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Bluenorthwest

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1. So we should be talking about those aspects of him, he wants to end beloved and vital programs

Reply to pnwmom (Original post)

Sun Nov 8, 2015, 08:01 PM

Nov 2015

that benefit millions and that's horrible and that's what we should be talking about, the rest is for the yellow press to do and do it they will. Not all Americans are as stupid as you think and some don't want to read about the silly stuff to the exclusion of policy choices. Those who want to do Kardashian style will always do so, I don't need to help them, nor do our candidates. Our job is to remind the press what is actually important.

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Ronald Reagan was elected TWICE even though he strongly pushed to end Social Security [View all] pnwmom Nov 2015 OP

So we should be talking about those aspects of him, he wants to end beloved and vital programs Bluenorthwest Nov 2015 #1

Absolutely! Spot on! NonMetro Nov 2015 #2

Reagan was never going to end Social Security regardless of what he "wanted" madville Nov 2015 #3

But Ben Carson has a chance if he has a Rethug congress to back him up. pnwmom Nov 2015 #4

They would need around 10 Democratic Senators madville Nov 2015 #5

Maybe this is a dumb question, but what could be the possible justifications for ending smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #6

When did he strongly push to end all that? Art_from_Ark Nov 2015 #7