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(269,096 posts)RFN!
NoMoreRepugs
(9,444 posts)images of minorities I believe that allows the goober Deplorable to fixate on that and imagine that person must be worse off than they are so tRUMP must be doing a great job.
If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.
Lyndon B. Johnson
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)uponit7771
(90,347 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,020 posts)Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)Remember that story we all had to read in the eighth grade? The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson? Remember how shocked you were at the ending, and at the behavior of the townspeople? Well, welcome to Trump's America.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,020 posts)erronis
(15,313 posts)Alongside the mob mentality, the story speaks about people who blindly follow traditions without thinking of the consequences of those traditions.[6]
Auggie
(31,177 posts)you'll never get the base to change. But the disengaged of 2016? The protest voters? These folks will defeat Trump.
NoMoreRepugs
(9,444 posts)progressoid
(49,992 posts)I'm not sure that is going to sell to a lot of voters since the recovery act is seen as bi-partisan.
erronis
(15,313 posts)(r)epuglicons.
PPP that went to major public corporations.
Unemployment claims that are limited and frequently unaccessible.
The democrats wanted to help the states to weather this crisis - equitably. dump and the (r)epuglicons want to use any funds to reward and punish.
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)ffr
(22,671 posts)This kind of message will break through to even enough cult members to give them pause. They've destroyed America with their political experiment.
There is Mourning in America. Just look at everything that tRump does. From is failed real estate deals to his condemned park in New York.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,020 posts)Maintenance of the park was halted in 2010 due to budget constraints, and the park remains largely undeveloped as of 2015. Most of the buildings have been demolished, only a few foundations and the existing tennis court remain as of 2017.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,205 posts)He purchased it in the 90s (when he was going broke) for $2 Million and donated it in 2006 saying it was worth $100 Million.
iluvtennis
(19,864 posts)andym
(5,444 posts)And this ad is by a conservative group. How ironic, given that there is a connection between the false promises of hope in "Morning in America" in the 80's and the consequences of Reagan's politics resulting in Trump's Mourning in America today 35-40 years later.
Cha
(297,396 posts)Cha
(297,396 posts)Mahalo, DSB