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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Enough. [View all]certainot
(9,090 posts)41. i vaguely remember limbaugh and sons pushing that deregulation
cause it was going to save money, improve news, create jobs, help control the 'liberal media', etc - whatever they could think of- a smorgasbord of rationalizations to choose from to make it easy for the average citizen to want it.
just like apposing single payer and then public option - same techniques, same invisibility to the left, and same successful results
here's a long description of what happened right after tel com passed passed http://www.enquirer.com/editions/1997/08/24/bus_jacor.html
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sabrina 1
Feb 2016
#29
We have a lot of work to do. Those who are in control want us to feel overwhelmed and to give up.
stillwaiting
Feb 2016
#13
Hillary could never rely on small donations to finance her campaign . She is too disliked and too
Kip Humphrey
Feb 2016
#23