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In reply to the discussion: Let's be real: EVERY president and most senators and MOCs have done things in office we can condemn [View all]lilactime
(657 posts)6. No, I can't. I'll never gloss over anybody's racist actions, dead or alive.
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Let's be real: EVERY president and most senators and MOCs have done things in office we can condemn [View all]
EffieBlack
Dec 2018
OP
Viet Nam was the Democrats' war . . . . that later got transferred to the GOP.
Stinky The Clown
Dec 2018
#13
i'm sure the "news networks" will remind us all next week what a great president he was
elmac
Dec 2018
#11
Where did you find your Mueller quote? I've seen it a few times now, and I'm just curious as to
politicaljunkie41910
Dec 2018
#25
The one that always shows up as a quote at the end of your most recents posts.
politicaljunkie41910
Dec 2018
#60
And everyone, not just presidents and MOC, have to make choices that are less than perfect
erronis
Dec 2018
#18
We are not "better" - everybody is a mix of good/bad. Death does not absolve bad-overall of badness.
UTUSN
Dec 2018
#20
Or we can acknowledge that there are limits on what any society that calls itself civilized should
Downtown Hound
Dec 2018
#32
Don't the right wingnuts do enough condemning of Democrats for all of us?
Curmudgeoness
Dec 2018
#43
We should make a list of the decisions that each president made that has made our world worse.
Baitball Blogger
Dec 2018
#48
The most obvious point missed in this OP is that presidential legacies differ widely.
BlueWI
Dec 2018
#51
No, not at all. Republicans used racist dogwhistles for years. MUCH more than Dems
sharedvalues
Dec 2018
#52