Yeah, if the lesson you've taken from the last decade of American politics is that they used to be too hard on corruption and they're doing things right these days, you are probably very corrupt.
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A VP saying something like that only 15 years ago would have been a career-ending move. This being a nonevent today should tell you how far America has slid into fascism.
LOL, "modern". I've been asking various cons - when they are slobbering all over Ronnie Raygun - "hey how about that Iran/Contra, they really won one for the Gipper there, didn't they?" for decades now.
Iran/Contra is arguably far worse than Watergate.
Wanna guess what kind of responses I got from cons on that one? I want someone to explain the difference between a "modern" GOP and the not-modern GOP.
All JD Vance headlines just read as "JD Vance continues to provide proof he is a dumb hateful sack of pure liquid shit" to me.
No it's an act of treason, punishable by death.
One of many reasons the entire GOP should, at the very least, be barred from ever holding office or working with government again.
well, sure,. voters could ensure that happens but it seems unlikely,. as they keep electing these bottom feeders
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