Danny Bateman 7,166 Report post Posted November 3 Anything that lets Trump and the GOP continue to play victims is the play. It's quite amazing how much the party under Trump relies on perpetual angry victimhood to sustain itself. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlitzFirst 1,921 Report post Posted November 3 36 minutes ago, Danny Bateman said: Anything that lets Trump and the GOP continue to play victims is the play. It's quite amazing how much the party under Trump relies on perpetual angry victimhood to sustain itself. It's actually part of the BITE model for cults...where you have to always be persecuted to feel like you're doing the right thing. https://freedomofmind.com/bite-model/ The author of the BITE model is the premiere expert on cults in America. He's also the author of "The Cult of Trump" which I previously spoke about in THIS POST. It's since been released. I haven't bought it yet but when I do, I may do a review here sometime. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
funhusker 2,249 Report post Posted November 3 30 minutes ago, BlitzFirst said: It's actually part of the BITE model for cults...where you have to always be persecuted to feel like you're doing the right thing. https://freedomofmind.com/bite-model/ The author of the BITE model is the premiere expert on cults in America. He's also the author of "The Cult of Trump" which I previously spoke about in THIS POST. It's since been released. I haven't bought it yet but when I do, I may do a review here sometime. I think this is also relevant to the Christians that scream about being persecuted in the USA. “War on Christmas” for example... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Moiraine 14,283 Report post Posted November 3 11 minutes ago, funhusker said: I think this is also relevant to the Christians that scream about being persecuted in the USA. “War on Christmas” for example... And religious freedom, which is cried about by the GOP all the time. But only when Christians want to treat gays as lesser beings and are told they can’t. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Danny Bateman 7,166 Report post Posted November 3 1 hour ago, BlitzFirst said: It's actually part of the BITE model for cults...where you have to always be persecuted to feel like you're doing the right thing. https://freedomofmind.com/bite-model/ The author of the BITE model is the premiere expert on cults in America. He's also the author of "The Cult of Trump" which I previously spoke about in THIS POST. It's since been released. I haven't bought it yet but when I do, I may do a review here sometime. Thanks for the info man. I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on the book if you decide to do so. That really does fit perfectly with the modern GOP, Christians, etc. mentioned here, doesn't it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Danny Bateman 7,166 Report post Posted November 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
schriznoeder 940 Report post Posted November 4 Mods, apparently we can delete this entire topic. Bribery is no longer an impeachable offense. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jsneb83 2,277 Report post Posted November 4 37 minutes ago, schriznoeder said: Mods, apparently we can delete this entire topic. Bribery is no longer an impeachable offense. So, if it isn't an impeachable offense, then we did it. But if it is impeachable, then we didn't do it. Do I have that right? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NM11046 3,763 Report post Posted November 4 Good god. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Danny Bateman 7,166 Report post Posted November 4 It's important to remember here that Trump is a liar. It's easy to notice the big, easily disprovable lies. But, we cannot forget the little lies matter too. A president who lies about all manner of things big and small is not fit to be president. Trump is lying about the transcript. It's not a transcript. It's selectively edited excerpts from a transcript. They cut out the most damning stuff. He's trying to pass off little lies as truth because people are always busy pointing out the big lies. Contemplate for a moment how completely f***** the moral rectitude is of someone that would do that and how damaging it is for our country. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QMany 4,126 Report post Posted November 4 This is the most important thing through this unfortunate process. We know it was quid pro quo, they have admitted it! But don't tie yourself to that narrow verbiage. Quid pro quo is normal in foreign policy for American benefit, but it is corruption and abuse of power when used for personal political benefit. Don't let them muddy the waters. Also, obstruction of justice! Those should be the concise titles of four articles of impeachment with all of the damning evidence bullet-pointed below. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TGHusker 3,492 Report post Posted November 4 18 hours ago, Danny Bateman said: Anything that lets Trump and the GOP continue to play victims is the play. It's quite amazing how much the party under Trump relies on perpetual angry victimhood to sustain itself. Today's GOP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
knapplc 29,981 Report post Posted November 4 Here's trump's pretzel logic about the Whistleblower. I can think of a few people who think this makes perfect sense. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NM11046 3,763 Report post Posted November 4 A pretty nice summary - haunting though, it brought tears to my eyes. I never would have thought we'd be in this position. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nebfanatic 4,441 Report post Posted November 5 https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/05/politics/donald-trump-impeachment-democrats-republicans-supreme-court/index.html An article summarizing the testimony that has gone public highlighting Trumps abuse of power to challenge the inquiry 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
