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pbmus

(12,444 posts)
Sun Jan 1, 2017, 01:36 PM Jan 2017

Now here is the A-lister...

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“It’s been the privilege of my life to serve as your President. I look forward to standing with you as a citizen. Happy New Year everybody,” President Obama wrote on Twitter.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/312356-obama-serving-as-president-privilege-of-my-life

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THANK YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FOR 8 years...
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tenorly

(2,037 posts)
5. Who, moreover, owes his election entirely to KGB hacking.
Sun Jan 1, 2017, 04:12 PM
Jan 2017

Just as he owes his current net worth (around $800 million) to Russian and Chinese loans.

A travesty of a mockery of a sham, as Woody Allen once said.

tenorly

(2,037 posts)
7. Anything that crosses Putin's mind.
Sun Jan 1, 2017, 04:20 PM
Jan 2017

"Comrade Donald, I was hoping to retrieve a little something we lost some years ago."

"You got it, Vlad. Waddaya want?"

"Hmm. Alaska?"

 

Akamai

(1,779 posts)
8. And also, we can blame the awful Republican party and the greedy, uncaring mainstream media.
Sun Jan 1, 2017, 04:26 PM
Jan 2017

tenorly

(2,037 posts)
9. Sure; they're always a factor. But it was outright theft that put them over the top this time.
Sun Jan 1, 2017, 04:30 PM
Jan 2017

It was a little more subtle than the Bush/Liver Lips/Scaliar heist in 2000; but electoral fraud nonetheless.

The GOP hasn't spent that last 15 years pushing easily-hacked read-and-write software-equipped tabulation machines for nothing. They knew the day would come when they could make the difference for them.

 

Akamai

(1,779 posts)
12. voter suppression -- Cross Check, etc. Yup. Here in Oregon, we want every legal person to vote, even
Mon Jan 2, 2017, 02:06 AM
Jan 2017

if they have been in prison, etc. But Republican states make it harder to vote. What treasonous jerks.

tenorly

(2,037 posts)
11. Avoiding a Cold War redux is important.
Sun Jan 1, 2017, 08:05 PM
Jan 2017

Besides, our problem isn't with Castro, Communists, or Russia. It's with interference in our democratic process - and that includes meddlers both foreign and domestic (think Citizens United).

LuckyLib

(6,908 posts)
4. Such class and thoughtfulness. Now on to
Sun Jan 1, 2017, 04:09 PM
Jan 2017

the reality show idiot who communicates by Twitter. Let the show begin.

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