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In reply to the discussion: Pete Buttigieg Just Terrified Trump By Destroying The Myth Of MAGA [View all]Aussie105
(5,383 posts)9. Trump promised a fantasy land
where everyone got what they ever wanted, more than they needed, more than they ever dreamt of.
And the gullible, deluded, poorly educated, easily led, fools swallowed it, hook line and sinker.
The whole MAGA dream fell apart for me when I realised it meant different things to different people. Heck, ask 100 people what they thought MAGA implied, and you would get 100 different answers.
(For me, the MAGA dream peaked when 'The Wizard of Oz' film turned from black and white to colour. But I was a child then.)
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
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Pete Buttigieg Just Terrified Trump By Destroying The Myth Of MAGA [View all]
babylonsister
Apr 2019
OP
True and part of that unspoken promise by Trump was returning to the era of Jim Crow which
cstanleytech
Apr 2019
#5
"Handouts" is a potent word of theirs that we should be using to explain the actual truth...
JudyM
Apr 2019
#18
Bingo. It's easy to make wages go up when you exclude two-thirds of the workforce (nt)
Recursion
Apr 2019
#26
The gauzy good old days were great for white males with jobs that paid for their familes.
Texin
Apr 2019
#30
The myth was also that Trump cared enough to follow thru on those hollow promises at all.
Beartracks
Apr 2019
#4
Just my opinion, but the fact that he '50's "sells" so well, doesn't speak well of rightwing boomers
rwsanders
Apr 2019
#16
And there was polio, measles, mumps, chicken pox, and childhood leukemia was fatal, etc.
SharonAnn
Apr 2019
#43
It's the opposite. Narcissists swagger and bluster because they are scared to death.
marylandblue
Apr 2019
#41