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2016 Postmortem

Proud Liberal Dem

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2. Sadly, I have to agree for the most part

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Tue Sep 13, 2016, 09:49 AM

Sep 2016

The Republican Party in general, however, appeals to a lot of the same kind of people, just not quite as blatantly as Trump's campaign does. Unfortunately, the GOP base finally got "their" preferred candidate nominated this year.

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I didn't like George W. Bush, Mitt Romney, or John McCain... [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2016 OP

I believe the three... Mike Nelson Sep 2016 #1

I saw a startling stat... DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2016 #3

True... Mike Nelson Sep 2016 #4

Precisely DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2016 #7

+1 uponit7771 Sep 2016 #6

Sadly, I have to agree for the most part Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2016 #2

There are degrees of bigotry... DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2016 #10

I don't want to look at any of those (surely) awful pages Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2016 #16

I'm not so sure about Bush lol NWCorona Sep 2016 #5

Probably has more to do with him not getting past what a ten year old thinks is funny... DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2016 #9

Even though Bush will always be suspect to me. You are probably right NWCorona Sep 2016 #15

I've said it many times about George W. Bush NewJeffCT Sep 2016 #8

I suspect Dubya didn't have a lot to do with selecting his cabinet... Wounded Bear Sep 2016 #11

I think on the national security side NewJeffCT Sep 2016 #14

Same Bush who made a thinly-veiled lynching joke about MLK? NYC Liberal Sep 2016 #12

Republican party has a basket full of rotten apples.They built trump /w their presidential campaigns Sunlei Sep 2016 #13

Nothing makes someone think better of past opponents than a new election. hughee99 Sep 2016 #17

They all used dog whistles, Trump uses a bullhorn bigbrother05 Sep 2016 #18