.

The problem was they underestimated his abilities as the Idiot-Whisperer. If McConnell takes Trump out, it's because he has no choice. Not doing so would be worse than doing so. But make no mistake, this will not sit well with the MAGAt Qanon club. And they make up the difference between a competitive GOP and a non-competitive GOP.

But not taking trump out via impeachment conviction in the Senate would also have dire consequences for McConnell and the GOP. He would be letting a guy off the hook that close to 60% of the country want's removed immediately. And he'd be letting him off the hook for the second time.

It's like choosing between getting kicked in the balls or socked in the face. Both are going to hurt.[/QUOTE]McConnell is as big a Swamp Creature as Pelosi and Schumer. Biden was a slimley swamp Snake too. We are all screwed! Biden's talk of $2000 checks will be talked to death. Never forget it was our money they took from us in the priest place.

[QUOTE=ComTech42;5159085]McConnell is as big a Swamp Creature as Pelosi and Schumer. Biden was a slimley swamp Snake too. We are all screwed! Biden's talk of $2000 checks will be talked to death. Never forget it was our money they took from us in the priest place.[/QUOTE]FYI, Trump is the largest swamp creature in Washington. He has enlarged and deepened the swamp, but no doubt the swamp was there before he got to Washington.

Here are five ways Donald Trump has made the swamp even swampier.

[I]1. Trump packed his administration with former lobbyists and corporate executives. He installed a former Boeing executive to run the Defense Department; a former pharmaceutical lobbyist to run the Department of Health and Human Services; a former coal lobbyist to run the Environmental Protection Agency, and a former oil lobbyist to run the Department of the Interior. In total, more than 300 lobbyists have worked in the Trump administration many in key positions overseeing the industries they used to lobby for.

2. Trump and his family have personally profited from the presidency. Despite Trumps promise he’d sever all ties with his existing businesses and place all assets in a blind trust to eliminate any conflicts of interest, documents show Trump remains the sole beneficiary of his trust and still retains the legal power to revoke the trust at any time. Meanwhile, foreign dignitaries have flooded Trumps hotels, lining his pockets in clear violation of the Constitution. He even attempted to host the G-7 at his own luxury golf course until he was forced to back down.

3. Trump catered to billionaires and corporations at the expense of hard working middle class Americans. In the fall of 2017, mega-donors shelled out more than $31 million in political contributions to Trump and Republicans. And in return, they got a massive $2 trillion tax cut. Not a bad return on investment. As Trump told his wealthy friends at Mar-a-Lago just days after the tax bill became law, You all just got a lot richer.

4. Trump has used taxpayer dollars to subsidize his luxurious lifestyle. Since taking office, Trumps golf trips alone have cost taxpayers more than $110 million dollars. His children have also charged taxpayers for costs associated with business trips around the world that theyve taken, including India and Uruguay. Taxpayers even footed the bill for Donald Trump Juniors hunting trip to Canada.

5. The Trump administration has been riddled with scandals and ethics violations. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross held on to investments and never divested despite pledging to avoid even the appearance of conflict of interest. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has tried to arrange meetings with Chinese officials for her family business. Ethics officials have found Kellyanne Conway broke laws that prohibit government workers from engaging in political activities. The list goes on, and on. This has been the most corrupt administration in American history.[/I]

[QUOTE=SgtSoros;5159154]FYI, Trump is the largest swamp creature in Washington. He has enlarged and deepened the swamp, but no doubt the swamp was there before he got to Washington.

Here are five ways Donald Trump has made the swamp even swampier.

[I]1. Trump packed his administration with former lobbyists and corporate executives. He installed a former Boeing executive to run the Defense Department; a former pharmaceutical lobbyist to run the Department of Health and Human Services; a former coal lobbyist to run the Environmental Protection Agency, and a former oil lobbyist to run the Department of the Interior. In total, more than 300 lobbyists have worked in the Trump administration many in key positions overseeing the industries they used to lobby for.

2. Trump and his family have personally profited from the presidency. Despite Trumps promise hed sever all ties with his existing businesses and place all assets in a blind trust to eliminate any conflicts of interest, documents show Trump remains the sole beneficiary of his trust and still retains the legal power to revoke the trust at any time. Meanwhile, foreign dignitaries have flooded Trumps hotels, lining his pockets in clear violation of the Constitution. He even attempted to host the G-7 at his own luxury golf course until he was forced to back down.

