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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWe are now strangers on the shore
This sad, melancholic , down-in-the-dumps song seems to sum up my feelings this mourning:
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We are now strangers on the shore (Original Post)
packman
Nov 2014
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northoftheborder
(7,572 posts)1. Love that piece
Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)2. That's crazy though, if you think about it
Most people don't define life by politics or party dominance.
Most people don't care which way you vote.
This vote is the result of many factors that worked:
voter suppression, lack of clear Dem message, Big Money ( Citizen's United, Baby: they weren't jerking your chain when they said it would fuck us ) and the fact that Repuke voters always turn out for midterms and Dems don't.
the bluebird of unhappiness is moaning a sad song on the broken branch on the dead tree outside my house today and even the cat is feeling low:
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