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Proud Liberal Dem

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10. Exactly

Reply to Roc2020 (Reply #8)

Tue Jun 16, 2020, 11:17 AM

Jun 2020

A lot of people rested on their laurels once Obama got elected and the Republican Tea Party bolted in and took over the GOP is fairly short order and we had to deal with them nipping at Obama's heels for the rest of his Presidency and kept him from getting a lot of stuff done. People need to GOTV every.single.election if we want sustained progressive change in this country. We can't show up once every 4 years and expect one person to bear the burden of pushing through long-term progressive change. We need to do what the Republicans were doing for decades to get to their place of dominance, but we have to do it the smart and honest way, of course.

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This message was self-deleted by its author Roc2020 Jun 2020 #7

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Not so fast. I heard the same Roc2020 Jun 2020 #8

Exactly Proud Liberal Dem Jun 2020 #10

aye aye! Roc2020 Jun 2020 #11

I hope that it will have all been worth it Proud Liberal Dem Jun 2020 #9

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You are correct. LiberalLovinLug Jun 2020 #36

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