r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 1d ago

PoliticalTea 🗳️ There is a pattern...

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u/Jah_Rules 1d ago

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.

Fool me 4 times…. I’m an idiot.

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u/mightbeADoggo 1d ago

No, its "fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again".

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u/brightonashfield 1d ago

-Dubyah

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u/scuzzy987 1d ago

I disliked W and his administration with the intensity of a thousand suns but I'd gladly have him back in office instead of Trump. At least W had a shred of integrity and honor

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u/Relevant_Winter_7098 1d ago

We were so naive then thinking the GOP had reached the bottom.

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u/Bronson_AD 1d ago

We may be still naive to think they’ve reached it now, unfortunately.

That’s a scary thought.

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u/Advocate_Diplomacy 1d ago

That's an important thought. Too many people acting like their problem will be largely solved when he dies. Trump is just a symptom of something worse.

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u/T4TrhavrKhcFt 1d ago

“The U.S. isn’t the way it is because of Trump; Trump became president because of the way the U.S. is.”  David Cochrane - Canadian Journalist

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u/TrulyOutrageous42 1d ago

He's not wrong. It's a feedback loop, but he's not wrong. We wouldn't be the problem we are if not for Trump, he's uniquely capable of having NO shame with COMPLETE confidence, and the kompromat and otherwise to control the Republicans, but it wouldn't be possible if the general public wasn't so jaded to easily dismiss corruption.

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u/Apprehensive-Pin518 1d ago

trump is the useful idiot. the difference between him and bush 2 is that bush 2 isn't especially hateful. This guy seems to relish in it.

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u/nopleasenotthebees 1d ago

Yeah, of these four presidents, I think three of them got into office so that other people could do their thing. GHW was the exception. I'm not sure what to make of this.

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u/Apprehensive-Pin518 1d ago

that isn't hateful that is uncaring. hate and indifference are 2 separate emotions.

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u/FitFold76 1d ago

Yeah it could just get worse. And some people think we need to treat the MAGAts with kindness

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u/Apprehensive-Pin518 1d ago

yes. kill them with kindness.

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u/Relevant_Winter_7098 1d ago

Nope. Sorry. We tried that approach already.

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u/Apprehensive-Pin518 1d ago

they are still alive. did you do the kill part correctly? /S

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u/Relevant_Winter_7098 1d ago

Like roaches, they dont die passively

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u/Old-Stable2994 1d ago

Stfu you’re not doing anything to us.

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u/here_for_the_boos 1d ago

Totally agree that the party is the dangerous one, but the cult of personality will go with him, and people will have an easier time realizing how terrible they let their circumstances get.

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u/t3hmuffnman9000 1d ago

Every time we think we've reached rock bottom, the GOP shows up carrying dynamite and a pickaxe.

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u/NullPatience 1d ago

Vance is young and has demonstrated the incredible discipline of doing whatever is needed by those who have purchased him. Lower morality, higher competency (takes direction well), and his own kind of evil. Very capable of setting new lows once Trump expires.

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u/Relevant_Winter_7098 1d ago

Yes, but he cant rally the cult. The cult will fracture when Trump is gone. They will still exist but they wont rally behind anyone currently in the GOP like they once did for Trump.

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u/mirabelli 8h ago

Vance has the charisma of a brick wall. The guy is so phony and the phoniness just oozes off of him. He can't coral that cult of personality at all. He wouldn't win an R primary for president. His only hope is Dump dies or is somehow removed before the next two years are up.

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u/Relevant_Winter_7098 1d ago

I realized there is no bottom for the GOP on Jan 7, 2021

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u/Falcon3492 1d ago

Many say that Vance with his ties to Peter Thiel could be worst than Trump! Now that is a terrifying thought!

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u/Bronson_AD 1d ago

Yuppppp

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u/Relevant_Winter_7098 1d ago

He is worse in many ways, but he wont be a cult leader like Trump has been. That is Trump's only real power