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0rganism

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11. mean, cruel, and vicious are seen as positives by 1/3 of the country
Tue Jan 23, 2018, 02:08 PM
Jan 2018

and now we can add "indecent" to the list

W/Cheney pushed the frontier on cruelty, now Trump/Pence are pushing the frontier on indecency

and by the time Trump is out of office, even if by some miracle it's next year, our country will never again get the benefit of the doubt from the rest of the democratic world

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The MSM Has a Lot to Do With How Events are Reported-the Spin and Bothsiderism is Damaging dlk Jan 2018 #1
YEP - there has been a normalization of the "both do it" in addition Cosmocat Jan 2018 #4
They target people that have no power on their own. They are cowards. LuvLoogie Jan 2018 #2
They've done such a good job of driving moderates out of the Repub party... Wounded Bear Jan 2018 #3
its a war that democrats until recently have allowed republicans to win, the tide is turning beachbum bob Jan 2018 #5
Not even mean or cruel, but FUCKING ILLEGAL Blue_Tires Jan 2018 #6
They are protected from consequences by billionaires money. Kablooie Jan 2018 #7
They cannot stop and they know it. Caliman73 Jan 2018 #8
actually it is hurting republicans, bigly. unblock Jan 2018 #9
Sure Hope That It Is True And It Pans Out. TheMastersNemesis Jan 2018 #10
if we play our cards right. all signs point to a trouncing in november. unblock Jan 2018 #12
mean, cruel, and vicious are seen as positives by 1/3 of the country 0rganism Jan 2018 #11
The Trouble Is These Trump Humpers Will Hurt Or Threaten You If You Appose Them. TheMastersNemesis Jan 2018 #13
and in 8-10 months, they'll start killing us off deliberately 0rganism Jan 2018 #17
From Rome to Rwanda, that does appear to be a pattern. lagomorph777 Jan 2018 #19
Might have something to do with their base being mean, cruel, and vicious, too. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2018 #14
...and they call themselves followers of Christ. Guess they havent read the book. ooky Jan 2018 #15
The "believe in me or burn in hell guy"? Act_of_Reparation Jan 2018 #16
The feed the poor and heal the sick guy. ooky Jan 2018 #20
Protest is not aimed at the deaf blind and really dumb GOPutins. lagomorph777 Jan 2018 #18
The republicans will never stop attacking and destroying all that is good workinclasszero Jan 2018 #21
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