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MineralMan

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9. Yeah. That has been a problem for some time.

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #8)

Thu Mar 9, 2017, 11:42 AM

Mar 2017

The first terrible impact it had was in 2000. Imagine a world where Al Gore had been President. It would look somewhat different, I'm sure. Despite the denials from the alt-left, they caused GWB to be selected as President. We've been struggling ever since.

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According to the Right-Wing Republicans, America's Problems Are Caused By: [View all] MineralMan Mar 2017 OP

Actually, I think Government would be #1 on your list... Wounded Bear Mar 2017 #1

Well, as long as they control the government, it's OK. MineralMan Mar 2017 #3

No, they love government. Mariana Mar 2017 #16

I have said forever that they really do hate us and want us gone. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2017 #2

I'm controlling my stress over this, personally. MineralMan Mar 2017 #4

How are you controlling it? Last couple of days my neck Eliot Rosewater Mar 2017 #6

By posting on DU. I post and move it from my MineralMan Mar 2017 #7

You know what gets me more than anything, 3rd party voting. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2017 #8

Yeah. That has been a problem for some time. MineralMan Mar 2017 #9

I don't like 3rd party voting either, but it is their right. Mariana Mar 2017 #17

But people who would vote for an admitted sexual assaulter and criminal Eliot Rosewater Mar 2017 #18

Given they've been saying that for years... Wounded Bear Mar 2017 #5

You forgot teacher's unions. FSogol Mar 2017 #10

Yes, organized labor needs to be on that list. Pacifist Patriot Mar 2017 #14

They seem to hate the poor with passion Calculating Mar 2017 #11

As a Jew, I am glad to be on this list Gothmog Mar 2017 #12

Culture, culture, culture Cosmocat Mar 2017 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Pacifist Patriot Mar 2017 #15

You forgot "activist" judges meow2u3 Mar 2017 #19