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Under The Radar

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7. I remember being excited about the Democratic royal flush that Obama
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 09:47 PM
Oct 2020

...ushered in after the 2008 elections. I was hoping that the Democrats could reverse all of the damage that Bush and Cheney had wrecked...then came the Koch brothers, The Tea Party, Americans for Prosperity and then ultimately The Citizens United decision. All of that only brought more damage and left Obama spending the rest of his term swatting the Republican hornets while he continued to try and cooperate and reach across the isle.
We have another shot at it now and I would be happy if we could correct the damage of Trump crime family and prevent it from happening again. We have to fight this battle differently.

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