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2016 Postmortem

BlueWarrior

(94 posts) Sun Oct 9, 2016, 11:20 AM Oct 2016

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74% of Republicans have no problem voting for a sexist and racist

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74% of Republicans have no problem voting for a sexist and racist (Original Post) BlueWarrior Oct 2016 OP

sounds about right...we should not be surprised as conservatives have morphed into this beachbum bob Oct 2016 #1

Racism, sexism ... bigotry ....those are what attracts the majority of them :-( etherealtruth Oct 2016 #2

The Deplorables True_Blue Oct 2016 #3

Actually I think Hillary was being polite when she called them 'deplorables' BlueWarrior Oct 2016 #4

and why would they? That has been their party's platform for sometime now still_one Oct 2016 #5

Ever since Reagan BlueWarrior Oct 2016 #6

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)

1. sounds about right...we should not be surprised as conservatives have morphed into this

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Sun Oct 9, 2016, 11:22 AM

Oct 2016

etherealtruth

(22,165 posts)

2. Racism, sexism ... bigotry ....those are what attracts the majority of them :-(

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Sun Oct 9, 2016, 11:23 AM

Oct 2016

True_Blue

(3,063 posts)

3. The Deplorables

Reply to BlueWarrior (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 11:37 AM

Oct 2016

They make a lot of noise, but they're don't represent views of the majority of Americans.

BlueWarrior

(94 posts)

4. Actually I think Hillary was being polite when she called them 'deplorables'

Reply to True_Blue (Reply #3)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 11:42 AM

Oct 2016

If I said what I thought they really were, I would get banned for excessive profanity

still_one

(98,883 posts)

5. and why would they? That has been their party's platform for sometime now

Reply to BlueWarrior (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 11:43 AM

Oct 2016

BlueWarrior

(94 posts)

6. Ever since Reagan

Reply to still_one (Reply #5)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 11:46 AM

Oct 2016

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