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politicaljunkie41910

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32. I have to believe that there are more of US than there are of THEM. The NRA is the boogieman only
Sat Mar 24, 2018, 11:52 PM
Mar 2018

if we allow ourselves to believe that they cannot be defeated. Politicians can and will be voted out of office in November. The difference between Vietnam and this movement is the internet and cell phones. The government could lie about the way the Vietnam War was going with impunity. No one 'could' or 'would' challenge the government's version of how the war was going until many years later. Today, NO ONE takes anything the Government says as FACT, and certainly not this Administration. Most of us would be skeptical if the Dotard told us the Sun rose in the East and set in the West. The GOP with their trickle down ideas, is a dying breed, and the Dotard will seal their fate come November. I am hopeful that there are more of us than there are of them, and as long as we continue to support the Youth we saw on TV today, our survival as a party is assured. The GOP can't say that. They made a pact with the Devil and it is patently obvious. But the Devil is going down. Their ideas are old and they don't work. We will fix our Electoral System without the help of this Administration by continuing to inform the electorate, by being vigilante, and showing up to the polls.

These children are our future. They will know which Party has their backs in the fight against the NRA, bullets, and automatic weapons, and which Party offered up their "thoughts and prayers". As someone said today, an NRA "A" Rating will soon be something to run away from, not run towards.

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I hate to say this, but... [View all] Archae Mar 2018 OP
Protest movements always take a long time. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #1
Exactly! Equinox Moon Mar 2018 #13
True. J_William_Ryan Mar 2018 #2
Decades not, but many years of protests...with 5 years of national pbmus Mar 2018 #3
Vietnam protests really started in the mid 60s NewJeffCT Mar 2018 #4
Being a realist is a good thing. Comatose Sphagetti Mar 2018 #5
The real key to success is to have these marchers and their friends register to vote Kyblue1 Mar 2018 #6
You are wrong. Some of this is just timing blake2012 Mar 2018 #7
What you said. This a delayed response to Sandy Hook. sprinkleeninow Mar 2018 #30
The times have changed Gloomy Gus. TomSlick Mar 2018 #8
There's been decades of work preceding this event. The Brady Campaign Arazi Mar 2018 #9
You are wrong scheming daemons Mar 2018 #10
This.... pbmus Mar 2018 #11
Ditto... XRubicon Mar 2018 #14
Exactly. This was Act 1 Scene 1. Get ready for summer of the following up acrions blake2012 Mar 2018 #19
Everything you said. Dawson Leery Mar 2018 #26
+1. It is a game changer. dalton99a Mar 2018 #31
Thank you. cwydro Mar 2018 #38
It's a beginning for a thousand mile trip struggle4progress Mar 2018 #12
Watergate had as much or more effect on Vietnam as the protests. misanthrope Mar 2018 #15
Not remotely true. Vietnam was already in wind down stage blake2012 Mar 2018 #20
That is not correct. shanny Mar 2018 #21
Nonsense. cwydro Mar 2018 #39
Even the students don't think that marching in the streets shanny Mar 2018 #16
The major anti Vietnam war marches occurred in the summer of 1967. rgbecker Mar 2018 #17
Keep the faith MaryMagdaline Mar 2018 #18
Today's march is just that: today's march, and a good start. A commitment to change has to be made. VOX Mar 2018 #22
Did you march today? If the answer is no, then its safe to say that those who did march did a hell Squinch Mar 2018 #23
Sic. Straw Man Mar 2018 #36
Yep, you are a gloomy gus. Try getting behind this new movement and ditch... brush Mar 2018 #24
Marches are symbolic. They never change anything. EffieBlack Mar 2018 #25
I'm so afraid you're right. mountain grammy Mar 2018 #27
Strong "concern" here. John Fante Mar 2018 #28
We need to get out and vote. Blue_true Mar 2018 #29
I have to believe that there are more of US than there are of THEM. The NRA is the boogieman only politicaljunkie41910 Mar 2018 #32
Do you think anyone thought it would produce instant results? pnwmom Mar 2018 #33
Supporting your view by appealing to your authority as a realist is begging the question. greyl Mar 2018 #34
The Vietnam protests really didn't start to become massive until the late 1960s and early 1970s. Elwood P Dowd Mar 2018 #35
Look up the difference between effect and affect. cwydro Mar 2018 #37
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