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TalenaGor

(1,219 posts)
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 09:00 PM Aug 2020

my dad, 82 years old today, comforted me...

He's a lifelong Republican, tho we never talk politics. today he told me not to worry that America was stronger than this "screwball Trump" he said things may be bad for a period of time, but America would persevere....

💜

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Skittles

(171,713 posts)
3. America IS stronger than Donald Fucking Trump
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 09:07 PM
Aug 2020

right now the issue is: is America stronger than Donald Fucking Trump, Putin and the Greed Over People party

LizBeth

(11,222 posts)
4. Is he voting Biden, because the issue is not just with Trump, but Republicans themselves.
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 09:12 PM
Aug 2020

LizBeth

(11,222 posts)
12. Ah, that is good to hear and lucky you. I will not even talk to my father about so not sure but...
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 11:11 PM
Aug 2020

Thinking he will still vote Trump and not something i need to know, cause I am gonna have to love him anyway. So yea you.

BigmanPigman

(55,137 posts)
5. My 86 year old mother told me that
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 09:12 PM
Aug 2020

it will take decades to undo the harm that Dump has done to the country. My dad said the same thing before he died 1 1/2 years ago. Most people I have spoken with agree with this assessment.

crickets

(26,168 posts)
6. Thank you for sharing that, TalenaGor.
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 09:24 PM
Aug 2020

Please thank your dad too. He made me feel a little better. 💖

Leith

(7,864 posts)
9. The country will survive in one form or another
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 10:37 PM
Aug 2020

Unfortunately, not all of us will.

The sooner this gets straightened out, the better for all of us.

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