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StarryNite

(9,300 posts)
22. I have to agree...
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 03:21 AM
Oct 2012

and I'm scared. This is one of the oddest elections I have ever seen and I've seen a lot!

The Republican Rhetoric seems mighty like the 50s and 60s to me k8conant Oct 2012 #1
It seems to me to have gone well past those days... regnaD kciN Oct 2012 #9
Yes, the 50's. 1853 to be exact. JaneyVee Oct 2012 #31
We must stop these Old Testament folk. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2012 #2
This is so, so, very true... defacto7 Oct 2012 #8
K&R ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #3
fight our ayatollahs. and make sure Obama wins! amborin Oct 2012 #4
I think the GOP are the American Taliban. They put ideology over fact, they have zero regard for MADem Oct 2012 #5
I think Mad Men also shows us what was wrong with that way of life... WCGreen Oct 2012 #7
I hope you're right. I've seen a lot of "enthusiasm" for the wrong reasons amongst the younger set! MADem Oct 2012 #18
Those kind of guys are all into that no matter what is on the tube... WCGreen Oct 2012 #30
Men will be forced to grow beards and wear 'original' clothing... Turborama Oct 2012 #6
You are NOT being alarmist. You should listen to this interview I heard this afternoon... cui bono Oct 2012 #10
If we announced our intentions and showed up at Bagram Loudly Oct 2012 #11
The only difference I see between the Taliban and the US is that the Taliban is WCGreen Oct 2012 #13
Talibans everywhere can sense the good old days slipping away. Loudly Oct 2012 #21
Too funny, I was thinking about all that today. DCKit Oct 2012 #12
This really is a major turning point in American history defacto7 Oct 2012 #14
Very true.... WCGreen Oct 2012 #15
OP Nabbysensei Oct 2012 #16
Thank you for this great post defacto7 Oct 2012 #19
You ain't gettin' banned for stating observations about the media. The Doctor. Oct 2012 #25
Welcomem to DU, Nabby! LiberalAndProud Oct 2012 #27
Good thoughts. You get your filters from being educated, not propagandized. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2012 #28
Jumped right into the deep end and came up for air... WCGreen Oct 2012 #29
How right wingnuts have branded "liberal" as something so bad... nightscanner59 Oct 2012 #17
the word conservative has no meaning defacto7 Oct 2012 #20
I have to agree... StarryNite Oct 2012 #22
We are most certainly looking at the possibility of corporate sponsored The Doctor. Oct 2012 #23
Will They Have To Goose Step Down Pennsylvania Ave .. before YOHABLO Oct 2012 #24
Letter to the Editor at the NY Times from a retired gynecologist condoleeza Oct 2012 #26
Most dangerous are the corporate rulers woo me with science Oct 2012 #32
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