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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts) Sat Oct 6, 2018, 10:53 AM Oct 2018

Because

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We’re now well into the media fallacy that everything Republicans did to help Kavanaugh’s nomination “worked” and everything the Democrats did “failed.” I’m sure it had nothing to do with a GOP president sending a conservative nominee to a GOP Senate.

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Because (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2018 OP

It's not just "the media" who are pushing that narrative... NurseJackie Oct 2018 #1

+1. dalton99a Oct 2018 #2

Whomever is doing it needs to just stop. They always had the numbers. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2018 #4

Because the Founding Principles Are No Longer Followed. MineralMan Oct 2018 #3

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)

1. It's not just "the media" who are pushing that narrative...

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Sat Oct 6, 2018, 10:55 AM

Oct 2018

... I've seen others posting the same type of "Blame-the-Democrats" crap.

dalton99a

(81,543 posts)

2. +1.

Reply to NurseJackie (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 6, 2018, 10:56 AM

Oct 2018

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

4. Whomever is doing it needs to just stop. They always had the numbers.

Reply to NurseJackie (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 6, 2018, 10:58 AM

Oct 2018

We were dealt a crappy hand and played it as well as we could.

MineralMan

(146,320 posts)

3. Because the Founding Principles Are No Longer Followed.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Sat Oct 6, 2018, 10:58 AM

Oct 2018

It is that simple. Politics has replaced them with a complete failure to understand the reason why we have three branches of government. We no longer have that. More's the pity.

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