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PETRUS

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5. Quite possibly.

Reply to empedocles (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 26, 2020, 07:56 PM

Jan 2020

I think it's something worth fighting for - it represents the moral high ground, and it would be more economically efficient - although I don't know what the best strategy is. No doubt buckets of money would be spent in an effort to scare people away from it and the Democratic party is currently divided on the issue, so there's a lot going against it.

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Quite possibly. PETRUS Jan 2020 #5

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You could be right. PETRUS Jan 2020 #12

that'd be great empedocles Jan 2020 #13

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Much has been written about the difference between liberals and leftists. PETRUS Jan 2020 #11

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Rampant revisionism by some on our side is why we lose elections that we should easily win. Blue_true Jan 2020 #10

After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING Omaha Steve Jan 2020 #14