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LaydeeBug

(10,291 posts)
7. You can't prove a negative and I can tell you the Op is correct...they REALLY thought HRC was going
Mon Mar 20, 2017, 12:35 PM
Mar 2017

take their guns...and you'd best believe it was MUCH more important to them than the fucking bathrooms, which doesn't matter to them

Point taken but come on cilla4progress Mar 2017 #1
They don't see that. And we have allowed the gop to muddy those waters dembotoz Mar 2017 #5
But we've just had 8 years of a Democratic administration that proved that all the fears of Squinch Mar 2017 #59
nothing will dembotoz Mar 2017 #62
You can't prove a negative and I can tell you the Op is correct...they REALLY thought HRC was going LaydeeBug Mar 2017 #7
Yep, I've known plenty of conservatives who bekkilyn Mar 2017 #10
They thought HRC was the devil in human skin and had been running America in secret for 40 years Jonny Appleseed Mar 2017 #26
But *even* *more* than all that, it's the guns. This isn't because I agree with it either... LaydeeBug Mar 2017 #36
A lot of Democrats do not understand the gun issue at all. Adrahil Mar 2017 #40
+1 damn million... NT The Polack MSgt Mar 2017 #57
Where are all the references to 'hillbillies' on DU? leftstreet Mar 2017 #2
Not DU specific, Wash. Post and NYT plus Newsweek Vanity Fair etc. The Polack MSgt Mar 2017 #15
The "assault rifle ban" made AR type rifles more popular than they would have been otherwise... PoliticAverse Mar 2017 #3
This Calculating Mar 2017 #24
I am then too NewRedDawn Mar 2017 #4
I am perfectly capable of judging people on an individual basis ismnotwasm Mar 2017 #6
Yes - exactly The Polack MSgt Mar 2017 #16
K & R. (nt) MarvinGardens Mar 2017 #8
How do you explain how well Jesse Jackson did in Appalachia during his campaigns? nikibatts Mar 2017 #9
1988 is not 2016 ismnotwasm Mar 2017 #12
Rush just started broadcasting in 1988 salin Mar 2017 #14
The populations have changed drastically since then Bradical79 Mar 2017 #13
He ran as an outsider willing to shake up the system The Polack MSgt Mar 2017 #19
Jesse Jackson showed up. hollowdweller Mar 2017 #38
They're impossible to win over Bradical79 Mar 2017 #11
I'm a gun owner workinclasszero Mar 2017 #17
I'm not trying to excuse them - Just tried to use a calmer tone of voice The Polack MSgt Mar 2017 #20
First, maybe we should just stop calling them "hillbillies" and the like. alarimer Mar 2017 #18
And here's another Hillbilly post! retread Mar 2017 #21
Still awesome The Polack MSgt Mar 2017 #22
I live in WV...and I can't wait to leave. a la izquierda Mar 2017 #23
I cannot imagine how it looks to someone The Polack MSgt Mar 2017 #25
I've lived all over the US... a la izquierda Mar 2017 #44
Where at? hollowdweller Mar 2017 #39
Morgantown, which I do actually like. a la izquierda Mar 2017 #43
How 'bout them 'EERS? The Polack MSgt Mar 2017 #58
You don't realize it, I'm sure, but the same fear tactics worked on you re. gun control. kcr Mar 2017 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author appleannie1943 Mar 2017 #33
I am a gun owner MFM008 Mar 2017 #28
Meat is murder - So I've been told. Hunters know what harvesting meat entails The Polack MSgt Mar 2017 #30
All the grocery stores in the world don't mean squat Revanchist Mar 2017 #31
I have never killed a deer but do understand why the herd has to be culled each year. appleannie1943 Mar 2017 #34
See, this makes no sense to me. kcr Mar 2017 #35
Why buy at the store Go Vols Mar 2017 #45
That's certainly how I grew up... Docreed2003 Mar 2017 #51
"I eat my pets" Go Vols Mar 2017 #55
My fav!!! Go down there for the limited releases... Docreed2003 Mar 2017 #56
I have lived in a rural setting since 1969. I am anything but a hillbilly. I'm a liberal. appleannie1943 Mar 2017 #29
If you didn't vote for the Cheeto Chancre, The Polack MSgt Mar 2017 #32
Question is how can we keep these deplorables from voting next time. ileus Mar 2017 #37
No it will not take the issue away - I'm hoping that was sarcasm The Polack MSgt Mar 2017 #41
Many of these references come from the new well-known book "Hillbilly Elegy" by JD Vance wishstar Mar 2017 #42
I have this book but haven't read it yet. JD Vance is a right winger m-lekktor Mar 2017 #60
You want the reason they voted for Trump? They are racist, too. Nt adigal Mar 2017 #46
+100,000,000 /nt tonedevil Mar 2017 #48
Yes they are. +1million The Polack MSgt Mar 2017 #52
dems need to clearly, unequivocally identify themselves as the party of GOOD jobs for the 99%; TheFrenchRazor Mar 2017 #47
I live, and grew up in, a county that Trump got over 70% in Abu Pepe Mar 2017 #49
I'm a liberal in a cornfield, too. Comatose Sphagetti Mar 2017 #50
This is a great post. Please make it an OP. nt The Polack MSgt Mar 2017 #53
Quite typical of rural Trumpland dalton99a Mar 2017 #54
I really like your OP, my own thoughts steve2470 Mar 2017 #61
Those coal miners are good people Generic Other Mar 2017 #63
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