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2016 Postmortem

applegrove

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1. Because the powerlusters in the GOP need all their base to be angry so

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 08:44 PM

Sep 2012

that they don't learn anything. Angry people don't cede any territory. GOP need angry followers so they will follow the GOP's false narrative & delusions so they will vote for the rich to take more territory (income) from the middle class, the working class and the poor.

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"Why Are the Rich So Damn Angry?" by Kevin Drum at Mother Jones [View all] applegrove Sep 2012 OP

Because the powerlusters in the GOP need all their base to be angry so applegrove Sep 2012 #1

Because they think that the Have-Nots are trying to take there money! That's how they see teddy51 Sep 2012 #2

I guess some just discovered them? Rosa Luxemburg Sep 2012 #3

The rich are so damn angry because.... Occamzrazr Sep 2012 #4

actually, this has it backwards. it's not the the rich are angry. unblock Sep 2012 #5

Lots of good points. Well said. JNelson6563 Sep 2012 #9

Yep. The scum rise to the top. Zoeisright Sep 2012 #10

If they are this angry now what will happen when . . . abumbyanyothername Sep 2012 #6

Because, safeinOhio Sep 2012 #7

There's such a thing as being incapable of happiness BeyondGeography Sep 2012 #8

Money doesn't buy happiness. It buys comfort but it won't make an angry person un-angry. nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #13

Projecting their wrecking of a once great economy lovemydog Sep 2012 #11

Nothing makes fat cats Greedier than being fed constantly corporate welfare and tax cuts. nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #12

They must be very afraid of us lunatica Sep 2012 #14

GUILT. MatthewStLouis Sep 2012 #15