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Coldwater

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6. All governments suffer a recurring problem:

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 03:17 PM

22 hrs ago

"Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."

Frank Herbert

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Absolute Abuse of Power [View all] kentuck 22 hrs ago OP

I agree with everything you said but I won't hold my breath until we get results. OLDMDDEM 22 hrs ago #1

All great points but kacekwl 22 hrs ago #2

I want to hear the Democratic Party say it kentuck 22 hrs ago #4

Republicans are okay with it. dalton99a 22 hrs ago #3

But that does not mean that Democrats are okay with it. kentuck 22 hrs ago #5

All governments suffer a recurring problem: Coldwater 22 hrs ago #6

My Father rustysgurl 20 hrs ago #7

..and taking bribes , financial crimes BlueWaveNeverEnd 20 hrs ago #8

Agree! NHvet 19 hrs ago #9

Of course, he was absolutely corrupt long before he rose to power Orrex 19 hrs ago #10

I think he's already past his sell-by date. He grabbed the potus and house, and now is putting lindysalsagal 1 hr ago #14

"he needs to be convicted and removed from the office of the Presidency"... the nelm 19 hrs ago #11

"POWER"... GiqueCee 18 hrs ago #12

Now giving the Saudi's F35 jets AND our AI technology vapor2 1 hr ago #13

I'm more afraid of what we don't know! lindysalsagal 1 hr ago #15