3. Trump catered to billionaires and corporations at the expense of hard working middle class Americans. In the fall of 2017, mega-donors shelled out more than $31 million in political contributions to Trump and Republicans. And in return, they got a massive $2 trillion tax cut. Not a bad return on investment. As Trump told his wealthy friends at Mar-a-Lago just days after the tax bill became law, You all just got a lot richer.

4. Trump has used taxpayer dollars to subsidize his luxurious lifestyle. Since taking office, Trumps golf trips alone have cost taxpayers more than $110 million dollars. His children have also charged taxpayers for costs associated with business trips around the world that theyve taken, including India and Uruguay. Taxpayers even footed the bill for Donald Trump Juniors hunting trip to Canada.

5. The Trump administration has been riddled with scandals and ethics violations. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross held on to investments and never divested despite pledging to avoid even the appearance of conflict of interest. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has tried to arrange meetings with Chinese officials for her family business. Ethics officials have found Kellyanne Conway broke laws that prohibit government workers from engaging in political activities. The list goes on, and on. This has been the most corrupt administration in American history.[/I][/QUOTE]At least Trump can answer a question and string together three sentences without a teleprompter and even then stumbling. Biden is demented. Sad but true. The cackling hyaena Harris is sharpening her teeth and knives. He will not last long. I hope he can fend her off for the good of the country. Your brother George Soros may already have called that play though and he may be on the way out already. Hope not.

[QUOTE=MTWilliams911;5159526]At least Trump can answer a question and string together three sentences without a teleprompter and even then stumbling. Biden is demented. Sad but true. The cackling hyaena Harris is sharpening her teeth and knives. He will not last long. I hope he can fend her off for the good of the country. Your brother George Soros may already have called that play though and he may be on the way out already. Hope not.[/QUOTE]When people have nothing constructive to add to a conversation or your speaking too much facts but are still unwilling to admit defeat they resort to shaming tactics such as personal insult. It's quite pathetic and actually only shows they aren't worth arguing or speaking to. Very low IQ actions.

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We should all celebrate this great day by eating Korean.

And I think all mongers know how to make that happen!

[QUOTE=SgtSoros;5159154]FYI, Trump is the largest swamp creature in Washington. He has enlarged and deepened the swamp, but no doubt the swamp was there before he got to Washington.
Here are five ways Donald Trump has made the swamp even swampier. [/QUOTE]I cannot agree with you here.

[QUOTE=SgtSoros;5159154] [I]1. Trump packed his administration with former lobbyists and corporate executives. He installed a former Boeing executive to run the Defense Department; a former pharmaceutical lobbyist to run the Department of Health and Human Services; a former coal lobbyist to run the Environmental Protection Agency, and a former oil lobbyist to run the Department of the Interior. In total, more than 300 lobbyists have worked in the Trump administration many in key positions overseeing the industries they used to lobby for. [/I][/QUOTE]I would rather have people who have proven they can run a multi-million or multi-billion dollar corporation successfully in America than a politician who has never worked an honest day in their life. Plus, it was Trump who fired the sorry a $$ VA workers who were wasting perfectly good oxygen at the VAs around the country. He has done more for us in his 4 years then all combined since I retired in 2000.

[QUOTE=SgtSoros;5159154] [I]2. Trump and his family have personally profited from the presidency. Despite Trumps promise hed sever all ties with his existing businesses and place all assets in a blind trust to eliminate any conflicts of interest, documents show Trump remains the sole beneficiary of his trust and still retains the legal power to revoke the trust at any time. Meanwhile, foreign dignitaries have flooded Trumps hotels, lining his pockets in clear violation of the Constitution. He even attempted to host the G-7 at his own luxury golf course until he was forced to back down. [/I][/QUOTE]He could have put everything on hold and still made a fortune because of the booming economy. My portfolio grew far more (% wise) in the 4 years under Trump than the 8 under Obama.

[QUOTE=SgtSoros;5159154] [I]3. Trump catered to billionaires and corporations at the expense of hard working middle class Americans. In the fall of 2017, mega-donors shelled out more than $31 million in political contributions to Trump and Republicans. And in return, they got a massive $2 trillion tax cut. Not a bad return on investment. As Trump told his wealthy friends at Mar-a-Lago just days after the tax bill became law, You all just got a lot richer. [/I][/QUOTE]Why would you believe in a new definition of fair? When I grew up, a fair way to share a pizza among 4 people would be to divide it into 4 equal parts and each can eat all or part of their ¼. Then, if someone did not want their entire quarter someone else could eat what they want. Today's definition of fairly dividing the pizza is to have everyone get on a scale or get a BMI to determine who is the fattest and they get the least down to the scrawniest who gets more. Meaning, a 5% cut in taxes across the board is fair even though 5% of $1 B is a whole lot more than 5% of $50 k.

