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Rhiannon12866

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4. When my grandmother was young, the Republicans were the more "progressive" party

Reply to Jamastiene (Reply #3)

Wed Jun 10, 2020, 05:03 AM

Jun 2020

They really were "the party of Lincoln" and she stuck with it for way too long. But then she started listening to her more "liberal" friends (and me, I hope) and saw the light at 92 - and voted for Bill Clinton, twice!

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Trump Puts Nation on Alert for Terrorists Posing as Peaceful Seventy-Five-Year-Olds [View all] Rhiannon12866 Jun 2020 OP

No Shit.. the wanker is.. thinking it will help him Cha Jun 2020 #1

Pssst! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2020 #2

I know it's Borowitz but that's what BLOTUS Cha Jun 2020 #5

Oh, I know! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2020 #6

Can you imagine.. being hurt that badly that Cha Jun 2020 #7

But didn't he handle it beautifully? Rhiannon12866 Jun 2020 #8

Definitely! Cha Jun 2020 #9

Any right wingers you know around that age, when you see them next, Jamastiene Jun 2020 #3

When my grandmother was young, the Republicans were the more "progressive" party Rhiannon12866 Jun 2020 #4

Yes. My mother was like this. raging moderate Jun 2020 #10

I love good satire Gothmog Jun 2020 #11