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In reply to the discussion: Whigs... for a couple years I have written here [View all]nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)52. Elite media will try to prevent that
but there is a limit as to how many times you can co-opt true grass roots movements. Also they are the reason they are in this mess. So objectively, if I were the Koch brothers, I'd start to consider that this investment is not really paying off.
Oh and the OTHER grass root movement right now is fully aware of what happened to the T Parties. You could say paranoid even.
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I gave you the business below, but in joke form, not just screaming that you're a moron.
cthulu2016
Dec 2011
#18
Again, weak. If you don't like people 'claiming victim status', then you should discourage bullying.
The Doctor.
Dec 2011
#82
Please point out who has even mentioned what the OP is about up to your comment.
lunatica
Dec 2011
#117
So if I read you correctly you're like the Super Troll who attacks the Evil Trolls?
snooper2
Dec 2011
#130
Thanks. It appears that you are correct with respect Lefty Mom. My mistake. My apologies
Zorra
Dec 2011
#69
Please stop- you've made whatever point it is you're trying to make by now. nt
Poll_Blind
Dec 2011
#90
Ron Paul will not run as a third party. He has said so repeatedly. And as for the Republicans
SlimJimmy
Dec 2011
#43
They injection molded the plastic all in once piece and then painted the hair, like for Ken dolls.
LeftyMom
Dec 2011
#16
I actually think I remember my Mom throwing some Wig Parties when I was a kid.
cherokeeprogressive
Dec 2011
#11
I've been write there with ya. Only I think we should drown them in the bathtub. How Ironic is that?
WingDinger
Dec 2011
#17
I'm glad I missed the mis-spelling of the Whigs. There seem to be some similarities
madinmaryland
Dec 2011
#40
No, the Republican Party won't go away. The big difference from the Whigs is the primary system.
Jim Lane
Dec 2011
#57
Major difference - In the 1850s the energy in the Whig party was in the progressive wing - which
yellowcanine
Dec 2011
#103