[QUOTE=SgtSoros;5159154] [I]4. Trump has used taxpayer dollars to subsidize his luxurious lifestyle. Since taking office, Trumps golf trips alone have cost taxpayers more than $110 million dollars. His children have also charged taxpayers for costs associated with business trips around the world that theyve taken, including India and Uruguay. Taxpayers even footed the bill for Donald Trump Juniors hunting trip to Canada. [/I][/QUOTE]I wonder if we can ever get a true tally on how much tax money was spent on all of Obama's trips, especially the ones to Hawaii?

[QUOTE=SgtSoros;5159154] [I]5. The Trump administration has been riddled with scandals and ethics violations. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross held on to investments and never divested despite pledging to avoid even the appearance of conflict of interest. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has tried to arrange meetings with Chinese officials for her family business. Ethics officials have found Kellyanne Conway broke laws that prohibit government workers from engaging in political activities. The list goes on, and on. This has been the most corrupt administration in American history.[/I][/QUOTE]And just how many of these were set-ups by left-over Obama pukes? All administrations have been riddled with scandals. Not just at the Presidential level, it runs all the way down to the Atlanta City Mayor's office for the past 25 years I have lived here.

[QUOTE=SgtLurker;5159619]I cannot agree with you here.

I would rather have people who have proven they can run a multi-million or multi-billion dollar corporation successfully in America than a politician who has never worked an honest day in their life. Plus, it was Trump who fired the sorry a $$ VA workers who were wasting perfectly good oxygen at the VAs around the country. He has done more for us in his 4 years then all combined since I retired in 2000.

He could have put everything on hold and still made a fortune because of the booming economy. My portfolio grew far more (% wise) in the 4 years under Trump than the 8 under Obama.

Why would you believe in a new definition of fair? When I grew up, a fair way to share a pizza among 4 people would be to divide it into 4 equal parts and each can eat all or part of their . Then, if someone did not want their entire quarter someone else could eat what they want. Today's definition of fairly dividing the pizza is to have everyone get on a scale or get a BMI to determine who is the fattest and they get the least down to the scrawniest who gets more. Meaning, a 5% cut in taxes across the board is fair even though 5% of $1 B is a whole lot more than 5% of $50 k.

I wonder if we can ever get a true tally on how much tax money was spent on all of Obama's trips, especially the ones to Hawaii?

And just how many of these were set-ups by left-over Obama pukes? All administrations have been riddled with scandals. Not just at the Presidential level, it runs all the way down to the Atlanta City Mayor's office for the past 25 years I have lived here.[/QUOTE]So let's put the cards on the table: Trump is not a successful businessman. He has been a successful con artist and grifter his entire adult life.

For instance, his tax records show he makes money from the IRS because his businesses lose money. He went bankrupt three times in the casino business (of all things); he has been a tax fraud, business fraud. Let's not forget Trump University, charity fraud and, not to put too fine a point on it, he has bragged about his sexual predation on women and then allegedly paid for their silence.

Trump promised he'd "bring back coal," rebuild our infrastructure and make shuttered factories hum anew. Well, coal didn't come back, nor did a slew of good-paying factory jobs, even before the coronavirus pandemic. Most jobs created on his watch have been lower-paying, non-industrial jobs.

Trump's hustle included elevating the all-American baseball cap as his campaign symbol in 2016 and again this year. "Make America Great Again" was stitched in white letters on the red headwear. The MAGA cap was the perfect metaphor for his fleecing the working class. Many, if not most, of the caps were Chinese-made.

The same label was on the Donald J. Trump Collection, his line of menswear.

While he stumped the country, especially in high unemployment communities with shuttered factories, he vowed to staunch the flood of US jobs to China and other cheap labor countries overseas, he was making a bundle off Chinese-made duds.

Trump's populism was as phony as his orange hair hue. The whole thing was a schtick, carefully calculated to mask what he really is: a liar, a grifter and a cheap hustler of the I've-got-mine-screw-you persuasion.

[QUOTE=MTWilliams911;5159526]At least Trump can answer a question and string together three sentences without a teleprompter and even then stumbling. Biden is demented. Sad but true. The cackling hyaena Harris is sharpening her teeth and knives. He will not last long. I hope he can fend her off for the good of the country. Your brother George Soros may already have called that play though and he may be on the way out already. Hope not.[/QUOTE]The attached image is posted without comment.

