The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues

Okay, I get what you’re saying now. It just seemed like a bizarre and contradictory response to the initial question. :laughing:

But for the larger question of why they aren’t in lockstep to oppose everything I think you have a point.

If you scream every time someone steps on your foot, and people step on your foot every minute, pretty soon people will ignore your screams. There just isn’t much the Dems can do right now.

They did on that one nomination. Which was notably the most “normal” nomination that Trump made.

The real point is that, with the really awful nominees like RFK, Jr, and Hegseth, almost all the Democrats voted against them, and it had zero actual effect. Virtually none of the Republicans stopped to question if maybe the universal rejection of the candidates by the Democrats might be a sign that there’s a problem there.

At some point you have to accept that, under the current rules of the US government, the Democrats are essentially powerless to do anything other than make speeches that the entire GOP just ignores.

That just means you aren’t screaming loud enough every time they step on your foot. If you don’t scream when they step on your foot, they’;ll just keep on stepping on it every minute.

Or maybe when someone steps on your foot, you should stop screaming and kick them in the shins instead.

I can think of another more effective target, about 18 inches higher.

“I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat”?

His failed governmental administrations…

With Hegseth and Trump, the following is no longer a joke, but spot on.

Q: What’s the difference between the US Army and the Boy Scouts?

A: The Boy Scouts have adult leadership.

No such thing. There may be gradations in the reasons why each nominee is unsuitable, but the question of suitability/unsuitability is binary.

The America-hating fuckstick should not be in a position to make nominations in the first place. That’s the first disqualifying factor in all of his nominations (the second would usually be that the nominee is a Republican, and there are myriad third through nth).

To the contary, the more you scream, the more they stamp your foot. 99% of Trump policies have no other purpose than to own the libs. Your sweet screams set their loins all a-flutter, and they just can’t wait for his next outrageous pronouncement that with set lib hair on fire.

The idea isn’t to complain, but to make it hurt for them to keep stamping on your foot.

If screaming doesn’t do it, a good kick well-applied might. But I was trying to avoid escalation. If they stamp harder, though, you’ve got no choice. Make it too painful for them to take joy in owning the libs.

That will only happen with escalation beyond rhetorical flourish. Sternly worded letters elicit only MAGA joy.

The Democrats think the worse things are under Trump, the better their chances are in 2028, so why hinder him? He’ll screw over the country, and they’ll sweep the House and Senate. That’s the plan, at least.

That is not any plan Democrats I know of are following-seems rather damn cynical to me.

Because there won’t be a meaningful election by then if Trump is allowed to do what he wants unhindered, nor will there be much left for them to govern if they somehow got in instead of being thrown into camps first.

Also, you are projecting the Republican “win at any cost” attitude onto the Democrats, when they aren’t like that at all.

The Democrats may not be like that, but their leadership is. That same leadership also believes that the more damage the Republicans do, the more money the Democrats will raise form donors. It’s the way things have always been, and you can’t teach old dogs new tricks.

Projection at its very worst.

Cynicism, sure, but projection? What exactly are you accusing me of?

This “win at any cost” mentality you claim is coming from the major Democratic players is not something I am seeing, so some evidence would be nice.

Talking like the Democrats are acting exactly like the Republicans. You are describing a Republican strategy, not a Democratic one. The Republicans wreck everything they can, then the Democrats try to fix it but fall behind each time and take the blame.