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2016 Postmortem

skylucy

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6. Except the fictional character Archie Bunker was married to the same woman until

Reply to BlueStateLib (Original post)

Sun Sep 25, 2016, 09:45 PM

Sep 2016

he was widowed. He never cheated on her. He worked hard for a living to support his daughter and her husband who lived in his home. He called his wife a dingbat, but never "a fat pig". He was racist and homophobic...but he wasn't a con man. And he paid his taxes and his bills.

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Trump is the New Archie Bunker [View all] BlueStateLib Sep 2016 OP

Archie's wife and kids were decent, and you knew he wasn't as hateful as Trump. Hoyt Sep 2016 #1

By the end of the series he was much more tolerant. DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2016 #4

archie bunker was a compassionate genius compared to trump unblock Sep 2016 #2

When I was a kid I didn't know that he was a satire underpants Sep 2016 #3

Don't forget how they thought Stephen Colbert was a real right winger. nt tblue37 Sep 2016 #11

Remember Archie had black blood in him Norbert Sep 2016 #5

Archie didn't know any better meow2u3 Sep 2016 #8

Except the fictional character Archie Bunker was married to the same woman until skylucy Sep 2016 #6

You're partially right meow2u3 Sep 2016 #7

"Our country is in serious trouble" is a statement that was also made by Bernie Sanders oberliner Sep 2016 #9

Norman Lear helps us understand the “lovable bigot” BlueStateLib Sep 2016 #10

Archie wasn't even close to the bigot Dump is. nt LostOne4Ever Sep 2016 #12