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(19,288 posts)And Bibles?
Pathetic that American Democracy has come to this this.
Akamai
(1,779 posts)get close to nuclear triggers, the means to destroy us all, and they are not saying how loony the Republicans are.
GoneFishin
(5,217 posts)appropriate response to these lunatics. Pretending that Palin, or Bachman, or Trump or any of the other emotionally stunted morons in the clown bus are qualified to run the country is a dangerous game.
Akamai
(1,779 posts)Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Eyeballs mean dollar and Trump attracts eyeballs.
Dustlawyer
(10,494 posts)themselves. They intentionally try to shape our thinking, manipulating us in a myriad of ways. When we take back control over our government we will need to address them early. They are the most dangerous thing to our movement.
chervilant
(8,267 posts)from more than thirty years ago, with whom I just reconnected, is convinced that the media represents "mostly the Democrats" and that she believes that Bush did what he had to do to take down Saddam Hussein. She thinks she has become a "military mom," but she doesn't see the irony in the fact that her son "fought" in a war that occurred so that a handful of people could get richer.
Akamai
(1,779 posts)Given a choice between spending a lot of time with her, or trying to help sympatico voters out to the polls, I probably would not spend much time on her.
The Right Wing echo chamber is incredibly effective for convincing so many voters.
They have the advantage because they are willing to lie, misconstrue, and as Mark Twain said, a lie can get twice around the world before truth can get its shoes tied.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)SoapBox
(18,791 posts)Or never learned about such, when they was gitt'n home skoold.
Never ever forget history.
valerief
(53,235 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,012 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)death occurs, it's not personal it's just business.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)"Money trumps peace." -- George Walker Bush, Feb. 14, 2007
forest444
(5,902 posts)Bucky
(53,985 posts)Scalded Nun
(1,236 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)They just hope the second time is the charm.
librechik
(30,674 posts)being Nazis, and they don't care so much nowadays that people know. They just say those people are crazy conspiracy nuts and NEVER put them on tv. End of problem.
raouldukelives
(5,178 posts)Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)Glad to see a few folks are connecting the dots.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)but maybe don't think they could keep Trump under control. So they are using him to scare people into voting for their other favorite, H. Clinton.