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empedocles

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5. Interesting article

Reply to edhopper (Reply #2)

Sat Sep 12, 2020, 12:11 PM

Sep 2020

From the article - "The Great Depression, it appears, was treated by many as a natural disaster," Norpoth writes.

[Suspect many current republicons see the economic/Covid problem as a natural disaster also - which hasn't affected them too much].

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Trump vs Bush polls, what's up with that 10% ? [View all] edhopper Sep 2020 OP

Herbert Hoover ran America into the ground and he still got 40% of the vote in 1932 DSandra Sep 2020 #1

Good point edhopper Sep 2020 #2

Interesting article empedocles Sep 2020 #5

A quote from the documentary #Unfit Mike 03 Sep 2020 #3

Maybe it is the difference between a corrupt political party and a cult. nevergiveup Sep 2020 #4

True edhopper Sep 2020 #9

I think it was at 8 years. Enough is enough! jimfields33 Sep 2020 #6

Reagan would have won in a landslide in 1988 Polybius Sep 2020 #11

Yieks. Horrid thought. But you are probably right. Weird times. jimfields33 Sep 2020 #13

Trump and his churches of Republicanism... gulliver Sep 2020 #7

Two wars that Bush started and couldn't finish didn't help his polls. dawg day Sep 2020 #8

Bush was boring, and was never good at firing up a crowd Polybius Sep 2020 #10

I don't think GWB was racist. Misguided yes, racist no. DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2020 #12

The Trumpist GOP base didn't really like Dubya at that point Azathoth Sep 2020 #14

Good points edhopper Sep 2020 #15

Fifteen additional years of right-wing media brainwashing... SMC22307 Sep 2020 #16