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Demsrule86

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14. It should have been but...given where we are today...people needed to see it. They pretty much kept

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #12)

Fri Jun 22, 2018, 06:17 AM

Jun 2018

Puerto Rico out of the limelight...Seeing little kids crying for their Moms...was the same kick in the gut as watching people sitting on Roofs in new Orlean waiting for rescue that came too late.

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We are being played! [View all] Bluesaph Jun 2018 OP

who is losing focus ? wearing the fucking jacket doesn't make them look good. it's all part of JI7 Jun 2018 #1

Yeah, and the general population is tired of hearing about it. CozyMystery Jun 2018 #2

we know what happened. and there is no both sides equal to it. the trump supporters are bigoted JI7 Jun 2018 #4

"the general population" lol Blues Heron Jun 2018 #17

Read the OP. I was referring back to the term used there. CozyMystery Jul 2018 #25

Melania being incredibly malicious/insensitive via her clothing choices is not a distraction Cha Jun 2018 #3

Thanks Cha for the info on the tee shirt. A great positive pushback. oasis Jun 2018 #22

#We Care We Vote Do U? Cha Jun 2018 #23

Another distraction. Its becoming a pattern. Arkansas Granny Jun 2018 #5

I disagree. This is no distraction. trump and his wife are inhumane and they defile the office CentralMass Jun 2018 #6

Speak for yourself. Don the Con is NOT playing me. Trust Buster Jun 2018 #7

Wrong...this is Trump Katrina...he is finished. Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #8

In a way this may be even worse because this was deliberate, purposeful and calculated. nt Trek4Truth Jun 2018 #9

This is true. By all reports, Bush was horrified over what happened in Louisiana. I don't like Bush Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #15

The Trump Abductions feels like a tipping point, but Trump's Katrina was Puerto Rico & paper towels. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #12

It should have been but...given where we are today...people needed to see it. They pretty much kept Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #14

Yes, and Trek4Truth makes the important point above that the Abductions were deliberate. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #16

Absolutely they were deliberate. Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #24

trump being used to duforsure Jun 2018 #10

Yes, and now Putin's agent Trump is actively undermining democracies like Germany Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #13

People must watch every move of the CONMAN... BlueJac Jun 2018 #11

+1 dalton99a Jun 2018 #20

It's funny how I can consider more than one story at a time. Dave Starsky Jun 2018 #18

Yep. GoCubsGo Jun 2018 #19

No, we're not. Orsino Jun 2018 #21

yes and thank-you vlyons Jul 2018 #26