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oldhippydude

(2,514 posts)
6. every once in a while
Tue Jan 24, 2012, 07:44 AM
Jan 2012

i remember 1980.. the common wisdom was that let the Republicans run Reagan, he's unelectable.. well the Iranian hostage situation, and a stubborn recession, took it's toll on the Carter administration.. that was the election that started the rightward swing.. things have never been the same since..

of concern to me, is the unlimited funds of citizens united, the "voter fruad" rules enacted by many states, and the hacking of voting machines.. could make this election anything but certain..

with the Republican domination of the corporate media, (notably fokkks el el), the voters may again vote against their own best intrests

with folks like Karl Rove, expect a lot of dirty tricks.. whoever they run!!

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