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silvershadow

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13. This place has been just short of a hell-hole since the Reagan years. When they busted

Reply to boston bean (Original post)

Mon Mar 30, 2015, 09:11 PM

Mar 2015

the unions down, what was left of the jobs went south, and with them huge numbers of Democratic voters. As the Republicans have strengthened, so has their boldness. Add to that the fact that Pence won with less than 50% and that he is a delusional tea-partier, and well...He wouldn't win re-election after the Glenda Ritz fiasco, then this came up. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot- he emptied the clip. I have been warning he needs get no where near the White House he dreams of. I hope this does it. If, perchance, it springboards him, it is up to you all to stop this eerie, creepy man. Even Republicans here were largely done with him, and that was *before this latest fiasco.

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I am so pleased about the backlash Indiana is getting over the bigoted anti LGBT law [View all] boston bean Mar 2015 OP

Me too JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #1

Thanks can always count on you! boston bean Mar 2015 #2

I did a post in the GLBT group today JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #3

You can't count on a supreme court ruling for your rights. boston bean Mar 2015 #6

Amen! JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #8

Good thought, women have had issues on abortion, contraception and trumped up laws such as charging Thinkingabout Mar 2015 #4

If a woman goes to prison for miscarriage, we should invade the state and arrest the NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #7

I think some of the people elected does not have a clue on how the human body works. Thinkingabout Mar 2015 #12

Got it...There is so much hate from these despicable cowards, but this is VERY important too! NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #5

I'm loving it! MoonRiver Mar 2015 #9

Purvi Patel was sentanced to 20 years (first story) el_bryanto Mar 2015 #10

You are right. sheshe2 Mar 2015 #11

This place has been just short of a hell-hole since the Reagan years. When they busted silvershadow Mar 2015 #13

An attack on any segment of the population is an attack on all of us project_bluebook Mar 2015 #14

Me too! Thanks for helping us fight these bastards! Adrahil Mar 2015 #15

I really wish we could split this country. I'd sacrifice a great deal if I never Zorra Mar 2015 #16

A split is becoming clear to me in the last two years also. Exhaustion is the game plan as in all appalachiablue Mar 2015 #18

Have businesses & organizations stood up to states attacking WOMENS RIGHTS? appalachiablue Mar 2015 #17

k and r--you and me both. niyad Mar 2015 #19

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!! calimary Mar 2015 #20

Indiana has a long history of religious right clusterfuckerry. Warren DeMontague Mar 2015 #21