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In reply to the discussion: I don't feel bad. I feel good. We were threatened with losing our country - [View all]Ford_Prefect
(7,933 posts)29. They won't win if the only thing they can do is damage everyone else.
That's what they ran on this time and look what they got for it.
They lost a lot of state level elections. the kind that feed better candidates into the federal cycle. The lost several important governorships and key legislatures as well.
I'm disabled and retired so they'll come for me right after you. I know how that feels. I saw it live and in person in North Carolina.
The next time someone takes an axe to federal funding I'm out of insurance, or food.
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I don't feel bad. I feel good. We were threatened with losing our country - [View all]
TomDaisy
Nov 2022
OP
The youth vote will grow, and the GOP has pretty much lost that demographic well into the future.
sop
Nov 2022
#7
Right! ... And, not to be too morbid, but the generally conservative Silent Gen
Sky Jewels
Nov 2022
#9
I feel "pretty good" but aware of how close and tenuous it all is. Shit show starts in January. Stay
Evolve Dammit
Nov 2022
#12