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certainot

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70. it's all on the republicans except for dems being stupid enough to ignore it, imo.
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 05:11 PM
Feb 2017

it was 9 years of unchallenged rw radio - freee market! it's going to lower cable costs! liberal media, etc.- that set the table for a republican congress to pass it and pushing clinton into signing the deregulation in 96.

dem party STILL ignores it even though obama mentioned it numerous times. but it was the left who really fucked up - that's who it hurt the most, allowing it to push everything in the country 20 pts to the right. all the left had to do is get atttention to it - total boycott of ALL of it's advertisers and protesting the 88 universities that endorse it by broadcasting sports on it.

then dem party will notice and it will help get more sanders, warrrens and wellstones there, without that massive unchallenged buzz pushing the party right and forcing compromise.

for instance voter suppression laws were passed because of the pretext based on 15+ years of rw radio yammering about dem voter fraud and illegal immigrants voting, etc

K & R...They don't care, Trump is a white man. JHan Feb 2017 #1
Close enough! MoonRiver Feb 2017 #6
Oh, it's more than that. lark Feb 2017 #9
Nailed it. SHRED Feb 2017 #10
oh yeah I get that. ++ JHan Feb 2017 #15
This. He's a member of the kountry kkklub. n/t BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2017 #22
the incredible double standard is possible only because certainot Feb 2017 #27
Agreed! pandr32 Feb 2017 #37
It's not that we have ignored it.. IphengeniaBlumgarten Feb 2017 #53
it's not about competition. certainot Feb 2017 #60
+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Feb 2017 #55
Yup. zentrum Feb 2017 #56
+1 uponit7771 Feb 2017 #62
This. Bozvotros Feb 2017 #67
it's all on the republicans except for dems being stupid enough to ignore it, imo. certainot Feb 2017 #70
You are exactly right! Bozvotros Feb 2017 #72
they've been trained. anyone with standing who mentions talk radio certainot Feb 2017 #73
This. It's not race at all. Beartracks Feb 2017 #50
He's a republican lame54 Feb 2017 #33
Rich white man!!! Soxfan58 Feb 2017 #36
IOKIYAR Achilleaze Feb 2017 #71
k, r and posted. nt LaydeeBug Feb 2017 #2
Trump would have to complain for Progressive dog Feb 2017 #3
republicans only have outrage for democrats....rand paul said it last week spanone Feb 2017 #4
That blew my mind SHRED Feb 2017 #5
mine too. i thought for sure he would take up the mantle mopinko Feb 2017 #7
Like McCain except... SHRED Feb 2017 #8
Yep. dalton99a Feb 2017 #19
Them and their party loyalty. If Dems had a little more unity, BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2017 #25
WE Americans most certainly do, Rand!! n/t Beartracks Feb 2017 #51
Oh, come on! volstork Feb 2017 #11
That's what they think I guess SHRED Feb 2017 #13
It's all about gaining and maintaining power. Reaching across the aisle to find common ground with jalan48 Feb 2017 #12
Reaching across the aisle is deadly SHRED Feb 2017 #14
We're going to need a "crickets" smiley before this is over! WinstonSmith4740 Feb 2017 #16
Crickets, you say? Atman Feb 2017 #29
More like locusts, volstork Feb 2017 #45
Love that!! WinstonSmith4740 Feb 2017 #66
The Russian connection concerns me the most packman Feb 2017 #17
Yeah, The young Russians would have literally killed for a pair of Levis back then. Ligyron Feb 2017 #41
KICKED! The hypocrisy is glaring! n/t secondwind Feb 2017 #18
Yes it is. SHRED Feb 2017 #20
He ain't black. (n/t) Iggo Feb 2017 #21
JUST YOU WAIT retrowire Feb 2017 #23
Liberal mustard!! SHRED Feb 2017 #34
LOL nt retrowire Feb 2017 #39
Here's another... SHRED Feb 2017 #24
He absolutely considered it. Iggo Feb 2017 #46
What business expenses? Missn-Hitch Feb 2017 #26
Silly rabbit, don't you know? IOKIYAR! nt tblue37 Feb 2017 #28
As Bill Maher said Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2017 #30
LOL nolabels Feb 2017 #68
This sounds like a snide comment, but I'm completely serious. dawg Feb 2017 #31
The impeachment hearings would already be over NewJeffCT Feb 2017 #32
They don't care.. coco22 Feb 2017 #35
Right where you'd expect it to be DFW Feb 2017 #38
They aren't outraged....... spixxen Feb 2017 #40
Why should liberals listen to ANYTHING Republicans say? perdita9 Feb 2017 #42
Party over country with rethugs kimbutgar Feb 2017 #43
whe(R)e indeed? Blue Owl Feb 2017 #44
I like Barron, but using him as an excuse for Melania to stay away from Donald is sickening Skittles Feb 2017 #47
This statistic is terrifying IntraPolitico Feb 2017 #63
they are hiding the real reason Skittles Feb 2017 #69
I keep waiting.... nt LAS14 Feb 2017 #48
We have let them get away with too much for too long, they have no one to answer to. JudyM Feb 2017 #49
THIS Cosmocat Feb 2017 #61
THIS JudyM Feb 2017 #65
IOIYAR Its ok if you are a republican putitinD Feb 2017 #52
K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Feb 2017 #54
Republican outrage is reserved for Democrats only CanonRay Feb 2017 #57
If... tavernier Feb 2017 #58
Well we knew it all along actually H Y P O C R I S Y ! jimlup Feb 2017 #59
Why even ask the question? The Blue Flower Feb 2017 #64
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