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Vogon_Glory

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6. IMO, one of Donnie and Mitch's greatest unintended legacies will be

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Wed Sep 18, 2019, 12:19 PM

Sep 2019

making the idea of socialism respectable again. “Socialism” might be a toxic term within the billionaires’ clubs and among the Republican apparat, but I think the Hoover-McCarthy-Reagan tabu is wearing out as more and more Americans realize that “running government like a business” and privatization here in the USA is as often as not an open invitation to corruption and theft.

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Received this from mike pence, so THIS is where they're going: [View all] elleng Sep 2019 OP

do u even know what a socialist is pence ? AllaN01Bear Sep 2019 #1

Yes, he does (in that weird dialect conservatives use) JHB Sep 2019 #7

'I Have No Obligation to Be Honest to the Media' struggle4progress Sep 2019 #2

Did his mother write it? TheCowsCameHome Sep 2019 #3

I did open it Coleman Sep 2019 #4

'Brave' of you, to open! elleng Sep 2019 #5

Sounds a lot like the "polls" we all get from Democrats-- the last line is always "how much". TreasonousBastard Sep 2019 #8

Send a bag of Thoughts and Prayers. TheCowsCameHome Sep 2019 #14

IMO, one of Donnie and Mitch's greatest unintended legacies will be Vogon_Glory Sep 2019 #6

That's exactly the approach we need to take TheRealNorth Sep 2019 #10

I also think that comparing Donnie and friends to the claque Vogon_Glory Sep 2019 #17

Right you are leftstreet Sep 2019 #13

Yeah, they came right out and said weeks ago that they were going to GoCubsGo Sep 2019 #9

Exactly, Exactly, Exactly. elleng Sep 2019 #16

The dems need a national campaign: CrispyQ Sep 2019 #11

I turned on the TV yesterday, someone had left it on FOX captain queeg Sep 2019 #12

You nailed it! "the key is to find the 2 scariest bogeymen and combine them into one scary threat" hedda_foil Sep 2019 #15