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yardwork

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21. That's a good summation. Thirty years of hate radio, Fox News, social media brainwashing....

Reply to louis c (Reply #13)

Sun Apr 15, 2018, 11:00 AM

Apr 2018

We have a bad situation in the country now, when half the population is brainwashed into believing an alternate reality.

I'm a little younger than you, and I've also always been very aware of politics. I recall that during Watergate, Nixon supporters became sullen. They acknowledged - more or less - Nixon's crookedness, but they tried to argue that his "successes" outweighed the criminal behavior. When he resigned, nobody defended him.

Now, we have half the country simply refusing to believe the facts of what Trump is doing. That's new and different.

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I want to thank donald Trump for helping me re-live my youth [View all] louis c Apr 2018 OP

I feel the same way with an exception PJMcK Apr 2018 #1

im a cpl yrs older than you are but i was a single parent, working, living at my parents... samnsara Apr 2018 #2

Just re watched "All The Presidents Men" The Republican playbook was the FailureToCommunicate Apr 2018 #3

I was born that same year. lark Apr 2018 #4

August 9th can't come soon enough. IAMSPARTICUS Apr 2018 #5

Richard Nixon resigns - Welcome to Democratic Underground. NBachers Apr 2018 #6

Aug. 9, 1974 louis c Apr 2018 #8

August 9 SCantiGOP Apr 2018 #15

I was in elementary school and had been watching the hearings on TV. CottonBear Apr 2018 #18

Like December 12 is a national day of tragedy WhiteTara Apr 2018 #26

So, when are you buying avocado green appliances? malthaussen Apr 2018 #7

I just bought some clogs and a 8 track player gay texan Apr 2018 #20

Welcome to DU! flying_wahini Apr 2018 #22

LOL lunatica Apr 2018 #23

Nice Job Firestorm49 Apr 2018 #9

And welcome to DU to you too! flying_wahini Apr 2018 #24

I was born in 1971 and have a question GreenEyedLefty Apr 2018 #10

See Roger Stone Mad_Mongol Apr 2018 #12

Yes, but not quite as nutty or numerous louis c Apr 2018 #13

That's a good summation. Thirty years of hate radio, Fox News, social media brainwashing.... yardwork Apr 2018 #21

This is an interesting article from WAPO dhol82 Apr 2018 #14

I suspect the author is hedging. GreenEyedLefty Apr 2018 #19

This article you linked to is Very Optimistic and will assuage many hard right feelings about the flying_wahini Apr 2018 #25

Yes, tho I really can't say ANYONE is as nutty as RandomAccess Apr 2018 #16

Good god. GreenEyedLefty Apr 2018 #17

yes, but there was no internet to amplify the crazies. WhiteTara Apr 2018 #27

Well, E Howard Hunt implied he was willing to be shot... malthaussen Apr 2018 #30

After Nixon resigned, Hunter S. Thompson said, bluescribbler Apr 2018 #11

I was in high school and watched with my best friend.... Upthevibe Apr 2018 #28

It's so strange to look back for me. I was almost totally apolitical at that point - Vinca Apr 2018 #29