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marylandblue

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8. Well, yes, they don't call Social Security the third rail of politics for nothing

Reply to Pobeka (Reply #6)

Sat Dec 16, 2017, 10:16 PM

Dec 2017

From a conservative brain point of view, preserving social security because it has "always" existed, therefore taking it away will scare them. Which is why Bush couldn't do it in 2004. And why conservatives hated Obamacare in 2008, then started to like it in 2016 when they contemplated life without it.

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How come Dems never use scare tactics to get people to vote? [View all] Jspur Dec 2017 OP

They did some sort of psych study on this and apparently the conservative mind Afromania Dec 2017 #1

That's pretty interesting Jspur Dec 2017 #2

Yes there is more than one study that says that marylandblue Dec 2017 #3

Yeah, but guess what. I'm a progressive and have good things to fear. Pobeka Dec 2017 #6

Well, yes, they don't call Social Security the third rail of politics for nothing marylandblue Dec 2017 #8

Yep, I was thinking about that study too. LunaSea Dec 2017 #4

"Vote or Die" Tatiana Dec 2017 #5

They did last time loyalsister Dec 2017 #7

I didn't like those emails either marylandblue Dec 2017 #9