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yardwork

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30. A lot of it boils down to racism. Racism has poisoned the idea of public good in the U.S.
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 01:45 PM
Nov 2012

Our country was built on racism, slavery, and genocide, and it's an original sin that poisons us to this day. The Republicans want to believe an alternate reality, one in which America was built by the rugged individualism of Christian white men. They ignore the fact that millions of Americans responded to the Civil Rights Acts by abandoning public works.

hate is not a solution - FoxNews, Limbaugh, etc have no solutions, just hate tomm2thumbs Nov 2012 #1
I certainly hope the choking has begun. defacto7 Nov 2012 #19
hopefully those that finally realized they have been lied to these past months start to get it tomm2thumbs Nov 2012 #26
Spam deleted by gkhouston (MIR Team) Dubster Nov 2012 #2
They have driven all the decent Eisenhower AsahinaKimi Nov 2012 #4
That is an awesome piece of writing! lexw Nov 2012 #3
excellent Samjm Nov 2012 #5
I have always maintained SemperEadem Nov 2012 #6
QUICK, Call John Boehner bucolic_frolic Nov 2012 #7
They're trying to set up Jeb bush as such a man. loudsue Nov 2012 #8
And...... JPK Nov 2012 #11
The coming GOP war is going to be awesome to behold. Mr.Turnip Nov 2012 #9
I'm rooting for every side in that war! Ikonoklast Nov 2012 #21
They say "doomed to become a party of the past" like it's a bad thing. woofless Nov 2012 #10
Re: The republican party JPK Nov 2012 #13
It was his primary pandering xxqqqzme Nov 2012 #12
I would agree, but the GOP won the house happyslug Nov 2012 #14
Republicans don't learn lessons CanonRay Nov 2012 #15
The key, and impossible passage here is this: Atypical Liberal Nov 2012 #16
"an underlying fear that someone, somewhere, is abusing welfare" (they 'target' the wrong 'someone') Amonester Nov 2012 #18
A lot of it boils down to racism. Racism has poisoned the idea of public good in the U.S. yardwork Nov 2012 #30
BINGO...WE Have A Winner 1ProudAtheist Nov 2012 #17
Harsh yes, a lesson? That waits to be seen. defacto7 Nov 2012 #20
I'm thrilled that Obama won, and... olddad56 Nov 2012 #22
They rode the hate train for several decades, so you knew stubtoe Nov 2012 #23
They will never re-@$$e$$ the strategy. They will only double-down... Amonester Nov 2012 #25
I want to take issue with the second sentence. Left Coast2020 Nov 2012 #24
Kicked and rec''d for REALITY~ BeHereNow Nov 2012 #27
Yeah, 'cause they're sure to learn from this loss. DCKit Nov 2012 #28
If there's one thing cranky old rightwing white men are good at, Arugula Latte Nov 2012 #29
the Supreme Court will be going Liberal lovuian Nov 2012 #31
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