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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs the tide is changing?
I live in a very red state.
So red that if the Devil ran as a republican and Jesus ran as a Democrat, The Devil would win.
At the gym today I heard a few people chatting. I have been going there for over a year and have never heard anyone talk politics ever. They are all National Guard and that spectacle pumpkin head and the bad seed put on yesterday have them pissed. On top of the shutdown. One asked, what more can I do to stay in good shape?
On the way home I saw a sign that said...Why won't he release the files? Trump signs are almost nonexistent. Very few mad, red hatters.
sop
(19,028 posts)Depressingly similar to my state.
bucolic_frolic
(55,535 posts)The American public is beginning to question the reality they see every day, on their radar is the morality of all this hatred. Their foundation is dissolving, very slowly.
usonian
(26,152 posts)We (DU) saw it from day one.
I eagerly look forward to the Epstein Event Horizon
His BFF is calling.

Tetrachloride
(9,663 posts)yep
Frasier Balzov
(5,085 posts)You can't beat somethin' with nuthin'.
I certainly understand the reluctance to run a quixotic race.
But voters need a choice in order to properly express their displeasure and their belated understanding of what is being done to them.
mercuryblues
(16,478 posts)Some are. The good ole boy club. It seems like seats are considered sacrosanct and handed down from father to son. No matter how vile they are.
Ponietz
(4,379 posts)It cant get simpler than that.
Skittles
(172,342 posts)yup
Skittles
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these occasional stories give me hope that SOME people are waking up and while they may not become rabid progressives, they just MAY stop supporting that disgusting fascist POS Trump