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If you can't spell "country" you probably shouldn't try to run one (Original Post) Tab Feb 2016 OP
Probably made perfect sense to his ignorant supporters. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2016 #1
Maybe it is spelled in Canadian awake Feb 2016 #3
... RKP5637 Feb 2016 #10
but that could disqualify every republican? MariaThinks Feb 2016 #2
Yes it is (or was) Tab Feb 2016 #7
That's how they spell it in Canada. NorthCarolina Feb 2016 #4
I'm going to assume he actually meant counrty. Kalidurga Feb 2016 #5
Maybe he was referring to Courtney Stoddens Tab Feb 2016 #8
I think he was referring to the 50's an era that really only exists in nostalgia. Kalidurga Feb 2016 #9
I was expecting worse, to be honest. nt Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2016 #6
What does that even mean, "Let's take our country back? SammyWinstonJack Feb 2016 #11
It's a code they all understand, because what it means can't be said in polite company anymore. trotsky Feb 2016 #12
I'm been trying to figure out that one from day one. It's like "Bring back our freedom". BlueJazz Feb 2016 #13
Notice how it changed from "Compassionate Conservatives" to "Courageous Conservatives"? Tab Feb 2016 #14
Take it back to pre civil war is what they're saying madokie Feb 2016 #15
Damn skippy. lpbk2713 Feb 2016 #16
And Donald Trump & Sarah Palin are making our country GRATE!! madinmaryland Feb 2016 #17
Well, actually they are Tab Feb 2016 #18
Well, whatever they mean, they should really really be careful what they wish for SammyWinstonJack Feb 2016 #19
kick napkinz Feb 2016 #20

Tab

(11,093 posts)
7. Yes it is (or was)
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 05:05 PM
Feb 2016

Actually by his Super PAC (meaning his supporters - I'm not which is worse) Courageous Conservatives but they pulled the video pdq

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)
5. I'm going to assume he actually meant counrty.
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 05:00 PM
Feb 2016

And it's some fictional thing in his head like what his father taught him to worship.

SammyWinstonJack

(44,130 posts)
11. What does that even mean, "Let's take our country back?
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 06:25 PM
Feb 2016

Do these a$$hats ever explain what they mean by this?

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
12. It's a code they all understand, because what it means can't be said in polite company anymore.
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 06:30 PM
Feb 2016

It means: take the country back to the days when homosexuals had to stay in the closet, minorities (and women) knew their place, and gol-durnit, everybody in power was lily white.

 

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)
13. I'm been trying to figure out that one from day one. It's like "Bring back our freedom".
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 06:32 PM
Feb 2016

I think they just make up that silly crap to impress their dim-witted base.

Tab

(11,093 posts)
14. Notice how it changed from "Compassionate Conservatives" to "Courageous Conservatives"?
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 06:32 PM
Feb 2016

The bigger question, which you asked, is what do they mean by "take our country back"? I think the secondary question, is "take it back to when?". The 1950's, with segregation? The 1800's with slavery? I myself wouldn't mind going back to 1998, but that's about as far as I'd want to go.

madokie

(51,076 posts)
15. Take it back to pre civil war is what they're saying
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 06:33 PM
Feb 2016

Where a woman has no say in anything and a black man is only 3/5th of a person

SammyWinstonJack

(44,130 posts)
19. Well, whatever they mean, they should really really be careful what they wish for
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 07:16 PM
Feb 2016

It will very probably come back to bite them in their butt.

I know they don't believe that too be true.

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