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NRaleighLiberal

(60,040 posts)
Tue Jun 26, 2018, 01:45 PM Jun 2018

He has turned us from a country of Hope to a time of increasingly desperate hopelessness

Abraham Lincoln quote

"My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth"

Well, Mr Lincoln - we were on the right path.

Then, an election was stolen

And we have the horror we are seeing (and so many in our country support, which is madness)

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He has turned us from a country of Hope to a time of increasingly desperate hopelessness (Original Post) NRaleighLiberal Jun 2018 OP
Well.... FarPoint Jun 2018 #1
The US Supreme Court was stolen as well . . Iliyah Jun 2018 #2
Not hopeless yet, we're points away from full on Nazi Germany but too far in right now uponit7771 Jun 2018 #3
No election was stolen, (ie..stein voters) gave trump the win...but we beachbum bob Jun 2018 #4
I disagree. I firmly believe it was hacked...stolen. NRaleighLiberal Jun 2018 #5
I agree RhodeIslandOne Jun 2018 #6

FarPoint

(12,487 posts)
1. Well....
Tue Jun 26, 2018, 01:50 PM
Jun 2018

We are screwed....it has been a methodical erosion since Newt Gingrich....they widdled away chip by chip by chip growing more empowered....Creating hatemongers...Tea Party, now Racist Trumpsters.... Mostly, America has been brainwashed...

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
2. The US Supreme Court was stolen as well . .
Tue Jun 26, 2018, 01:57 PM
Jun 2018

Unfortunately and like history, we are getting a "wake" up call. We will wake up in time? I think so.

Unfortunately many will suffer, suffer greatly.

 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
4. No election was stolen, (ie..stein voters) gave trump the win...but we
Tue Jun 26, 2018, 02:29 PM
Jun 2018

Can set it right...no more sitting on our asses and handwringing for starters

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