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(3,888 posts)I have been pondering the number of political, economic and social similarities one can identify in today's America and the America of the civil war era. It is both frightening disheartening to think the nation is once again so divided and divided over much the same issues: the future of our economic system, the role of labor in society, a profound misunderstanding of the character of the president by those opposed to him, regional identification ,and a struggle between state's rights and Federal power. We have people from all 50 states who have signed petitions to secede from the nation. I won't be surprised if republicans move to impeach Obama soon.
I am delighted that Obama won a second term but the losers are acting nutty. They are spewing all sorts of shit. they are in denial or deluded.
I hope it dies down soon. They are not good losers.