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In reply to the discussion: I am deeply disappointed in my fellow Americans tonight. The suffering that will ensue was [View all]WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)57. I like to say "My mind is full of scorpions!" (I paraphrase!)
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I am deeply disappointed in my fellow Americans tonight. The suffering that will ensue was [View all]
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
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So sad the untold harm to be inflicted by these radicals let loose upon the Senate and State
blkmusclmachine
Nov 2014
#1
It is sad, isn't it? How the hope of 2008 has now been smashed, replaced with
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#5
I'm buying the MSM take on this which is that Americans voted to signal their
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#7
I am not buying the MSM take. It defies logic and self interest to be dissatisfied with Obama.
kelliekat44
Nov 2014
#12
To vote for Republicans is to jump from the frying pan into the proverbial fire. And Americans
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#24
You can blame Americans all they back to 1980 when they voted in Reagan, which started all this mess
AZ Progressive
Nov 2014
#4
Yeah, I trace the beginning of the decline to Reagan's election (and I agree with you that
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#8
Thanks. It was the first quote that popped into my head after results started
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#17
"if that's what they choose to do" - yeah, I'm thinking that phrase of yours is
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#58
It's those millions who stayed home that, imo, are the real villains of this set piece. I almost
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#19
These are all valid concerns. There have been many threads here on this topic recently and I would
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#20
Well, those of us into nonviolence might tend more towards the 'turrn swords
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#21
'Charemagne [sic] was a fundie asshole' - well no more of an asshole than
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#27
blah blah, find new material, quote Stalin some more LOL...nothing is going to happen
snooper2
Nov 2014
#47
You heard it here first, folks. Snooper2 doubling down on the Pollyanna, all while
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#50
I cannot disagree entirely with what you write, even if it means my disappointment risks turning
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#31
Wiping away a couple tears. Have no fear, the Pollyannas are out in force even in
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#52
I really wish you'd combine your two responses in this thread and build them into
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#56
Lol, yeah, because clicking a link where the supporting info can be found is so very difficult.
cleanhippie
Nov 2014
#35
Does it really matter who is responsible for human suffering that is preventable? I clicked
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#39
Well, I disconnected from TV punditry back in 2003-04. (Actually, my wife made me, in
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#37
You know they are itching to kill SS (or privatise it, so its lucre can be turned over
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#48
You left out repeal of the Treaty of Westphalia (1648). But otherwise, your
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#44
here's the problem with your view on things - and the independent stance.
NRaleighLiberal
Nov 2014
#49