[QUOTE=SgtSoros;5159758]So let's put the cards on the table: Trump is not a successful businessman. He has been a successful con artist and grifter his entire adult life.

For instance, his tax records show he makes money from the IRS because his businesses lose money. He went bankrupt three times in the casino business (of all things); he has been a tax fraud, business fraud. Let's not forget Trump University, charity fraud and, not to put too fine a point on it, he has bragged about his sexual predation on women and then allegedly paid for their silence.

Trump promised he'd "bring back coal," rebuild our infrastructure and make shuttered factories hum anew. Well, coal didn't come back, nor did a slew of good-paying factory jobs, even before the coronavirus pandemic. Most jobs created on his watch have been lower-paying, non-industrial jobs.

Trump's hustle included elevating the all-American baseball cap as his campaign symbol in 2016 and again this year. "Make America Great Again" was stitched in white letters on the red headwear. The MAGA cap was the perfect metaphor for his fleecing the working class. Many, if not most, of the caps were Chinese-made.

The same label was on the Donald J. Trump Collection, his line of menswear.

While he stumped the country, especially in high unemployment communities with shuttered factories, he vowed to staunch the flood of US jobs to China and other cheap labor countries overseas, he was making a bundle off Chinese-made duds.

Trump's populism was as phony as his hair hue. The whole thing was a schtick, carefully calculated to mask what he really is: a liar and a cheap hustler of the I've-got-mine-screw-you persuasion.[/QUOTE]It's Sgt. George again. Anything new from Sgt. George? No, sorry. It's just TRUMPTRUMPTRUMPTRUMPTRUMP again and again and more lies from Sgt. George. Trump is gone, Sgt. George. In a week you will kneel down and suck Mighty Joe's dick just like the good little America-hating leftist that you are. We all know what you are, Sgt. George. Sucks to be you.

[QUOTE=TheWiseacre;5159615][URL]https://nationaldaycalendar.com/korean-american-day-january-13/[/URL]

We should all celebrate this great day by eating Korean.

And I think all mongers know how to make that happen![/QUOTE]I'll start with my dental hygienist in Duluth. Always fantasized about her, then saw her naked ass one time as she rose up from the toilet (she forgot to close the door). I was in paradise for a fleeting moment and all the ladies at the front desk had a good laugh when I told them about it.

Never lick provider pussy.

Signed,

Someone who's still alive.

[QUOTE=SgtLurker;5159619]I cannot agree with you here.

I would rather have people who have proven they can run a multi-million or multi-billion dollar corporation successfully in America than a politician who has never worked an honest day in their life. Plus, it was Trump who fired the sorry a $$ VA workers who were wasting perfectly good oxygen at the VAs around the country. He has done more for us in his 4 years then all combined since I retired in 2000.[/QUOTE]FYI, Doing the work of politics is very hard work, honest and difficult work. Many public servants work tirelessly for the good of the people. Having the view that successful capitalists should be good at public service or government leadership is simply illogical. Government is not a business, its a public service. Police and fire don't operate at a profit and neither does any other government service.

ARG.

[QUOTE=HobbyMan51;5159784]It's Sgt. George again. Anything new from Sgt. George? No, sorry. It's just TRUMPTRUMPTRUMPTRUMPTRUMP again and again and more lies from Sgt. George. Trump is gone, Sgt. George. In a week you will kneel down and suck Mighty Joe's dick just like the good little America-hating leftist that you are. We all know what you are, Sgt. George. Sucks to be you.[/QUOTE]He wouldn't see the real truth if it hit him like a Mack Truck.

[QUOTE=HobbyMan51;5159784]It's Sgt. George again. Anything new from Sgt. George? No, sorry. It's just TRUMPTRUMPTRUMPTRUMPTRUMP again and again and more lies from Sgt. George. Trump is gone, Sgt. George. In a week you will kneel down and suck Mighty Joe's dick just like the good little America-hating leftist that you are. We all know what you are, Sgt. George. Sucks to be you.[/QUOTE]Damn, it's you again!

[QUOTE=SgtLurker;5160038]He wouldn't see the real truth if it hit him like a Mack Truck.[/QUOTE]I guess just like you....lol.

[QUOTE=ARegularGuy;5160009]FYI, Doing the work of politics is very hard work, honest and difficult work.
[/QUOTE]I would agree that true public service isn't easy. Now try getting that message across to members of Congress. Most people have no respect for them as they usually satisfy their own urges, vote themselves pay raises, etc; however, I believe that most Americans have the utmost respect for first responders and the military. They are the unselfish, unsung heroes in this country.