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JudyM

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18. "Handouts" is a potent word of theirs that we should be using to explain the actual truth...
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 07:38 AM
Apr 2019

Handouts to corporations, donors, cronies, etc ... Take that word loaded with resentment and turn it on its head.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
Are you kidding me? lillypaddle Apr 2019 #1
His base didn't either DeeDeeNY Apr 2019 #40
Trump promised to take them back to a time that never existed. TwilightZone Apr 2019 #2
True and part of that unspoken promise by Trump was returning to the era of Jim Crow which cstanleytech Apr 2019 #5
Yearn not only for a return of Jim Crow laws, Blue_true Apr 2019 #6
Yup and it's rather pathetic of them. cstanleytech Apr 2019 #7
I grew up in the South. Blue_true Apr 2019 #10
"Handouts" is a potent word of theirs that we should be using to explain the actual truth... JudyM Apr 2019 #18
In 1968 in Jacksonville Fla,while in the Navy INdemo Apr 2019 #21
You and your friends did good. nt Blue_true Apr 2019 #37
I grew up in the south as well. better Apr 2019 #35
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
It existed in the early 1860s. CaptYossarian Apr 2019 #33
One Area Where He Has Turned The Clock Back DallasNE Apr 2019 #3
I don't understand. How did Kennedy and Johnson cause those Blue_true Apr 2019 #11
They Started To Turn Red DallasNE Apr 2019 #17
Ok, I understand better. nt Blue_true Apr 2019 #36
The myth was also that Trump cared enough to follow thru on those hollow promises at all. Beartracks Apr 2019 #4
I don't think Trump supporters ever believed we could "go back" caraher Apr 2019 #8
"fight culture wars and cultivate bigotry" - GREAT post! Duppers Apr 2019 #24
That was what happened in 2016 NewJeffCT Apr 2019 #27
Trump promised a fantasy land Aussie105 Apr 2019 #9
that article title is misleading cvoogt Apr 2019 #12
It's a Jason Easley headline, what do you expect? (n/t) thesquanderer Apr 2019 #13
A lot of that going around lately. BannonsLiver Apr 2019 #14
While I doubt if Trump is 'terrified,' PatrickforO Apr 2019 #15
Just my opinion, but the fact that he '50's "sells" so well, doesn't speak well of rightwing boomers rwsanders Apr 2019 #16
im a boomer and HELL NO do i want to go back to : samnsara Apr 2019 #20
And there was polio, measles, mumps, chicken pox, and childhood leukemia was fatal, etc. SharonAnn Apr 2019 #43
dang i missed his speech..and i missed (yawn) tiger woods... samnsara Apr 2019 #19
here you go Celerity Apr 2019 #23
I am really liking Mayor Pete. Lonestarblue Apr 2019 #22
K&R ck4829 Apr 2019 #25
" America deserves our hope." was another line. sfwriter Apr 2019 #28
That time existed in the South greymattermom Apr 2019 #29
from 2 drinking fountains to 1 RicROC Apr 2019 #31
We white christian folks been doing that for 2,000 years. RVN VET71 Apr 2019 #42
"Terrified" ? the_sly_pig Apr 2019 #32
It's the opposite. Narcissists swagger and bluster because they are scared to death. marylandblue Apr 2019 #41
As of now, he's got my vote Faygo Kid Apr 2019 #34
Trump ran virtually as a democrat. He lied saying whatever U wanted to hear onit2day Apr 2019 #38
It's funny that the only way trump could really have maybe brought some of their jobs back, would brewens Apr 2019 #39
That's it, I'm officially switching! Initech Apr 2019 #44
you can't stop progress, you can only delay it. pansypoo53219 Apr 2019 #45
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