Trump International Hotel - "It's like a breeding ground"

Most of us choose to believe that the business of our government is conducted...oh, maybe in the White House or in the chambers of Congress. But it's clear where the dirty side of our government is conducting business, it's in Trump's own hotel.

David Fahrenthold is a Washington Post reporter that covers President Trump's businesses and conflicts of interest. "If you don't want it printed, don't let it happen." He wrote an article about the Trump International Hotel.

Trump hotel's mix of GOP insiders and hangers-on helped give rise to impeachment episodes

These are excerpts from his article:

The Trump International Hotel in Washington is a breeding ground for wealthy donors, congressmen and anyone else who can afford the price of a drink at their bar. Basically it's the entire republican party, both the leaders and elected officials, GOP insiders and hangers-ons who want to have influence. They're all squeezed into the lobby of this one hotel. So people like Mike Pence and other people in Congress, they go there to hold fundraisers and they kind of just walk through the lobby. For the price of a drink, you can hang out at the bar and get the ear of a US Senator.

Paraphrasing the article now, all these people like Lev Parnas, Fruman and Robert Hyde the weird guy from Connecticut (who is currently being sued by a Trump supporter in Europe), they all come together and link up with the president's legal team just because they're all drinking in the same place. In addition to having lavish fund raising dinner parties, Trump is essentially also being paid as the caterer for these events since he never divested from his business in the Trump International Hotel.

Trump hotel's mix of GOP insiders and hangers-on helped give rise to impeachment episodes - Alton Telegraph

I think I read that Trump is on Parnas’ tape complaining that he can’t have campaign events at the WH.

Mar-a-Lago is infested, as well.

I have faith our nation is both resilient enough to withstand one mushroom dick, even for 8 years, and that justice will prevail. Sure, it isn't perfect. Example: Hillary never paid for her crimes....but she's not President either.

The best We, the People can do is "vote the bastards out", regardless of party. Turn out in droves and vote for the challenger in every election. Shake up your state and DC so much they cry "Uncle!"

Rising Sun said:

I have faith our nation is both resilient enough to withstand one mushroom dick, even for 8 years, and that justice will prevail. Sure, it isn't perfect. Example: Hillary never paid for her crimes....but she's not President either.

The best We, the People can do is "vote the bastards out", regardless of party. Turn out in droves and vote for the challenger in every election. Shake up your state and DC so much they cry "Uncle!"

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Great idea. Vote the bastards out, regardless of party. It's just a pie in the sky idea that will never happen, as the voters are committed to partisanship and the politicians have gerrymandered their districts so as to be safe from the wrath of voters, but it would be a great idea, a revolution at the ballot box.

Dittohead not! said:

Great idea. Vote the bastards out, regardless of party. It's just a pie in the sky idea that will never happen, as the voters are committed to partisanship and the politicians have gerrymandered their districts so as to be safe from the wrath of voters, but it would be a great idea, a revolution at the ballot box.

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Yes, it would be pie in the sky to expect everyone to do it, but I'm speaking mostly to the Independents. Most of those on the backside of the IQ Bell Curve are political partisans. I've known you long enough to know you are smart enough to recognize that extremely partisan people are not the brightest bulbs on the tree.

Two main things to consider:
1) It's also not a secret that the two main political parties have shrunk over the past five decades while the ranks of the Independents have grown: Independents 45%, Democrats 27% and Republicans 27%. Party Affiliation | Gallup Historical Trends

2) The last several elections have been close, usually within 5%. This means either flipping 5% of voters or bringing out an additional 5% of the non-voting 40% toward one side could flip most elections. United States Presidential Election Results | Britannica

IMHO, it's important to not play the political games being offered by either party but to play them against each other. In that regard, by encouraging Americans to not only turnout to vote but to voice their objections by voting for every challenger in every election, they could change the face of America. Again, it doesn't take more than about 5% of voters.

"The advantage of democracy does not consist . . . in favoring the prosperity of all, but simply in contributing to the-well-being of the greatest number."


---Alexis de Tocqueville

Well we sure got rid of that quickly, didn't we.
In fact, the Right is now claiming that Tocqueville is a liar because the United States "was never a democracy".
I guess Alexis is a commie liar, like all those cheese eating surrender monkeys over in Frog Land.

Rising Sun said:

Yes, it would be pie in the sky to expect everyone to do it, but I'm speaking mostly to the Independents. Most of those on the backside of the IQ Bell Curve are political partisans. I've known you long enough to know you are smart enough to recognize that extremely partisan people are not the brightest bulbs on the tree.

Two main things to consider:
1) It's also not a secret that the two main political parties have shrunk over the past five decades while the ranks of the Independents have grown: Independents 45%, Democrats 27% and Republicans 27%. Party Affiliation | Gallup Historical Trends

2) The last several elections have been close, usually within 5%. This means either flipping 5% of voters or bringing out an additional 5% of the non-voting 40% toward one side could flip most elections. United States Presidential Election Results | Britannica

IMHO, it's important to not play the political games being offered by either party but to play them against each other. In that regard, by encouraging Americans to not only turnout to vote but to voice their objections by voting for every challenger in every election, they could change the face of America. Again, it doesn't take more than about 5% of voters.

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Now this does give us some hope:

1) It's also not a secret that the two main political parties have shrunk over the past five decades while the ranks of the Independents have grown: Independents 45%, Democrats 27% and Republicans 27%. Party Affiliation | Gallup Historical Trends

2) The last several elections have been close, usually within 5%. This means either flipping 5% of voters or bringing out an additional 5% of the non-voting 40% toward one side could flip most elections. United States Presidential Election Results | Britannica

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It's the only thing that can break the partisan stranglehold that the two major parties have on our democracy. As partisanship gets worse and worse, it's more and more likely that the independents can end it.