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leftstreet

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10. Good points

Reply to karynnj (Reply #5)

Tue Jun 27, 2017, 05:11 PM

Jun 2017

Very thoughtful post

I actually once imagined that might happen with Reagan - a civic soul-searching for how an inexperienced low IQ ACTOR became President

Ah well

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If, and I mean if, the Drumpt election is a momentary hiccup how will historians explain it [View all] kairos12 Jun 2017 OP

History will focus on his downfall, not ascendancy leftstreet Jun 2017 #1

I suspect that it might be both, because both are noteworthy. Also how civility reemerged -I hope karynnj Jun 2017 #5

Good points leftstreet Jun 2017 #10

Hyper-partisanship, propaganda, voter suppression and collusion will be the focus of historians. LonePirate Jun 2017 #2

Economic and political forces of inequality and racism marylandblue Jun 2017 #3

It will not be a momentary hiccup. He has weakened the Presidency, weakened the image Squinch Jun 2017 #4

IF it is a hiccup,Historians will focus on the changes made or not made as a result MedusaX Jun 2017 #6

Children will pledge allegiance to the United Corporations of America... Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2017 #7

I don't give a shit. This is a coup. Fuck the optics, the semantics, all of it. LaydeeBug Jun 2017 #8

Depends on which historians loyalsister Jun 2017 #9