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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Tipping Point...and a helluva sight earlier than I would have expected. [View all]Moonwalk
(2,322 posts)37. It's not good for the country at all for the GOP to be like this, I totally agree....
...but it's been snowballing into this since the Dixie-crats left the Democratic Party in protest over Civil Rights and joined up with Goldwater Republicans. Their racism combined with militant states rights (read: "we get to segregate if we want!" with that "blow enemies to bits" mentality has been building ever since into this perfect storm. It's time to put a stop to it once and for all. Both parties ough to be sane and run by sane people.
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Tipping Point...and a helluva sight earlier than I would have expected. [View all]
renie408
Jul 2016
OP
Oh, now I know why Murdoch published them (NYPost): distract from Trump's Khan debacle. Thx. . .nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 2016
#11
What kind of person arranges to have nude pictures of his wife and 10 year old son's mother
lapucelle
Jul 2016
#28
I just watched the interview and his response not only comes across as insensitive but bizarre.
Glimmer of Hope
Jul 2016
#2
I know! You can't defend or support these kinds of statements without having some serious character
Glimmer of Hope
Jul 2016
#43
Hopefully. It's disturbing though, that he got this far with his racist and violent appeals. It...
NNadir
Jul 2016
#4
It's not good for the country at all for the GOP to be like this, I totally agree....
Moonwalk
Jul 2016
#37
He WILL go lower, it is his nature. This limbo party is not over, in fact it just started...
63splitwindow
Jul 2016
#24
Say instead that he doesn't have a tipping point for his rabid fans, but that's true of all cults...
Moonwalk
Jul 2016
#33