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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I'm 63 years old and I can't fucking believe [View all]workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)27. Yes I believe so
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they no longer believe in any principles beyond party loyalty, greed, and power.
unblock
Nov 2016
#3
i have been feeling this for quite a wile and this has been brewing for a while
allan01
Nov 2016
#66
Quite true, our democracy will be destroyed from within. So sad, and this is exactly
RKP5637
Nov 2016
#83
It's absolutely incredible! When I was a kid the government would have swooped in and investigated
RKP5637
Nov 2016
#5
Some people don't remember the nuclear drills in school or "Better dead than red."
Coyotl
Nov 2016
#16
One reason Trump can get support may be the propaganda we had to endure in the 50s and 60s.
Coyotl
Nov 2016
#72
Trump's campaign is to "Make America White Again," I guess Ruskies are OK with white wingers.
Hoyt
Nov 2016
#17
I remember them getting all crazy about Bill Clinton making a trip to Moscow as a student.
progressoid
Nov 2016
#25
I am too! Hell I remember bomb drills very well as well as those "missiles of October".
tonyt53
Nov 2016
#29
yes, tell em go move to some Trump Island, and praise him & rub oil on his orange face, but just be
Divine Discontent
Nov 2016
#111
the republicans are working toward one party government. Of course, they would
demigoddess
Nov 2016
#42
The GOP has managed to gather most of the misfits in the nation under one tent. n/t
RKP5637
Nov 2016
#89
We're living through how a country descends into being the "evil empire." Far too many Americans are
RKP5637
Nov 2016
#92
They are afraid of Trump!!! They are cowards and won't stand up for what is right for the
RKP5637
Nov 2016
#91
Same here, it's very reminiscent, and Trump is using much of the same playbook. Just
RKP5637
Nov 2016
#90
I told a conspiracy theory type it's an infiltration that's been in the works for years....
Spitfire of ATJ
Nov 2016
#86
I got suspended in 7th grade (1978) for having a pic of Vladislav Tretiak in my locker
Still In Wisconsin
Nov 2016
#87
I'm 52 and I remember anti-Soviet sentiment being so strong in my childhood
Ruth Bonner
Nov 2016
#98
I'm 77 and never have seen anything like this....very anxiety-producing!
young_at_heart
Nov 2016
#105
That's what happens when their party narrative is pretty much anti-Democratic.
Buckeye_Democrat
Nov 2016
#107
Not only that, the premier "anti-communist" repug org, the John Birch Society,
Mc Mike
Nov 2016
#117