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17. Your deep knowledge of my past is flattering.

Sun Jun 7, 2015, 09:33 AM

Jun 2015

Creepy, yes, but mostly flatteting.

So, perhaps you can recall: when was I a Republican?

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Has any Conservative idea ever worked out well for the 99%? Ever? [View all] MannyGoldstein Jun 2015 OP

The ones where they lose elections. Archae Jun 2015 #1

shrugs* retrowire Jun 2015 #2

I'm 58. HooptieWagon Jun 2015 #4

That depends on what you define as "conservative." NuclearDem Jun 2015 #5

Wasnt the Earned Income Tax Credit originally a GOP idea? DJ13 Jun 2015 #6

Well, you could say sadoldgirl Jun 2015 #7

can't remember at all why you were once a republican? bettyellen Jun 2015 #8

Your deep knowledge of my past is flattering. MannyGoldstein Jun 2015 #17

I've been pretty clear as to why, more than 30 years ago, MannyGoldstein Jun 2015 #25

LOL. MannyGoldstein Jun 2015 #27

I think any positive idea they passed was already in the works. joshcryer Jun 2015 #9

Running Barry Goldwater MFrohike Jun 2015 #10

Yup nadinbrzezinski Jun 2015 #11

You make a good point about Teddy Roosevelt. joshcryer Jun 2015 #13

Didn't Teddy call himself a Progressive? MannyGoldstein Jun 2015 #18

obamacare was a product based on conservative principles Demonaut Jun 2015 #12

Good point! MannyGoldstein Jun 2015 #19

If they ever have, it was by accident Warpy Jun 2015 #14

Depends on how you define "worked." malthaussen Jun 2015 #16

Medicare Part D? Nye Bevan Jun 2015 #20

!!! MannyGoldstein Jun 2015 #28

Should be a truth-telling campaign theme for every dem seeking wiggs Jun 2015 #31